The Cognitive Script YouTube Stats

@thecognitivescript · Film, TV & Anime · Updated Nov 7, 2026

The Cognitive Script channel overview

The Cognitive Script (@thecognitivescript) is a YouTube channel in the Film, TV & Anime niche created in 2017. It has 6.5K subscribers and 1M total views across 102 videos, an average of 9.8K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 3K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 3.9K views. Over the last 12 months, The Cognitive Script published 22 videos (64% Shorts), and 2 of them (9%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 18 days, The Cognitive Script gained 10 subscribers and 8.2K views, about 455 views a day.

How much does The Cognitive Script make?

Returbe estimates The Cognitive Script's YouTube ad revenue at $16 – $75 per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $1.37 to $6.41, typically $3.21, 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 $3.2K.

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 50 uploads, its most common upload day is Saturday (30% of uploads), usually around 18:00 UTC. The last video went out on Sep 7, 2026.

The Cognitive Script's best outlier videos

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

• The Michael Scott Lesson on Loneliness (Video Essay)19K views · Jul 11, 20264.9× typical views
• Why Breaking Bad is Television Royalty (Video Essay)13K views · Dec 7, 20253.3× typical views
• Why The Lego Movie is a Creative Masterpiece (Video Essay)16K views · Jan 26, 20251.6× typical views
• How Gravity Falls Portrays Realistic Growth (Video Essay)4.2K views · Apr 4, 20261.1× typical views
• The lost NOSTALGIA of Stranger Things (Video Essay) 4K views · Mar 8, 20261× typical views
• “Living among you.”1.6K views · Oct 4, 20251× typical views
• “Trust me.”1.2K views · Sep 20, 20251× typical views
• “Always look for the helpers.”1.1K views · Sep 13, 20251× typical views

Latest videos

2 of The Cognitive Script's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• How Cooper Should’ve Spent His Time (Video Essay)3.8K views · Sep 7, 20261× typical views
• Your memories change every time you remember them. #Psychology #InsideOut #TheCognitiveInsights1.1K views · Aug 12, 20260.2× typical views
• The Michael Scott Lesson on Loneliness (Video Essay)19K views · Jul 11, 20264.9× typical views
• Conan O'Brien: The Art of Failing Up (Video Essay)2.9K views · Jun 20, 20260.7× typical views
• The best finale is.. #thecognitivescript2K views · May 2, 20260.4× typical views
• Top 10 BEST Gravity Falls Episodes!1.5K views · Apr 25, 20260.3× typical views
• The Two Types of Curiosity1.3K views · Apr 18, 20260.3× typical views
• How Gravity Falls Portrays Realistic Growth (Video Essay)4.2K views · Apr 4, 20261.1× typical views
• Rating each Season of Stranger Things!1.6K views · Mar 29, 20260.3× typical views
• Who Has Slept Through Algebra 1? #thecognitivescript1.7K views · Mar 22, 20260.3× typical views

The Film, TV & Anime niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 23K videos from 1.9K channels in this niche. 16.2% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 16K 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 66.4×), Memelogyz (134K subs, best video 163.3×), Le Mec (205K subs, best video 140.6×), Swagger Exposed Shorts (133K subs, best video 114.4×), HSN Explains (25K subs, best video 68.7×), Focus Short Drama (51K subs, best video 306.3×).

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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 The Cognitive Script or YouTube.