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The Brandon Vu YouTube Stats

@thebrandonvu · Challenges & Entertainment · Updated Nov 7, 2026

Subscribers

1.4M

+0 in 21 days

Total views

965M

+8.2M in 21 days

Videos

1K

2.2 / month

Est. monthly earnings

$469 – $1.8K

RPM $0.18–$0.68

Avg. views (last 30)

666K

Typical views

130K

median per video

Avg. video length

11 min

Channel age

16 years

since Jan 8, 2010

The Brandon Vu channel overview

The Brandon Vu (@thebrandonvu) is a YouTube channel in the Challenges & Entertainment niche created in 2010. It has 1.4M subscribers and 965M total views across 1K videos, an average of 946K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 666K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 130K views. Over the last 12 months, The Brandon Vu published 41 videos (80% Shorts), and 7 of them (17%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 21 days, The Brandon Vu gained 0 subscribers and 8.2M views, about 391K views a day.

Oct 17, 20261.4M → 1.4M subscribersNov 7, 2026

How much does The Brandon Vu make?

Returbe estimates The Brandon Vu's YouTube ad revenue at $469 – $1.8K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $0.18 to $0.68, typically $0.35, 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 $350.

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 Brandon Vu publishes about 2.2 videos a month. Based on its last 51 uploads, its most common upload day is Wednesday (20% of uploads), usually around 11:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

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The Brandon Vu's best outlier videos

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

Latest videos

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

The Challenges & Entertainment niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 3K videos from 494 channels in this niche. 15.5% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 73K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $2 to $8.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Tynx (287K subs, best video 150.8×), superiiorcheer (29K subs, best video 49.3×), MooDMelt (175K subs, best video 153.3×), Hood Shop Moments (45K subs, best video 81.3×), Banijay Bluelight (221K subs, best video 9.7×), BrettCooperFanPage (279K subs, best video 12.7×).

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Frequently asked questions

How many subscribers does The Brandon Vu have?

The Brandon Vu has 1.4M subscribers on YouTube and 965M total views across 1K videos (Returbe data, updated Nov 7, 2026).

How much does The Brandon Vu make on YouTube?

Returbe estimates The Brandon Vu's YouTube ad revenue at $469 – $1.8K per month, based on recent views and an RPM of about $0.18–$0.68 per 1,000 views for this niche and audience. Sponsorships, merch and memberships are not included.

How often does The Brandon Vu upload?

The Brandon Vu uploads about 2.2 videos a month, most often on Wednesday. The last upload was on Nov 6, 2026.

What is The Brandon Vu's best performing video?

"NEVER Ask a Yoyo player to Walk The Dog" is The Brandon Vu's biggest outlier: 6.5M views, 25.2× the channel's typical views.

What channels are similar to The Brandon Vu?

Channels similar to The Brandon Vu include Extra Medium Shorts, MOON SQUAD, Hero Quiz, Maxime Biaggi, dougmar.

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 Brandon Vu or YouTube.

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