How much do Mystery Object Identification YouTube channels make?

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OutlookDaily

23.9K subscribers · about 15 uploads a month

~$70.1K total earned est.$30.5K to $109.7K all time12.2M views

MI - Mysterious Item

38.5K subscribers · about 4 uploads a month

~$46.3K total earned est.$20.1K to $72.4K all time8M views

Mysterious Finds

4K subscribers · about 13 uploads a month

~$10.2K total earned est.$4.5K to $16K all time1.8M views

Mystery Thing

7K subscribers · about 4 uploads a month

~$5.7K total earned est.$2.5K to $8.9K all time990.2K views

CI - Curious Item

2.1K subscribers · about 11 uploads a month

~$4.5K total earned est.$2K to $7K all time781.9K views

Top Mystery Object Identification videos usually run about 54 to 90 minutes and earn an estimated $57 to $204 per video, which works out to $798 to $2.9K a month if you post at this niche's typical pace of 14 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 “WHAT IS THIS MYSTERIOUS ITEM? 150+ ENIGMATIC FINDS! [r/whatisthisthing] #1 Compilation”, which reached 1.1M views from a 38.5K subscriber channel. Channels in DIY & Workshop often post about new video every 2 days, so consistency matters as much as one viral upload.

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.
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