Stephen Blum YouTube Stats

@stephenblum · Tech & AI · Updated Nov 7, 2026

Stephen Blum channel overview

Stephen Blum (@stephenblum) is a YouTube channel in the Tech & AI niche created in 2011. It has 18K subscribers and 4.1M total views across 2.8K videos, an average of 1.5K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 1.9K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 560 views. Over the last 12 months, Stephen Blum published 69 videos (36% Shorts), and 35 of them (51%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 18 days, Stephen Blum gained 700 subscribers and 471K views, about 26K views a day.

How much does Stephen Blum make?

Returbe estimates Stephen Blum's YouTube ad revenue at $2.4K – $9.4K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $0.28 to $1.12, typically $0.57, 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 $570.

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

Stephen Blum publishes about 47.8 videos a month. Based on its last 31 uploads, its most common upload day is Tuesday (23% of uploads), usually around 18:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

Stephen Blum's best outlier videos

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

• Software Engineering vs Computer Science16K views · Oct 7, 20263.2× typical views
• Spend Less More Productive Prompts1.2K views · Oct 20, 20261.2× typical views
• Evals for AI Agents795 views · Oct 13, 20260.8× typical views
• Learn Tech for Free3.7K views · Oct 22, 20260.7× typical views
• If Statement Not Needed628 views · Oct 27, 20260.6× typical views
• Should You Choose Engineering3.1K views · Oct 18, 20260.6× typical views
• Local AI Meets Copyright3.1K views · Oct 26, 20260.6× typical views
• Missing Staying Home2.5K views · Oct 28, 20260.5× typical views

Latest videos

1 of Stephen Blum's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• Why Use an Underscore380 views · Nov 6, 20260.1× typical views
• Eighty Years of Programming Automation250 views · Nov 4, 20260.3× typical views
• Missing Staying Home2.5K views · Oct 28, 20260.5× typical views
• If Statement Not Needed628 views · Oct 27, 20260.6× typical views
• Local AI Meets Copyright3.1K views · Oct 26, 20260.6× typical views
• AI Runs the Game1.2K views · Oct 24, 20260.2× typical views
• Learn Tech for Free3.7K views · Oct 22, 20260.7× typical views
• Drawing Tool Taken Down497 views · Oct 20, 20260.1× typical views
• Spend Less More Productive Prompts1.2K views · Oct 20, 20261.2× typical views
• Should You Choose Engineering3.1K views · Oct 18, 20260.6× typical views

The Tech & AI niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 10K videos from 905 channels in this niche. 11.4% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 9.5K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $4 to $16.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Memes Land (89K subs, best video 172.7×), Fun_Games (69K subs, best video 303.2×), Sprunki Land (39K subs, best video 95.2×), Tech Meets East (21K subs, best video 10.1×), Fun Universe (57K subs, best video 98.3×), MR Mocha White (16K subs, best video 131.3×).

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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 Stephen Blum or YouTube.