TheSouthAfrican
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Why it's faceless
Stock footage · confirmed · 95% confidence
- 1Thumbnails consist of news photos, court documents, police tape, crime scene images, and mugshots combined with bold caption text, while titles and descriptions tell true crime stories about South African cartels and gangs backed by a voiceover.
The formula
Niche, persona, format and what makes it work
true crime and organized crime
South African underworld figures
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Audience, title patterns, thumbnail style, offers and funnel.
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- 15:59King Mswazi VS Joe Sibanyoni|| South Africa’s Deadliest Taxi War59.7K views · 3d ago+551/h
- 12:52The Presidential Cartel That Is Terrorizing Gauteng146K views · 1w ago+11/h
- 11:11The Nigerian Cartel Running Cape Town113K views · 3w ago+129/h
- 18:22King Mswazi Msibi|| The C.E.O Of The Big 5 Cartel217K views · 4w ago+70/h
- 15:11Inside The Big 5 Drug Cartel - The Bloody Drug War for Gauteng156K views · 5w ago+125/h
- 10:20The Rise & Fall Of Nafiz Modack- The Most Feared Crime Boss In Cape Town82.1K views · 7w ago+18/h
- 10:05The Reiger Park Shooting- A brutal Murder of 2 Cops & 2 Female Cousins30.8K views · 8w ago+1/h
- 13:36The Crazy Life Of Vusumuzi "Cat" Matlala- The Multimillionaire Tsotsi DrugLord168K views · 8w ago+41/h
- 13:19The Rise And Fall Of The Booysen Crime Family62.1K views · 2mo ago+6/h
- 9:42The Sinaloa Cartel Drug Labs In South Africa205K views · 2mo ago+43/h
13:24The Johannesburg Gang War, Mapped94.5K views · 2mo ago+19/h
9:37The Port Elizabeth Gang War, Mapped73.9K views · 3mo ago+9/h
14:51The Rise & Fall Of Cape Towns Biggest Female DrugLord205K views · 3mo ago+29/h
17:14The Durban Gang War, MAPPED281K views · 3mo ago+28/h2.4×
14:00The Rise And Fall Of Durbans Most Feared Criminal Family179K views · 4mo ago+72/h
12:29The Life and Death Of South Africa's biggest Female DrugLord87.1K views · 4mo ago+50/h
11:35The Biggest Drug Bust In South Africa124K views · 4mo ago+136/h
24:58The Cape Flats Gang War, Mapped267K views · 4mo ago+29/h2.3×
14:26The Joburg Hitman Who Is Also An EMPD Police Officer28.6K views · 4mo ago
15:38Joe Sibanyoni- The Head Of The Big 5 Taxi Cartels102K views · 5mo ago+14/h
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.
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 per year and recent uploads × typical watch time.
What they sell
No product found yet.
Channels like TheSouthAfrican
Matched on what they publish, not just keywords. Inactive channels are left out.
South African Crime and Corruption Commentary
True Crime and Criminal Investigations
True Crime Documentaries
True Crime and Cartels
True Crime
South African True Crime & Celebrity Scandals
True Crime and Cartel History
True Crime & Organized Crime
Data from YouTube via YouTube API Services, refreshed hourly. Analysis by FameX — not YouTube data. Revenue is an estimate from niche RPM ranges.
About TheSouthAfrican
Is TheSouthAfrican a faceless channel?
Yes. FameX classifies TheSouthAfrican as a stock footage channel (confirmed, 95% confidence). Thumbnails consist of news photos, court documents, police tape, crime scene images, and mugshots combined with bold caption text, while titles and descriptions tell true crime stories about South African cartels and gangs backed by a voiceover.
Is TheSouthAfrican monetized?
Probably. With 86,500 subscribers and an estimated 510,448 watch hours in the last 12 months, TheSouthAfrican 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 TheSouthAfrican make?
FameX estimates TheSouthAfrican earns about $2,089–$6,267 a month from YouTube ads, based on 1M views in 30 days and a typical RPM for the mystery & horror niche. Sponsorships, memberships and product sales are not included.
How fast is TheSouthAfrican growing?
In the last 2 days, TheSouthAfrican gained 100 subscribers and got 60,527 channel views. It has 86,500 subscribers and 21,301,725 total views.
What kind of videos does TheSouthAfrican post?
TheSouthAfrican makes true crime and organized crime; it uploads about 0.9 videos a week; typical videos run 14 minutes.
Data updated 17 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