GothamChess YouTube channel stats and outlier videos
The Internet's Chess Teacher
| Subscribers | 8.6M |
|---|---|
| Total views | 6.7B |
| Videos | 3.5K |
| Average views per video (est.) | 1.4M |
| Country | US |
| Language | EN (est.) |
| Created | 2018-08-07 |
Best outlier videos
Uploads that beat this channel's own median views, strongest first.
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| GM Gotham | 6.7× | 12M | 2026-09-19 |
| SOLOMON IS OUT IN DEADLOCK | 5.6× | 9.2M | 2026-10-09 |
| GPT-6 ASTRA vs CLAUDE FABLE 5.1 (INSANE CHESS MATCH) | 4× | 3.9M | 2026-10-12 |
| 3500 | 4× | 6.6M | 2026-10-07 |
| She cooked | 3.9× | 7.3M | 2026-09-11 |
| Martin vs A Literal Fly. Who Wins? | 3.8× | 3.6M | 2026-09-14 |
| WITTYALIEN DEFEATS MAGNUS CARLSEN!!!!! | 2.9× | 3M | 2026-09-30 |
| WHO IS LEVI | 2.9× | 5.1M | 2026-10-20 |
| GOTHAM I DID IT | 2.6× | 4.3M | 2026-10-16 |
| GPT-6 ASTRA vs CLAUDE OPUS 5.5 (10,000 ELO CHESS) | 2.3× | 2.2M | 2026-10-14 |
Latest uploads
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEW WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 1 | 0.4× | 419K | 2026-11-11 |
| MASHA AND THE BEAR | 0.9× | 1.8M | 2026-11-11 |
| MAGNUS CARLSEN vs HUGO (Crazy Battle) | 0.9× | 918K | 2026-11-10 |
| 30 PREMOVES. WHAT? | 1.5× | 2.7M | 2026-11-10 |
| MAGNUS vs WITTYALIEN REMATCH | 0.8× | 1.5M | 2026-11-09 |
| Whats your GPA and Elo? | 0.4× | 703K | 2026-11-08 |
| WITTYALIEN DEFEATS MAGNUS CARLSEN AGAIN?????? | 2.1× | 2.1M | 2026-11-08 |
| BLINDFOLD BATTLE | 1.8× | 3.4M | 2026-11-07 |
| Michael Olise is a CHESS GRANDMASTER | 2× | 2M | 2026-11-06 |
| HE TIME TRAVELED | 0.3× | 540K | 2026-11-05 |
Repeatable pattern
Question titles. 11 of the last 100 uploads use it, with a median of 1.3× the channel's usual views. Example: "Martin vs A Literal Fly. Who Wins?".
Content map
What the last 100 indexed uploads look like, by length.
| Format | Uploads | Median views | Median outlier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shorts | 55 | 2M | 1.1× |
| Under 20 minutes | 2 | 2M | 1.9× |
| 20 to 60 minutes | 43 | 918K | 0.9× |
Levers to test
- Titles of this kind ran at 1.3× the channel's usual views across 11 uploads, against 1× for all uploads. Test the same title shape on your topic.
- The channel posted about 36.2 uploads a month over its last 30 uploads. Plan a pace you can hold for the same stretch.
These come from the channel's public numbers. They show what went with better results, not what caused them.
Frequently asked questions
How many subscribers does GothamChess have?
GothamChess has about 8.6M subscribers, from the public count YouTube shows.
How often does GothamChess upload?
About 36.2 uploads a month, going by the last 30 indexed uploads.
What is the best recent video from GothamChess?
"GM Gotham" reached 6.7× the channel's usual views, the strongest of the uploads we hold.
Can I see the age, gender or income of the GothamChess audience?
No. YouTube keeps audience details private to the channel owner in YouTube Studio, and the public API does not share them. TubeMind does not guess them.
Public statistics from the official YouTube Data API; averages and multipliers are TubeMind estimates, see how scores work. Open GothamChess on YouTube.