HafuGo gaming channel · volume research 2026-10-25

How the volume channels do it: Roblox, Minecraft, GTA

Research and analysis for a high-volume GTA 6 channel

Plan: the GTA 6 volume lane GTA niche map

TL;DR

Five a day is a network, not a channel. The 4 Roblox/Minecraft channels that post four or more long-forms a day get 30k, 3.0k, 16k, 1.5k views per video. The creators who reach five or more do it across several channels: Caylus 10.2 a day across 10 (main channel 0.8 a day, 464k per video); Cash 7.6 a day across 6 (main channel 0.9 a day, 1.5M per video); Speedy 6.8 a day across 3 (main channel 2.2 a day, 37k per video); Foltyn 6.5 a day across 7 (main channel 0.8 a day, 2.4M per video); Techy 6.3 a day across 7 (main channel 1.2 a day, 651k per video). Of their 23 extra channels posting half a video a day or more, 16 are 1-3 hour compilations that largely re-post published videos (up to 61% of titles repeat a sibling channel's: Foltyn Gaming Universe; lists of up to 200 uploads, so older re-posts can be missed), 3 are second premise channels in the same game and language, 4 cover another game or language.
On one channel, more uploads go with more weekly views, up to a point that differs by game. Channels with long-forms under 60 minutes, views of long-forms posted 7-37 days ago: the median weekly total looks flat above one a day in Roblox (652k, 663k, 648k), but the busier groups are smaller channels (median subscribers 763k, 688k, 426k). Controlling for channel size, doubling the upload rate goes with +63% weekly views in Roblox and +71% in GTA among channels posting at least weekly. The gain does not hold at higher rates everywhere: among channels at 3.5+ a week it is +55% in Roblox but -3% in GTA (range -41% to +53%) and -20% in Minecraft; among channels at one a day or more it is +22% in Roblox (range -21% to +94%) and -63% in GTA (range -86% to +18%). In GTA the measurable gain stops near three or four a week. Views per video fall as the rate rises.
Inside one channel, a busier week does not lower each video's views in Roblox or GTA, and does in Minecraft. Comparing each channel only with itself: per 7 extra uploads that week a Roblox video changes +7% (95% range -6% to +17%), GTA +1% (-15% to +15%), Minecraft -46% (-60% to -25%). So in Roblox and GTA the extra videos do not cost the others views; whether they add audience is the question above. Weeks of 35+ long-forms (five a day) appear only on farm and burst channels (VBGAMING11, CHALLS, Billion Plus in Roblox; Mike The Goon in GTA).
Daily Roblox channels post play sessions; daily Minecraft channels post scripted stories and challenges. Roblox play sessions rise from 34% of long-forms (under once a week) to 54% (one a day). In Minecraft they fall from 25% to 6% while story and challenge videos take over (lanes are mostly the model's guesses, see below).
The volume edit is light and the talking never stops. 32 sampled videos: median 5.5 cuts a minute, 224 spoken words a minute (14 English); 10 of 32 show a real face cam.
Breakout games pay early movers. In 6 of 6 Roblox breakout games, the videos posted in the first four weeks of the game's coverage in this sample have a higher median than videos posted after week 8 (both 60+ days old); most views still come after week 8. Trend games are only a small share of what volume channels post, so this is a timing lesson, not the volume engine. GTA 6 launch week is that early window.
GTA: more weekly views at one a day than at 1-3 a week (but no measurable gain past three or four a week once size is held fixed), less per video. GTA channels (long-forms under 60 minutes) at 1-1.5 a day get 261k a week against 74k at 1-3 a week (median subscribers 481k vs 104k), but at the same video age each long-form gets 19k against 26k (-27%). The English GTA model in the data is Waffloos: one 20-minute premise video a day on the main channel (474k per video) plus three compilation channels posting a 2.5-hour re-cut each day.
Myths: a series that peaked in 2022. Caylus (a GTA channel; his Roblox channel is CaylusBlox) made 19 GTA myths long-forms, 14 of them in 2022, median 6.0M. 16 of them run 25 minutes or less; the three biggest number-jumps (3.0 h, 1.1 h, 4.7 h) are the long outliers. GTA 6-framed myths long-forms in the sample: 2. Nobody owns GTA 6 myths yet.
The hard limit is policy. YouTube does not monetize channels whose videos "feel interchangeable", and its spam policy names "using automated tools or AI to churn out high volumes of similar content with minimal changes" (suspension or termination). A 100% AI-edited high-volume channel needs every video to be a different premise with you talking.

13,744

Roblox + Minecraft videos labeled

1,068

active Roblox/Minecraft channels with upload histories

1,079

active GTA channels

creator networks checked by hand (of 132 name matches)

videos sampled frame by frame

Does volume pay on one channel?

Channels whose long-forms run a median of 60+ minutes are left out here (mostly compilation channels at high rates, plus original long-video channels at low rates: see the box below) (43 Roblox, 53 Minecraft, 57 GTA; see Several channels). Each active channel (an upload in the last 30 days, 30%+ of uploads in the niche) is placed by long-forms (over 3 minutes) posted in the last 90 days. Weekly views = the views of the long-forms it posted 7-37 days ago, scaled to a week, so every channel is measured at the same video age; a channel whose upload list does not reach back 37 days is left out of that column (deep histories of up to 200 uploads were pulled for Roblox and Minecraft channels at 0.5+ a day and for GTA channels that were at 1+ a day in their latest 50 uploads: 42 of 81 GTA channels now at 1+ a day). Groups under 5 channels are left off the chart.

Long-form views a week by upload rate (median channel, videos posted 7-37 days ago)

Medians rise up to about one a day and then look flat in Roblox, but the busier groups are smaller channels; see the size-controlled result below.

RobloxMinecraftGTA

Controlling for channel size

Log weekly views on log upload rate and log subscribers, premise channels (95% bootstrap ranges):

Doubling the upload rate goes with	Roblox	Minecraft	GTA
channels posting 1+ a week	+63% (+43% to +86%, 426 ch)	+22% (-3% to +48%, 142 ch)	+71% (+50% to +97%, 531 ch)
channels at 3.5+ a week	+55% (+23% to +100%, 220 ch)	-20% (-66% to +106%, 44 ch)	-3% (-41% to +53%, 154 ch)
channels at 1+ a day	+22% (-21% to +94%, 75 ch)	too few (10 ch)	-63% (-86% to +18%, 52 ch)

The sample runs from about one long-form a week to about three a day; 60+ minute channels are not in it, and 15 of 67 GTA channels at one a day or more are missing because their upload lists in the data do not reach back 37 days. "Too few" = under 15 channels.

60+ minute channels

	Kind	Channels	Median rate a day	At about 1+ a day	Views per long-form	Biggest per video
Roblox	original long videos	18	0.43	3	31k	BloxBusters 235k (0.078 a day); ShanePlays 153k (0.144 a day); Lia Filmler 112k (0.433 a day)
Roblox	compilation-named	25	0.98	16	67k	TechyClips 237k (0.849 a day); Techy Plus 195k (1.011 a day); Foltyn Top Videos 155k (0.578 a day)
Minecraft	original long videos	44	0.08	1	278k	ItsSandwich 5.8M (0.022 a day); Spoke 3.5M (0.044 a day); Forge Labs 3.2M (0.033 a day)
Minecraft	compilation-named	9	0.3	3	87k	Ryguyrocky - Movies 251k (0.111 a day); PrestonPlayz Top Videos 218k (0.411 a day); CashClips 169k (1.986 a day)
GTA	original long videos	46	0.32	9	40k	Treyten 1.6M (0.056 a day); IlloJuan 1.3M (0.5 a day); Jefe 650k (0.133 a day)
GTA	compilation-named	11	1.0	9	60k	Techy World 123k (1.0 a day); Spaceboy Clips 82k (0.303 a day); Caylus GTA Movies 74k (1.022 a day)

Original 1-3 hour videos can earn well per video, but most channels that make them post a few a week or less; few make them daily (see "At about 1+ a day"). "Compilation-named" = channel names like Movies, Top Videos, Universe, Plus, Clips.

Roblox

Long-forms posted	Channels	Median subs	Views per long-form	Age of those videos	Long-form views a week (posted 7-37 days ago)	Channels with that window	Views per long-form, same age	Weekly views per subscriber	Length	Biggest by weekly views
under 1 a week	192	120k	88k	175 d	39k	192	86k	0.263	12 min	modinner; TheBlueHedgehogYT; AiminXP; Julia MineGirl
1-3 a week	217	211k	65k	64 d	164k	207	47k	0.814	13 min	JuJuBo TV; Flamingo; Dagar Roblox; nobrainjames
4-6 a week	148	440k	76k	108 d	463k	145	59k	1.025	18 min	Foltyn; ElAbrahaham; Lyna; Bi Huỳnh Gaming
1-1.5 a day	54	763k	77k	91 d	652k	54	66k	0.92	18 min	Shivang Mini; Dunia Budi Roblox; CaylusBlox; Techy Plays
1.5-2 a day	12	688k	40k	52 d	663k	12	43k	1.62	15 min	Dash Roblox; MiniBloxia; AwitaDos; KeiKei
2-3 a day	9	426k	28k	52 d	648k	9	28k	2.285	14 min	Lia; ShadBlox; SpeedyBlox; KreekCraft Hub
3+ a day	5	3.5M	11k	16 d	-	0	-	-	8 min	VBGAMING11; CHALLS; Video Game News; ItzVexo

Minecraft

Long-forms posted	Channels	Median subs	Views per long-form	Age of those videos	Long-form views a week (posted 7-37 days ago)	Channels with that window	Views per long-form, same age	Weekly views per subscriber	Length	Biggest by weekly views
under 1 a week	195	321k	335k	231 d	174k	195	340k	0.432	24 min	ProBoiz 95; Parrot; Mini Herios; viniccius13
1-3 a week	101	467k	169k	75 d	402k	98	168k	0.76	23 min	Dagar; Nacho; MSToons; Junkeyy
4-6 a week	34	2.0M	222k	118 d	949k	34	141k	0.596	18 min	Carry Depie; Cash; Karry Kraft; Ferited
1-1.5 a day	10	1.5M	161k	82 d	1.0M	10	142k	0.489	16 min	Athos; Johnny Minecraft; Kass & KR; Slogo

GTA

Long-forms posted	Channels	Median subs	Views per long-form	Age of those videos	Long-form views a week (posted 7-37 days ago)	Channels with that window	Views per long-form, same age	Weekly views per subscriber	Length	Biggest by weekly views
under 1 a week	444	79k	32k	209 d	17k	443	32k	0.138	13 min	Mythpat; Wanted ⭐; Glooby; TheLoudDude
1-3 a week	391	104k	26k	64 d	74k	379	26k	0.754	16 min	Vista Gamer; Restl; Bengal Yt; Gamer Bhai
4-6 a week	120	182k	27k	35 d	214k	102	30k	1.111	19 min	MR RAJA PLAYZONE; PAULINHO O LOKO; HAMID-T GAMING; Waffloos
1-1.5 a day	49	481k	24k	33 d	261k	43	19k	0.617	18 min	GTA HYPE; GTA GARDEN; Flight Gamer; Gameplayrj
1.5-2 a day	9	585k	24k	19 d	356k	4	23k	0.136	14 min	Hazard; DaniRep Happy; OLD BOB; BLG
2-3 a day	7	606k	18k	37 d	270k	4	17k	0.664	18 min	xQc; FrostbiteGaming; delta frost; Yudi Seven Gaming
3+ a day	2	124k	3.6k	27 d	6.4k	1	226	0.343	10 min	RONSTECH; Mike The Goon

Read with care: every group is survivors (channels that already had a niche hit: a video over 50k views in the last year for Roblox/Minecraft, over 100k ever for GTA), and a cross-section cannot prove that posting more causes more views. "Views per long-form" mixes ages (see the age column); the weekly column does not.

Does a busier week hurt each video?

Each channel compared only with itself: every long-form at least 7 days old is set against how many long-forms the same channel posted in the 7 days before it, controlling for the video's age (a channel fixed-effects regression). This answers "does this channel's video do worse in its busy weeks", which a pooled table cannot.

	Roblox	Minecraft	GTA
Change in a video's views per extra long-form that week	+0.9%	-8.4%	+0.1%
Change per 7 extra long-forms (about one more a day)	+7%	-46%	+1%
Busier half of a channel's uploads vs its lighter half (median channel)	0.98x (353 ch)	0.90x (86 ch)	0.99x (420 ch)
Channels and videos in the test	631 ch, 47,208 videos	330 ch, 16,456 videos	972 ch, 36,577 videos
Busiest week observed (99th percentile / max long-forms in the 7 days before)	25 / 76	14 / 17	20 / 63

Pooled view, for reference

Views vs the channel's own median, grouped by long-forms posted in the 7 days before. Each row is a different set of channels (row 0 is mostly quiet channels, row 15+ mostly two-a-day channels), so this table cannot show cannibalization on its own; the regression above can.

Long-forms in the 7 days before	Roblox	Minecraft	GTA
0	101% (3,051 videos, 389 ch)	101% (4,629 videos, 306 ch)	101% (7,807 videos, 727 ch)
1	98% (3,615 videos, 459 ch)	99% (3,470 videos, 297 ch)	100% (8,156 videos, 803 ch)
2	100% (3,696 videos, 431 ch)	100% (1,629 videos, 183 ch)	99% (5,465 videos, 670 ch)
3	99% (4,984 videos, 380 ch)	100% (2,008 videos, 112 ch)	100% (3,872 videos, 506 ch)
4	100% (4,596 videos, 314 ch)	99% (902 videos, 72 ch)	100% (1,668 videos, 331 ch)
5	100% (4,315 videos, 270 ch)	97% (926 videos, 54 ch)	100% (1,388 videos, 255 ch)
6	100% (5,320 videos, 253 ch)	98% (1,179 videos, 46 ch)	100% (1,485 videos, 227 ch)
7	100% (12,044 videos, 242 ch)	100% (2,672 videos, 45 ch)	100% (4,620 videos, 197 ch)
8	102% (1,318 videos, 137 ch)	94% (137 videos, 20 ch)	101% (588 videos, 90 ch)
9	100% (659 videos, 83 ch)	92% (90 videos, 7 ch)	107% (450 videos, 61 ch)
10	101% (559 videos, 73 ch)	76% (32 videos, 5 ch)	102% (527 videos, 48 ch)
11	100% (459 videos, 65 ch)	-	102% (411 videos, 40 ch)
12	100% (502 videos, 62 ch)	-	94% (283 videos, 34 ch)
13	104% (632 videos, 62 ch)	57% (47 videos, 4 ch)	100% (255 videos, 28 ch)
14	100% (1,264 videos, 60 ch)	98% (111 videos, 5 ch)	98% (471 videos, 26 ch)
15+	102% (2,296 videos, 59 ch)	88% (82 videos, 4 ch)	95% (1,092 videos, 30 ch)

YouTube's own statements (sources under Rules): no limit on recommending several videos from one channel in a day; notifications are capped at 3 per channel per 24 hours (a 2020 statement).

How creators reach five a day: several channels

132 groups of channels share a creator-style name in this data, but name matches also join strangers (Live Speedy is IShowSpeed, not Speedy; Dash Gaming is a My Little Pony channel), so only these 11 families, checked by hand from member lists, subscriber counts and top titles, are used. "Repeated titles" = the share of a channel's long-form titles that match a title on a sibling channel (word overlap of 70%+): high values mean re-posts.

Creator	Active channels	Long-forms a day, combined	Main channel (most subscribed)	Channels (role, rate, length, views per video, repeated titles)
Caylus	10	10.2	Caylus : 0.8 a day, 464k per video	CaylusBlox Movies (compilation: 2.0 a day, 82.5 min, 72k per video, 12% repeated titles) Caylus GTA Top Videos (compilation: 1.6 a day, 130.3 min, 20k per video, 14% repeated titles) CaylusBlox Top Videos (compilation: 1.5 a day, 131.1 min, 61k per video, 42% repeated titles) Caylus Top Videos (compilation: 1.2 a day, 132.5 min, 56k per video, 12% repeated titles) Caylus GTA Movies (compilation: 1.0 a day, 80.0 min, 74k per video, 22% repeated titles) CaylusBlox (second game or language: 1.0 a day, 18.4 min, 730k per video, 36% repeated titles) Caylus Movies (compilation: 1.0 a day, 87.0 min, 101k per video, 15% repeated titles) Caylus (main: 0.8 a day, 22.4 min, 464k per video, 29% repeated titles) CaylusCraft (second game or language: 0.0 a day, 16.8 min, 1.1M per video, 4% repeated titles) Caylus Clips (clips: 0.0 a day, - min, - per video, 0% repeated titles)
Cash	6	7.6	Cash: 0.9 a day, 1.5M per video	Cash Universe (compilation: 2.1 a day, 134.1 min, 87k per video, 13% repeated titles) CashClips (compilation: 2.0 a day, 180.3 min, 170k per video, 11% repeated titles) CashBloxClips (compilation: 1.4 a day, 160.3 min, 67k per video, 21% repeated titles) Cash (main: 0.9 a day, 19.2 min, 1.5M per video, 9% repeated titles) CashBlox (second game or language: 0.9 a day, 17.9 min, 933k per video, 13% repeated titles) CashPlays (second premise channel, same game: 0.3 a day, 26.9 min, 1.2M per video, 4% repeated titles)
Speedy	3	6.8	SpeedyBlox: 2.2 a day, 37k per video	Speedy World (compilation: 2.3 a day, 123.6 min, 13k per video, 8% repeated titles) SpeedyBlox (main: 2.2 a day, 21.5 min, 37k per video, 8% repeated titles) SpeedyPlays (second premise channel, same game: 2.2 a day, 19.3 min, 22k per video, 9% repeated titles)
Foltyn	7	6.5	Foltyn: 0.8 a day, 2.4M per video	Foltyn Universe (compilation: 1.9 a day, 130.5 min, 145k per video, 42% repeated titles) Foltyn Gaming Universe (compilation: 1.8 a day, 136.1 min, 78k per video, 61% repeated titles) FoltynPlays (second premise channel, same game: 0.8 a day, 12.8 min, 857k per video, 45% repeated titles) Foltyn (main: 0.8 a day, 18.1 min, 2.4M per video, 64% repeated titles) Foltyn Top Videos (compilation: 0.6 a day, 157.3 min, 155k per video, 58% repeated titles) FoltynPlays Top Videos (compilation: 0.3 a day, 132.4 min, 77k per video, 68% repeated titles) Foltyn Movies (compilation: 0.3 a day, 131.1 min, 10k per video, 58% repeated titles)
Techy	7	6.3	Techy Plays: 1.2 a day, 651k per video	Techy Plays (main: 1.2 a day, 12.6 min, 651k per video, 7% repeated titles) Techy Plus (compilation: 1.0 a day, 128.5 min, 195k per video, 7% repeated titles) Techy World (compilation: 1.0 a day, 128.3 min, 123k per video, 4% repeated titles) TechyClips (compilation: 0.8 a day, 126.0 min, 237k per video, 38% repeated titles) TechyCraft (second game or language: 0.8 a day, 15.7 min, 1.1M per video, 2% repeated titles) Techys (second premise channel, same game: 0.8 a day, 12.8 min, 764k per video, 9% repeated titles) TechyCrew (second game or language: 0.7 a day, 12.4 min, 563k per video, 2% repeated titles)
Sponge	6	4.5	SpongeBlox: 0.6 a day, 95k per video	SpongeJuega (second game or language: 1.3 a day, 14.2 min, 100k per video, 3% repeated titles) SpongeBlox Espanol (second game or language: 1.2 a day, 15.0 min, 124k per video, 2% repeated titles) SpongeMine (second premise channel, same game: 0.6 a day, 8.5 min, 28k per video, 1% repeated titles) SpongeBlox (main: 0.6 a day, 13.6 min, 95k per video, 6% repeated titles) SpongePlays (second premise channel, same game: 0.5 a day, 14.3 min, 83k per video, 5% repeated titles) Sponge Reacts (second game or language: 0.3 a day, 9.4 min, 99k per video, 0% repeated titles)
KreekCraft	4	4.2	KreekCraft: 0.7 a day, 665k per video	KreekCraft Hub (clips: 2.9 a day, 14.5 min, 28k per video, 1% repeated titles) KreekCraft (main: 0.7 a day, 14.0 min, 665k per video, 2% repeated titles) More KreekCraft (second premise channel, same game: 0.4 a day, 17.8 min, 162k per video, 0% repeated titles) Kreek (second game or language: 0.3 a day, 14.0 min, 187k per video, 0% repeated titles)
Waffloos	4	4.0	Waffloos: 1.0 a day, 474k per video	Waffloos Plus (compilation: 1.0 a day, 149.2 min, 71k per video, 62% repeated titles) More Waffloos (compilation: 1.0 a day, 150.6 min, 60k per video, 58% repeated titles) Waffloos (main: 1.0 a day, 19.7 min, 474k per video, 29% repeated titles) Floos (compilation: 1.0 a day, 140.4 min, 16k per video, 24% repeated titles)
DaniRep	3	3.5	DaniRep \| +6 Vídeos Diarios De GTA 5 Online!: 0.5 a day, 383k per video	DaniRep Happy (second premise channel, same game: 1.8 a day, 22.7 min, 32k per video, 14% repeated titles) DaniRep EXTRA (second premise channel, same game: 1.2 a day, 23.8 min, 46k per video, 27% repeated titles) DaniRep \| +6 Vídeos Diarios De GTA 5 Online! (main: 0.5 a day, 19.6 min, 383k per video, 15% repeated titles)
Dash	2	2.9	Dash: 0.9 a day, 439k per video	Dash Roblox (second game or language: 2.0 a day, 17.3 min, 273k per video, 0% repeated titles) Dash (main: 0.9 a day, 17.6 min, 439k per video, 0% repeated titles)
IcyDeluxe	3	2.3	IcyDeluxe: 0.4 a day, 29k per video	IcyDeluxe GTA (compilation: 1.0 a day, 190.2 min, 3.1k per video, 6% repeated titles) IcyDeluxe Movies (compilation: 0.9 a day, 199.6 min, 4.4k per video, 0% repeated titles) IcyDeluxe (main: 0.4 a day, 16.5 min, 29k per video, 12% repeated titles)

The pattern: the main channel posts about one premise video a day or less with high views per video. Three kinds of extra channel add the volume: compilation channels re-post published videos as 1-3 hour cuts at 1-2 a day with far lower views each (they need a back catalog); second premise channels in the same game and language add new videos (DaniRep runs three GTA channels at 3.5 a day combined; Speedy two Roblox channels at 2.2 a day each); and second-game, second-language and clip channels. Each extra channel needs its own Partner Program approval. The single channels at four or more a day: Billion Plus (9.5 a day, 4.3M subs, 30k per video); CHALLS (7.3 a day, 562k subs, 3.0k per video); VBGAMING11 (5.7 a day, 4.3M subs, 16k per video); Video Game News (4.9 a day, 3.5M subs, 1.5k per video).

What volume channels make

Every listed niche long-form of every active channel gets a lane. Only a few percent were in the agent-labeled set; the rest are labeled by the lane model (70% accurate on held-out agent labels), so read the mix as a direction, not a precise share. The two games move in opposite directions, so they are never pooled.

Roblox: what long-forms are, by upload rate

Share of each group's niche long-forms by lane family. under 1 a week: 12% agent-labeled, 1-3 a week: 7% agent-labeled, 4-6 a week: 5% agent-labeled, 1 a day: 5% agent-labeled, 2+ a day: 2% agent-labeled; the rest are the lane model's guesses (70% accurate).

Story & roleplayPlay sessionsChallenges & stuntsKnowledge & testsCompetitiveProduced mediaNews & officialLong-run & repackaged

Minecraft: what long-forms are, by upload rate

Share of each group's niche long-forms by lane family. under 1 a week: 10% agent-labeled, 1-3 a week: 9% agent-labeled, 4-6 a week: 4% agent-labeled, 1 a day: 2% agent-labeled; the rest are the lane model's guesses (70% accurate).

Story & roleplayPlay sessionsChallenges & stuntsKnowledge & testsCompetitiveProduced mediaNews & officialLong-run & repackaged

Game	Long-forms posted	Channels	Median length	Channels numbering episodes	Trend-game share	Agent-labeled	Top lanes
Roblox	under 1 a week	209	13 min	11%	13%	12%	Co-op & family sessions 12%, Life-sim RP stories 12%, Compilations & highlight edits 11%
Roblox	1-3 a week	259	14 min	6%	12%	7%	Life-sim RP stories 16%, Horror, obby & escape runs 15%, Co-op & family sessions 15%
Roblox	4-6 a week	189	19 min	1%	14%	5%	Co-op & family sessions 20%, Life-sim RP stories 15%, Horror, obby & escape runs 14%
Roblox	1 a day	89	19 min	1%	9%	5%	Co-op & family sessions 19%, Progression & spending runs 13%, Horror, obby & escape runs 13%
Roblox	2+ a day	15	11 min	0%	2%	2%	Horror, obby & escape runs 39%, Builds, tutorials & guides 20%, Co-op & family sessions 12%
Minecraft	under 1 a week	244	26 min	4%	0%	10%	100 days & time-box survival 24%, Let's-play & SMP series 18%, Rule & modifier challenges 14%
Minecraft	1-3 a week	113	23 min	8%	0%	9%	Mascot machinima 37%, Rule & modifier challenges 21%, Let's-play & SMP series 10%
Minecraft	4-6 a week	35	18 min	0%	1%	4%	Mascot machinima 36%, Rule & modifier challenges 22%, Let's-play & SMP series 6%
Minecraft	1 a day	14	19 min	0%	1%	2%	Rule & modifier challenges 28%, Mascot machinima 27%, Trolling, pranks & social 10%

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3.9M views · CaylusBlox · 11.3M subs · 2026-07 · 1.0 a day

From POOR to RICH Chunk in Minecraft!

6.1M views · Cash · 11.7M subs · 2026-08 · 0.9 a day

NEDEN Köyde Anomali Kontrolü Yaptım? - Minecraft

2.6M views · Ferited · 6.8M subs · 2026-04 · 0.9 a day

Playing Minecraft as a PROTECTIVE Direwolf With MY CRAZY FAN GIRLS...

3.2M views · TechyCraft · 1.3M subs · 2024-09 · 0.8 a day

Sobrevivi 100 DIAS como VERITY no Minecraft

3.4M views · Athos · 17.5M subs · 2026-08 · 1.2 a day

PERDI AS PARTES DO CORPO no Minecraft!

34.6M views · Cadres · 23.3M subs · 2026-06 · 0.8 a day

Batalla de CASAS ACUATICAS en Minecraft!

3.2M views · Awita · 10.1M subs · 2026-07 · 0.9 a day

How they make it

32 long-forms: 30 from the highest-output channels (their rates run 0.5-1.4 a day; none from the 2+ a day farms) and 2 GTA myths comps. Scene cuts per minute over the whole video (hard visual changes, so fast gameplay camera moves count too: compare channels with each other), spoken words per minute from English captions, and a 12-frame sheet per video read by a vision agent.

5.5

median cuts a minute (1.0-17.4, 31 measured)

224

median spoken words a minute (14 English)

10 / 32

show a real face cam (3 more a cartoon avatar)

5 / 32

burn in word captions

Video	Channel	Set	Long-forms a day	Length	Cuts/min	Words/min	Face cam	On-screen text	Sheet
GTA V Online: VAI E VOLTA no TUNEL INFINITO impossível!	LipaoGamer	gta	1.389	20 min	4.8	-	corner + full-screen moments	none (race position HUD only)	frames
Epic Fail Moments with the Tiger Panther Mod! #FailArmy #GTAVFails #Ti	MR RAJA PLAYZONE	gta	1.344	6 min	-	-	none	static banners (Love Messi & Ronaldo? Like and subscribe!, Don't Forget to Like and Subscribe! GTA)	frames
Franklin Opened A New BMW Showroom In GTA 5 😱🔥 \| Dhanu Dino & Shinchan	DHANU DINO	gta	1.02	35 min	1.4	-	none	none	frames
GTA 5 : Franklin Found The Last Mysterious Foot Print In GTA 5 ! (GTA	Flight Gamer	gta	1.0	37 min	6.8	-	none	none	frames
Ich FINDE einen RIESEN ZAHN in GTA 5!	iCrimax	gta	0.96	22 min	1.5	212	corner	none added (in-game LIVE news banner and MONSTER health bar only)	frames
Surviving 100 Days as SPIDERMAN in GTA!	Waffloos	gta	-	21 min	3.5	215	none	word captions + day counter	frames
I Busted 1,000 Myths in GTA 5!	Caylus	gta_myth	-	281 min	10.9	185	corner + full-screen moments	word captions + titles/cards (numbered myth captions, BUSTED, DEPENDING ON)	frames
Testing GTA 5 Myths Before GTA 6	YesSmartyPie	gta_myth	-	32 min	1.0	-	corner	none	frames
VILLAGERS SEPARARAM A VILA PELA METADE CONTRA GOLENS	Athos	mc	1.227	19 min	7.9	186	none	titles/cards (challenge checklist graphic with car and house icons)	frames
ZENGİN VS FAKİR: Chunk Kapışması (Minecraft)	Ferited	mc	1.0	24 min	10.5	-	none	none	frames
Me Converti en Un LEVIATHAN BEBE en Una Balsa en Minecraft!	Awita	mc	0.925	26 min	10.8	-	none	name tags (in-game plus one large 'Deep' label)	frames
LAVA TREEHOUSE vs. TSUNAMIS in Minecraft!	Cash	mc	0.882	20 min	1.4	262	none	titles/cards	frames
ATUN & MOMON BERMAIN DENGAN MAKHLUK LUCU CHIIKAWA TAPI... !! Feat @sap	BANGJBLOX	mc	0.882	38 min	3.5	-	avatar/vtuber	none	frames
Evolving from POOR to MILLIONAIRE Cliff House!	TechyCraft	mc	0.833	22 min	5.0	239	avatar/vtuber	titles/cards (HOUSE UPGRADE Level 6: Diamond)	frames
Heart vs XP Multiplicator in Minecraft	Dash	mc	0.82	14 min	7.3	248	none	in-game banners (TEAM HEARTS built the 1024x Multiplicator!, multiplier signs, teleporter menu); no added captions	frames
JAPANESE NINJA GIRLS KIDNAPPED ME IN MINECRAFT!!	Dash Empire	mc	0.781	16 min	6.1	-	none	none	frames
Weak Villager Kicked Bodybuilder Carry & Doorbin Out of Village..	Karry Kraft	mc	0.549	12 min	5.6	-	none	none	frames
100 Days on DEADLY RAFT with Friends In Minecraft 😰	Carry Depie	mc	0.532	21 min	9.1	-	none	none	frames
The Idol... (Minecraft)	Daaash	minecraft (from the GTA list)	0.926	23 min	4.4	281	none	none (in-game name tags Anne and Baby Dash, advancement popups)	frames
The OWNER Gave Me ADMIN COMMANDS in Steal an Egg..	CaylusBlox	rb	1.163	25 min	11.2	183	corner	none	frames
I Pretended to be a NOOB, Then used 0.01% MOG...	Techy Plays	rb	1.091	13 min	3.2	264	none	none	frames
Yuta Mio Modifikasi Motor Drag Paling Cepat Untuk Ikut Kontes \| ROBLOX	Dunia Budi Roblox	rb	1.02	24 min	1.3	-	none	none (rainbow channel watermark top-left only)	frames
I Finally Became The #1 PLAYER in Steal an Egg Roblox!	SenpaiUnlimited	rb	1.02	20 min	3.9	273	none	none	frames
I STARTED OVER WITH INFINITE ROBUX IN STEAL AN EGG ROBLOX !!	Shivang Mini	rb	1.0	16 min	5.4	-	none	none	frames
Building Stairs till Moon in Roblox..	Karry Mini	rb	1.0	14 min	5.3	-	none	none (game objective/CHECKPOINT UI only)	frames
I FINALLY MADE IT ONTO THE TOP OF LEADERBOARD IN ROBLOX STEAL AN EGG !	GemBlox	rb	0.962	20 min	5.8	-	none	none	frames
BEBÉS LYNA y MANDARINA vs PAPÁ LIMÓN en WHO'S YOUR DADDY	Lyna	rb	0.949	18 min	2.4	166	avatar/vtuber	titles/cards	frames
Spending $8,592,682 In Roblox Steal An Egg!	FoltynPlays	rb	0.926	12 min	17.4	233	corner + full-screen moments	word captions (sparse) + money counter	frames
Conocí a Mi CRUSH en La Vida Real...😍	Zuu	rb	0.923	10 min	9.1	-	full-screen only	word captions	frames
I Returned to Steal a Brainrot...	CashBlox	rb	0.893	23 min	5.5	212	corner	none	frames
Starting Over Using ONLY ROBUX In Steal A Egg..	Foltyn	rb	0.86	16 min	14.7	-	corner + full-screen moments	word captions (sparse) + money counter	frames
STARTING OVER WITH UNLIMITED ROBUX IN STEAL AN EGG ROBLOX 😱	GamerBlox	rb	0.82	30 min	7.2	-	corner	none (game UI such as RUN!! and shop only)	frames

Who runs volume (web research)

A web hand check of 14 big Roblox, Minecraft and GTA main channels found about 1 to 1.7 long-forms a day at most; this data also finds premise channels at 2-3 a day (SpeedyBlox, Lia) and reposting or guide channels up to 9.5. The documented volume operations are companies with editors ($50-75 per video, overnight editing jobs "to meet daily production deadlines"). KreekCraft has said some days he records "six videos today".
Vendor studies: AIR Media-Tech (18,000 gaming channels) finds median subscribers peak at 20-40 uploads a month; Metricool (800k videos, all categories) finds more than 7 a week lowers monthly views; vidIQ (10M channels) finds more uploads go with faster growth and calls it correlation. None measures views per video against uploads per day for gaming.

Sources: production note. Face cams, layouts and graphics in depth: setup research.

Breakout games: the early window

For each Roblox breakout game, its long-forms in the sample are placed by weeks since the game's first uploads IN THIS SAMPLE (the 2nd-percentile upload date, not the game's release: Grow a Garden launched in March 2025, its week 0 here is May 2025). Early videos have a higher median than videos posted after week 8 in 6 of 6 games (4 by more than 15%); both sides are at least 60 days old, but the early ones are older, so part of the gap is age. Most views still arrive after week 8.

Share of each game's long-form views, by week since its first uploads in the sample

Views keep arriving for months; some games peak late.

Grow a GardenSteal a Brainrot99 Nights in the ForestDead RailsSteal an EggInk GameFisch

Game	First uploads in sample	Peak week	Views from the first 8 weeks	Median views, first 4 weeks	Median views, after week 8
Grow a Garden	2025-05-05	10	35%	1.6M (n 20)	702k (n 114)
Steal a Brainrot	2025-07-06	12	15%	2.4M (n 14)	2.1M (n 153)
99 Nights in the Forest	2025-07-27	26	17%	3.3M (n 13)	2.0M (n 147)
Dead Rails	2025-03-01	11	30%	731k (n 27)	715k (n 109)
Steal an Egg	2026-08-20	6	84%	868k (n 15)	- (n 0)
Ink Game	2025-07-07	2	56%	790k (n 24)	190k (n 91)
Forsaken	2025-05-09	4	32%	- (n 4)	916k (n 14)
Fisch	2024-12-22	0	39%	1.6M (n 8)	314k (n 75)

Search surfaces winners on both sides, and early n is small (8-27 per game). Trend-game titles are only a small share of what volume channels post (see What they make), so this is a lesson about timing, not about where volume comes from.

Does GTA hold volume?

The same tests on the 1,079 active GTA channels from the GTA research. 103 post about one long-form a day or more; by channel country: US 36, IN 18, BR 11, not set 11, ID 5, DE 5 (registered country, not audience). The list below keeps channels registered in an English-speaking country with at least half GTA uploads, English titles, no title template repeated across their top videos, no kid mod-story or superhero-mod top videos, and no compilation channels.

Channel	Country	Subs	Long-forms a day	GTA share	Views per long-form	Biggest recent GTA long-form
Waffloos	US	1.2M	1.0	72%	474k	Every Time I Crash, My Tesla EVOLVES in GTA!
Hazard	US	712k	1.8	95%	70k	GTA 6 is FINALLY Adding Features We've Wanted for YEARS...
MrBossFTW	US	3.2M	1.3	93%	33k	A 6TH GTA 6 GAMEPLAY LEAK IS HERE & IT REVEALS SOME NEVER BEFORE SEEN
SubscribeForTacos	US	466k	1.1	93%	37k	GTA 6: Capri
HarmNone	CA	440k	1.0	77%	35k	Using Our REAL LIFE CARS In A GTA 5 ManHunt!
Will Mac	US	25k	1.4	99%	13k	This Deleted GTA 6 Leak Is Looking More Real Every Day!
SteveTheGamer55	US	4.7M	1.4	94%	18k	💰 GTA 5 MODS LET'S GO TO WORK \| Living at the BILLIONAIRE'S BIGGEST RA
Here's Marvin	US	1.2M	1.0	77%	20k	Jeffy And Marvin Become JACKED In GTA 5!
delta frost	US	28k	2.6	100%	2.2k	Gta 5 LSPDFR Playing As a LAPD Female Officer - Durango PPV City Patro
SteveTheGamer55 Extra	US	447k	1.1	98%	6.4k	🏝️ GTA 5 Mods Let's Go To Work \| Billionaire Beach House Life Gets Eve
OutlawGarry	US	471k	0.9	97%	2.8k	What Can You Do In GTA 6 CLUBS?!
GTA Insights	US	28k	1.1	94%	3.8k	GTA 6 Is About To Get INSANE…
DarkViperAU	AU	2.3M	2.6	83%	129k	PS3 GTA 5 Was NOT What I Expected - Part 1
JoblessGarrett	US	1.7M	1.0	94%	25k	Everything GTA 6 This Week YOU MISSED! (GTA 6 News)

Myths: a hero format

Caylus is a GTA channel (188 GTA videos in the GTA research; his Roblox channel is CaylusBlox). His "I Busted N Myths" run is 19 long-forms (2022: 14, 2023: 3, 2024: 1, 2026: 1), median 6.0M. 16 of them run 25 minutes or less; the most viewed runs 3.0 hours (73.4M) and the longest 4.7 hours. In 2022, its peak year, one came out every few weeks; since then a few a year. GTA 6-framed myths long-forms in the sample: 2 (Testing GTA 5 Myths Before GTA 6 440k; The Most Disturbing Leaked GTA 6 Myths & Legends 7.1k).

I Busted 500 Myths In GTA 5!

73.4M views · Caylus · 21.7M subs · 2022-07

I Busted 210 Myths In GTA 5!

27.2M views · Caylus · 21.7M subs · 2022-03

I Busted 23 Movie Myths in GTA 5!

11.9M views · Caylus · 21.7M subs · 2022-11

I Busted 36 Myths in GTA 5

10.8M views · Caylus · 21.7M subs · 2022-09

I Busted 28 Myths in GTA 5!

9.9M views · Caylus · 21.7M subs · 2023-01

I Busted 40 Myths In GTA 5!

9.8M views · Caylus · 21.7M subs · 2022-05

I Busted 1,000 Myths in GTA 5!

8.2M views · Caylus · 21.7M subs · 2024-03

I Busted 30 Movie Myths In GTA 5!

7.9M views · Caylus · 21.7M subs · 2022-05

What viewers say

29,392 top comments on 254 videos (the most viewed long-forms and Shorts per lane, so mostly hits; only 4 come from channels posting one a day or more), read by four mining agents. Every quote is verbatim with its real like count, checked against the raw comments. In English: 95 comments ask for a part 2, the next episode or more uploads (65,894 likes) and 2 ask for daily uploads in so many words. Viewers ask for more of a specific video, not for more videos.

Challenge and 100-days videos

Host genuinely plays and is on screen the whole video; toned-down hangouts beat mega-production (parasocial: viewers want the creator as a participant with stakes, not a host reading rule)
Glad to see MrBeast take part in a video and not spectate all the time17,231 likes · video
The host's face and reactions become the memes (parasocial plus humor: face-cam moments (spit-take, wide eyes, hand gestures) get timestam)
the way jimmy spits out the water after karl saying he likes the 5000$ better really made me wheeze411 likes · video
A recurring crew member becomes a character viewers adopt (identity/belonging: a repeat cast with arcs makes the comments about people ('10% video 90)
Comments 10% video 90% Darius7,103 likes · video

These viewers reward people over premise: a host who actually plays, a recurring crew with arcs, and a result they can argue about in the comments. Length is welcome when density holds (30-minute Grox, two-hour Evbo) and the only frequency complaint is about gaps, never volume, but the daily-habit comfort comments come from kid channels. A new face-cam GTA 6 creator should be on screen the whole time, reuse 3-4 recurring faces, build every episode around a verdict viewers can dispute, and treat any announced series as a promise. Planted comment-bait works ('Mario Mug', 56 comments, MUw5Xa7CWmo).

Play sessions and trend games

Nostalgia for the era, cast and after-school ritual (legacy play sessions) (nostalgia + parasocial: a fixed family/duo cast watched daily becomes a childhood anchor, )
It was a tradition to watch these vids everyday after school7,234 likes · video
Two-person dynamic with a fixed role split (smart vs dumb, victim vs tormentor) (humor + identity/belonging: a repeatable contrast makes a joke a minute and gives viewers )
Absolutely love the trope of smart guy going through the path full of puzzles and then the dumbass going through the same path but doing everything the stupid way45,874 likes · video
Running gags and cast history viewers track across videos (identity/belonging: in-joke literacy rewards loyal viewers; every episode is a chance for )
Someone needs to teach mob to stop standing near windows 😭😭😭36,256 likes · video

This audience rewards a recurring cast with a fixed comic dynamic, visible effort, and each drop feeling like an event. Nobody in 2,057 comments asks for more volume; the loudest 'when is it back' demand is for series and games already promised. A new face-cam GTA 6 creator should treat multi-per-day cadence as unsupported by this evidence: build a repeating character or duo, answer sequel and next-game votes (GTA V next-episode votes drew 10,114 likes on one comment), keep claims honest (a fake 'chapter 3' Short was called out by about 15 commenters), and let the comments act as a tips and correction layer.

Roleplay, animation, compilations and news

Nostalgia: an old upload is claimed as 'my childhood' and the date-check comment out-likes the content (nostalgia)
Thank you, for carrying my childhood.3,231 likes · video
Serialized lore, ships and cliffhangers that viewers theorize about between episodes (parasocial + curiosity gap + identity/belonging (fandom))
This guy started and ended a fandom in less than 2 months49,016 likes · video
Indie production that beats studios: 'better than the official Minecraft movie', 'why pay for Netflix' (realism/attention-to-detail awe + competence)
The real Minecraft movie.13,346 likes · video

These audiences reward finished, voiced stories with recurring characters and episode-to-episode lore (Verity, Alan Becker, Walden Academy), a recognisable performer whose pain or running gags viewers quote back (Mart, Flame, Folix), and being first on a drop (swizu, Blox Fruits trailers); old 2016-2021 uploads are re-watched as childhood. Cadence is lane-dependent: slow is forgiven when every minute is dense (Buur, 'If the next video took a year I don’t think anyone would care'), but the one daily-habit lane (Techno Gamerz GTA 5/Minecraft, mostly Indian students) expects numbered daily episodes, with 'face reveal', 'setup tour' and 'vlog' asked of faceless creators; two videos in one day was cheered, and fake-real scripting is called out unless framed as a movie. A new face-cam GTA 6 channel should lead with voice and personality, number every episode, add chapters, post fast on news, build callbacks and a cast, and skip brainrot trend-chasing and like-begging.

Myths, tests, facts and tutorials

Obviously fake myths played straight: the escalation is the show (humor + identity/belonging (in on the trick); the laugh lands at the first impossible item)
I love how it instantly went from somewhat believable to horizontal golem45,982 likes · video
Real-world myth busting: friends failing, a pun after every myth, viewers retesting at home (vicarious danger/chaos + humor + parasocial (recurring cast, pun ritual))
Chase failing the water bucket was hilarious, you need to be a pro to do that irl 😎33 likes · video
A recurring mascot, a voice and an unrevealed face become the product (parasocial: a running character (Sheru, Danny the villager) and a withheld face give viewe)
Sheru OP in the chat! 🦁4,466 likes · video

Tests are a character show (cast, mascot, puns, details to rewatch) and 30-45 minute runtimes are never criticised (zero 'too long' or 'boring' in 1,614 comments), but in 5 ProBoiz test videos 33% of the top comments (27% of likes) mention or beg for the abandoned story series, so tests earn reach and a series earns loyalty. Lore and build viewers police honesty and accuracy: staged 'real/uncut' claims and mislabelled 'simple/survival' titles get the top replies, while disclosed scripting is accepted. A new face-cam GTA channel should run a recurring character, show proof for every myth verdict, never fake a result, end with a part-2 hook and treat the unrevealed face or voice as a retention asset (11 face-reveal begs, 2,632 likes); frequency evidence is thin but positive (a daily uploader is praised, fast uploads get early-viewer rituals), so volume is safe only if every myth is fact-checked.

What they ask for next

wifies i need a sequel where you slime the whole village, and decline the 70$ transaction to get your money back. 11,482 likes · video
Vote for GTA V next episode jaldi jaldi 😅😊🎉 10,114 likes · video
Grox vs verity bouta be PEAK 8,734 likes · video
We Need a Darius and Juan Minecraft Video! 🙏 6,685 likes · video
You should actually release this mod, I’d love to have a conjoined golem roaming around lol 5,116 likes · video
Make new video like " minecraft places in real life #1" 4,948 likes · video
BEAT HIS RECORD TAKE THE THRONE BACK MART 4,728 likes · video
I think you should make the builds anonymous to the judge so there is no biased voting. Tesla round was suspicious 4,256 likes · video
We need a sequel this is way to good to be left aside Like so mob will see this Edit: GUYS WE ARE GETTING PART 2 ITS CONFIRMED! 3,861 likes · video
Vote For Dark heroes season 4 👇🏻👇🏻 2,163 likes · video

What annoys them

UPLOAD FREQUENCY (searched explicitly): no comment in about 2,100 mined complains of too many uploads. Frequency talk is only about gaps: 'Brother has rent to pay again' (J75GuCvhLAE 40925), 'Bro hasn’t posted in 8 month
Rigged or sob-story judging: 'How to win in mrbeast challenge 1)Come up with a sad story 2) add somewhere a feastables' (wZW016nna48 19283).
Effort for nothing: 'The 10 year builder dedicated almost half his life just to win $0 bro might just start his villiany arc.' (XrAoDZLZZ1g 1896).
Players who do not know the game: 'Not crafting slabs was so painful to watch' (QF5YpZI1wnk 1636); '1000 days and these guys didnt even get netherite' (npNmyb-qqGw 1672).
Wasted clock: 'Hassan pissed me off bro 80 days on parkour is ridiculous' (npNmyb-qqGw 12984). Tic fatigue: 'The amounts of "bro" said in this video was crazy bro😂' (24786).
Brainrot fatigue: 'Bro, what did they put? Six, seven. I hate six, seven. We left that in 2025' (G6KfXLhpXcQ 11); 'Boy do we all hate brainrot' (rM5YEJkbeoU 17); 'Finally a video with no KPOP demon hunters!' (uKH45IPZk6U
Announced series dropped: 'Bhai 10 days 10 gtav 5 video kab hoga' (n_xM36ybvqQ 131) and 'Bhai gta ki video kab ayegi 1 mahina ho gaya hai' (11).
Lag on a 17M-view video: "Laggy gameplay not good techno bhai , plz upload again" (539 likes, 7SMGGSEAjno)

The Roblox + Minecraft niche map: 25 lanes

13,744 videos labeled by sub-agents. "Search median" = long-forms from the last 12 months that surface in search (flatters every lane); "typical upload" = the flop-inclusive sample (36,891 recent uploads from 1,871 channels' upload lists, livestreams excluded, 93% labeled by the lane model at 70% accuracy).

Lane	Family	Videos	Channels	Search median, LF, 12 mo	Typical LF upload	LF under 10k	Top 5 channels' view share	Non-English	Audience
Roleplay series Voiced, scripted roleplay with a recurring cast told as numbered episodes, seasons or roleplay movies (MyStree	Story & roleplay	290	151	115k	72k	14%	70%	20%
Life-sim RP stories One-off family/drama stories acted out in a town or life-sim game (Brookhaven, Berry Avenue, Bloxburg, Royale	Story & roleplay	755	268	547k	85k	13%	34%	17%	kid-skewed
Mascot machinima Scripted stories with a recurring mascot cast, recorded in-game or in game-style 3D: JJ & Mikey/Maizen and its	Story & roleplay	607	150	2.3M	175k	7%	86%	12%	kid-skewed
Let's-play & SMP series Ongoing persistent-world series: numbered survival/modpack episodes, a long-running world, or edited storyline	Play sessions	480	235	1.4M	234k	15%	43%	8%
Co-op & family sessions One-off commentary session in an open, tycoon or minigame experience where the creator's or group's reactions	Play sessions	1,029	483	565k	106k	10%	44%	17%	kid-skewed
Horror, obby & escape runs Playing through a hand-built challenge experience to beat it: horror chapters (Piggy, Doors, The Experiment),	Play sessions	1,053	503	688k	82k	14%	38%	17%	kid-skewed
Trend-game first plays Straight play of the breakout experience of the moment where the new game is the hook (Steal a Brainrot, Grow	Play sessions	521	265	739k	112k	16%	26%	20%	kid-skewed
Progression & spending runs Grinding a tycoon/simulator/RPG from zero to max: noob to max, poor to rich, collect everything, all completed	Play sessions	996	405	417k	124k	8%	25%	12%
Rule & modifier challenges The game with one twist rule as the premise: 'X but...', 'every second +1...', 'can't see', 'if I win/lose...'	Challenges & stunts	1,165	533	807k	210k	7%	22%	16%
100 days & time-box survival Survive or play a counted span (100/1000 days, 24 hours, N nights) with the day count as the structure, often	Challenges & stunts	679	340	821k	242k	6%	40%	16%
Build battles & tier compares Head-to-head or tiered comparisons played for real: noob vs pro build challenges, $1 vs $1,000,000, cheating i	Challenges & stunts	302	152	713k	537k	0%	60%	22%	kid-skewed
Manhunts & hosted games Creator-hosted multiplayer contests: speedrunner vs hunters, hide-and-seek events with YouTubers, 100-player s	Challenges & stunts	326	154	1.3M	480k	4%	76%	11%
Trolling, pranks & social Messing with other players: trolling, pranks, admin abuse, exploits, voice-chat bits, spying, 'hacking' accoun	Challenges & stunts	879	430	660k	153k	5%	27%	12%
Myths, tests & experiments Testing whether something is true or what happens: myth busting, testing clickbait/viral hacks/scary claims, e	Knowledge & tests	650	289	720k	142k	12%	50%	12%
Facts, secrets & lore Knowledge told, not tested: fact lists, rarest/secret rooms, things you didn't know, lore and iceberg explaine	Knowledge & tests	497	274	499k	131k	11%	40%	11%
Builds, tutorials & guides Teach or show how: build tutorials, timelapses and build hacks (incl. Shorts house tutorials), redstone, scrip	Knowledge & tests	702	397	197k	63k	18%	30%	7%
PvP, competitive & speedrun Skill-first content on fighting/PvP games (Bedwars, Da Hood, Strongest Battlegrounds, Rivals): combos, kits, r	Competitive	406	231	345k	43k	13%	36%	8%
Animation Animated shorts, films, series and fan animations set in the games, incl. concept movie trailers. Recurring-ma	Produced media	209	147	2.0M	260k	13%	51%	10%
Music & songs Original songs, parodies, music videos, OSTs, covers and piano tutorials of game music.	Produced media	88	65	646k	296k	6%	51%	8%
Skits, memes & IRL Scripted comedy not built on a play session: memes, POV and 'be like' jokes, trend edits, slideshow stories (m	Produced media	246	171	1.0M	119k	10%	45%	9%
News & updates Creator coverage of updates, events, leaks, new codes and item showcases, 'is X dying', best-games lists, and	News & official	723	413	132k	38k	20%	28%	8%
Official & brand Uploads by studios, platforms and brands (Minecraft, Roblox, LEGO, Illumination, game devs): trailers, update	News & official	92	33	2.7M	-	-	90%	1%
Live & raw long sessions Live streams and stream VODs ('🔴', 'Live', 'with viewers'), unedited no-commentary full gameplay, multi-hour a	Long-run & repackaged	360	178	87k	94k	12%	74%	16%
Compilations & highlight edits Footage recut from sessions or the back catalog: funny moments, VC moments, best-of, all episodes, all jumpsca	Long-run & repackaged	427	167	609k	132k	14%	40%	7%
Other In-niche video that fits no lane or whose title gives no premise.	Other	262	205	351k	106k	16%	57%	13%

Who watches (and why it matters for the transfer)

Roblox and Minecraft

Roblox's filings (age-checked users, Q2 2026): 35% under 13, 38% aged 13-17, 27% 18+.
Kid-skewed lanes (Life-sim RP stories, Mascot machinima, Co-op & family sessions, Horror, obby & escape runs, Trend-game first plays, Build battles & tier compares) carry 31% of the labeled videos. "Made for kids" removes personalized ads, comments and the bell.
Vendor data puts gaming RPM near $2 and kids and teens near $0.33; no creator-disclosed Roblox RPM was found.

GTA 6

Rated M; the GTA research found teen boys 12-17 and the 20-35s who grew up on GTA 5 as the core English audiences; PS5/Xbox only at launch.
What transfers: sessions with a premise, launch-window timing, light edits, constant talk, the multi-channel structure. What does not: kid stories, mascot machinima, Brookhaven-style roleplay (needs a social sandbox GTA 6 will not have until Online).

Sources: audience note; GTA research.

Rules of the road for high volume

YouTube (verbatim)

"Channels where content feels interchangeable from video to video are not allowed to monetize."Channel monetization policies, answer 1311392 (renamed "inauthentic content" July 15 2025)

"Generic or repetitive content includes content that looks like it's made with a template, or that may feel repetitive to viewers after watching several videos in a row from the same channel."answer 1311392

"Using automated tools or AI to churn out high volumes of similar content with minimal changes."Spam policy, "Automated or synthetic mass-production", answer 2801973; penalty: "we may suspend your monetization or terminate your channel"

"Videos simply showing a user playing a video game or the use of software for extended periods of time may not be accepted for monetization." "Video game content may be monetized depending on the commercial use rights granted to you by licenses of video game publishers."answer 138161

1311392 · 2801973 · 138161

Reach, money and Rockstar

"There's no limit on how many videos can be recommended to a given viewer from a channel in a single day." Notifications: at most 3 per channel per 24 hours.
If views per video fall while you upload more than usual, "that is an indicator you may have exhausted your audience" (YouTube).
Partner Program: 1,000 subscribers plus 4,000 public watch hours in 12 months (or 10M Shorts views in 90 days); from Feb 1 2027 new creators need 8,000 hours (or 20M Shorts views). Review "typically in about 1 month".
Rockstar: "Take-Two Interactive does not object to our fans using materials for non-commercial uses"; "non-commercial" means you do not make money from the footage. No GTA 6 creator policy yet; spoilers, leaks and pre-release footage stay out.

Sources: policy note, production note.

Method and caveats

Data: 101 search queries x 4 sorts (yt-dlp), 16 date-window API sweeps, TubeLab, Google Trends; videos enriched 2026-10-25; channel baselines, deeper histories and comments pulled 2026-10-26.
Labels: sonnet sub-agents labeled every discovered title into 25 lanes; channel upload lists beyond that set are labeled by the lane model (70%).
Cadence: active channels only, rate = long-forms in the last 90 days, compilation channels (median long-form 60+ min) analysed separately, livestream replays excluded with YouTube's own flag (100% coverage), long-form = over 3 minutes; survivors only. Within-channel ranges are 95% channel-bootstrap intervals (200 resamples).
Families: name matching proposes candidates; the families used were checked by hand (member lists, subscriber counts, top titles); two false members removed (IShowSpeed, a My Little Pony channel).
Production samples: 240-360p video-only downloads; cut counts rank channels, they do not measure an edit precisely.
Numbers vs web facts: data numbers are computed by the page builder from the project files; web facts are quoted from the cited notes.

Raw research

Every labeled video: volume_corpus_2026-10-25.csv. Web notes: production, policy, audience.

Top 60 long-forms in the sample

Video	Channel	Date	Views	x channel median	Lane	Format
Minecraft Real POV 創世神第一人稱真人版	葉式特工Yes Ranger	2020-01-04	344.8M	-	Skits, memes & IRL	3 min
Animation Life: FULL MOVIE (Minecraft Animation)	Squared Media	2018-09-01	254.9M	-	Animation	53 min
BEES FIGHT - Alex and Steve Life (Minecraft Animation)	Squared Media	2020-08-02	250.6M	-	Mascot machinima	13 min
ROBLOX Super Pizza Hero Easter Bunny Tycoon! FGTEEV #18 Superhero Eggs w/ Hulkbuster	FGTeeV	2017-04-13	228.6M	-	Co-op & family sessions	20 min
Parkour - Animation vs. Minecraft Shorts Ep. 22	Alan Becker	2021-04-03	210.4M	-	Animation	17 min
1,000,000 Villager MANHUNT	Grox	2025-04-13	202.9M	-	Manhunts & hosted games	30 min
I Survived 100 Days Of Hardcore Minecraft!	MrBeast Gaming	2021-07-22	188.1M	-	100 days & time-box survival	16 min
"Don't Come Crying" [VERSION A] Minecraft FNAF SL Animated Music Video (Song by TryHardNinja)	EnchantedMob	2020-12-05	181.0M	-	Music & songs	5 min
The Roller Coaster - Animation vs. Minecraft Shorts Ep. 3	Alan Becker	2018-01-19	178.6M	-	Animation	5 min
BOTTLE FLIP Challenge - Minecraft Animation Parody	Belldis	2019-03-09	178.4M	-	Animation	13 min
🎶Minecraft Parody Believer🎶 Animation Life 3	CEBTAB	2019-07-31	175.9M	-	Music & songs	10 min
GIANT vs TINY - Roblox Obby	Maizen	2022-02-14	171.5M	-	Mascot machinima	10 min
Minecraft Speedrunner Peppa Vs 4 Hunters Animation	sequence	2021-12-16	168.2M	-	Animation	8 min
$45,600 Squid Game Challenge!	MrBeast Gaming	2021-10-14	157.5M	-	Manhunts & hosted games	11 min
MINECRAFT FOR DINNER!!	Kluna Tik 2	2017-10-18	151.3M	-	Other	8 min
Minecraft, But It's Only One Block!	MrBeast Gaming	2020-12-17	150.9M	-	Rule & modifier challenges	10 min
ROBLOX GUEST STORY - The Spectre (Alan Walker)	Cryptize	2018-01-11	149.3M	-	Music & songs	3 min
Minecraft Speedrunner VS 5 Hunters REMATCH	Dream	2021-07-08	149.2M	-	Manhunts & hosted games	43 min
The Building Contest - Animation vs. Minecraft Shorts Ep. 2	Alan Becker	2017-12-18	148.0M	-	Animation	4 min
Minecraft NOOB vs PRO vs HACKER: SAFEST FAMILY HOUSE BUILD CHALLENGE in Minecraft / Animation	WiederDude	2019-05-04	146.0M	-	Mascot machinima	16 min
ROBLOX PIGGY @ the MALL! Chapter 10 FGTeeV Multiplayer Escape (The Secret is Out)	FGTeeV	2020-04-29	142.9M	-	Horror, obby & escape runs	26 min
Minecraft Speedrunner VS 3 Hunters GRAND FINALE	Dream	2020-08-07	141.7M	-	Manhunts & hosted games	42 min
The minecraft life \| Top 5 VERY SAD STORY 😥 \| Minecraft animation	ZomBo	2021-03-31	140.2M	-	Animation	32 min
Season 3 All Episode - Minecraft Animation	BigSchool	2020-08-18	135.9M	-	Animation	70 min
SkyBlock - Animation vs. Minecraft Shorts Episode 11	Alan Becker	2019-01-28	134.7M	-	Animation	5 min
Hide And Seek Across The Earth!	MrBeast Gaming	2021-04-04	133.2M	-	Manhunts & hosted games	10 min
CAN RONALDO ESCAPE THE SUPERMARKET?? \| Roblox Obby	EthanGamer	2016-05-20	123.6M	-	Horror, obby & escape runs	18 min
Minecraft NOOB vs PRO: SAFEST SECURITY TOWER BUILD CHALLENGE	Maizen	2022-02-08	118.8M	-	Mascot machinima	30 min
$2 VS $16,000 Minecraft House!	MrBeast Gaming	2021-08-25	117.1M	-	Build battles & tier compares	11 min
I Survived 100 Days in Skyblock	MrBeast Gaming	2026-04-11	115.7M	2.2x	100 days & time-box survival	23 min
Minecraft Speedrunner VS 4 Hunters	Dream	2020-09-05	107.8M	-	Manhunts & hosted games	48 min
Minecraft FAMILY WATER PARK BUILD CHALLENGE - NOOB vs PRO vs HACKER vs GOD / Animation	WiederDude	2022-06-11	107.2M	-	Mascot machinima	10 min
Survive 1000 Days, Win $100,000	MrBeast Gaming	2025-09-20	106.5M	2.0x	100 days & time-box survival	48 min
ROBLOX PIGGY Chapter 12: The Plant! FGTeeV Multiplayer Escape (The End)	FGTeeV	2020-05-27	102.1M	-	Horror, obby & escape runs	30 min
Minecraft TNT VOLCANO HOUSE BUILD CHALLENGE - NOOB vs PRO vs HACKER vs GOD / Animation	WiederDude	2022-11-25	101.6M	-	Mascot machinima	9 min
Minecraft Speedrunner VS 5 Hunters	Dream	2021-04-23	101.4M	-	Manhunts & hosted games	36 min
¡SALVANDO A TROLLINO DE LA PRISIÓN DE SLIME EN MINECRAFT! 😱👑 MAPA MINECRAFT SLIME ESCAPE	Mikecrack	2019-04-21	100.3M	-	Mascot machinima	17 min
Redstone Academy - Animation vs. Minecraft Shorts Ep 15	Alan Becker	2020-02-15	99.6M	-	Animation	7 min
Minecraft Speedrunner VS 5 Hunters GRAND FINALE.	Dream	2022-02-26	99.1M	-	Manhunts & hosted games	61 min
¡PASAMOS de PRISIÓN NOOB a PRISIÓN PRO de MÁXIMA SEGURIDAD en ROBLOX! 👮😱 (Prison Tycoon)	ElTrollino	2020-08-31	98.5M	-	Progression & spending runs	17 min
I Survived 100 Days In Realistic Minecraft	MrBeast Gaming	2026-06-06	97.9M	1.9x	100 days & time-box survival	27 min
Simulating an Ant Colony for 1000 Days	Dr. Plants	2025-02-07	94.8M	-	100 days & time-box survival	9 min
Minecraft NOOB vs PRO vs GOD: MODERN HOUSE ON WATER BUILD CHALLENGE in Minecraft / Animation	WiederDude	2019-04-06	93.8M	-	Mascot machinima	17 min
¡TROLLINO ABANDONA A MIKECRACK! 😱😨 ¿MORIRÉ DE HAMBRE? 🐶 MINECRAFT ROLEPLAY: EL ARTE DE ESCAPAR	Mikecrack	2020-01-30	92.4M	-	Mascot machinima	20 min
50 Ways To Mess With Your Friends In Minecraft	Grian	2019-06-23	91.9M	-	Trolling, pranks & social	25 min
Minecraft Speedrunner VS 3 Hunters FINALE	Dream	2020-06-19	90.7M	-	Manhunts & hosted games	46 min
PIGGY in SPACE! FGTeeV Builds Custom Minecraft Creeper Map (NEW BUILD MODE)	FGTeeV	2020-06-30	90.5M	-	Co-op & family sessions	16 min
Minecraft ANIMATED SPEEDRUN	Bro animations	2021-02-25	89.3M	-	Animation	4 min
Minecraft Speedrunner VS 4 Hunters REMATCH	Dream	2020-10-20	89.3M	-	Manhunts & hosted games	45 min
Minecraft with Ultra Realistic Graphics!	MrBeast Gaming	2022-09-16	86.3M	-	Other	9 min
Minecraft In Real Life \| Lone Survivor	FilmDice	2015-05-25	86.2M	-	Skits, memes & IRL	4 min
PSYCHO PIG 🎵 FGTeeV Official Music Video (Roblox PIGGY Song)	FGTeeV	2020-05-16	85.6M	-	Music & songs	3 min
Using Security Cameras To Cheat In Hide And Seek	Maizen	2022-01-29	84.5M	-	Mascot machinima	17 min
REALISTIC MINECRAFT - PRISON ESCAPE	LowLevelNoob	2017-03-22	82.5M	-	Horror, obby & escape runs	7 min
NOOB vs PRO: SAFEST SECURITY TO PROTECT FAMILY!!	Maizen	2024-05-16	82.4M	-	Mascot machinima	17 min
REALISTIC MINECRAFT IN REAL LIFE! - TOP & BEST Minecraft In Real Life / IRL Minecraft Animations	Real Life Player	2018-04-20	82.2M	-	Skits, memes & IRL	25 min
Minecraft Speedrunner VS 4 Hunters FINALE	Dream	2020-11-26	81.9M	-	Manhunts & hosted games	49 min
Primera Vez en Minecraft \| Mi Casa de Minecraft \| Juegos Karim Juega	Karim Juega	2019-08-23	81.3M	-	Let's-play & SMP series	20 min
Roblox Rainbow Friends are NOT our Friends 🌈=💀 (FGTeeV Gameplay w/ Drizz)	FGTeeV	2022-09-01	80.8M	-	Horror, obby & escape runs	25 min
Minecraft Speedrunner VS 3 Hunters REMATCH	Dream	2020-05-29	80.5M	-	Manhunts & hosted games	47 min

Data from YouTube Data API, yt-dlp search, TubeLab, Google Trends, pulled 2026-10-25 to 2026-10-26. Data figures are computed from the project's data files by the page builder; web facts are quoted from linked sources; planning estimates are labeled as assumptions.

TL;DR

Does volume pay on one channel?

Long-form views a week by upload rate (median channel, videos posted 7-37 days ago)

Controlling for channel size

60+ minute channels

Roblox

Minecraft

GTA

Does a busier week hurt each video?

Pooled view, for reference

How creators reach five a day: several channels

What volume channels make

Roblox: what long-forms are, by upload rate

Minecraft: what long-forms are, by upload rate

Biggest channels posting about daily

How they make it

Who runs volume (web research)

Breakout games: the early window

Share of each game's long-form views, by week since its first uploads in the sample

Does GTA hold volume?

Myths: a hero format

What viewers say

Challenge and 100-days videos

Play sessions and trend games

Roleplay, animation, compilations and news

Myths, tests, facts and tutorials

What they ask for next

What annoys them

The Roblox + Minecraft niche map: 25 lanes

Who watches (and why it matters for the transfer)

Roblox and Minecraft

GTA 6

Rules of the road for high volume

YouTube (verbatim)

Reach, money and Rockstar

Method and caveats

Raw research

Top 60 long-forms in the sample

Roleplay series

Life-sim RP stories

Mascot machinima

Let's-play & SMP series

Co-op & family sessions

Horror, obby & escape runs

Trend-game first plays

Progression & spending runs

Rule & modifier challenges

100 days & time-box survival

Build battles & tier compares

Manhunts & hosted games

Trolling, pranks & social

Myths, tests & experiments

Facts, secrets & lore

Builds, tutorials & guides

PvP, competitive & speedrun

Animation

Music & songs

Skits, memes & IRL

News & updates

Official & brand

Live & raw long sessions

Compilations & highlight edits

Other