Philosophy Tube YouTube Stats

@philosophytube · Challenges & Entertainment · Updated Nov 6, 2026

Philosophy Tube channel overview

Philosophy Tube (@philosophytube) is a YouTube channel in the Challenges & Entertainment niche created in 2013. It has 1.7M subscribers and 135M total views across 396 videos, an average of 340K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 81K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 339K views. Over the last 12 months, Philosophy Tube published 41 videos (76% Shorts), and 5 of them (12%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 17 days, Philosophy Tube gained 0 subscribers and 812K views, about 48K views a day.

How much does Philosophy Tube make?

Returbe estimates Philosophy Tube's YouTube ad revenue at $4.3K – $17K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $0.13 to $0.52, typically $0.27, 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 $270.

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Upload schedule

Philosophy Tube publishes about 2.2 videos a month. Based on its last 38 uploads, its most common upload day is Wednesday (21% of uploads), usually around 17:00 UTC. The last video went out on Oct 11, 2026.

Philosophy Tube's best outlier videos

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

• BBC Reports on ICE378K views · Jan 26, 20269× typical views
• Surprised I Need to Say This299K views · Feb 2, 20267.2× typical views
• POV You Wake Up in Shakespeare174K views · Aug 5, 20264.2× typical views
• We Just Made History163K views · May 26, 20263.9× typical views
• Never Doubt Yourself 💅132K views · Jan 28, 20263.2× typical views
• History of Conversion Therapy in 1 Minute110K views · Feb 22, 20262.6× typical views
• A Special Moment109K views · Jun 25, 20262.6× typical views
• What Are Thine Pronounes??94K views · Aug 10, 20262.2× typical views

Latest videos

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

• October Creator Diary24K views · Oct 11, 20260.6× typical views
• Philosophy Tube Season 4147K views · Oct 2, 2026
• New Philosophy Tube on the way!67K views · Sep 8, 20261.6× typical views
• The Shakespeare Rant27K views · Aug 14, 20260.6× typical views
• The Shakespeare Breakup Talk36K views · Aug 12, 20260.9× typical views
• What Are Thine Pronounes??94K views · Aug 10, 20262.2× typical views
• August Creator Diary17K views · Aug 9, 20260.4× typical views
• How To Flirt Like Shakespeare57K views · Aug 8, 20261.4× typical views
• Trapped in the Shakespeare Multiverse42K views · Aug 7, 20261× typical views
• POV You Wake Up in Shakespeare174K views · Aug 5, 20264.2× typical views

The Challenges & Entertainment niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 2.6K videos from 429 channels in this niche. 15.7% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 52K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $2 to $8.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Tynx (287K subs, best video 124.1×), superiiorcheer (29K subs, best video 46.3×), MooDMelt (173K subs, best video 156.8×), BrettCooperFanPage (279K subs, best video 13.5×), Hood Shop Moments (44K subs, best video 80.3×), Banijay Bluelight (221K subs, best video 7.6×).

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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 Philosophy Tube or YouTube.