ThoughTaken YouTube Stats

@thoughtaken · Cars & Vehicles · Updated Nov 6, 2026

ThoughTaken channel overview

ThoughTaken (@thoughtaken) is a YouTube channel in the Cars & Vehicles niche created in 2022. It has 1.5M subscribers and 1.5B total views across 2.5K videos, an average of 609K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 1.6M views, and a typical video (the median) gets 407K views. Over the last 12 months, ThoughTaken published 57 videos (88% Shorts), and 6 of them (11%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 7 days, ThoughTaken gained 20K subscribers and 24M views, about 3.4M views a day.

How much does ThoughTaken make?

Returbe estimates ThoughTaken's YouTube ad revenue at $31K – $109K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $0.3 to $1.04, typically $0.53, 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 $530.

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

ThoughTaken publishes about 31.5 videos a month. Based on its last 57 uploads, its most common upload day is Thursday (18% of uploads), usually around 16:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 5, 2026.

ThoughTaken's best outlier videos

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

• Taking my friend's little sister on a date4.5M views · Oct 9, 202611.1× typical views
• She got her own bike!16M views · Sep 13, 20269.6× typical views
• Her older brother called me8.4M views · Sep 10, 20265× typical views
• My Last Ride with Her...1.6M views · Oct 26, 20263.9× typical views
• Her first time spotting a cop5.5M views · Oct 15, 20263.3× typical views
• Rage-baiting a cop (donut on a stick)5.4M views · Sep 18, 20263.2× typical views
• Don’t tell your brother i helped you4.3M views · Sep 16, 20262.6× typical views
• That’s What I Call Protecting and Serving3.6M views · Oct 3, 20262.1× typical views

Latest videos

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

• She begged me to cover for her673K views · Nov 5, 20260.4× typical views
• Full Throttle on a Turbo Hayabusa169K views · Nov 4, 20260.4× typical views
• I survived a Turbo Huyabusa609K views · Nov 4, 20260.4× typical views
• I hid his bike as payback294K views · Nov 3, 20260.2× typical views
• Installing an exhaust on my Fireblade294K views · Nov 2, 20260.2× typical views
• Checking up on Lizzie874K views · Nov 1, 20260.5× typical views
• Motorcycle cop cuts me off219K views · Oct 30, 20260.1× typical views
• I ran into Lizzie’s friend1.1M views · Oct 29, 20260.7× typical views
• She gone1.3M views · Oct 28, 20260.8× typical views
• The last time i’ll ever see her1.9M views · Oct 27, 20261.1× typical views

The Cars & Vehicles niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 5.8K videos from 590 channels in this niche. 17.5% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 30K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $4 to $14.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Drivewhisperer (123K subs, best video 182.5×), SOUTENIR L'AGRICULTURE (138K subs, best video 38.2×), Petroleum (35K subs, best video 639.4×), The Daily Downshift (294K subs, best video 17.9×), GHOSTFACE WORKSHOP (25K subs, best video 184.4×), That Car Guy (88K subs, best video 218.4×).

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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 ThoughTaken or YouTube.