Tom Bilyeu YouTube Stats

@tombilyeu · News & Politics · Updated Nov 6, 2026

Tom Bilyeu channel overview

Tom Bilyeu (@tombilyeu) is a YouTube channel in the News & Politics niche created in 2016. It has 4.6M subscribers and 560M total views across 2K videos, an average of 285K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 210K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 195K views. Over the last 12 months, Tom Bilyeu published 60 videos, and 1 of them (2%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 17 days, Tom Bilyeu gained 0 subscribers and 2.8M views, about 166K views a day.

How much does Tom Bilyeu make?

Returbe estimates Tom Bilyeu's YouTube ad revenue at $10K – $42K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $2 to $8, typically $4, 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 $4K.

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

Tom Bilyeu publishes about 21.7 videos a month. Based on its last 26 uploads, its most common upload day is Tuesday (42% of uploads), usually around 13:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 5, 2026.

Tom Bilyeu's best outlier videos

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

• The Japan Playbook Is Coming To America — Here's What It Means For Your Money827K views · Sep 3, 20264.2× typical views
• Forget UBI. You’ll Get Paid Just for Being Human462K views · Oct 1, 20262.4× typical views
• They Are About to RESET Your Money — Pay Attention378K views · Sep 15, 20261.9× typical views
• The Debt Spiral Just Started — And the Bond Market Is Breaking352K views · Oct 20, 20261.8× typical views
• EMERGENCY PODCAST: ASI Will Kill Us All!293K views · Sep 10, 20261.5× typical views
• Did the AI Bubble Just Pop?! Anthropic's Leaked Numbers are INSANE290K views · Oct 3, 20261.5× typical views
• The Real Reason Europe Is Falling Apart (It's Not Immigration)282K views · Oct 29, 20261.4× typical views
• The Dollar's Last Stand: Scott Bessent's $950 Billion Plan to Save the Bond Market260K views · Sep 1, 20261.3× typical views

Latest videos

6 of Tom Bilyeu's last 26 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• Billionaires Don't Do 'Buy Borrow Die' — Two Professors Proved It41K views · Nov 5, 20260.2× typical views
• I've Done 1,500 Interviews — Here's Why Gen Z Can't Get Hired71K views · Nov 3, 20260.4× typical views
• The Real Reason Europe Is Falling Apart (It's Not Immigration)282K views · Oct 29, 20261.4× typical views
• The Real Reason AI Companies Won’t Slow Down (It’s Not Money)260K views · Oct 27, 20261.3× typical views
• We're Racing Toward Bankruptcy — And No One Will Touch Entitlements71K views · Oct 22, 20260.4× typical views
• The Debt Spiral Just Started — And the Bond Market Is Breaking352K views · Oct 20, 20261.8× typical views
• The Brutal Truth About Why Hard Work Feels Pointless58K views · Oct 15, 20260.3× typical views
• Rubio Just Gave the Speech Trump Can’t.102K views · Oct 13, 20260.5× typical views
• America Can Never Pay Off Its Debt. Here’s Who Gets Rich From That203K views · Oct 8, 20261× typical views
• THIS is What's REALLY Happening With AI Safety. The Must Watch Viral Debate.195K views · Oct 6, 20261× typical views

The News & Politics niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 55K videos from 822 channels in this niche. 18% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 15K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $2 to $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 Tom Bilyeu or YouTube.