Dark Footage

Dark Footage

@darkfootage
631K subscribers470 videos161M viewsUSen6.7y old
Stock footage · confirmed$Likely monetizedSafety & security
Channel statsLifetime · refreshed hourly
Subscribers
631K
0 · 1d
Views / hour
234
recent uploads · 3.3K in 24 h
Views 7d
3.7K
over 1 day so far
Total views
161M
470 videos
Uploads / week
0.7
16 min median
Median views
13.9K
last 20 uploads
Outlier
1.5×
vs niche median
Ad revenue 30d
$1.2K–2.5K
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
Subscribers631K / 1K
Watch hours (12 mo, est.)2.3M / 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

Military and classified incidents

Content pillar

Classified military technology and weapons

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

Stock footage · confirmed · 100% confidence

The evidence
  • 1The channel about text explicitly states: 'Dark Footage sometimes utilizes similar images and footage for dramatic effect and soundtracks for emotional impact.' Thumbnails and videos consist entirely of archival footage, satellite imagery, news clips, and stock video.

Videos

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
$6.00–$13
Audience
English
×1
Video length
8–20 min
×1
Long-form · 194K views
at $6.00–$13 RPM
$1,162–$2,518
Shorts · 0 views (0%)
at $0.03–$0.08 RPM
$0.00–$0.00
Estimated total$1,162–$2,518

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

What they sell

No product found yet.

Channels like Dark Footage

Matched on what they publish, not just keywords. Inactive channels are left out.

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

About Dark Footage

Is Dark Footage a faceless channel?

Yes. FameX classifies Dark Footage as a stock footage channel (confirmed, 100% confidence). The channel about text explicitly states: 'Dark Footage sometimes utilizes similar images and footage for dramatic effect and soundtracks for emotional impact.' Thumbnails and videos consist entirely of archival footage, satellite imagery, news clips, and stock video.

Is Dark Footage monetized?

Probably. With 631,000 subscribers and an estimated 2,253,053 watch hours in the last 12 months, Dark Footage 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 Dark Footage make?

FameX estimates Dark Footage earns about $1,162–$2,518 a month from YouTube ads, based on 194K views in 30 days and a typical RPM for the safety & security niche. Sponsorships, memberships and product sales are not included.

How fast is Dark Footage growing?

In the last 1 days, Dark Footage gained 0 subscribers and got 3,683 channel views. It has 631,000 subscribers and 161,250,449 total views.

What kind of videos does Dark Footage post?

Dark Footage makes military and classified incidents; it uploads about 0.7 videos a week; typical videos run 16 minutes.

Data updated 20 Oct 2026. Subscriber and view counts come from the YouTube Data API; verdicts, monetization and revenue are FameX estimates. How FameX works · More safety & security channels