Peter Explains YouTube Stats

@peterexplainsus · Finance & Investing · Updated Nov 6, 2026

Peter Explains channel overview

Peter Explains (@peterexplainsus) is a YouTube channel in the Finance & Investing niche created in 2026. It has 6.1K subscribers and 573K total views across 63 videos, an average of 9.1K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 5.5K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 1.7K views. Over the last 12 months, Peter Explains published 50 videos, and 10 of them (20%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 17 days, Peter Explains lost 10 subscribers and 813 views, about 48 views a day.

How much does Peter Explains make?

Returbe estimates Peter Explains's YouTube ad revenue at $10 – $36 per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $8 to $30, typically $14, 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 $14K.

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Upload schedule

Based on its last 50 uploads, its most common upload day is Saturday (18% of uploads), usually around 19:00 UTC. The last video went out on Jul 30, 2026.

Peter Explains's best outlier videos

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

• At $300K, Compounding Gets Unstoppable196K views · Mar 5, 2026113.1× typical views
• If You're Broke, This $10 Habit Changes EVERYTHING93K views · Mar 8, 202653.6× typical views
• You Only Need ONE Property to Retire72K views · Mar 7, 202641.5× typical views
• At $1,000,000, Wealth Becomes Automatic53K views · May 10, 202630.5× typical views
• The First $100,000 Changes Everything32K views · May 6, 202618.3× typical views
• At $500K, Wealth Gets Unfair18K views · May 5, 202610.6× typical views
• The First $250,000 Changes Everything10K views · Jun 7, 20265.9× typical views
• Why FIRE Might Be Destroying Your Best Years8.3K views · Feb 19, 20264.8× typical views

Latest videos

11 of Peter Explains's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• How Money Laundering Actually Works at Every Level798 views · Jul 30, 20260.5× typical views
• The 3 Net Worth Milestones That Actually Change Everything801 views · Jul 4, 20260.5× typical views
• The First $1,000,000 Changes Absolutely EVERYTHING2.3K views · Jun 10, 20261.3× typical views
• The First $500,000 Is DIFFERENT Than You Think4.9K views · Jun 8, 20262.8× typical views
• The First $250,000 Changes Everything10K views · Jun 7, 20265.9× typical views
• The 3 Income Levels That Change Your Life628 views · May 31, 20260.4× typical views
• The 3 Net Worth Levels That Change Everything2.2K views · May 30, 20261.3× typical views
• If You're Broke, This $100 Rule Changes EVERYTHING1.7K views · May 29, 20261× typical views
• Why Saving Money Feels Pointless Today340 views · May 26, 20260.2× typical views
• When You Save Real Money, Tell NO ONE913 views · May 25, 20260.5× typical views

The Finance & Investing niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 1.9K videos from 149 channels in this niche. 6.8% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 7K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $8 to $30.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: BFM Business (264K subs, best video 90.4×), The Iced Coffee Hour Clips (474K subs, best video 83.8×), Rémi Lux - Investir en Bourse (30K subs, best video 56.7×), Oba News (14K subs, best video 47×), CME Group (50K subs, best video 32×), Property Accelerator - James Nicholson (59K subs, best video 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 Peter Explains or YouTube.