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 (channel under a year old) × typical watch time.
The formula
Niche, persona, format and what makes it work
UFOs and Alien Encounters
Roswell and military base alien cover-up stories
The $[N] [X] That [benefit] Forever
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Audience, title patterns, thumbnail style, offers and funnel.
Create a free accountWhy it's faceless
AI imagery · confirmed · 100% confidence
- 1All thumbnails feature AI-generated historical photographs of aliens ('Grays') interacting with nurses, doctors, and miners, paired with synthetic-looking portrait images of elderly witnesses. The channel's about text focuses entirely on quiet fictional/anecdotal stories about Grays.
Videos
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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 The Gray Files
Matched on what they publish, not just keywords. Inactive channels are left out.
UFOs and alien abduction stories
UFOs and Alien Encounters
Aliens and UFO Encounters
UFO and Alien Encounters
UFOs and Alien Abductions
Area 51 and UFO conspiracies
True Crime and Dark Mysteries
Unexplained phenomena and fictional alien encounter stories
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 Gray Files
Is The Gray Files a faceless channel?
Yes. FameX classifies The Gray Files as a ai imagery channel (confirmed, 100% confidence). All thumbnails feature AI-generated historical photographs of aliens ('Grays') interacting with nurses, doctors, and miners, paired with synthetic-looking portrait images of elderly witnesses. The channel's about text focuses entirely on quiet fictional/anecdotal stories about Grays.
Is The Gray Files monetized?
Probably. With 2,610 subscribers and an estimated 55,703 watch hours in the last 12 months, The Gray Files 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 Gray Files make?
FameX estimates The Gray Files earns about $8,121–$24,363 a month from YouTube ads, based on 3.4M views in 30 days and a typical RPM for the mystery & horror niche. Sponsorships, memberships and product sales are not included.
How fast is The Gray Files growing?
In the last 1 days, The Gray Files gained 700 subscribers and got 113,281 channel views. It has 2,610 subscribers and 478,568 total views.
What kind of videos does The Gray Files post?
The Gray Files makes uFOs and Alien Encounters; it uploads about 4.1 videos a week; typical videos run 25 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 mystery & horror channels