Welsh Rugby Union YouTube Stats

@wruofficial · Sports · Updated Nov 6, 2026

Welsh Rugby Union channel overview

Welsh Rugby Union (@wruofficial) is a YouTube channel in the Sports niche created in 2011. It has 38K subscribers and 14M total views across 2.5K videos, an average of 5.4K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 2K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 990 views. Over the last 12 months, Welsh Rugby Union published 62 videos (34% Shorts), and 6 of them (10%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 12 days, Welsh Rugby Union gained 100 subscribers and 58K views, about 4.8K views a day.

How much does Welsh Rugby Union make?

Returbe estimates Welsh Rugby Union's YouTube ad revenue at $179 – $644 per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $1.58 to $5.67, typically $2.84, 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 $2.8K.

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

Welsh Rugby Union publishes about 20.6 videos a month. Based on its last 62 uploads, its most common upload day is Wednesday (26% of uploads), usually around 15:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

Welsh Rugby Union's best outlier videos

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

• Wales v New Zealand is coming back this November384K views · Jun 17, 2026384× typical views
• Josh Adams' Super Chase - Fiji v Wales160K views · Jul 8, 202632.1× typical views
• Three tries. One historic hat-trick.Tom Rogers.54K views · Jun 16, 202610.8× typical views
• "Your story will always be part of our story" | WRU visit Aberfan to commemorate 60th anniversary5K views · Oct 22, 20265× typical views
• Barbarians v Wales TRY-lights!4.5K views · Jun 1, 20264.5× typical views
• Meet Che Hope & Aneurin Owen - Hosted by Ben Carter | WRU TV3K views · Nov 3, 20263× typical views
• Steve Tandy on team selection for Wales vs Argentina | WRU TV3K views · Jul 9, 20263× typical views
• Make It A Family Moment | Wales v Japan 20262.9K views · Aug 27, 20262.9× typical views

Latest videos

7 of Welsh Rugby Union's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• What does it take to fuel an international rugby player? FT Dafydd Jenkins | WRU TV864 views · Nov 6, 20260.2× typical views
• 🚨 Tîm Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 v Japan2K views · Nov 5, 20260.4× typical views
• Meet Che Hope & Aneurin Owen - Hosted by Ben Carter | WRU TV3K views · Nov 3, 20263× typical views
• 🥢 CAN THE BOYS HANDLE THE CHOPSTICKS?1.6K views · Nov 3, 20261.6× typical views
• Quick-fire questions with Louis Rees-Zammit | WRU TV6.5K views · Oct 30, 20261.3× typical views
• A message from captain Dewi Lake | WRU TV3K views · Oct 30, 20260.6× typical views
• Embracing the Elements - Wales training | WRU TV1.6K views · Oct 28, 20261.6× typical views
• Back on the field | WRU TV1.5K views · Oct 28, 20260.3× typical views
• Crouch. Bind. Set. - Working the set piece | WRU TV2.5K views · Oct 28, 20260.5× typical views
• Day One Admin BTS | WRU TV3K views · Oct 28, 20260.6× typical views

The Sports niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 35K videos from 1K channels in this niche. 17.9% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 21K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $2.5 to $9.

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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 Welsh Rugby Union or YouTube.