Red File YouTube Stats

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

Red File channel overview

Red File (@redfilechannel) is a YouTube channel in the True Crime & Mysteries niche created in 2026. It has 117K subscribers and 48M total views across 39 videos, an average of 1.2M views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 1.4M views, and a typical video (the median) gets 465K views. Over the last 12 months, Red File published 36 videos, and 8 of them (22%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 17 days, Red File gained 6K subscribers and 4.4M views, about 257K views a day.

How much does Red File make?

Returbe estimates Red File's YouTube ad revenue at $23K – $70K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $3 to $9, typically $5, 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 $5K.

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

Red File publishes about 2.2 videos a month. Based on its last 36 uploads, its most common upload day is Friday (25% of uploads), usually around 21:00 UTC. The last video went out on Oct 20, 2026.

Red File's best outlier videos

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

• “Friendly” Cop Has No Idea Police Already Matched Her DNA After 23 Years16M views · Aug 12, 202633.6× typical views
• “Friendly” Wife Has No Idea Police Are About To Arrest Her For Murder3.1M views · Jul 24, 20266.8× typical views
• Killer Wife Realizes Police Found Her Husband's Body2.9M views · Jul 15, 20266.2× typical views
• Killer Wife Has No Idea Police Found Her Husband's Body2.9M views · Aug 18, 20266.2× typical views
• Killer Realizes DNA Finally Caught Him After 23 Years2.4M views · Jul 8, 20265.2× typical views
• Killer Ex-Wife Has No Clue She's About To Be Arrested for Murder2.2M views · Sep 24, 20264.8× typical views
• Husband Kisses Wife Goodbye Seconds After Giving Her a Poisoned Shake1.8M views · Sep 2, 20263.9× typical views
• Wife Kills Husband, Then Takes Kids Out For Pizza1.5M views · Aug 26, 20263.2× typical views

Latest videos

13 of Red File's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• “Friendly” Beauty Queen Has No Clue Police Are About To Arrest Her For Murder488K views · Oct 20, 20261× typical views
• Police Realize This 92-Year-Old Grandma Is The Craziest Killer They’ve Ever Seen555K views · Oct 13, 20261.2× typical views
• 66-Year-Old Serial Killer Has No Clue Police Just Connected His DNA to a 1984 Murder235K views · Oct 9, 20260.5× typical views
• Killer Wife Has No Clue Police Already Found Her Husband's Body In The Lake695K views · Oct 5, 20261.5× typical views
• Psycho Killer Realizes His Second Victim Is Still Breathing105K views · Sep 30, 20260.2× typical views
• Killer Ex-Wife Has No Clue She's About To Be Arrested for Murder2.2M views · Sep 24, 20264.8× typical views
• "Jolly" Woman Has No Idea Police Are About To Arrest Her For Murder337K views · Sep 19, 20260.7× typical views
• Killer Grandma Realizes DNA Finally Caught Her After 38 Years210K views · Sep 14, 20260.5× typical views
• Killer Wife Realizes Police Found What She Hid in the Backyard Shed103K views · Sep 12, 20260.2× typical views
• 72-Year-Old Doctor Doesn't Realize Police Know He Killed His Wife441K views · Sep 7, 20261× typical views

The True Crime & Mysteries niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 5.1K videos from 501 channels in this niche. 8.2% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 21K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $3 to $9.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Crime 360 (241K subs, best video 17.9×), Criminally Obsessed (247K subs, best video 36.9×), Frontline Crime (78K subs, best video 25.2×), Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski: True Crime Today (399K subs, best video 8.4×), Queens of Crime - Female True Crime Stories (25K subs, best video 39.3×), Shezi Vlogs (270K subs, best video 64.2×).

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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 Red File or YouTube.