theSkimm YouTube Stats

@theskimm · Comedy & Memes · Updated Nov 6, 2026

theSkimm channel overview

theSkimm (@theskimm) is a YouTube channel in the Comedy & Memes niche created in 2012. It has 12K subscribers and 13M total views across 772 videos, an average of 17K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 188K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 5.6K views. Over the last 12 months, theSkimm published 58 videos (79% Shorts), and 18 of them (31%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 17 days, theSkimm gained 0 subscribers and 1.7M views, about 98K views a day.

How much does theSkimm make?

Returbe estimates theSkimm's YouTube ad revenue at $440 – $1.8K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $0.15 to $0.6, typically $0.32, 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 $320.

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

theSkimm publishes about 17.4 videos a month. Based on its last 58 uploads, its most common upload day is Thursday (31% of uploads), usually around 17:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 5, 2026.

theSkimm's best outlier videos

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

• No matter how big of a legend you are, nothing will humble you like a 13-year-old girl.5M views · Oct 15, 20261002.9× typical views
• Lili Reinhart and Tom Bateman's Rom-Com Hot Takes216K views · Sep 25, 202643.1× typical views
• Power Players: Women in Clean Energy Give Advice on Thriving in Every Career Stage218K views · Aug 10, 202639.2× typical views
• Comedian Jazmyn W Answers Your Messiest Money & Friendship Questions | The Money Hotline212K views · Jun 11, 202638× typical views
• Josh Hartnett on Living in the UK123K views · Oct 3, 202624.6× typical views
• The Price Is Very, Very Wrong: Can Comedians Guess What Things Cost In 2026? | The Money Hotline115K views · Jun 22, 202620.6× typical views
• Comedian Mary Elizabeth Kelly Answers Your Tipping Etiquette Questions | The Money Hotline68K views · Jun 16, 202612.2× typical views
• We’ll take Stanley stanning Anne any day.57K views · Oct 15, 202611.5× typical views

Latest videos

13 of theSkimm's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• The Gilded Age Cast On Season 4, Cynthia Nixon And Audra McDonald Are NYC Legends85 views · Nov 5, 20260× typical views
• Rachel Bilson's Recommended Reading1.4K views · Nov 2, 20260.3× typical views
• Skimm Tasted: Healthy Sodas and Mocktails1.1K views · Oct 30, 20260.2× typical views
• Skimm Tasted: Protein Snacks575 views · Oct 29, 20260.1× typical views
• We Needed Rachel Bilson in her New York City Era2.3K views · Oct 29, 20260.5× typical views
• Rachel Bilson on the Y2K trends we needed31K views · Oct 27, 20266.2× typical views
• Letting Pinterest Choose My Outfit27 views · Oct 26, 20260× typical views
• Connie Britton Has One Rule for Every Role She Plays1.8K views · Oct 23, 20260.3× typical views
• 5 Things That Are Worth the Splurge43 views · Oct 21, 20260× typical views
• All millennial women ever needed was Nigel Kipling to look them and say, "Gird your loins."14K views · Oct 15, 20262.8× typical views

The Comedy & Memes niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 12K videos from 804 channels in this niche. 17.8% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 47K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $1.2 to $5.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Adictos Al Trap (216K subs, best video 39.9×), Patrick Custer (32K subs, best video 404.4×), gningbo (84K subs, best video 2014.8×), Theo Rogan Shorts (436K subs, best video 22.1×), EpsilonnEdit (18K subs, best video 41.9×), WearTheGag (89K subs, best video 63.7×).

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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 theSkimm or YouTube.