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The Baka!

@bakaessays

12.4K subscribers84 videos1.8M viewsDEen18mo old

Animation · confirmed$Likely monetizedHistory & culture

Channel statsLifetime · refreshed hourly

Subscribers

12.4K

0 · 1d

Views / hour

104

recent uploads · 2.5K in 24 h

Views 7d

0

over 1 day so far

Total views

1.8M

84 videos

Uploads / week

0.7

18 min median

Median views

8.4K

last 20 uploads

Outlier

0.9×

vs niche median

Ad revenue 30d

$20–45

see how we estimated it

Growth

Subscribers and views as FameX records them

Subscribers

Daily snapshots stored by FameX

Monetization

YouTube Partner Program: 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 long-form watch hours in 12 months

$Likely monetized

Subscribers12.4K / 1K

Watch hours (12 mo, est.)121K / 4K

Estimated from public YouTube data, not confirmed by YouTube. Watch hours estimated from lifetime views per year and recent uploads × typical watch time.

The formula

Niche, persona, format and what makes it work

Niche

Anime and Manga Essays

Content pillar

Anime review and breakdown

Title patterns

The $[N] [X] That [benefit] Forever

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Audience, title patterns, thumbnail style, offers and funnel.

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Why it's faceless

Animation · confirmed · 100% confidence

The evidence

1Channel uses animated artwork for its avatar, banner, and throughout video essays focusing on anime and manga analysis.

Videos

I watched all 68 new anime this fall. Here’s what’s good

2.6K views · 5d ago

Conservatism, humanity, and that mustache. What Frieren is really about?

1.7K views · 2w ago

Why Frieren refuses to humanize evil?

2.4K views · 2w ago

The era of Chinese animation has just begun

107K views · 4w ago

The story behind one scene and all of Shaman King

75.9K views · 6w ago

This is the best anime of the summer

2.2K views · 7w ago

How what we want from love changed?

2K views · 2mo ago

How to make peace with your past? | Only Yesterday

2.8K views · 2mo ago

The best manga about happiness | Hirayasumi

98.5K views · 3mo ago

How Do You Beat Anxiety? Negative Positive Angler Is Not What It Seems

8.4K views · 3mo ago

The most important lesson in anime

2.1K views · 4mo ago

How to Change Yourself? | Vinland Saga, Vagabond, Evangelion

41.5K views · 4mo ago

Why Everyone Loves Horimiya?

2.8K views · 4mo ago

How to Love Yourself? What Horimiya Is Really About

36K views · 4mo ago

Best manga of the year? | Kodansha Manga Awards

1.8K views · 4mo ago

Witch Hat Atelier Has a Spin-Off You Need to Know About

1.7K views · 5mo ago

Has the isekai boom finally ended?

2.3K views · 5mo ago

The End of the Isekai Era?

4.4K views · 5mo ago

Best Anime of Spring. Day 7 | Agents of the Four Seasons

1.3K views · 5mo ago

One Piece is only getting 7 episodes?!

2.3K views · 5mo ago

How it makes money

Ad revenue estimate, products and where the channel sends viewers

How we estimated ad revenue

Last 30 days. Every step is shown, and the parts add up to the total.

Niche RPM

what this niche typically earns per 1,000 views from an English audience

$4.00–$9.00

Audience

English

×1

Video length

8–20 min

×1

Long-form · 5K views

at $4.00–$9.00 RPM

$20–$45

Shorts · 1.7K views (26%)

at $0.03–$0.08 RPM

$0.00–$0.00

Estimated total$20–$45

An estimate from public data, not YouTube Analytics. Sponsorships, memberships and products aren't included.

What they sell

No product found yet.

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Animation · confirmed$LikelyOther

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Animation · confirmed$LikelyHistory & culture

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Animation · confirmed$LikelyHistory & culture

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Manga Recaps

Text story · confirmed$LikelyHistory & culture

Data from YouTube via YouTube API Services, refreshed hourly. Analysis by FameX — not YouTube data. Revenue is an estimate from niche RPM ranges.

About The Baka!

Is The Baka! a faceless channel?

Yes. FameX classifies The Baka! as a animation channel (confirmed, 100% confidence). Channel uses animated artwork for its avatar, banner, and throughout video essays focusing on anime and manga analysis.

Is The Baka! monetized?

Probably. With 12,400 subscribers and an estimated 121,119 watch hours in the last 12 months, The Baka! appears to meet the YouTube Partner Program thresholds (1,000 subscribers and 4,000 long-form watch hours in 12 months). This is a FameX estimate, not confirmed by YouTube.

How much does The Baka! make?

FameX estimates The Baka! earns about $20–$45 a month from YouTube ads, based on 6.7K views in 30 days and a typical RPM for the history & culture niche. Sponsorships, memberships and product sales are not included.

How fast is The Baka! growing?

In the last 1 days, The Baka! gained 0 subscribers and got 0 channel views. It has 12,400 subscribers and 1,783,277 total views.

What kind of videos does The Baka! post?

The Baka! makes anime and Manga Essays; it uploads about 0.7 videos a week; typical videos run 18 minutes.

Data updated 21 Oct 2026. Subscriber and view counts come from the YouTube Data API; verdicts, monetization and revenue are FameX estimates. How FameX works · More history & culture channels