Rafu YouTube Stats

@rafu_ytb · True Crime & Mysteries · Updated Nov 6, 2026

Rafu channel overview

Rafu (@rafu_ytb) is a YouTube channel in the True Crime & Mysteries niche created in 2021. It has 387K subscribers and 66M total views across 271 videos, an average of 245K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 433K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 309K views. Over the last 12 months, Rafu published 29 videos, and 3 of them (10%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does Rafu make?

Returbe estimates Rafu's YouTube ad revenue at $5.9K – $18K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $1.8 to $5.4, typically $3, 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 $3K.

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

Rafu publishes about 2.2 videos a month. Based on its last 51 uploads, its most common upload day is Monday (98% of uploads), usually around 19:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 2, 2026.

Rafu's best outlier videos

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

• Quand un détective réalise qu'il interroge la victime1.2M views · Apr 20, 20263.9× typical views
• Cette meurtrière réalise que la caméra a tout filmé1.1M views · May 4, 20263.5× typical views
• Quand un meurtrier se trahit en direct à la télé930K views · Mar 23, 20263× typical views
• Ce colonel ignore que ses secrets vont faire le tour du monde779K views · Apr 13, 20262.5× typical views
• Ce TikToker célèbre ignore que son meurtre est filmé690K views · Apr 6, 20262.2× typical views
• Quand un tueur réalise qu'on lui a volé son téléphone685K views · Sep 7, 20262.2× typical views
• Viré de la police, il massacre ceux qui l'ont trahi633K views · Mar 16, 20262.1× typical views
• L'iceberg des enfants tueurs : jusqu’où peut aller un mineur ?562K views · Mar 2, 20261.8× typical views

Latest videos

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

• Ce lycéen filme en riant l’homme qui va tuer son ami340K views · Nov 2, 20261.1× typical views
• Ce "couple" (17-33 ans) fait des courses juste après le meurtre309K views · Oct 19, 20261× typical views
• Quand le tueur réalise qu'il a été filmé304K views · Oct 5, 20261× typical views
• Quand un fermier réalise que son meilleur ami est le tueur388K views · Sep 21, 20261.3× typical views
• Quand un tueur réalise qu'on lui a volé son téléphone685K views · Sep 7, 20262.2× typical views
• Quand des parents découvrent que leur fille chérie est une meurtrière310K views · May 13, 20261× typical views
• Cette meurtrière réalise que la caméra a tout filmé1.1M views · May 4, 20263.5× typical views
• Un homme réalise que sa copine a tué sa maîtresse530K views · Apr 27, 20261.7× typical views
• Quand un détective réalise qu'il interroge la victime1.2M views · Apr 20, 20263.9× typical views
• Ce colonel ignore que ses secrets vont faire le tour du monde779K views · Apr 13, 20262.5× typical views

The True Crime & Mysteries niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 5.2K videos from 517 channels in this niche. 8.2% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 20K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $3 to $9.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Crime 360 (241K subs, best video 15×), Criminally Obsessed (247K subs, best video 36.9×), Frontline Crime (78K subs, best video 25.3×), Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski: True Crime Today (399K subs, best video 8.8×), Queens of Crime - Female True Crime Stories (25K subs, best video 39.3×), Crazy planet (31K subs, best video 58.2×).

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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 Rafu or YouTube.