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The Cartel Insider

The Cartel Insider

@thecartelinsider·US·en·15mo old
Stock footage · confirmed$Likely monetizedMystery & horror
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Subscribers
40.9K
+100 · 1d
Views / hour
1.5K
recent uploads · 18.1K in 24 h
Views 7d
0
over 1 day so far
Total views
4.8M
44 videos
Uploads / week
1.4
17 min median
Median views
89.3K
last 20 uploads
Outlier
3.2×
vs niche median
Ad revenue 30d
$294–883
see how we estimated it

Growth

Daily snapshots stored by FameX

Why it's faceless

Stock footage · confirmed · 95% confidence

  • 1The channel uses stock footage, archival photos, and historical news clips combined with a voice-over narration. The creator 'Nikola' does not appear on camera, and the channel avatar and banner feature minimalist graphic designs rather than a real presenter.

The formula

Niche, persona, format and what makes it work

Niche

cartels and organized crime

Content pillar

deep-dive biographies of notorious cartel members

Title patterns

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Videos

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
$2.00–$6.00
Audience
English
×1
Video length
8–20 min
×1
Long-form · 147K views
at $2.00–$6.00 RPM
$294–$883
Shorts · 0 views (0%)
at $0.03–$0.08 RPM
$0.00–$0.00
Estimated total$294–$883

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

Monetization

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

$Likely monetized
Subscribers40.9K / 1K
Watch hours (12 mo, est.)477K / 4K

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

What they sell

No product found yet.

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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 Cartel Insider

Is The Cartel Insider a faceless channel?

Yes. FameX classifies The Cartel Insider as a stock footage channel (confirmed, 95% confidence). The channel uses stock footage, archival photos, and historical news clips combined with a voice-over narration. The creator 'Nikola' does not appear on camera, and the channel avatar and banner feature minimalist graphic designs rather than a real presenter.

Is The Cartel Insider monetized?

Probably. With 40,900 subscribers and an estimated 477,257 watch hours in the last 12 months, The Cartel Insider 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 Cartel Insider make?

FameX estimates The Cartel Insider earns about $294–$883 a month from YouTube ads, based on 147K 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 Cartel Insider growing?

In the last 1 days, The Cartel Insider gained 100 subscribers and got 0 channel views. It has 40,900 subscribers and 4,770,585 total views.

What kind of videos does The Cartel Insider post?

The Cartel Insider makes cartels and organized crime; it uploads about 1.4 videos a week; typical videos run 17 minutes.

Data updated 16 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