Rockstar Games YouTube Stats

@rockstargames · Gaming · Updated Nov 10, 2026

Rockstar Games channel overview

Rockstar Games (@rockstargames) is a YouTube channel in the Gaming niche created in 2006. It has 14M subscribers and 1.9B total views across 435 videos, an average of 4.3M views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 6.2M views, and a typical video (the median) gets 35M views. Over the last 12 months, Rockstar Games published 39 videos (59% Shorts), and 9 of them (23%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does Rockstar Games make?

Returbe estimates Rockstar Games's YouTube ad revenue at $106K – $426K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $1.32 to $5.28, typically $2.64, 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 $2.6K.

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

Rockstar Games publishes about 6.5 videos a month. Based on its last 50 uploads, its most common upload day is Thursday (40% of uploads), usually around 13:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 10, 2026.

Rockstar Games's best outlier videos

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

• Grand Theft Auto VI Launch Trailer77M views · Oct 15, 202665.7× typical views
• Grand Theft Auto VI: Official Cover Art Reveal16M views · Jun 18, 202613.8× typical views
• Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look — Now Playing10M views · Aug 28, 20269× typical views
• Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look Coming August 2710M views · Aug 6, 20268.9× typical views
• GTA Online: The Kortz Center Heist Now Available5.6M views · Jul 14, 20264.8× typical views
• Grand Theft Auto VI: Official Cover Art Reveal4.5M views · Jun 18, 20263.9× typical views
• Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look Coming August 274.2M views · Aug 6, 20263.6× typical views
• Grand Theft Auto VI: Pre-Load Now3.9M views · Nov 10, 20263.3× typical views

Latest videos

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

• Grand Theft Auto VI: Pre-Load Now257K views · Nov 10, 20260.2× typical views
• Grand Theft Auto VI: Pre-Load Now3.9M views · Nov 10, 20263.3× typical views
• Grand Theft Auto VI: The Festival358K views · Nov 10, 20260.3× typical views
• A Night in Vice City679K views · Nov 9, 20260.6× typical views
• Grand Theft Auto VI Launch Trailer77M views · Oct 15, 202665.7× typical views
• Grand Theft Auto VI Launch Trailer1.6M views · Oct 15, 20261.4× typical views
• Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look — Now Playing10M views · Aug 28, 20269× typical views
• Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look — Now Playing3.6M views · Aug 28, 20263.1× typical views
• Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look — Now Playing2.5M views · Aug 28, 20262.1× typical views
• Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look — Now Playing1.2M views · Aug 28, 20261× typical views

The Gaming niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 45K videos from 2.9K channels in this niche. 11.5% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 71K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $1.5 to $6.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: SISMA FAMILY (442K subs, best video 361.6×), More1980sGamer (461K subs, best video 222.7×), Henreee (88K subs, best video 23.7×), Star Hunt (286K subs, best video 102.7×), Specular Action (88K subs, best video 33.5×), DrDonut Reacts (481K subs, best video 330.8×).

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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 Rockstar Games or YouTube.