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
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
Historical Explanations
History
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Audience, title patterns, thumbnail style, offers and funnel.
Create a free accountWhy it's faceless
Animation · confirmed · 100% confidence
- 1The channel uses a consistent stick figure avatar and banner, and the thumbnails are composed of circular images with text overlays. This style is indicative of animation or motion graphics rather than live-action footage or AI-generated imagery.
Videos
1:16:18
21:08
8.9×32:57
13.3×1:11:33
23:30
23:32
22:53
50:50
48:36
4.4×23:19
26.3×24:25
24:14
22:43
2.4×24:23
2.2×19:33
21:46
20:01
19:23
20:03
2.8×20:05How 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.
An estimate from public data, not YouTube Analytics. Sponsorships, memberships and products aren't included.
What they sell
No product found yet.
Channels like Chris Explains
Matched on what they publish, not just keywords. Inactive channels are left out.
historical mysteries and scandals
True Crime and Dark History
historical true crime and dark history documentaries
Internet Mysteries and Disturbing History
dark history and bizarre human anomalies
historical mysteries and legends
Historical Mysteries
True Crime and Cartel History
Data from YouTube via YouTube API Services, refreshed hourly. Analysis by FameX — not YouTube data. Revenue is an estimate from niche RPM ranges.
About Chris Explains
Is Chris Explains a faceless channel?
Yes. FameX classifies Chris Explains as a animation channel (confirmed, 100% confidence). The channel uses a consistent stick figure avatar and banner, and the thumbnails are composed of circular images with text overlays. This style is indicative of animation or motion graphics rather than live-action footage or AI-generated imagery.
Is Chris Explains monetized?
Probably. With 30,400 subscribers and an estimated 455,981 watch hours in the last 12 months, Chris Explains 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 Chris Explains make?
FameX estimates Chris Explains earns about $111–$250 a month from YouTube ads, based on 23.1K views in 30 days and a typical RPM for the history & culture niche. Sponsorships, memberships and product sales are not included.
How fast is Chris Explains growing?
In the last 1 days, Chris Explains gained 0 subscribers and got 8,169 channel views. It has 30,400 subscribers and 6,895,946 total views.
What kind of videos does Chris Explains post?
Chris Explains makes historical Explanations; it uploads about 0.5 videos a week; typical videos run 23 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