Optional Rules YouTube Stats

@optionalrules · Gaming · Updated Nov 7, 2026

Optional Rules channel overview

Optional Rules (@optionalrules) is a YouTube channel in the Gaming niche created in 2021. It has 180K subscribers and 396M total views across 221 videos, an average of 1.8M views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 507K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 0 views. Over the last 12 months, Optional Rules published 56 videos (100% Shorts), and 9 of them (16%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 8 days, Optional Rules gained 2K subscribers and 8.1M views, about 1M views a day.

How much does Optional Rules make?

Returbe estimates Optional Rules's YouTube ad revenue at $770 – $2.6K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $0.03 to $0.1, typically $0.06, 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 $60.

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Upload schedule

Optional Rules publishes about 16.3 videos a month. Based on its last 56 uploads, its most common upload day is Thursday (23% of uploads), usually around 21:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

Optional Rules's best outlier videos

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

• opening tubular leaf booster packs12M views · Oct 26, 2026205.8× typical views
• opening special collector's tree sack booster packs883K views · Nov 3, 202615× typical views
• opening howling hornet booster packs trying to get the rare foil rare320K views · Sep 21, 20265.4× typical views
• opening Stellar Star moth booster packs chasing the Andros Enigma288K views · Aug 26, 20264.9× typical views
• opening shimmering shallows booster packs chasing the rare pearl foil octopus281K views · Oct 8, 20264.8× typical views
• collecting and raising new Pocket Creatures265K views · Aug 2, 20264.5× typical views
• opening Water Tree booster packs chasing Feisty Flounder205K views · Oct 30, 20263.5× typical views
• feeding the creature in the deep185K views · Sep 1, 20263.1× typical views

Latest videos

10 of Optional Rules's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• Restroom for Winners26K views · Nov 6, 20260.4× typical views
• Opening Wood Sausage Booster Packs38K views · Nov 5, 20260.6× typical views
• opening flooded basement booster packs24K views · Nov 4, 20260.4× typical views
• opening special collector's tree sack booster packs883K views · Nov 3, 202615× typical views
• opening old rainforest infrastructure booster packs chasing the foil copper wiring128K views · Nov 2, 20262.2× typical views
• opening Water Tree booster packs chasing Feisty Flounder205K views · Oct 30, 20263.5× typical views
• opening sand skimmer booster packs57K views · Oct 29, 20261× typical views
• he about to understand37K views · Oct 28, 20260.6× typical views
• how to fix a common home electrcial problem72K views · Oct 27, 20261.2× typical views
• opening tubular leaf booster packs12M views · Oct 26, 2026205.8× typical views

The Gaming niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 40K videos from 2.5K channels in this niche. 11.4% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 75K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $1.5 to $6.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: SISMA FAMILY (439K subs, best video 421.5×), Angelixpearl (410K subs, best video 169.4×), More1980sGamer (459K subs, best video 200.2×), Star Hunt (284K subs, best video 93.4×), Abi Army (413K subs, best video 44.9×), DrDonut Reacts (481K subs, best video 321.3×).

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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 Optional Rules or YouTube.