The Verge YouTube Stats

@theverge · Tech & AI · Updated Nov 7, 2026

The Verge channel overview

The Verge (@theverge) is a YouTube channel in the Tech & AI niche created in 2006. It has 3.5M subscribers and 1.2B total views across 6.6K videos, an average of 179K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 21K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 36K views. Over the last 12 months, The Verge published 82 videos (80% Shorts), and 9 of them (11%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 9 days, The Verge gained 0 subscribers and 5.3M views, about 585K views a day.

How much does The Verge make?

Returbe estimates The Verge's YouTube ad revenue at $14K – $56K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $0.84 to $3.33, typically $1.67, 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 $1.7K.

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 Verge publishes about 89.1 videos a month. Based on its last 81 uploads, its most common upload day is Friday (25% of uploads), usually around 19:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

The Verge's best outlier videos

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

• Steve Jobs on touchscreen MacBooks2.1M views · Oct 28, 202699.8× typical views
• Hands-on with Apple's first touchscreen MacBook Pro442K views · Oct 28, 202621.3× typical views
• iPhone Duo review (emotional)543K views · Oct 21, 202615.1× typical views
• Typing on the iPhone Duo203K views · Oct 21, 20269.8× typical views
• Why I hate this iPhone Duo case149K views · Oct 21, 20267.2× typical views
• iPhone Duo review111K views · Oct 21, 20265.3× typical views
• iPhone Duo vs. Z Fold 893K views · Oct 22, 20264.5× typical views
• John Ternus introduces touchscreen MacBook Pro83K views · Oct 28, 20264× typical views

Latest videos

3 of The Verge's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• Tesla is ‘winding down’ production of the Cybertruck10K views · Nov 6, 20260.5× typical views
• The AI industry does not have a marketing problem17K views · Nov 6, 20260.8× typical views
• X is a failure #Vergecast22K views · Nov 6, 20261× typical views
• Google yanks search from schools #Vergecast8.4K views · Nov 6, 20260.4× typical views
• Touchscreen MacBook Pro #Vergecast5.1K views · Nov 6, 20260.2× typical views
• Big Tech lost big in the 2026 election | The Vergecast42K views · Nov 6, 20261.2× typical views
• Should you upgrade your kindle? #Vergecast26K views · Nov 5, 20261.2× typical views
• Does listening to an audiobook count as reading? #Vergecast6.2K views · Nov 5, 20260.3× typical views
• BookTok is the antidote to doomscrolling | The Vergecast24K views · Nov 5, 20260.7× typical views
• Touching the touchscreen MacBook Pro20K views · Nov 5, 20261× typical views

The Tech & AI niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 10K videos from 899 channels in this niche. 11.4% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 9.5K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $4 to $16.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Memes Land (89K subs, best video 172.7×), Fun_Games (69K subs, best video 303.2×), Sprunki Land (39K subs, best video 95.2×), Tech Meets East (21K subs, best video 11.9×), Fun Universe (57K subs, best video 98.3×), MR Mocha White (16K subs, best video 131.3×).

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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 Verge or YouTube.