OctoLab YouTube Stats

@octolabyt · Animals & Nature · Updated Nov 7, 2026

OctoLab channel overview

OctoLab (@octolabyt) is a YouTube channel in the Animals & Nature niche created in 2010. It has 83K subscribers and 26M total views across 119 videos, an average of 217K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 390K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 168K views. Over the last 12 months, OctoLab published 28 videos, and 6 of them (21%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does OctoLab make?

Returbe estimates OctoLab's YouTube ad revenue at $4K – $16K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $2 to $8, typically $4, 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 $4K.

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Upload schedule

OctoLab publishes about 11.9 videos a month. Based on its last 28 uploads, its most common upload day is Thursday (36% of uploads), usually around 02:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

OctoLab's best outlier videos

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

• Why Polar Bears Are The Weirdest Apex Predator on Earth3.2M views · Oct 8, 202619× typical views
• Walruses Are Terrifying... Here's Why2.5M views · Oct 8, 202614.9× typical views
• Why Nobody Talks About The Second Biggest Animal on Earth812K views · Oct 8, 20264.8× typical views
• The Way Orcas Prepare for Death Has Shocked the World693K views · Oct 8, 20264.1× typical views
• Why Sperm Whales Are The Most Bizarre Deep-Sea Creatures584K views · Oct 30, 20263.5× typical views
• Why The World's Largest Predator Refuses to Kill Us564K views · Oct 10, 20263.4× typical views
• Swordfish Are Terrifying...Here's Why364K views · Oct 24, 20262.2× typical views
• Why Do Animals Hate Albinos, But Whales Don't355K views · Oct 17, 20262.1× typical views

Latest videos

10 of OctoLab's last 28 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• Emperor Penguins Are Built To Rule Antarctica...Here’s Why12K views · Nov 6, 20260.1× typical views
• Why Nobody Talks About The Longest-Living Mammal on Earth94K views · Nov 4, 20260.6× typical views
• Why Elephant Seals Don't Want to Grow Up175K views · Nov 1, 20261× typical views
• Why Sperm Whales Are The Most Bizarre Deep-Sea Creatures584K views · Oct 30, 20263.5× typical views
• Mega Piranhas Were Terrifying...Here's Why8.3K views · Oct 27, 20260× typical views
• Why Killer Whales Share This Human Trait (While Others Don't)16K views · Oct 25, 20260.1× typical views
• Why Prehistoric Whales Hunted and Ate Their Own Kind37K views · Oct 24, 20260.2× typical views
• Swordfish Are Terrifying...Here's Why364K views · Oct 24, 20262.2× typical views
• Prehistoric Octopuses Are Terrifying...Here's Why57K views · Oct 17, 20260.3× typical views
• Why Do Animals Hate Albinos, But Whales Don't355K views · Oct 17, 20262.1× typical views

The Animals & Nature niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 7.1K videos from 800 channels in this niche. 20.3% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 9.8K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $2 to $8.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Belaya Nerpa (43K subs, best video 26.2×), Franchement c'est ça (32K subs, best video 18.9×), Blackout Docs (106K subs, best video 191.2×), Coco Verse (389K subs, best video 28.1×), Tout sur Rien (372K subs, best video 37.1×), Catzhub (50K subs, best video 297.5×).

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Frequently asked questions

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 OctoLab or YouTube.