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The Rock Tapes

The Rock Tapes

@therocktapes
6K subscribers84 videos2.2M viewsBRen17mo old
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Stock footage · confirmed$Likely monetizedHistory & culture
Channel statsLifetime · refreshed hourly
Subscribers
6K
+110 · 6d
Views / hour
1.2K
recent uploads · 5.4K in 24 h
Views 7d
195K
over 6 days so far
Total views
2.2M
84 videos
Uploads / week
0.5
12 min median
Median views
2.1K
last 20 uploads
Outlier
0.3×
vs niche median
Ad revenue 30d
$4.1K–9.1K
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
Subscribers6K / 1K
Watch hours (12 mo, est.)106K / 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

Classic Rock Documentaries

Content pillar

Behind-the-scenes stories of famous rock bands

Title patterns

The $[N] [X] That [benefit] Forever

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Audience, title patterns, thumbnail style and why it works.

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Why it's faceless

Stock footage · confirmed · 100% confidence

The evidence
  • 1The channel publishes video essays and mini-documentaries about classic rock history using archival photos, video clips, and stock footage paired with a voice-over narrator, with no on-camera host.

Videos

258.2×14:08
The MOST Famous ONE-HIT WONDERS that RULED the 1960s
540K views · 4w ago
8:04
The Final Days of Freddie Mercury Were WORSE THAN YOU THINK
468 views · 4w ago
6.8×11:41
The MOST Famous ONE-HIT WONDER That RULED the 1950s Then Vanished
13.9K views · 4w ago
8:42
Why So Many ROCKSTARS HATE AXL ROSE?
3.2K views · 4w ago
10:30
10 MOST OVERRATED Rock Bands of the 60s
1.1K views · 5w ago
4.2×8:01
Nobody Could Handle Dolly Parton's Dirty Humour
8.5K views · 5w ago
28.1×8:03
Why Did Guns N' Roses Release TWO Albums on the Same Day?
58.5K views · 6w ago
14:35
10 Beatles Songs That CHANGED EVERYTHING
2.7K views · 6w ago
14:36
How Creedence Clearwater Revival DESTROYED Itself
669 views · 6w ago
3.7×9:00
How Metallica BROKE Jason Newsted And What It Did to Him
7.7K views · 6w ago
13:42
The MOST SUCCESSFUL Song of EACH YEAR of the 60s(1960–1969)
685 views · 6w ago
11:53
Michael Jackson EXPOSES His Father’s ABUSE and How It STOLE His Childhood
1.2K views · 6w ago
12:40
10 UNDERRATED 80s Bands That Should Have Been HUGE
342 views · 6w ago
8:02
When Rock Stars Were Asked About Ozzy Osbourne
1.5K views · 6w ago
13:03
10 Covers That Made EVERYONE FORGET the Originals
330 views · 7w ago
11.3×13:29
10 Most OVERRATED Rock Bands of All Time
22.9K views · 8w ago
5.4×8:09
Axl Rose Weighs in on Queen, Kiss & the Rock Bands He Couldn’t Stand
11.1K views · 8w ago
12:29
10 Rock Concerts That Turned Into TOTAL CHAOS
253 views · 8w ago
171.8×8:05
When Rock Stars Were Asked About Freddie Mercury
359K views · 2mo ago
11:49
10 SINGERS Who SAVED DYING BANDS (And Changed Everything)
246 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

Estimated total$4,066–$9,149

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What they sell

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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 Rock Tapes

Is The Rock Tapes a faceless channel?

Yes. FameX classifies The Rock Tapes as a stock footage channel (confirmed, 100% confidence). The channel publishes video essays and mini-documentaries about classic rock history using archival photos, video clips, and stock footage paired with a voice-over narrator, with no on-camera host.

Is The Rock Tapes monetized?

Probably. With 5,980 subscribers and an estimated 105,658 watch hours in the last 12 months, The Rock Tapes 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 Rock Tapes make?

FameX estimates The Rock Tapes earns about $4,066–$9,149 a month from YouTube ads, based on 1M views in 30 days and a typical RPM for the history & culture niche. Sponsorships, memberships and product sales are not included.

How fast is The Rock Tapes growing?

In the last 6 days, The Rock Tapes gained 110 subscribers and got 194,598 channel views. It has 5,980 subscribers and 2,238,358 total views.

What kind of videos does The Rock Tapes post?

The Rock Tapes makes classic Rock Documentaries; it uploads about 0.5 videos a week; typical videos run 12 minutes.

Data updated 28 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