The Nerdy Novelist YouTube Stats

@thenerdynovelist · Tech & AI · Updated Nov 6, 2026

The Nerdy Novelist channel overview

The Nerdy Novelist (@thenerdynovelist) is a YouTube channel in the Tech & AI niche created in 2015. It has 94K subscribers and 7.7M total views across 556 videos, an average of 14K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 11K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 9.4K views. Over the last 12 months, The Nerdy Novelist published 55 videos, and 3 of them (5%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 17 days, The Nerdy Novelist gained 500 subscribers and 146K views, about 8.6K views a day.

How much does The Nerdy Novelist make?

Returbe estimates The Nerdy Novelist's YouTube ad revenue at $757 – $3K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $4 to $16, typically $8, 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 $8K.

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Upload schedule

The Nerdy Novelist publishes about 10.9 videos a month. Based on its last 54 uploads, its most common upload day is Friday (31% of uploads), usually around 11:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

The Nerdy Novelist's best outlier videos

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

• Full Beginners Guide to Writing Books With AI51K views · Jul 6, 20265.4× typical views
• The Only 6 AI Writing Tools Authors Need in 202630K views · Jul 20, 20263.2× typical views
• The 11 Rules That Keep My Writing Authentic (And AI Doesn't Break Them)30K views · Jul 15, 20263.2× typical views
• This Technique Makes the AI Writing Your Own26K views · Sep 7, 20262.7× typical views
• Authors, You Need to Learn This AI Skill24K views · Sep 9, 20262.6× typical views
• Claude Fable 5.1 Is the Best Claude Model for Writing24K views · Sep 2, 20262.6× typical views
• I Quit Every AI Writing Tool... So I Built My Own21K views · Jul 1, 20262.3× typical views
• AI vs Ghostwriters vs Yourself (I've done all 3)21K views · Aug 31, 20262.3× typical views

Latest videos

7 of The Nerdy Novelist's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• Do NOT Use Generic AI Templates for Fiction (Build THIS in Claude)217 views · Nov 6, 20260× typical views
• Some MASSIVE Updates to Story Hacker OS9.4K views · Oct 28, 20261× typical views
• AI Chatbots vs Automations vs Agents?4.1K views · Oct 27, 20260.4× typical views
• How to NAIL Your Genre Before Writing Your Book4.1K views · Oct 26, 20260.4× typical views
• Is Gemini 4 Argon Good at Creative Writing?6K views · Oct 25, 20260.6× typical views
• How I Use Claude to Turn a Book Idea into a Story9.5K views · Oct 24, 20261× typical views
• GPT-6 Astra is Amazing! But Can It Write?9.6K views · Oct 23, 20261× typical views
• Can You Write a GOOD Book in 30 Days?5.6K views · Oct 22, 20260.6× typical views
• Know EXACTLY Which AI Model is Best for Writing!10K views · Oct 20, 20261.1× typical views
• How to Write in ANY Genre with Al (3,000+ Templates)3.2K views · Oct 16, 20260.3× typical views

The Tech & AI niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 8.7K videos from 719 channels in this niche. 11.3% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 7.3K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $4 to $16.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Memes Land (88K subs, best video 178.2×), Fun_Games (69K subs, best video 303.1×), Sprunki Land (36K subs, best video 87.9×), MR Mocha White (16K subs, best video 128.9×), Fun Games (74K subs, best video 257×), Fun Universe (56K subs, best video 96.2×).

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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 Nerdy Novelist or YouTube.