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By the numbers · Channel age
Seven in ten YouTube channels above 10K subscribers are over five years old
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Channel age vs growth
Do young channels grow faster than old ones? Median monthly view growth by the year a channel was created.
Viewershift data desk · Updated weekly · Data as of 4 Nov 2026 · 21 creation years
Channel age vs growth
4 Nov 2026The full report: 21 creation years
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- Do new YouTube channels grow faster?
- When does a channel's growth slow down?
The full report covers 21 creation years, rebuilt every week, most recently from data as of 4 Nov 2026.
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Do Shorts get more views than regular YouTube videos?
For channels under 100K subscribers, about two and a half times as many. Above a million, no difference.
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