Top Gear YouTube Stats

@topgear · Cars & Vehicles · Updated Nov 7, 2026

Subscribers

9.6M

Total views

4.3B

Videos

1.9K

8.7 / month

Est. monthly earnings

$60K – $211K

RPM $4–$14

Avg. views (last 30)

1.2M

Typical views

789K

median per video

Avg. video length

20 min

Channel age

20 years

since Mar 27, 2006

Top Gear channel overview

Top Gear (@topgear) is a YouTube channel in the Cars & Vehicles niche created in 2006. It has 9.6M subscribers and 4.3B total views across 1.9K videos, an average of 2.3M views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 1.2M views, and a typical video (the median) gets 789K views. Over the last 12 months, Top Gear published 50 videos, and 5 of them (10%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does Top Gear make?

Returbe estimates Top Gear's YouTube ad revenue at $60K – $211K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $4 to $14, typically $7, 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 $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

Top Gear publishes about 8.7 videos a month. Based on its last 50 uploads, its most common upload day is Friday (50% of uploads), usually around 15:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

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Top Gear's best outlier videos

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

Latest videos

6 of Top Gear's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

The Cars & Vehicles niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 6.5K videos from 704 channels in this niche. 17.4% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 36K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $4 to $14.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Drivewhisperer (123K subs, best video 185.2×), Petroleum (35K subs, best video 682.2×), SOUTENIR L'AGRICULTURE (138K subs, best video 31.1×), The Daily Downshift (294K subs, best video 27.8×), GHOSTFACE WORKSHOP (25K subs, best video 195.2×), That Car Guy (88K subs, best video 277.3×).

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Frequently asked questions

How many subscribers does Top Gear have?

Top Gear has 9.6M subscribers on YouTube and 4.3B total views across 1.9K videos (Returbe data, updated Nov 7, 2026).

How much does Top Gear make on YouTube?

Returbe estimates Top Gear's YouTube ad revenue at $60K – $211K per month, based on recent views and an RPM of about $4–$14 per 1,000 views for this niche and audience. Sponsorships, merch and memberships are not included.

How often does Top Gear upload?

Top Gear uploads about 8.7 videos a month, most often on Friday. The last upload was on Nov 6, 2026.

What is Top Gear's best performing video?

"New Honda NSX: ‘90s Supercar Icon Reborn! | 4K" is Top Gear's biggest outlier: 4.1M views, 5.2× the channel's typical views.

What channels are similar to Top Gear?

Channels similar to Top Gear include WhistlinDiesel, carwow, Mat Armstrong, Doug DeMuro, Hagerty.

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 Top Gear or YouTube.

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