The Hot Lap YouTube Stats

@thehotlapshow · Sports · Updated Nov 6, 2026

The Hot Lap channel overview

The Hot Lap (@thehotlapshow) is a YouTube channel in the Sports niche created in 2015. It has 4.7K subscribers and 3.8M total views across 3.1K videos, an average of 1.2K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 5.9K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 798 views. Over the last 12 months, The Hot Lap published 54 videos (24% Shorts), and 13 of them (24%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does The Hot Lap make?

Returbe estimates The Hot Lap's YouTube ad revenue at $2K – $7.3K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $2.39 to $8.59, typically $4.3, 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 $4.3K.

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 Hot Lap publishes about 51.1 videos a month. Based on its last 54 uploads, its most common upload day is Monday (39% of uploads), usually around 07:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 4, 2026.

The Hot Lap's best outlier videos

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

• Hamilton Was ROBBED?! The FIA's Leclerc Decision Explained!57K views · Nov 1, 202657× typical views
• BeamNG drive PS5 First Impressions – The Most Rea36K views · Oct 19, 202636.4× typical views
• Project CARS 2 vs Project Motor Racing: Has Sim Racing Moved Forward?35K views · Oct 11, 202635.2× typical views
• Top 10 Console Sim Racing Games34K views · Oct 5, 202634.1× typical views
• Verstappen & Lawson COLLIDE! Was Max Completely to Blame?25K views · Oct 30, 202624.8× typical views
• Hamilton vs Leclerc | NEW DATA Reveals What REALLY Happened in Mexico!24K views · Nov 4, 202623.8× typical views
• Jeremy Clarkson Sparks F1 OUTRAGE! Colapinto Joke & Kardashian Rant16K views · Oct 25, 202615.9× typical views
• Max Verstappen Is NOT The GOAT… And Mexico Proved Why!13K views · Nov 2, 202613.2× typical views

Latest videos

11 of The Hot Lap's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• Hamilton vs Leclerc | NEW DATA Reveals What REALLY Happened in Mexico!24K views · Nov 4, 202623.8× typical views
• NASCAR STUNNED as Spire SUSPENDS Carson Hocevar!192 views · Nov 3, 20260.2× typical views
• Hocevar ACCUSED of THREE Brake Checks — NASCAR Does NOTHING?!386 views · Nov 2, 20260.4× typical views
• F1 Faces SERIOUS Questions as Yamaha REFUSES to Race in Qatar!671 views · Nov 2, 20260.7× typical views
• Max Verstappen Is NOT The GOAT… And Mexico Proved Why!13K views · Nov 2, 202613.2× typical views
• Hamilton Was ROBBED?! The FIA's Leclerc Decision Explained!57K views · Nov 1, 202657× typical views
• Nobody Saw THIS Coming! Hamilton's Stunning Mexico GP Pole!3.5K views · Oct 31, 20263.5× typical views
• Ocon DROPPED by Haas! Did a FIGHT Spark F1 Mexico Chaos?!13K views · Oct 31, 202613× typical views
• WHAT was Max thinking ? #f1, #maxverstappen #mexicangp1.5K views · Oct 31, 20260.3× typical views
• Mexico Practice! Verstappen VS Lawson ! What the heck! #f1, #mexicangp3.1K views · Oct 31, 20260.6× typical views

The Sports niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 34K videos from 1K channels in this niche. 17.8% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 21K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $2.5 to $9.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Victor Foot (56K subs, best video 204.2×), MATHIS FOOTBALL (103K subs, best video 607.2×), DAZN Fútbol (390K subs, best video 230.6×), Cam 23 (155K subs, best video 1020.3×), NFL on FOX (287K subs, best video 53×), El Balón de Icaro (353K subs, best video 651.5×).

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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 Hot Lap or YouTube.