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Rust Quest

@therustquest

21.2K subscribers100 videos26.3M viewsen3.6y old

Hands only · confirmed$Likely monetizedDIY & repair

Channel statsLifetime · refreshed hourly

Subscribers

21.2K

+600 · 2d

Views / hour

10.5K

recent uploads · 161K in 24 h

Views 7d

258K

over 2 days so far

Total views

26.3M

100 videos

Uploads / week

2.8

2 min median

Median views

43.8K

last 20 uploads

Outlier

5.1×

vs niche median

Ad revenue 30d

$154–410

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

Subscribers21.2K / 1K

Watch hours (12 mo, est.)125K / 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

miniature vehicle restoration

Content pillar

Dramatic discovery storytelling

Title patterns

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

See the full formula

Audience, title patterns, thumbnail style, offers and funnel.

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Why it's faceless

Hands only · confirmed · 100% confidence

The evidence

1Thumbnails 1, 4, 9, and 10 show gloved hands interacting with miniature vehicles in dramatic settings without showing a human face, fitting the hands_only category.

Videos

The Most Satisfying Rust Peel You'll See Today: BMW M5 Restoration

2.2K views · 16h ago

How Does One of the World's Fastest Cars End Up Looking Like This?

5K views · 1w ago

Everyone Said This Rusted 350Z Was a Lost Cause — We Disagreed

6.7K views · 2w ago

This Rotary-Powered RX-8 Was Rotting Away Until We Stepped In

9.6K views · 3w ago

This Legendary Evo 9 Was One Winter Away From Being Scrap Metal

22.6K views · 3w ago

This Little Mazda Miata Was Basically a Pile of Rust — Watch the Rebuild

1.8M views · 3w ago

This Forgotten Lexus SC 430 Sat Rusting for Years — The Rebuild Will Surprise You

9.8K views · 3w ago

It Took Rust This Bad to Finally Stop a Toyota Land Cruiser

232K views · 4w ago

We Almost Gave Up on This Rusted Mercedes-AMG GT — Then This Happened

3.1M views · 4w ago

This 1970 Mercedes 600 Grosser Was the Ultimate Limousine — Until Rust Nearly Destroyed It

14.9K views · 4w ago

How Do You Even Restore a Rusted Jumbo Jet? We Tried With This Boeing 747

21.2K views · 4w ago

Can This Rusted-Out Ford Bronco Actually Be Saved? We Found Out

34K views · 4w ago

This Record-Breaking Yangwang U9 Xtreme Was Somehow Already Rusted to Pieces

12.6K views · 4w ago

One of the Fastest Cars Ever Built Was Left to Rust — This SSC Tuatara Rebuild Is Wild

32.3K views · 4w ago

This Futuristic Czinger 21C V Max Was Somehow Already Rusted to Pieces

45.1K views · 4w ago

One of the World's Fastest Electric Cars Was Left to Rust — This Restoration Is Insane

10.2K views · 4w ago

One of the World's Fastest Electric Cars Was Left to Rust — This Restoration Is Insane

36.5K views · 4w ago

This McLaren Speedtail Was Rusted Beyond Recognition — The Restoration Is Unreal

21.3K views · 4w ago

This Brand New Bugatti Tourbillon Was Somehow Already Rusted to Pieces

1.7M views · 5w ago

The Fastest Car in the World Was Left to Rust — This Venom GT Restoration Is Wild

51K views · 5w 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

$5.00–$12

Audience

English

×1

Video length

Under 4 min · few ads

×0.5

Long-form · 0 views

at $2.50–$6.00 RPM

$0.00–$0.00

Shorts · 5.1M views (100%)

at $0.03–$0.08 RPM

$154–$410

Estimated total$154–$410

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

What they sell

No product found yet.

Channels like Rust Quest

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

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AI imagery · confirmed$LikelyCars & vehicles

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AI imagery · confirmed$LikelyCars & vehicles

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AI imagery · confirmed$LikelyCars & vehicles

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AI imagery · confirmed61%Cars & vehicles

@revivemotors-g7e · 8mo old

AI car restoration ASMR

AI imagery · confirmed$LikelyCars & vehicles

Vintage Car Revival

@vintagecarrevival · 12mo old

car restoration

Stock footage · likely$LikelyCars & vehicles

Peterson USA Autobody Fix

@petersonivanyk · 21mo old

car restoration and autobody repair

Hands only · confirmed$LikelyCars & vehicles

Classic Car Renewal

@classiccarrenewal · 15mo old

Classic Car Restoration

Stock footage · confirmed$LikelyCars & vehicles

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

About Rust Quest

Is Rust Quest a faceless channel?

Yes. FameX classifies Rust Quest as a hands only channel (confirmed, 100% confidence). Thumbnails 1, 4, 9, and 10 show gloved hands interacting with miniature vehicles in dramatic settings without showing a human face, fitting the hands_only category.

Is Rust Quest monetized?

Probably. With 21,200 subscribers and an estimated 124,657 watch hours in the last 12 months, Rust Quest 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 Rust Quest make?

FameX estimates Rust Quest earns about $154–$410 a month from YouTube ads, based on 5.1M views in 30 days and a typical RPM for the diy & repair niche. Sponsorships, memberships and product sales are not included.

How fast is Rust Quest growing?

In the last 2 days, Rust Quest gained 600 subscribers and got 258,088 channel views. It has 21,200 subscribers and 26,298,026 total views.

What kind of videos does Rust Quest post?

Rust Quest makes miniature vehicle restoration; it uploads about 2.8 videos a week; typical videos run 2 minutes.

Data updated 21 Oct 2026. Subscriber and view counts come from the YouTube Data API; verdicts, monetization and revenue are FameX estimates. How FameX works · More diy & repair channels