NileRed YouTube Stats

@nilered · Science & Education · Updated Nov 7, 2026

Subscribers

11M

Total views

4.8B

Videos

402

1.1 / month

Est. monthly earnings

$76 – $254

RPM $2.78–$9.53

Avg. views (last 30)

14M

Typical views

median per video

Avg. video length

41 min

Channel age

12 years

since Mar 10, 2014

NileRed channel overview

NileRed (@nilered) is a YouTube channel in the Science & Education niche created in 2014. It has 11M subscribers and 4.8B total views across 402 videos, an average of 12M views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 14M views, and a typical video (the median) gets 0 views. Over the last 12 months, NileRed published 7 videos (86% Shorts), and 0 of them (0%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does NileRed make?

Returbe estimates NileRed's YouTube ad revenue at $76 – $254 per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $2.78 to $9.53, typically $5.16, based on the channel's niche, audience language and the share of its views coming from Shorts. At that rate, 1 million long-form views earn about $5.2K.

Ad revenue is only part of the picture: sponsorships, affiliate links, memberships and merch often pay more than ads. Learn how RPM varies by niche in how much YouTubers make per 1,000 views, or check any channel with the free monetization checker.

Upload schedule

NileRed publishes about 1.1 videos a month. Based on its last 43 uploads, its most common upload day is Sunday (26% of uploads), usually around 07:00 UTC. The last video went out on Oct 16, 2026.

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NileRed's best outlier videos

An outlier is a video that beats the channel's own typical views. These are NileRed's biggest hits relative to its normal, the ideas its audience responded to most. What is an outlier video?

Latest videos

1 of NileRed's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

The Science & Education niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 3.2K videos from 466 channels in this niche. 12.5% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 13K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $3.5 to $12.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Wonderism HQ (52K subs, best video 377.1×), ClipazoPodcast (29K subs, best video 25.5×), The Scale Room (1.4K subs, best video 351.4×), Yorp (10K subs, best video 24.4×), Past the Blue (36K subs, best video 16.3×), The Why Side (48K subs, best video 189.4×).

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Frequently asked questions

How many subscribers does NileRed have?

NileRed has 11M subscribers on YouTube and 4.8B total views across 402 videos (Returbe data, updated Nov 7, 2026).

How much does NileRed make on YouTube?

Returbe estimates NileRed's YouTube ad revenue at $76 – $254 per month, based on recent views and an RPM of about $2.78–$9.53 per 1,000 views for this niche and audience. Sponsorships, merch and memberships are not included.

How often does NileRed upload?

NileRed uploads about 1.1 videos a month, most often on Sunday. The last upload was on Oct 16, 2026.

What is NileRed's best performing video?

"Making color changing mercury" is NileRed's biggest outlier: 9.8M views, 1.5× the channel's typical views.

What channels are similar to NileRed?

Channels similar to NileRed include RegisteredNurseRN, Himanshu Bhatt, Casper Capital, PULS Reportage, Parallel Pipes.

Data from Returbe's index of YouTube channels, collected from public YouTube data. Earnings are estimates from views and RPM benchmarks, not figures from the channel. Returbe is not affiliated with NileRed or YouTube.

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