Pixel Playback YouTube Stats

@thepixelplayback · Gaming · Updated Nov 7, 2026

Pixel Playback channel overview

Pixel Playback (@thepixelplayback) is a YouTube channel in the Gaming niche created in 2024. It has 65K subscribers and 10M total views across 89 videos, an average of 112K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 143K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 106K views. Over the last 12 months, Pixel Playback published 15 videos, and 1 of them (7%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does Pixel Playback make?

Returbe estimates Pixel Playback's YouTube ad revenue at $676 – $2.7K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $1.5 to $6, typically $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 $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

Pixel Playback publishes about 4.3 videos a month. Based on its last 15 uploads, its most common upload day is Monday (87% of uploads), usually around 00:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 2, 2026.

Pixel Playback's best outlier videos

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

• How Civilization Made History Impossible to Put Down466K views · Aug 22, 20264.4× typical views
• Why We’re Still Playing RollerCoaster Tycoon 27 Years Later280K views · Sep 14, 20262.6× typical views
• Gran Turismo: The Racing Game That Changed Car Culture234K views · Sep 28, 20262.2× typical views
• Half-Life: The Game That Reinvented the Shooter165K views · Oct 12, 20261.6× typical views
• Wizardry Was More Important Than You Remember141K views · Aug 17, 20261.3× typical views
• The History of Age of Empires118K views · Nov 2, 20261.1× typical views
• The 50-Year Evolution of RPGs111K views · Sep 22, 20261.1× typical views
• The Incredible History of Star Wars Games106K views · Aug 31, 20261× typical views

Latest videos

4 of Pixel Playback's last 15 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• The History of Age of Empires118K views · Nov 2, 20261.1× typical views
• How The Sims Took Over the World39K views · Oct 26, 20260.4× typical views
• How Diablo Created a Monster It Couldn't Control98K views · Oct 19, 20260.9× typical views
• Half-Life: The Game That Reinvented the Shooter165K views · Oct 12, 20261.6× typical views
• Why Fallout Feels Like Nothing Else93K views · Oct 5, 20260.9× typical views
• Gran Turismo: The Racing Game That Changed Car Culture234K views · Sep 28, 20262.2× typical views
• The 50-Year Evolution of RPGs111K views · Sep 22, 20261.1× typical views
• Why We’re Still Playing RollerCoaster Tycoon 27 Years Later280K views · Sep 14, 20262.6× typical views
• The Sega Saturn Story | Remastered71K views · Sep 7, 20260.7× typical views
• The Incredible History of Star Wars Games106K views · Aug 31, 20261× typical views

The Gaming niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 40K videos from 2.5K channels in this niche. 10.7% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 77K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $1.5 to $6.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: SISMA FAMILY (439K subs, best video 226.7×), Star Hunt (284K subs, best video 93.8×), More1980sGamer (459K subs, best video 175.4×), Angelixpearl (410K subs, best video 116.9×), Abi Army (413K subs, best video 44.9×), StundZow Clips (107K subs, best video 121.4×).

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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 Pixel Playback or YouTube.