Principles by Ray Dalio YouTube Stats

@principlesbyraydalio · Science & Education · Updated Nov 6, 2026

Principles by Ray Dalio channel overview

Principles by Ray Dalio (@principlesbyraydalio) is a YouTube channel in the Science & Education niche created in 2006. It has 3.2M subscribers and 1.4B total views across 662 videos, an average of 2.1M views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 74K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 24K views. Over the last 12 months, Principles by Ray Dalio published 55 videos (85% Shorts), and 9 of them (16%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 12 days, Principles by Ray Dalio gained 0 subscribers and 36M views, about 3M views a day.

How much does Principles by Ray Dalio make?

Returbe estimates Principles by Ray Dalio's YouTube ad revenue at $12K – $42K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $0.34 to $1.16, typically $0.63, 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 $630.

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Upload schedule

Principles by Ray Dalio publishes about 7.6 videos a month. Based on its last 55 uploads, its most common upload day is Tuesday (22% of uploads), usually around 15:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 5, 2026.

Principles by Ray Dalio's best outlier videos

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

• RAY DALIO ON THE AI BUBBLE904K views · Sep 9, 202636.6× typical views
• How China Works429K views · May 7, 202617.3× typical views
• RAY DALIO ON THE BOND MARKET WARNING SIGNS200K views · Sep 11, 20268.1× typical views
• Past the Point of No Return196K views · Jul 31, 20267.9× typical views
• HOW TO INVEST LIKE RAY DALIO167K views · Sep 18, 20266.8× typical views
• RAY DALIO ON WHAT TO WATCH160K views · Oct 21, 20266.5× typical views
• Ray Dalio: Long Island University Commencement Speech128K views · May 15, 20265.2× typical views
• Gold VS Bitcoin120K views · May 11, 20264.8× typical views

Latest videos

9 of Principles by Ray Dalio's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• RAY DALIO ON HOW TO SURVIVE THE FALL12K views · Nov 5, 20260.5× typical views
• Ray Dalio on the Power of an Imperfectionist13K views · Nov 3, 20260.5× typical views
• Accomplishment vs. Enjoyment | Ray Dalio8K views · Oct 29, 20260.3× typical views
• Ray Dalio on Knowing Your Nature31K views · Oct 28, 20261.3× typical views
• RAY DALIO ON THE IMPACT OF RAISING RATES42K views · Oct 26, 20261.7× typical views
• RAY DALIO ON WHAT TO WATCH160K views · Oct 21, 20266.5× typical views
• THE GREATEST TRAGEDY OF MANKIND | RAY DALIO27K views · Oct 20, 20261.1× typical views
• RAY DALIO EXPLAINS: THE LONG TERM DEBT CYCLE18K views · Oct 8, 20260.7× typical views
• Three Tools for Evaluating Talent | Ray Dalio18K views · Sep 29, 20260.7× typical views
• HOW DEBT CYCLES OPERATE | RAY DALIO55K views · Sep 28, 20262.2× typical views

The Science & Education niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 2.2K videos from 324 channels in this niche. 10.9% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 8.9K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $3.5 to $12.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Wonderism HQ (51K subs, best video 400.5×), ClipPodcast (29K subs, best video 23.1×), Past the Blue (34K subs, best video 19.1×), The Scale Room (1.3K subs, best video 281×), The Why Side (47K subs, best video 194.4×), MrCappuccino Shorts (293K subs, best video 70.5×).

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Frequently asked questions

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