The Movie Cynic YouTube Stats

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

The Movie Cynic channel overview

The Movie Cynic (@themoviecynic) is a YouTube channel in the Film, TV & Anime niche created in 2006. It has 232K subscribers and 50M total views across 126 videos, an average of 400K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 191K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 145K views. Over the last 12 months, The Movie Cynic published 26 videos (4% Shorts), and 2 of them (8%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 17 days, The Movie Cynic gained 0 subscribers and 245K views, about 14K views a day.

How much does The Movie Cynic make?

Returbe estimates The Movie Cynic's YouTube ad revenue at $626 – $2.9K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $1.5 to $6.98, typically $3.49, 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 50 uploads, its most common upload day is Monday (18% of uploads), usually around 19:00 UTC. The last video went out on Oct 1, 2026.

The Movie Cynic's best outlier videos

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

• Supergirl - If Retardmaxxing Were A Movie724K views · Jul 1, 20265× typical views
• Avengers Doomsday - Who Gives a S***?514K views · Jul 24, 20263.6× typical views
• The Biggest Flops in Hollywood History409K views · Sep 22, 20262.8× typical views
• Spider-Man: Brand New Day - After The Hype332K views · Sep 1, 20262.3× typical views
• Supergirl - Autopsy of a Disaster257K views · Jul 11, 20261.8× typical views
• Body Positivity Was A Lie249K views · Nov 20, 20251.7× typical views
• The Odyssey - What Are We Even Doing Anymore?198K views · May 28, 20261.4× typical views
• Everything Sucks.194K views · May 29, 20261.3× typical views

Latest videos

6 of The Movie Cynic's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• The Biggest Flops in Hollywood History - Indiana Jones 5156K views · Oct 1, 20261.1× typical views
• When You’re Nominated For Trash162K views · Sep 28, 20261.1× typical views
• The Biggest Flops in Hollywood History409K views · Sep 22, 20262.8× typical views
• Why Feminists Hate Sydney Sweeney73K views · Sep 21, 20260.5× typical views
• When Celebrities Self-Destruct - Vol. 8145K views · Sep 2, 20261× typical views
• Spider-Man: Brand New Day - After The Hype332K views · Sep 1, 20262.3× typical views
• Avengers Doomsday - Who Gives a S***?514K views · Jul 24, 20263.6× typical views
• When Hollywood Sold Out to China (For a Decade)66K views · Jul 22, 20260.5× typical views
• The Odyssey - More Than Just Controversy?63K views · Jul 21, 20260.4× typical views
• Supergirl - Autopsy of a Disaster257K views · Jul 11, 20261.8× 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 689.5×), 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 Movie Cynic or YouTube.