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The Star Tapes

@thestartapes

6.9K subscribers53 videos3.2M viewsUSen6mo old

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Stock footage · confirmed$Likely monetizedHistory & culture

Channel statsLifetime · refreshed hourly

Subscribers

6.9K

+40 · 1d

Views / hour

928

recent uploads · 5.3K in 24 h

Views 7d

63.4K

over 1 day so far

Total views

3.2M

53 videos

Uploads / week

6.0

17 min median

Median views

8.9K

last 20 uploads

Outlier

1.0×

vs niche median

Ad revenue 30d

$3.5K–7.8K

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

Subscribers6.9K / 1K

Watch hours (12 mo, est.)311K / 4K

Estimated from public YouTube data, not confirmed by YouTube. Watch hours estimated from lifetime views (channel under a year old) × typical watch time.

The formula

Niche, persona, format and what makes it work

Niche

Classic Rock and Legend Retrospectives

Content pillar

Classic rock musician retrospectives

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

Stock footage · confirmed · 95% confidence

The evidence

1Thumbnails show public figures like Peter Frampton, Ronnie Wood, and Elton John in interview settings paired with bold quote text, while the about text and video descriptions confirm nostalgic documentary-style video essays about classic rock and cultural history compiled from archival material and voice-overs.

Videos

15:18

At 76, Peter Frampton Reveals The 4 People He Loved the Most

2.1K views · 1d ago

8.1×17:10

At 79, Ronnie Wood Reveals the 5 Greatest Guitarists He Ever Saw

72.3K views · 2d ago

13:20

At 80, Neil Young Finally Reveals the 4 Musicians He Loved the Most

7.9K views · 3d ago

20:24

At 75, Sting Reveals the 6 Greatest Singers He Ever Heard

4.4K views · 4d ago

9.3×14:30

At 86, Ringo Starr Finally Reveals the 5 Greatest Drummers He Ever Saw

83.3K views · 5d ago

16:40

At 83, Roger Waters Reveals the 5 People He Loved the Most

6.8K views · 6d ago

18.2×25:11

At 78, Joe Walsh Reveals the 5 Greatest Guitarists He Ever Saw

162K views · 1w ago

13:22

At, 79 Elton John Finally Revealed the 7 Musicians He Loved the Most

7.2K views · 1w ago

19:01

At 85, Roy Clark Reveals the 5 Greatest Guitarists He Ever Saw

8.2K views · 1w ago

15:50

At 82, Ray Davies Reveals the 5 Musicians He Loved the Most

10.3K views · 1w ago

14:25

At 84, Roger McGuinn Reveals the 5 Greatest Guitarists He Ever Saw

2.1K views · 1w ago

2.1×15:35

At 77, Mark Knopfler Reveals the 5 People He Loved the Most

19.3K views · 1w ago

3.9×13:28

At 77, Chet Atkins Reveals the 5 Greatest Guitarists He Ever Saw

34.4K views · 1w ago

20:25

At 64, Waylon Jennings Reveals the 5 Greatest Songwriters He Ever Saw

1.5K views · 2w ago

2.9×20:12

At 74, Nile Rodgers Reveals the 5 Greatest Guitarists He Ever Saw

25.5K views · 2w ago

12.3×15:49

At 78, Tony Iommi Reveals the 5 People He Loved the Most

110K views · 2w ago

7.3×16:43

At 80, Neil Young Reveals the 5 Greatest Guitarists He Ever Saw

64.6K views · 2w ago

21:54

At 78, Alice Cooper Finally Reveals the People He Loved the Most

1.9K views · 3w ago

21:57

At 82, Keith Richards Reveals the Greatest Guitarists He Ever Saw

9.6K views · 3w ago

18:10

At 81, Rod Stewart Reveals the Greatest Rock Stars He Ever Saw

3.4K views · 3w 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 · 868K views

at $4.00–$9.00 RPM

$3,474–$7,816

Shorts · 0 views (0%)

at $0.03–$0.08 RPM

$0.00–$0.00

Estimated total$3,474–$7,816

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

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 Star Tapes

Is The Star Tapes a faceless channel?

Yes. FameX classifies The Star Tapes as a stock footage channel (confirmed, 95% confidence). Thumbnails show public figures like Peter Frampton, Ronnie Wood, and Elton John in interview settings paired with bold quote text, while the about text and video descriptions confirm nostalgic documentary-style video essays about classic rock and cultural history compiled from archival material and voice-overs.

Is The Star Tapes monetized?

Probably. With 6,870 subscribers and an estimated 310,796 watch hours in the last 12 months, The Star 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 Star Tapes make?

FameX estimates The Star Tapes earns about $3,474–$7,816 a month from YouTube ads, based on 868K 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 Star Tapes growing?

In the last 1 days, The Star Tapes gained 40 subscribers and got 63,402 channel views. It has 6,870 subscribers and 3,191,973 total views.

What kind of videos does The Star Tapes post?

The Star Tapes makes classic Rock and Legend Retrospectives; it uploads about 6.0 videos a week; typical videos run 17 minutes.

Data updated 20 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