The FBI Files YouTube Stats

@thefbifiles · True Crime & Mysteries · Updated Nov 6, 2026

The FBI Files channel overview

The FBI Files (@thefbifiles) is a YouTube channel in the True Crime & Mysteries niche created in 2019. It has 1.1M subscribers and 520M total views across 771 videos, an average of 674K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 67K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 41K views. Over the last 12 months, The FBI Files published 64 videos, and 7 of them (11%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 20 days, The FBI Files gained 10K subscribers and 4.3M views, about 214K views a day.

How much does The FBI Files make?

Returbe estimates The FBI Files's YouTube ad revenue at $18K – $53K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $3 to $9, typically $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 $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

The FBI Files publishes about 30.4 videos a month. Based on its last 67 uploads, its most common upload day is Friday (21% of uploads), usually around 16:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

The FBI Files's best outlier videos

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

• The Deadliest Serial Killer Spree: 6 States in 7 Weeks710K views · Nov 1, 202516.6× typical views
• Miami River Cops: Inside the Largest Police Corruption Case | The FBI Files - Season 5 Episode 18387K views · Aug 31, 20269.4× typical views
• How a Wyoming Rancher Ended the Charles Moses Manhunt | The FBI Files | S5 E3322K views · Oct 22, 20267.8× typical views
• 1981 Brinks Heist: The Hunt for Matulu Shakur | The FBI Files | S3 E14271K views · Oct 10, 20266.6× typical views
• Hunting Glenn Rogers: Van Nuys Truck Fire to I-75 | The FBI Files | S3 E12163K views · Oct 16, 20264× typical views
• Grand Canyon Manhunt: Danny Ray Horny's 54-Day Chase | The FBI Files | S3 E15157K views · Oct 13, 20263.8× typical views
• The FBI’s Hunt for America’s Most Dangerous Bank Robbers | The FBI Files - Season 5 Episode 5144K views · Aug 12, 20263.5× typical views
• How the FBI Tracked FALN - Francis Tavern Bombing | The FBI Files | S7 E2126K views · Sep 4, 20263.1× typical views

Latest videos

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

• Liberty Park Sniper: Hunting Joseph Paul Franklin | The FBI Files | S2 E15918 views · Nov 6, 20260× typical views
• Robert Hanson's Alaska Hunt: The 37 X Map | The FBI Files | S2 E68.4K views · Nov 5, 20260.2× typical views
• Spokane 1996: Phineas Priesthood Bombings & U.S. Bank Raids | The FBI Files | S5 E1216K views · Nov 4, 20260.4× typical views
• How Alan Pace Pulled the 1997 Dunbar Armored Heist | The FBI Files | S5 E111K views · Nov 3, 20260.3× typical views
• The 26-Step Murder Plan - Captain Shirley Russell | The FBI Files | S3 E746K views · Nov 2, 20261.1× typical views
• David Hartlob: Cleveland Biker Hit Solved by DNA | The FBI Files | S5 E1026K views · Nov 1, 20260.6× typical views
• Ken Jones and the .22 Derringer: St. Paul Murder | The FBI Files | S3 E1732K views · Oct 31, 20260.8× typical views
• Del Rio 1984: Kidnapping of Inspector Richard Latham | The FBI Files | S5 E1721K views · Oct 30, 20260.5× typical views
• Thompson & Yaden: Major David Nichols Carjacked and Killed | The FBI Files | S4 E777K views · Oct 29, 20261.9× typical views
• Steve Banerjee: FBI Sting in Zurich Exposes Murder Plot | The FBI Files | S3 E1376K views · Oct 28, 20261.9× typical views

The True Crime & Mysteries niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 5.2K videos from 506 channels in this niche. 8.3% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 20K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $3 to $9.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Crime 360 (241K subs, best video 15×), Criminally Obsessed (247K subs, best video 36.9×), Frontline Crime (78K subs, best video 25.3×), Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski: True Crime Today (399K subs, best video 8.8×), Queens of Crime - Female True Crime Stories (25K subs, best video 39.3×), Crazy planet (31K subs, best video 58.2×).

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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 FBI Files or YouTube.