vlogbrothers YouTube Stats

@vlogbrothers · Updated Nov 7, 2026

vlogbrothers channel overview

vlogbrothers (@vlogbrothers) is a YouTube channel created in 2007. It has 4.1M subscribers and 1.1B total views across 2.5K videos, an average of 440K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 429K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 276K views. Over the last 12 months, vlogbrothers published 30 videos, and 4 of them (13%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does vlogbrothers make?

Returbe estimates vlogbrothers's YouTube ad revenue at $4.6K – $16K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $1.25 to $4.25, typically $2.25, 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 $2.3K.

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

vlogbrothers publishes about 8.7 videos a month. Based on its last 30 uploads, its most common upload day is Thursday (43% of uploads), usually around 07:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

vlogbrothers's best outlier videos

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

• The Life Expectancy Lies That Won't Die1.5M views · Oct 8, 20265.4× typical views
• The Last Normal Year1.4M views · Oct 31, 20265× typical views
• The Productivity Lie1.1M views · Oct 10, 20263.9× typical views
• Why Are We So Bad at Executing People?996K views · Oct 8, 20263.6× typical views
• YouTube Says This Video Has 683,183 Views, It Actually Has 312,584692K views · Oct 8, 20262.5× typical views
• Make Your Art.660K views · Oct 8, 20262.4× typical views
• Why the Deadliest Virus Was the Easiest to Kill486K views · Sep 8, 20261.8× typical views
• The Last Normal Year Was 1345483K views · Nov 4, 20261.7× typical views

Latest videos

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

• A Unified Theory of A**hole Behavior274K views · Nov 6, 20261× typical views
• The Last Normal Year Was 1345483K views · Nov 4, 20261.7× typical views
• The Last Normal Year1.4M views · Oct 31, 20265× typical views
• Should I Salinger...221K views · Oct 28, 20260.8× typical views
• The Best Email I Ever Got262K views · Oct 24, 20261× typical views
• Correcting a Mistake in Everything Is Tuberculosis | 50 x 50 Science211K views · Oct 24, 20260.8× typical views
• Is Happiness the Goal?281K views · Oct 17, 20261× typical views
• My Lungs Are on the Outside of the Body351K views · Oct 17, 20261.3× typical views
• The 5 Meanest Things We've Named a Species390K views · Oct 10, 20261.4× typical views
• The Productivity Lie1.1M views · Oct 10, 20263.9× typical views

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 vlogbrothers or YouTube.