The Chainsmokers YouTube Stats

@thechainsmokers · Music · Updated Nov 11, 2026

The Chainsmokers channel overview

The Chainsmokers (@thechainsmokers) is a YouTube channel in the Music niche created in 2012. It has 13M subscribers and 1B total views across 393 videos, an average of 2.6M views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 73K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 0 views. Over the last 12 months, The Chainsmokers published 15 videos (60% Shorts), and 0 of them (0%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does The Chainsmokers make?

Returbe doesn't have enough recent views to estimate The Chainsmokers's monthly revenue. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $0.36 to $1.77, typically $0.8, 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 $800.

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 Chainsmokers publishes about 15.2 videos a month. Based on its last 15 uploads, its most common upload day is Tuesday (27% of uploads), usually around 15:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 11, 2026.

Latest videos

0 of The Chainsmokers's last 15 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• this song is called ‘take what you need’ and it’s coming out on Friday3K views · Nov 11, 2026
• getting nostalgic3.5K views · Nov 10, 2026
• The Chainsmokers - ACL 2026 Vlog27K views · Nov 5, 2026
• Ok one last car test on Mulholland :)17K views · Nov 5, 2026
• The Fall Tour is over… It’s time for something new.17K views · Nov 4, 2026
• We wanted to be something truly scary this halloween13K views · Nov 3, 2026
• I can’t believe they let us throw a party on Pennsylvania Ave13K views · Oct 26, 2026
• The Chainsmokers - Live at Austin City Limits 2026235K views · Oct 24, 2026
• The Chainsmokers - College Tour Pt. 4 Vlog50K views · Oct 23, 2026
• Miley Cyrus - The Climb (The Chainsmokers & TWINSICK Remix)151K views · Oct 22, 2026

The Music niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 6.9K videos from 951 channels in this niche. 12.8% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 5.9K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $0.8 to $4.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Jennie bee.. (93K subs, best video 48.7×), SHARP (145K subs, best video 21.1×), Dolce Riviera (5.3K subs, best video 44.9×), Shorts Render (450K subs, best video 26×), Veyro (6K subs, best video 240×), Debates Capital (47K subs, best video 106.1×).

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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 Chainsmokers or YouTube.