Young James YouTube Stats

@youngjameshelp · Self-improvement & Motivation · Updated Nov 6, 2026

Young James channel overview

Young James (@youngjameshelp) is a YouTube channel in the Self-improvement & Motivation niche created in 2026. It has 10K subscribers and 1.9M total views across 61 videos, an average of 31K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 22K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 1.7K views. Over the last 12 months, Young James published 53 videos, and 13 of them (25%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 12 days, Young James gained 590 subscribers and 160K views, about 13K views a day.

How much does Young James make?

Returbe estimates Young James's YouTube ad revenue at $1.9K – $7.1K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $3 to $11, typically $6, 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 $6K.

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

Young James publishes about 8.7 videos a month. Based on its last 53 uploads, its most common upload day is Friday (28% of uploads), usually around 18:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 5, 2026.

Young James's best outlier videos

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

• 1000 Hours Of NoFap Research in 6 Minutes804K views · Apr 6, 2026472.5× typical views
• 7 years of self improvement lessons in 4 min (no cold shower bs)501K views · Oct 14, 2026294.5× typical views
• How To QUIT Prn Addiction Using Common Sense In 3 Minutes141K views · May 20, 202682.8× typical views
• No Nut November is Bullsh*t. Follow This Instead (after 4 years clean)41K views · Oct 31, 202624.2× typical views
• Lowkey, you’re Only 4 weeks Away from Your Dream Life (Real Talk)38K views · Oct 19, 202622.6× typical views
• 1390+ days of NoFap in 4 min15K views · May 6, 20268.8× typical views
• what really changed after 1420+ days of nofap (review)14K views · May 11, 20268× typical views
• 1420 days of NoFap advice in 278 seconds11K views · Jun 30, 20266.4× typical views

Latest videos

11 of Young James's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• The craziest No Nut November stories on Reddit (unhinged posts)540 views · Nov 5, 20260.3× typical views
• No Nut November is Bullsh*t. Follow This Instead (after 4 years clean)41K views · Oct 31, 202624.2× typical views
• The entire story of No Nut November (i guess)9.8K views · Oct 29, 20265.7× typical views
• How to be Ridiculously Productive without Sacrificing Bad Habits (Even Gaming)1.5K views · Oct 23, 20260.9× typical views
• Lowkey, here’s how to get sh*t done when you feel like crap (takes 2min)9.9K views · Oct 21, 20265.8× typical views
• Lowkey, you’re Only 4 weeks Away from Your Dream Life (Real Talk)38K views · Oct 19, 202622.6× typical views
• we Seriously Need to Talk About this Current AI P*rn Industry1.4K views · Oct 16, 20260.8× typical views
• 7 years of self improvement lessons in 4 min (no cold shower bs)501K views · Oct 14, 2026294.5× typical views
• The ONLY NoFap course you'll ever need to quit p*rn (4 years of value)4.1K views · Oct 5, 20262.4× typical views
• lowkey, here's how to Quit gooning FOREVER in 2min lol1.4K views · Oct 2, 20260.8× typical views

The Self-improvement & Motivation niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 3K videos from 185 channels in this niche. 16.2% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 8.4K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $3 to $11.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: T21 (3.7K subs, best video 45.1×), XYT WORLD (4.9K subs, best video 1158.3×), The Mental Health Space (5.8K subs, best video 16.9×), MOTIVATIONAL SD (13K subs, best video 98.4×), The Stoic Scroll (9.3K subs, best video 40.8×), stoic physiology (18K subs, best video 9.4×).

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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 Young James or YouTube.