YouTube niche

How much do Backrooms Found Footage YouTube channels make?

Small Backrooms Found Footage channels are getting videos with 53.9M views and earning real money from YouTube ads.

Channels in this niche typically earn $504 to $2K total from all their videos, based on 1.9K videos and 51 channels we analyzed.

Part of Indie & Retro Gaming

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Backrooms Found Footage YouTube niche earnings and breakout examples
Channels studied
51
1.9K videos tracked
Highest earner (all time)
~$882.6K est.
$353K to $1.4M total
Best single video earned
~$106K est.
$42.4K to $169.6K per video
Most-viewed video
53.9M views
from a 558K subscriber channel

Earnings breakdown

Distribution stats from 1.9K videos and 51 channels analyzed.

Average channel total
$504 to $2K
Estimated all-time total per channel
Top 25% of channels earn
$189 to $755
Better-performing channels (all time)
Top 10% of channels earn
$948 to $3.8K
Highest-performing channels (all time)
Average per video
$303 to $1.2K
Typical single-video earnings
Average views per video
302.5K
May be higher due to viral hits
Top 25% of videos get
288.7K
Views on better-performing videos
Top 10% of videos get
1M
Views on the biggest videos
If you post 8 videos a month
$2.4K to $9.7K
At this niche's typical per-video earnings
How often creators post
new video every 4 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 Indie & Retro Gaming YouTube niches, compare earnings across the Niche Finder analytics hub, or review the top channels below. We track 51 channels in Backrooms Found Footage; this page highlights the highest-view examples.

JoshVFX
JoshVFX
558K subscribers · about 4 uploads a month
~$882.6K total earned est.$353K to $1.4M all time353M views
Return to Render
Return to Render
1.2M subscribers · about 1 upload a month
~$686K total earned est.$274.4K to $1.1M all time274.4M views
The Backrooms Archive
The Backrooms Archive
438K subscribers · about 15 uploads a month
~$453.4K total earned est.$181.3K to $725.4K all time181.3M views
Chugayt
Chugayt
272K subscribers · about 5 uploads a month
~$329.5K total earned est.$131.8K to $527.2K all time131.8M views
fifushka
fifushka
109K subscribers · about 3 uploads a month
~$106.6K total earned est.$42.6K to $170.5K all time42.6M views
TheBackroomsInformation
TheBackroomsInformation
362K subscribers · about 3 uploads a month
~$101.3K total earned est.$40.5K to $162.1K all time40.5M views

51 total Backrooms Found Footage 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 Backrooms Found Footage videos usually run about 29 to 49 minutes and earn an estimated $303 to $1.2K per video, which works out to $2.4K to $9.7K a month if you post at this niche's typical pace of 8 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 1 Year in The Backrooms (Found Footage Compilation), which reached 53.9M views from a 1.2M subscriber channel. Channels in Indie & Retro Gaming often post about new video every 4 days, so consistency matters as much as one viral upload.

Videos are usually 29 to 49 minBased on 51 channels

Typical Backrooms Found Footage video: 39 min · ~302.5K views per upload (niche average).

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Compared with adjacent niches

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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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