The Athletic FC YouTube Stats

@theathleticfc · Sports · Updated Nov 7, 2026

The Athletic FC channel overview

The Athletic FC (@theathleticfc) is a YouTube channel in the Sports niche created in 2021. It has 710K subscribers and 356M total views across 2.2K videos, an average of 163K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 144K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 177K views. Over the last 12 months, The Athletic FC published 50 videos (82% Shorts), and 3 of them (6%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does The Athletic FC make?

Returbe estimates The Athletic FC's YouTube ad revenue at $2.6K – $9.2K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $0.69 to $2.49, typically $1.25, 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 $1.3K.

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

The Athletic FC publishes about 28.2 videos a month. Based on its last 50 uploads, its most common upload day is Saturday (22% of uploads), usually around 06:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 7, 2026.

The Athletic FC's best outlier videos

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

• Who Is Man Utd's Worst Post-Ferguson Signing? | Truth Or Padel #manchesterunited #premierleague564K views · Oct 1, 20265.6× typical views
• Why Can't Argentina Retire Messi's No 10 Shirt? | #messi #football380K views · Oct 7, 20263.7× typical views
• Why Premier League Teams Are Using 'Smart Urinals' | #soccer #football340K views · Nov 1, 20263.4× typical views
• Why Does Florian Wirtz Keep Losing The Ball? | #liverpool #premierleague295K views · Oct 9, 20262.9× typical views
• Why Manchester United's tactics are outdated436K views · Oct 16, 20262.5× typical views
• Why Jose Mourinho's tactics are back in fashion394K views · Oct 2, 20262.2× typical views
• How Spurs Overwhelmed Chelsea's Midfield | #spurs #football215K views · Oct 26, 20262.1× typical views
• How Arteta Is Reinventing Full-Backs (again) | #arsenal #premierleague201K views · Oct 29, 20262× typical views

Latest videos

10 of The Athletic FC's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• What Is Actually Going Wrong At Newcastle United? | #newcastleunited #premierleague62K views · Nov 7, 20260.6× typical views
• Is Unai Emery the best manager in the Premier League?69K views · Nov 6, 20260.4× typical views
• Are Real Madrid Better Without Vinicius Jr.? | #realmadrid #laliga139K views · Nov 5, 20261.4× typical views
• Will Real Madrid really sue the Premier League’s ‘Big Six’ clubs? | #football #realmadrid55K views · Nov 4, 20260.5× typical views
• How Iraola's Tactics Backfired Against Arsenal | #liverpool #arsenal189K views · Nov 2, 20261.9× typical views
• Why Premier League Teams Are Using 'Smart Urinals' | #soccer #football340K views · Nov 1, 20263.4× typical views
• Did Harry Kane Change How He Plays To Win The Ballon d’Or? | #harrykane #ballondor98K views · Oct 31, 20261× typical views
• Why every Premier League team is using this tactic185K views · Oct 30, 20261× typical views
• How Arteta Is Reinventing Full-Backs (again) | #arsenal #premierleague201K views · Oct 29, 20262× typical views
• Erling Haaland's New Favourite Drink | #premierleague #mancity102K views · Oct 28, 20261× typical views

The Sports niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 40K videos from 1.3K channels in this niche. 17.2% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 24K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $2.5 to $9.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Victor Foot (57K subs, best video 419.4×), Cam 23 (155K subs, best video 2195.7×), MATHIS FOOTBALL (103K subs, best video 607.2×), El Balón de Icaro (353K subs, best video 849×), NFL on FOX (287K subs, best video 61.9×), DAZN Fútbol (390K subs, best video 101.9×).

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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 The Athletic FC or YouTube.