OpenAI YouTube Stats

@openai · Tech & AI · Updated Nov 6, 2026

OpenAI channel overview

OpenAI (@openai) is a YouTube channel in the Tech & AI niche created in 2017. It has 2.1M subscribers and 290M total views across 923 videos, an average of 315K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 51K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 16K views. Over the last 12 months, OpenAI published 93 videos (32% Shorts), and 26 of them (28%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 13 days, OpenAI gained 10K subscribers and 11M views, about 822K views a day.

How much does OpenAI make?

Returbe estimates OpenAI's YouTube ad revenue at $88K – $350K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $3.84 to $15.38, typically $7.69, 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 $7.7K.

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

OpenAI publishes about 82.6 videos a month. Based on its last 93 uploads, its most common upload day is Tuesday (24% of uploads), usually around 18:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 5, 2026.

OpenAI's best outlier videos

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

• Germany: This is the new ChatGPT Voice, powered by GPT Live7.7M views · Oct 19, 2026485.9× typical views
• Introducing GPT-6 in ChatGPT with Intelligent UI700K views · Oct 7, 202644.1× typical views
• Design hardware with Astra533K views · Nov 3, 202633.6× typical views
• GPT-6.1 Terra is now in orbit527K views · Oct 26, 202633.2× typical views
• GPT-Image-2.6: Faster image generation with Flare and Sunburst295K views · Nov 4, 202618.6× typical views
• Make a game using GPT-6 with Intelligent UI100K views · Oct 8, 202612.1× typical views
• GPT-Live-1.1 has new voices and better accents.189K views · Oct 15, 202611.9× typical views
• Put your dot on call158K views · Oct 16, 202610× typical views

Latest videos

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

• How Mozilla strengthens Firefox security with GPT-6 Cyber20K views · Nov 5, 20261.2× typical views
• Introducing ChatGPT Images 2.6115K views · Nov 5, 20267.3× typical views
• GPT-Image-2.6: Faster image generation with Flare and Sunburst295K views · Nov 4, 202618.6× typical views
• Messi asks ChatGPT to reimagine his room61K views · Nov 4, 20267.4× typical views
• How Figma Is Building Self-Serve Analytics with OpenAI5.5K views · Nov 4, 20260.7× typical views
• How Figma Is Building Self-Serve Analytics with OpenAI14K views · Nov 4, 20260.9× typical views
• Design hardware with Astra533K views · Nov 3, 202633.6× typical views
• Qodo brings company context into Codex code review13K views · Nov 3, 20260.8× typical views
• ChatGPT Voice is now in Finances73K views · Nov 3, 20264.6× typical views
• Glean on privacy and OpenAI Private Intelligence6.3K views · Nov 3, 20260.8× typical views

The Tech & AI niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 8.9K videos from 730 channels in this niche. 11.2% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 7K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $4 to $16.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Memes Land (88K subs, best video 177.6×), Fun_Games (69K subs, best video 303.1×), Sprunki Land (36K subs, best video 81.1×), MR Mocha White (16K subs, best video 128.9×), Fun Universe (56K subs, best video 96.9×), Fun Games (74K subs, best video 257×).

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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 OpenAI or YouTube.