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TheRetroSecrets

TheRetroSecrets

@theretrosecrets
24K subscribers81 videos5.9M viewsUSen19mo old
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Animation · confirmed$Likely monetizedHistory & culture
Channel statsLifetime · refreshed hourly
Subscribers
24K
+100 · 2d
Views / hour
122
recent uploads · 1.9K in 24 h
Views 7d
53.8K
over 2 days so far
Total views
5.9M
81 videos
Uploads / week
0.7
9 min median
Median views
37.6K
last 20 uploads
Outlier
2.6×
vs niche median
Ad revenue 30d
$2.6K–5.9K
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
Subscribers24K / 1K
Watch hours (12 mo, est.)237K / 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

Retro Cartoon Lore & Secret Endings

Content pillar

Untold cartoon endings

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
  • 1The channel explicitly focuses on animated cartoon lore and comic book breakdowns using stylized illustrated art, motion graphics, and voice-over commentary without any on-camera presenter.

Videos

6.7×8:13
The Ending of Voltron (1984)... Nobody Talks About
253K views · 2w ago
10:06
They Were Left to Die — So Why Did Snake Eyes & Storm Shadow Come Back to Save Them?
18.7K views · 3w ago
9:09
The Ending of Transformers G1 (1984)... Nobody Talks About
50.8K views · 3w ago
10:04
Stalker Was G.I. Joe's Most Loyal Soldier — So Why Abandon Him?
39.3K views · 4w ago
6.9×9:11
The Ending of G.I. Joe (1986)-Nobody Talks About
259K views · 4w ago
27.3×8:48
The Ending of ThunderCats (1985)-Nobody Talks About
1M views · 5w ago
11:34
Ratchet Buried Megatron Alive — So Why Did The Cartoon Make Him a Background Medic?
18.9K views · 5w ago
3.2×9:30
The Forgotten Autobot Who Died To Save Everyone— So Why Did The Cartoon Erase Him?
119K views · 6w ago
15:34
G.I. Joe Built a Fake Fortress — So Why Did a Real General Die?
19.9K views · 6w ago
5.1×8:15
America Cut Tranzor Z's Final Battle — So Why Did Japan Keep Mazinger Z's Ending?
195K views · 7w ago
4.8×9:27
The Ending of He-Man (1985)… Nobody Talks About
179K views · 7w ago
8:49
Unicron Was Never Created — The Dark Truth the Cartoon Hid From You
47.6K views · 8w ago
8:13
Tygra Built Everything in ThunderCats — So Why Was He Never King?
4.4K views · 8w ago
12:16
The Masters of the Universe Movie Left Out Orko's Real Story
8K views · 2mo ago
8:15
What Happened to Snake Eyes Before He Wore the Mask?
35.9K views · 2mo ago
10:51
Apocalypse Wasn’t Completely Wrong — And That’s Terrifying
14.6K views · 2mo ago
2.8×8:37
G.I. Joes Died In One Afternoon — So Why Does Nobody Remember Their Names?
104K views · 2mo ago
8:04
Mighty Mouse Was the Innocent Hero — So Why Did They Destroy Him?
6.8K views · 2mo ago
9:53
The Voltron Force Trusted Keith Completely — So Why Did He Almost Kill Them?
2.6K views · 2mo ago
8:07
He-Man Was the Strongest Warrior... So Why Couldn't He Become Adam Again?
19.1K views · 2mo 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 · 657K views
at $4.00–$9.00 RPM
$2,628–$5,912
Shorts · 0 views (0%)
at $0.03–$0.08 RPM
$0.00–$0.00
Estimated total$2,628–$5,912

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

What they sell

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About TheRetroSecrets

Is TheRetroSecrets a faceless channel?

Yes. FameX classifies TheRetroSecrets as a animation channel (confirmed, 100% confidence). The channel explicitly focuses on animated cartoon lore and comic book breakdowns using stylized illustrated art, motion graphics, and voice-over commentary without any on-camera presenter.

Is TheRetroSecrets monetized?

Probably. With 24,000 subscribers and an estimated 237,218 watch hours in the last 12 months, TheRetroSecrets 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 TheRetroSecrets make?

FameX estimates TheRetroSecrets earns about $2,628–$5,912 a month from YouTube ads, based on 657K views in 30 days and a typical RPM for the history & culture niche. Sponsorships, memberships and product sales are not included.

How fast is TheRetroSecrets growing?

In the last 2 days, TheRetroSecrets gained 100 subscribers and got 53,832 channel views. It has 24,000 subscribers and 5,941,856 total views.

What kind of videos does TheRetroSecrets post?

TheRetroSecrets makes retro Cartoon Lore & Secret Endings; it uploads about 0.7 videos a week; typical videos run 9 minutes.

Data updated 19 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