
RICO YouTube Channel Earnings Report & Research
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Live RICO YouTube earnings, subscriber growth and view statistics: 632.0K subscribers, 82.9M lifetime views and an estimated 268.7K views per month.
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How much does RICO make on YouTube?
| RICO YouTube earnings | Low | Mid | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ad revenue per month | $376 | $752 | $1,102 |
| Sponsorship per video (integrated mention) | $1,652 | $2,361 | $3,305 |
| Channel partner retainer per month | $10,886 | $15,552 | $21,772 |
| Estimated total per month (1 sponsored video) | $12,915 | $18,665 | $26,179 |
| Estimated total per year | $155K | $224K | $314.1K |
YouTube ad earnings only
Sponsors, retainers, memberships, products and affiliates excluded
Modelled 90 days
$2,325
Modelled across the latest 90-day period from the channel's estimated monthly views, with cumulative earnings shown from day one to day 90. The graph applies the $2.8 RPM in USD; it excludes sponsors and every other income source, and is not a creator-disclosed payout.
RICO modelled monthly earnings mix
How the middle estimate is divided across YouTube ads, one integrated sponsorship, and an ongoing channel partnership.
- YouTube ad revenue4.0%
- One integrated sponsorship12.6%
- Channel partner retainer83.3%
| # | Category | Monthly value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | YouTube ad revenue | $752 | 4.0% |
| 2 | One integrated sponsorship | $2,361 | 12.6% |
| 3 | Channel partner retainer | $15,552 | 83.3% |
Planning model only, not disclosed income. The sponsorship slice assumes one sponsored video; the separate ad earnings graph above excludes sponsors and retainers.
RICO is estimated to earn $12,915 to $26,179 a month from ads, one sponsorship and a channel retainer. Test it in the YouTube ad revenue calculator — full methodology below.
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Estimated subscriber growth, upcoming view milestones and the sponsorship tiers this channel is heading towards, based on its current pace.
Subscribers per month
+4,498
About 687,697 subscribers in 12 months
Views per month
+268,684
Growing about 0.6% per month
Current sponsor tier
Mid-tier partner
$6,000 - $20,000 per sponsored video
Next subscriber milestones
Estimated time to each milestone at the current pace.
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Household name
Diamond Play Button
Next view milestones
Lifetime view targets and when they should land.
Next sponsorship tiers
Typical rates brands pay per sponsored video as RICO reaches each subscriber tier.
$15,000 - $50,000 per video
From 1,000,000 subscribers · ~5.7 years
$40,000 - $150K per video
From 5,000,000 subscribers · ~28 years
$100K - $300K per video
From 10,000,000 subscribers · ~38 years
Roadmap figures are estimates modelled from public subscriber, view and upload data. They are not financial advice or guaranteed outcomes.
How much could RICO potentially make from channel memberships?
We found no public sign that RICO has the Join button switched on, so the figures below are what memberships could be worth if they were enabled, not money being earned today. What we can do is model it. The sum is simple: estimated paying members × average membership price, less the 30% YouTube keeps on every membership payment.
Where memberships appear on YouTube
RICO
632.0K subscribers
| RICO membership earnings | Low | Mid | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Members converting from subscribers | 0.11% | 0.21% | 0.40% |
| Estimated paying members | 672 | 1,343 | 2,552 |
| Average membership price | $7.69 | $7.69 | $7.69 |
| Members revenue per month (before YouTube cut) | $5,168 | $10,328 | $19,625 |
| Creator keeps after YouTube's 30% cut | $3,617 | $7,229 | $13,737 |
| Membership earnings per year | $43,409 | $86,752 | $164.8K |
The working, step by step
- Start with a Food benchmark conversion of 0.25% of subscribers paying for a membership.
- Adjust for audience size: at 632.0K subscribers we apply a 1× factor, because very large audiences contain far more passive viewers.
- Adjust for loyalty: 268.7K monthly views against that subscriber base gives a 0.85× factor.
- That lands on an expected 0.21% conversion, or about 1,343 paying members. The low case halves it, the high case is roughly double, covering the spread seen across real channels.
- Price each member at the blended $7.69 average across a standard tier ladder: $4.99 (70% of members), $9.99 (22% of members), $24.99 (8% of members).
- Multiply members by price, then take off YouTube's 30% cut to get what RICO actually keeps: $7,229 a month in the mid case, or $86,752 a year.
Until RICO switches the Join button on, membership income is zero regardless of the numbers above. Channels that run members-only videos, Discord perks or loyalty badges usually sit at the high end, while channels that enable memberships and never mention them sit below the low case. These are planning estimates from public data, not disclosed earnings, and not financial advice.
RICO channel history
RICO opened its YouTube channel on 20 February 2017, which makes it 9 years and 9 months old. Across that run it has published 548 videos and collected 82.9M lifetime views. YouTube does not publish historic snapshots, so the year by year split below is modelled from those lifetime totals using a standard growth curve.
Started
February 2017
Years active
9
Uploads per year
61
Lifetime views
82.9M
Growth over time
Dotted lines and faded bars show a projection for next year based on the current pace, not real figures.
| Year | Views that year | Total views | Subscribers | Uploads that year | Estimated ad earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 577.0K | 577.0K | 4.4K | 31(31) | $9,693 - $28,389 |
| 2018 | 894.4K | 1.5M | 11.2K | 35(66) | $15,025 - $44,003 |
| 2019 | 1.4M | 2.9M | 21.8K | 39(105) | $23,289 - $68,204 |
| 2020 | 2.1M | 5.0M | 38.2K | 44(149) | $36,098 - $105.7K |
| 2021 | 3.3M | 8.3M | 63.5K | 49(198) | $55,952 - $163.9K |
| 2022 | 5.2M | 13.5M | 102.9K | 55(253) | $86,727 - $254K |
| 2023 | 8.0M | 21.5M | 163.9K | 62(315) | $134.4K - $393.7K |
| 2024 | 12.4M | 33.9M | 258.4K | 69(384) | $208.4K - $610.2K |
| 2025 | 19.2M | 53.1M | 404.9K | 77(461) | $323K - $945.8K |
| 2026 | 29.8M | 82.9M | 632.0K | 87(548) | $500.6K - $1.5M |
| 2027(projected) | 29.8M | 112.7M | 859.1K | 87(635) | $500.6K - $1.5M |
The strongest stretch on record is 2026, with an estimated 29.8M views and roughly $500.6K to $1.5M in ad revenue for the year.
Past earnings peaks
These are the biggest performing uploads we can see for RICO, with the ad revenue each one is estimated to have generated.

我花了48小時💦 把牛肉變成牛筋麵《中華一番》
472.7K views · 25 May 2026
$661 - $1,937

挑戰還原《神隱少女》神祕料理!爸爸吃到變豬的那顆「透明肉」口感竟然這麼Q彈 |RICO
451.3K views · 16 January 2026
$631 - $1,850

【零失敗烤雞🍗】肉軟嫩超級多汁✨新手也能一次成功
271.0K views · 8 September 2026
$379 - $1,111

自製2kg芙莉蓮超巨大漢堡肉🍔!要花幾天吃完?
268.7K views · 23 October 2026
$376 - $1,101

我竟然真的咬斷牙齒了... 🦷 《芙莉蓮的硬麵包》到底多硬?| RICO
180.2K views · 31 March 2026
$252 - $738
Lifetime views, subscriber counts and upload dates come straight from YouTube. The yearly split and every earnings figure here are estimates built from public data, not disclosed earnings, and not financial advice.
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RICO YouTube earnings, income and channel analysis: the full guide
How much does RICO make on YouTube per month?
To answer how much does RICO make, Branzly runs the channel's estimated 268.7K monthly views through the same ad revenue calculator used across the site: a Lifestyle / Vlogs RPM of $1.4-$4.1 from 2026 niche benchmarks, with the headline figure taken at the middle of that range ($2.8), the same RPM used in the home page calculator. That puts RICO YouTube ad revenue at roughly $376 to $1,102 per month, or $4,514 to $13,219 per year from AdSense alone.
RPM is what the channel actually keeps per 1,000 views after YouTube's 45% revenue share, unfilled ad inventory and ad blockers, which is why these RICO earnings figures sit far below the advertiser-side CPM quotes you may see elsewhere. Views from Tier 1 countries such as the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia pay the most, while Shorts views pay a fraction of long-form RPM.
How much does RICO charge for a sponsorship?
On top of ad revenue, we assume one integrated-mention sponsorship per month priced on 151.3K average views per video at a Lifestyle cost-per-view rate of $0.01 with a 1× niche multiplier — the identical model in our sponsorship calculator. That suggests a RICO sponsored video is worth about $1,652 to $3,305, with a fair midpoint near $2,361.
Sponsorship pricing follows views and engagement, not subscriber count, so a large channel with a quiet video is still only paid for the views that video earns. Brands asking "how much does it cost to sponsor RICO?" should expect dedicated videos to cost two to three times an integrated mention.
RICO brand deals and channel partner retainers
Channel-level deals work differently again. A retainer is an ongoing fee for a set of deliverables each month, not the sum of every slot the channel could sell, so pricing follows published size bands. With 632.0K subscribers, RICO sits in the Large (500K-1M subs) band, where retainers typically run $10,000 to $22,000 a month. Niche demand, engagement, cadence across 2 uploads a month and how much of the audience watches each upload decide where in that band a deal lands. Spread back across uploads, that adds about $7,776 of value to each video.
RICO net worth and yearly YouTube income
Put simply, RICO YouTube earnings are estimated at roughly $12,915 to $26,179 per month when ad revenue, one sponsored integrated mention and a retainer are combined, or about $155K to $314.1K per year. Channels that publish more sponsored videos, sell merchandise or courses, run memberships, or earn affiliate commissions typically make more than this range.
Net worth estimates for YouTubers like RICO usually start from several years of this yearly income, minus taxes, team costs and production spend. Treat any RICO net worth figure as a planning range, not a disclosed number.
Who is RICO on YouTube?
RICO (@ricotasty) is a food YouTube channel that has published 548 videos and accumulated 82,924,225 lifetime views from an audience of 632,000 subscribers. It continues to publish content for viewers interested in food topics. In the creator's own words: "還原各式料理 / 開箱各種寶物 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/otakuruey/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RICO_anime Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ricoruey 【商案合作邀約📜】請寄信至 :ricostudio701@gmail.com" Branzly analyses RICO using public YouTube data so creators, brands and media buyers can understand the channel's size, output and likely earning power before they reach out, benchmark against it, or plan a collaboration.
RICO subscriber count and audience size
RICO currently has 632,000 subscribers, a figure that places the channel in the established mid-tier tier of YouTube creators. Total channel views stand at 82,924,225, and average views per video sit at approximately 151,322. The ratio of lifetime views to subscribers is about 131.2 views for every subscriber, which indicates a strong reach beyond the subscribed audience, typically driven by search, suggested video placements or Shorts distribution. Branzly estimates recent activity at roughly 268,684 views per month based on the channel's most recent uploads and publishing history, which is the number our ad revenue calculator uses to model earnings.
Most viewed videos and Shorts on RICO
The most-watched long-form video currently visible for RICO is "我花了48小時💦 把牛肉變成牛筋麵《中華一番》" with 472,682 views. On the Shorts side, "勇者新東陽的故事" leads with 68,322 views. Top-performing titles are worth studying because they reveal which hooks, formats and topics the algorithm rewards for this audience. For brands, they also show the realistic ceiling of a sponsored placement: a dedicated integration on a channel of this size will usually land somewhere between the average video performance of 151,322 views and the outliers shown above.
Estimated RICO YouTube earnings
Based on an estimated 268,684 monthly views and typical food CPM ranges, RICO could earn roughly $376 to $1,101 per month from YouTube ad revenue, or approximately $4,513 to $13,219 per year. These figures reflect the AdSense share only. Most channels of this size also earn from brand sponsorships, affiliate links, memberships, merchandise and product sales, so total creator income is commonly several times the advertising estimate. Sponsorship value is usually priced per view rather than per thousand impressions, and food audiences typically command mid-range rates because of advertiser demand in that vertical.
What niche and category is RICO in?
Branzly classifies RICO under the Food category using the channel's description, keywords, topic signals and the language of its best-performing uploads. Category matters more than raw subscriber count when estimating revenue: a food channel attracts a specific set of advertisers, and CPMs vary widely between verticals such as finance, software, education, gaming and entertainment. The channel lists TW as its primary country, which further shapes its CPM because advertiser spend differs sharply between geographies. Public channel keywords include rico, ricoの食材圖鑑, 動漫料理還原, which supports this classification. Use the Branzly ad revenue, sponsorship and financial freedom calculators to model how a channel like RICO converts views into monthly income, sponsorship pricing and long-term wealth.
How these numbers are produced
Every figure on this page comes from the public YouTube Data API, refreshed each time RICO is searched on Branzly. Subscriber counts, view counts and video counts are reported directly by YouTube. Monthly views are an estimate: YouTube does not publish per-month analytics for channels you do not own, so Branzly reconstructs recent performance from the views of the channel's latest uploads, falling back to lifetime views divided by channel age when recent data is sparse. Revenue ranges are modelled estimates, not disclosed earnings, and actual payouts depend on monetisation status, watch time, ad formats, seasonality, audience geography and YouTube's revenue share. Nothing on this page is financial advice, and Branzly is not affiliated with or endorsed by RICO or YouTube.
Food YouTube RPM and CPM explained
Food channels like RICO sit in the Lifestyle / Vlogs RPM bracket. Advertisers pay more for audiences that buy — finance, business and tech pay the highest rates, while entertainment, gaming and music rely on huge view volume. Seasonality matters too: Q4 ad rates commonly run 30–50% higher than January.
How Branzly estimates RICO YouTube earnings
Every figure on this RICO channel earnings report comes from public YouTube Data API statistics — subscribers, lifetime views, video count and recent upload performance — refreshed when the report is opened. Estimates are modelled, not disclosed income, and not financial advice. Want to test your own assumptions? Open the YouTube money calculator or browse brands that already sponsor similar creators in the sponsors directory.
Estimates only - not financial advice. Branzly is not affiliated with YouTube.
Turn RICO's income into financial freedom
We have prefilled the monthly income with the estimate on this page. Change the savings rate and see how quickly that income buys the freedom to stop working, using the 4 percent rule.
- Freedom number
- $133K
- Invested each month
- $296
- Freedom age
- 50
- Passive income then
- $443/mo
Saving 40 percent of that income reaches the freedom number in about 20 years, around age 50.
Open the full financial freedom calculatorProjections are estimates that ignore tax, inflation and market swings, and they are not financial advice.
RICO YouTube earnings and subscriber growth: quick answers
How much does RICO earn on YouTube?
Branzly estimates RICO YouTube earnings at roughly $376 to $1,101 per month, or about $4,513 to $13,219 per year from advertising, based on an estimated 268,684 monthly views and typical food CPM rates. Sponsorships, affiliate income and merchandise are not included and often exceed ad revenue.
What is the RICO YouTube subscriber growth rate?
RICO has 632,000 subscribers. Recent momentum is modelled in the Future projection tab above, where you can adjust the monthly growth assumption yourself.
How many views does RICO get per month?
Branzly estimates 268,684 views per month for RICO, reconstructed from the performance of its most recent uploads. Lifetime views stand at 82,924,225 across 548 videos, averaging about 151,322 views per video.
What is the most viewed RICO video?
The most viewed video currently visible for RICO is "我花了48小時💦 把牛肉變成牛筋麵《中華一番》" with 472,682 views.
How much should a brand pay to sponsor RICO?
Sponsorship pricing follows views rather than subscribers. With around 151,322 views per video, a dedicated integration on RICO would typically be priced on a cost-per-view basis for the food niche. Use the Branzly sponsorship rate calculator to model low, fair and premium rates.
Researching RICO YouTube earnings, RICO YouTube subscriber growth, RICO YouTube income per month, how much does RICO make on YouTube? Every figure here is refreshed from the public YouTube Data API each time this report is opened.
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