YouTube niche

How much do Drawing Challenge Shorts YouTube channels make?

Small Drawing Challenge Shorts channels are getting videos with 29.6M views and earning real money from YouTube ads.

Channels in this niche typically earn $854 to $3.4K total from all their videos, based on 2.2K videos and 15 channels we analyzed.

Part of Animation & Fandom

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Drawing Challenge Shorts YouTube niche earnings and breakout examples
Channels studied
15
2.2K videos tracked
Highest earner (all time)
~$1.9M est.
$744.4K to $3M total
Best single video earned
~$33.1K est.
$13.2K to $53K per video
Most-viewed video
29.6M views
from a 1M subscriber channel

Earnings breakdown

Distribution stats from 2.2K videos and 15 channels analyzed.

Average channel total
$854 to $3.4K
Estimated all-time total per channel
Top 25% of channels earn
$312 to $1.2K
Better-performing channels (all time)
Top 10% of channels earn
$3.5K to $13.9K
Highest-performing channels (all time)
Average per video
$115 to $461
Typical single-video earnings
Average views per video
115.3K
May be higher due to viral hits
Top 25% of videos get
75.4K
Views on better-performing videos
Top 10% of videos get
412.2K
Views on the biggest videos
If you post 10 videos a month
$1.2K to $4.6K
At this niche's typical per-video earnings
How often creators post
new video every 3 days
Average for channels in this niche
Is this niche growing?
Views are growing
Based on recent videos in this niche

Explore this niche

Browse Animation & Fandom YouTube niches, compare earnings across the Niche Finder analytics hub, or review the top channels below. We track 15 channels in Drawing Challenge Shorts; this page highlights the highest-view examples.

artSpeedDraw
artSpeedDraw
1M subscribers · about 38 uploads a month
~$1.9M total earned est.$744.4K to $3M all time744.4M views
Jakeaart2.0
Jakeaart2.0
730K subscribers · about 5 uploads a month
~$814.2K total earned est.$325.7K to $1.3M all time325.7M views
Lexi Draw
Lexi Draw
250K subscribers · about 43 uploads a month
~$349.7K total earned est.$139.9K to $559.5K all time139.9M views
Rachel’s Art!!
Rachel’s Art!!
268K subscribers · about 7 uploads a month
~$249.3K total earned est.$99.7K to $398.9K all time99.7M views
TilouToons
TilouToons
163K subscribers · about 1 upload a month
~$139.3K total earned est.$55.7K to $222.9K all time55.7M views
Cheek
Cheek
150K subscribers · about 1 upload a month
~$119.1K total earned est.$47.6K to $190.5K all time47.6M views

15 total Drawing Challenge Shorts YouTube channels tracked

Breakout videos

Videos that pulled in far more views than their channels had subscribers.

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Why this niche works

Top Drawing Challenge Shorts videos usually run about 22 to 38 minutes and earn an estimated $115 to $461 per video, which works out to $1.2K to $4.6K a month if you post at this niche's typical pace of 10 videos a month. The best ones below pulled in far more views than their channels had subscribers, the clearest sign a brand new channel can still land a hit here.

The strongest recent example is How Well Do Emirichu and Daidus Know Each Other?? (Couple Drawing Challenge), which reached 2.4M views from a 542K subscriber channel. Channels in Animation & Fandom often post about new video every 3 days, so consistency matters as much as one viral upload.

Videos are usually 22 to 38 minBased on 15 channels

Typical Drawing Challenge Shorts video: 30 min · ~115.3K views per upload (niche average).

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How the numbers work

How earnings are estimated, what is public, and when this page was last updated.

Last updated
Jun 11, 2026
Data source
Public YouTube discovery
Built from publicly available channels and videos matched to this niche.
Confidence
Confidence is highest when a niche has many long-form breakout videos with known subscriber counts. Percentile ranges are precomputed from the analyzed sample; thin niches may show wider ranges or missing percentiles.
  • We take a video's public view count and estimate how much ad revenue it earned, using a typical pay-per-view rate for this niche. The result is a range (low to high).
  • A channel's total estimated earnings are the sum of all its individual video estimates, across the channel's entire history.
  • These estimates assume all views earned ad revenue. In reality many channels have not turned on ads, so real earnings are usually lower.
  • Actual earnings depend on the creator's monetization status, audience location, ad formats, sponsorships, and more.
  • Verified data comes from visible YouTube channel pages and video listings. Estimated data is filled in from related channels when direct info was not available.
  • Data is independently sourced from public information. NoodleTomato is not affiliated with or endorsed by YouTube.

Read the full methodology on the Niche Finder methodology page.

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