Riley Gaines YouTube Stats

@rileygaines · News & Politics · Updated Nov 6, 2026

Riley Gaines channel overview

Riley Gaines (@rileygaines) is a YouTube channel in the News & Politics niche created in 2025. It has 83K subscribers and 22M total views across 672 videos, an average of 32K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 20K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 25K views. Over the last 12 months, Riley Gaines published 81 videos (74% Shorts), and 6 of them (7%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 13 days, Riley Gaines gained 1.5K subscribers and 856K views, about 66K views a day.

How much does Riley Gaines make?

Returbe estimates Riley Gaines's YouTube ad revenue at $1.2K – $5K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $0.57 to $2.27, typically $1.14, 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 $1.1K.

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

Riley Gaines publishes about 63 videos a month. Based on its last 81 uploads, its most common upload day is Tuesday (22% of uploads), usually around 14:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

Riley Gaines's best outlier videos

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

• Riley Gaines REACTS To Her NCAA Lawsuit Dismissal 🚨 #shorts329K views · Sep 30, 202621.9× typical views
• Why Did Jennifer Lawrence Change Her Entire Face? 🔥 #shorts155K views · Oct 31, 202610.3× typical views
• Riley Gaines Defends Shane Gillis Gym Monologue 🔥 #shorts151K views · Oct 15, 202610.1× typical views
• Alex Cooper & Sophia Bush’s TOXIC Marriage Advice 🚨 #shorts106K views · Oct 22, 20267.1× typical views
• Outrage Mob Demands Country Singer Be Canceled 🔥 #shorts86K views · Oct 17, 20265.7× typical views
• I've Held Back Talking About The Cornell 7... Until Now | The Riley Gaines Show100K views · Oct 13, 20264.1× typical views
• The True Disrespect Behind WNBA Anthem Walkout 🚨 #shorts43K views · Oct 21, 20262.9× typical views
• The Gen Z Conservative Revival No One Saw Coming | The Riley Gaines Show56K views · Oct 9, 20262.3× typical views

Latest videos

4 of Riley Gaines's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• The Sophie Cunningham Effect Democrats Can't Ignore | The Riley Gaines Show803 views · Nov 6, 20260× typical views
• It’s Gas Prices, Stupid: Why Voters Punished the GOP This Year ⛽ #shorts6.6K views · Nov 5, 20260.4× typical views
• Riley Gaines Breaks Silence On Trump’s War In Iran Fallout 🤯 #shorts29K views · Nov 5, 20262× typical views
• The Clear Message From Voters That Democrats Refuse To Hear 🤯 #shorts7.4K views · Nov 5, 20260.5× typical views
• If Texas Can Turn Blue, Every Red State In America Is In Danger 💥 #shorts13K views · Nov 5, 20260.9× typical views
• Riley Gaines: Texas Officially Becomes California | The Riley Gaines Show34K views · Nov 4, 20261.4× typical views
• BRUTAL Reality Check To Anyone Voting Blue 🚨 #shorts10K views · Nov 4, 20260.7× typical views
• Riley Has Blunt Message For Blue Voters! 💥 #shorts17K views · Nov 3, 20261.2× typical views
• Chuck Schumer MELTS DOWN After Stevens Endorses Rogers 😆 #shorts11K views · Nov 3, 20260.7× typical views
• Is THIS the Future of the Democratic Party? | The Riley Gaines Show16K views · Nov 3, 20260.6× typical views

The News & Politics niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 54K videos from 812 channels in this niche. 17.6% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 15K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $2 to $8.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: ESdiario TV (117K subs, best video 49.1×), BNN Bloomberg (188K subs, best video 114.3×), M6 Info (315K subs, best video 48.3×), CP24 (383K subs, best video 24.9×), NBC Montana (107K subs, best video 1378.9×), OKDIARIO (290K subs, best video 94.6×).

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Frequently asked questions

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