The Weekly Thing YouTube Stats

@theweeklything · Gaming · Updated Nov 8, 2026

The Weekly Thing channel overview

The Weekly Thing (@theweeklything) is a YouTube channel in the Gaming niche created in 2020. It has 152K subscribers and 34M total views across 147 videos, an average of 232K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 147K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 33K views. Over the last 12 months, The Weekly Thing published 3 videos, and 1 of them (33%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 19 days, The Weekly Thing lost 1K subscribers and 27K views, about 1.4K views a day.

How much does The Weekly Thing make?

Returbe estimates The Weekly Thing's YouTube ad revenue at $66 – $265 per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $1.48 to $5.93, typically $2.97, 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

Based on its last 48 uploads, its most common upload day is Monday (29% of uploads), usually around 16:00 UTC. The last video went out on Apr 30, 2026.

The Weekly Thing's best outlier videos

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

• The Minecraft World Record that Changed EVERYTHING110K views · Feb 28, 20263.4× typical views
• The Story of Minecraft's Fastest Speedrun Ever33K views · Dec 1, 20251× typical views
• The Wild Story of Minecraft's Fastest Speedrun Ever103K views · May 12, 20241× typical views
• The Most Heartbreaking "Choke" in Minecraft Speedrunning History26K views · Sep 5, 20251× typical views
• The Run That Almost DESTROYED Minecraft 1.16 Speedrunning108K views · Mar 25, 20251× typical views
• The Minecraft Minimum Advancements Record is INSANE265K views · Jan 28, 20251× typical views
• Was the Minecraft World Record FAKED?38K views · Apr 27, 20241× typical views
• The Amazing Story of the New Minecraft World Record55K views · Apr 1, 20241× typical views

Latest videos

1 of The Weekly Thing's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• 3 Hours of Minecraft Speedrun Breakdowns to Fall Asleep To8.5K views · Apr 30, 20260.3× typical views
• The Minecraft World Record that Changed EVERYTHING110K views · Feb 28, 20263.4× typical views
• The Story of Minecraft's Fastest Speedrun Ever33K views · Dec 1, 20251× typical views
• The Most Heartbreaking "Choke" in Minecraft Speedrunning History26K views · Sep 5, 20251× typical views
• The Epic Story of Minecraft's New World Record48K views · Jul 13, 20250.2× typical views
• The Run That Almost DESTROYED Minecraft 1.16 Speedrunning108K views · Mar 25, 20251× typical views
• The Minecraft Minimum Advancements Record is INSANE265K views · Jan 28, 20251× typical views
• The Wild Story of Minecraft's Fastest Speedrun Ever103K views · May 12, 20241× typical views
• Was the Minecraft World Record FAKED?38K views · Apr 27, 20241× typical views
• The Amazing Story of the New Minecraft World Record55K views · Apr 1, 20241× typical views

The Gaming niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 42K videos from 2.7K channels in this niche. 11.1% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 73K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $1.5 to $6.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: SISMA FAMILY (441K subs, best video 205.2×), More1980sGamer (460K subs, best video 366×), Angelixpearl (412K subs, best video 180.6×), Star Hunt (284K subs, best video 97.4×), Henreee (87K subs, best video 22.5×), DrDonut Reacts (481K subs, best video 330.8×).

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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 Weekly Thing or YouTube.