Holds back
Niche: Gaming
$0.80 to $5 per 1,000 views
$0typical $2$10
Long videos in this niche typically pay about $2 per 1,000 views to the creator.
The Game Theorists
Estimated monthly ad earningsLikely monetized
$33,600a month
About $404,000 a year, likely $238,000 to $649,000
Low end$19,900
Most likely$33,600
High end$54,100
Where the money comes from
Monthly ad earnings by format, middle of the estimate
$33,500a month
- Long videos13.6M views a month$32,80098%
- Shorts5.3M views a month$7182%
- Live streams14.1K views a month$300%
What one sponsor could pay per video
$22,400 to $84,200Separate from ad earnings and never added in. Based on a median of 2,805,311 views per long video and typical sponsor rates for this niche.
Views per video
The last 30 public uploads, oldest on the left. Tap or hover a bar for the video.
Long videosShorts
01M2M
Median 547.7K
Jul 25Nov 6
Show as a table
| Video | Format | Posted | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
| Link Wears WHAT In The Legend Of Zelda?! | Game Theory | Short | Nov 6 | 90,409 |
| Game Theory: The BURIED Lore of Terrible Lizards | Long video | Oct 31 | 989,157 |
| Metroid Has HUGE Balls! | Game Theory | Short | Oct 29 | 223,025 |
| Game Theory: Poppy Playtime's Factory Makes NO SENSE! | Long video | Oct 24 | 1,230,984 |
| Pokemon’s Biggest LIE! | Game Theory | Short | Oct 22 | 175,965 |
| Game Theory: Minecraft's NEW Dimension Changes EVERYTHING! | Long video | Oct 17 | 1,395,092 |
| Castlevania’s Deadliest Monster Is NOT Dracula! | Game Theory | Short | Oct 15 | 174,561 |
| Game Theory: The ENTIRE Happy’s Humble Universe Explained! | Long video | Oct 10 | 923,934 |
| Sonic is BROKE! | Game Theory | Short | Oct 8 | 206,500 |
| Game Theory: Welcome Home Has a KILLER! | Long video | Oct 3 | 877,882 |
| Mario Kart is BROKEN | Game Theory | Short | Oct 1 | 226,750 |
| Game Theory: 7 Years of Bendy Lore | Long video | Sep 26 | 951,152 |
| Game Theory: We Can Actually BREAK Physics?! (Active Matter) | Long video | Sep 24 | 360,205 |
| The Pokemon that BROKE the game! | Game Theory | Short | Sep 22 | 257,633 |
| Game Theory: I SOLVED Endacopia's Confusing Lore | Long video | Sep 19 | 1,100,273 |
| Game Theory: Eddie Dear Changes EVERYTHING! (Welcome Home) | Long video | Sep 12 | 1,157,144 |
| Game Theory: I was RIGHT about Poppy Playtime! (Escape from Playtime) | Short | Sep 10 | 897,166 |
| Game Theory: There Is NO Escape From Wonderland! (Roblox) | Long video | Sep 5 | 720,824 |
| Game Theory: The Endless Foursomes on Marvel Tōkon | Short | Sep 4 | 109,576 |
| Game Theory: The Secret to KILLING Verity! (Minecraft) | Long video | Aug 29 | 1,558,726 |
| Game Theory: Why You SUCK at Card Games… | Long video | Aug 27 | 327,588 |
| Game Theory: Princess Daisy's STOLEN Crown! (Mario) | Short | Aug 25 | 465,346 |
| Game Theory: The Problem with Modern FNAF | Long video | Aug 22 | 978,076 |
| Minecraft Steve’s Butt Could Save His Life! | Short | Aug 20 | 217,613 |
| Alcohol Makes Wolverine STRONGER?! | Short | Aug 17 | 183,075 |
| Game Theory: The SICK Lore of Animal Hospital | Long video | Aug 15 | 975,963 |
| The Assassin’s Boat is TOO FAST | Short | Aug 11 | 235,616 |
| Game Theory: What IS Sans?! | Long video | Aug 8 | 630,035 |
| Game Theory: Why Did The Prototype Save Us? (Poppy Playtime) | Long video | Aug 1 | 875,930 |
| Game Theory: You Will NEVER Own Games Again… | Long video | Jul 25 | 383,911 |
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What lifts the estimate and what holds it back
Helps
Where viewers likely are
100% of US ad rates
0%US rates
Based on the channel's language and country (English, based in the US). Ads pay far more in the US, UK, Canada and Australia than elsewhere.
Neutral
Shorts in the mix
28% of views this month
Long 72%Shorts 28%
Shorts pay about $0.14 per 1,000 views, a small fraction of long videos, so the same views earn much less.
Helps
Long enough for mid roll ads
median 18 min
0 min8 min mark20 min
Videos of 8 minutes or more can carry ads in the middle, which lifts earnings per view.
Neutral
Upload pace: steady
2.1 per week
That is 1x the 90 days before.
Helps
Views per video are rising
1.5x
Median views of the last 10 long videos compared with the 10 before them.
Neutral
Old videos still bring views
15.3M views a month
Uploads older than three years, and the ones we did not read, keep getting watched. We count them at half their lifetime average pace, a conservative guess, capped by the channel's lifetime average.
Time to monetize
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Unlock with ProHow we got this. Views from the last 30 days are rebuilt from each public video's views and age, cut to the views YouTube pays on, then priced with niche, audience and video length ad rates from published creator data. We run this 2,000 times with realistic variation and show the middle half. Data read November 8, 2026, 05:40 UTC.