The Closer Look YouTube Stats

@thecloserlook · Film, TV & Anime · Updated Nov 6, 2026

The Closer Look channel overview

The Closer Look (@thecloserlook) is a YouTube channel in the Film, TV & Anime niche created in 2016. It has 1.2M subscribers and 123M total views across 89 videos, an average of 1.4M views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 616K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 248K views. Over the last 12 months, The Closer Look published 8 videos, and 2 of them (25%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 19 days, The Closer Look gained 0 subscribers and 324K views, about 17K views a day.

How much does The Closer Look make?

Returbe estimates The Closer Look's YouTube ad revenue at $834 – $3.9K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $1.5 to $7, typically $3.5, 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 $3.5K.

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

Based on its last 51 uploads, its most common upload day is Friday (29% of uploads), usually around 17:00 UTC. The last video went out on Sep 17, 2026.

The Closer Look's best outlier videos

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

• How To Write An Immortal1.7M views · Feb 13, 20266.9× typical views
• The Problem With Genius Characters1.4M views · Dec 19, 20255.5× typical views
• Why Your Character’s Suffering Feels Empty419K views · Apr 13, 20261.7× typical views
• Show Don't Tell Is Terrible Advice321K views · Jan 28, 20261.3× typical views
• How To Introduce A Character1M views · Jan 22, 20251× typical views
• How To Write Psychopathy1.5M views · Aug 23, 20251× typical views
• How To Write Intelligent Horror — Sinners614K views · Jul 11, 20251× typical views
• Why Rises Is The Weakest — The Dark Knight Trilogy528K views · Dec 18, 20241× typical views

Latest videos

3 of The Closer Look's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• How To Create Character Names That Don’t Suck141K views · Sep 17, 20260.6× typical views
• How To Kill Off A Character92K views · Aug 14, 20260.4× typical views
• How To Fix A Boring Protagonist176K views · Jul 25, 20260.7× typical views
• Why Your Character’s Suffering Feels Empty419K views · Apr 13, 20261.7× typical views
• How To Use Spoilers On Purpose74K views · Mar 18, 20260.3× typical views
• How To Write An Immortal1.7M views · Feb 13, 20266.9× typical views
• Show Don't Tell Is Terrible Advice321K views · Jan 28, 20261.3× typical views
• The Problem With Genius Characters1.4M views · Dec 19, 20255.5× typical views
• How To Write Psychopathy1.5M views · Aug 23, 20251× typical views
• How To Write Intelligent Horror — Sinners614K views · Jul 11, 20251× typical views

The Film, TV & Anime niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 20K videos from 1.6K channels in this niche. 15.9% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 14K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $1.5 to $7.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: 泡芙剧场PuffDrama (108K subs, best video 69.1×), Memelogyz (133K subs, best video 191.2×), Le Mec (205K subs, best video 132.1×), HSN Explains (24K subs, best video 71.3×), CrispyTheory (86K subs, best video 637.5×), Swagger Exposed Shorts (133K subs, best video 93.4×).

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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 Closer Look or YouTube.