How much do Pokemon ROM Hacks and Fan Games YouTube channels make?

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Browse Indie & Retro Gaming YouTube niches, compare earnings across the Niche Finder analytics hub, or review the top channels below.

Ayrei

66.3K subscribers · about 6 uploads a month

~$39K total earned est.$15.6K to $62.4K all time15.6M views

It's Yume

26.1K subscribers · about 24 uploads a month

~$4.8K total earned est.$1.9K to $7.6K all time1.9M views

Invincible Greninja

3K subscribers · about 9 uploads a month

~$2K total earned est.$783 to $3.1K all time783K views

Poke Girls Wrestling Channel

3K subscribers · about 1 upload a month

~$1.5K total earned est.$610 to $2.4K all time609.8K views

Shemne

5.3K subscribers · about 1 upload a month

~$1.5K total earned est.$593 to $2.4K all time592.7K views

Top Pokemon ROM Hacks and Fan Games videos usually run about 25 to 43 minutes and earn an estimated $87 to $348 per video, which works out to $348 to $1.4K a month if you post at this niche's typical pace of 4 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 “i forced myself to play every pokemon mobile game...”, which reached 1.6M views from a 116K subscriber channel. Channels in Indie & Retro Gaming often post about new video every 7 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.
• 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.