Riot Games YouTube Stats

@riotgames · Gaming · Updated Nov 6, 2026

Riot Games channel overview

Riot Games (@riotgames) is a YouTube channel in the Gaming niche created in 2013. It has 635K subscribers and 46M total views across 300 videos, an average of 154K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 49K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 181K views. Over the last 12 months, Riot Games published 50 videos (88% Shorts), and 10 of them (20%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 16 days, Riot Games gained 15K subscribers and 257K views, about 16K views a day.

How much does Riot Games make?

Returbe estimates Riot Games's YouTube ad revenue at $12 – $40 per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $0.44 to $1.75, typically $0.88, 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 $880.

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

Riot Games publishes about 1.1 videos a month. Based on its last 49 uploads, its most common upload day is Thursday (22% of uploads), usually around 00:00 UTC. The last video went out on Oct 18, 2026.

Riot Games's best outlier videos

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

• 500 Hours of Evolution #leagueoflegends453K views · Apr 7, 202633.3× typical views
• Nautilus Reef: A Decade Under the Sea440K views · Jun 12, 202632.3× typical views
• The One Thing Every Cosplayer Needs #leagueoflegends245K views · Apr 13, 202618× typical views
• Surprising Cosplayers With a Billboard at Anime Expo180K views · Jul 3, 202613.2× typical views
• "Brim ult would go crazy rn"100K views · Jul 5, 20267.3× typical views
• Want a Riot Gun Buddy or Buff? Here’s How #riftbound #valorant #riotgames86K views · Feb 20, 20266.3× typical views
• Welcome to TCGs: How to get started with Riftbound @riftbound #riotgames #tcg76K views · Mar 21, 20265.6× typical views
• Now, Vanguard Runs Only While Playing (with some steps)51K views · Jun 24, 20263.8× typical views

Latest videos

8 of Riot Games's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• This Team is Absolutely Winning VALORANT Champs49K views · Oct 18, 20263.6× typical views
• These Riftbound Point Trackers are Next Level3.5K views · Sep 30, 20260.3× typical views
• Baekhyun or Ezreal? #heartsteel #livemylife6.9K views · Sep 24, 20260.5× typical views
• A special thank you from Baekzreal 💚3.4K views · Sep 24, 20260.2× typical views
• This Mel Art is INCREDIBLE13K views · Sep 23, 20261× typical views
• Boosting, Smurfing, Hitchhiking = Cheating17K views · Sep 17, 20261.3× typical views
• Marc Merrill on Riot’s MMO during PAX West15K views · Sep 5, 20261.1× typical views
• It All Comes Down to the Kinematics14K views · Aug 8, 20261× typical views
• Swing That Sword Like Viego in Super Art Power Hour17K views · Aug 7, 20261.3× typical views
• Riot Artists Imagine Viego in League Classic - Super Art Power Hour Ep. 14185K views · Aug 6, 20261× typical views

The Gaming niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 38K videos from 2.3K channels in this niche. 10.2% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 76K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $1.5 to $6.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: SISMA FAMILY (439K subs, best video 113.2×), Star Hunt (282K subs, best video 74.1×), Mario Friendly (479K subs, best video 56.3×), More1980sGamer (459K subs, best video 117×), Abi Army (412K subs, best video 41.9×), StundZow Clips (107K subs, best video 121.4×).

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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 Riot Games or YouTube.