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Bob Ross YouTube stats

@bobross_thejoyofpaintingCountry: USOn YouTube since 9 Mar 2011Updated

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Subscribers
6,660,000
Total views
867,696,895
Videos
1,457

YouTube's numbers on 2026-11-05.

What Bob Ross is about

From YouTube's data for the channel and its uploads of the last 30 days.

Language
64 of 64 recent uploads
Main video category
Entertainment
64 of 64 recent uploads
Paid promotion
0 of 64
Uploads marked on YouTube as including paid promotion

Topics on YouTube

The last 17 days

Subscribers
6,660,000
+20K in 16 days
Per day
+1.3K
average
Per month
+37.5K
at this pace

Days between YouTube's updates are estimated by ViewGoblin.

Total views
867,696,895
+14M in 16 days
Per day
+878K
average
Per month
+26.3M
at this pace
Best day
+1.7M
22 Oct

Days between YouTube's updates are estimated by ViewGoblin.

Daily numbers
DaySubscribersTotal viewsVideos
2026-11-056,660,000867,696,8951,457
2026-11-046,660,000866,691,0911,454
2026-11-036,660,000865,947,6981,454
2026-11-026,660,000865,122,6021,453
2026-11-016,660,000864,755,7161,451
2026-10-316,660,000863,840,5841,449
2026-10-306,660,000862,216,0371,446
2026-10-296,650,000861,781,8171,443
2026-10-286,650,000860,506,1291,440
2026-10-276,650,000859,568,3401,439
2026-10-266,650,000858,900,4001,438
2026-10-256,650,000858,900,4001,438
2026-10-246,650,000857,987,8071,436
2026-10-236,650,000856,506,1041,434
2026-10-226,650,000855,666,9491,430
2026-10-216,640,000853,996,6391,428
2026-10-206,640,000853,649,2521,427

Views per day

Views per day, average
879,166
New videos
2.6M
18% of views · uploads up to 30 days old
Older videos
11.5M
82% of views · 7-day average
All views
14.1M
in 16 days

Days between YouTube's updates are estimated by ViewGoblin.

Uploads in the last 30 days

Views as YouTube reported them on 2026-11-05.

Videos with the most new views

From 68 recent uploads. "Views" is YouTube's number; "New views" is calculated by ViewGoblin.

VideoViewsNew views
Bob Ross' Birthday Marathon!608,956+606,925
New Smyrna Sunrise | The Joy of Painting® with Nicholas Hankins (Season 33, Episode 4)61,468+58,556
Bob Ross - One Hour Special - Summer Reflections65,151+55,482
Bob Ross puts the finishing touches on his painting #bobross #art #painting #asmr #paintlikebobross57,606+54,900
A Happy Little Weekend Marathon!415,914+50,960
Got to make little noises when painting waterfalls with Nicholas Hankins #paintingtutorial #bobross31,179+28,011
Bob Ross discusses the brushes used in this painting #bobross #paintingtutorial #painting69,661+27,057
Bob Ross adds layers of trees to his painting #bobross #art #painting #asmr #paintlikebobross32,959+21,624
Round brush foliage with Nicholas Hankins #bobross #paintingtutorial #art24,295+20,681
Bob Ross preps a big tree in his painting #bobross #art #painting #asmr #paintlikebobross32,698+19,863
Mist at the base of a waterfall with Nicholas Hankins #paintingtutorial #art #bobross21,735+19,144
Bob Ross gives his big evergreen tree a friend #bobross #art #painting #asmr #paintlikebobross19,974+17,262
Happy Little Threes: Spooky Bob! | Episode 85 | The Joy of Bob Ross: A Happy Little Podcast®23,972+17,242
Bob Ross issues a bravery test #paintingtutorial #painting #art #bobross39,179+16,809
Bob Ross takes the contact paper off the painting #bobross #art #painting #asmr #paintlikebobross43,339+16,293
Bob Ross paints a MASSIVE evergreen tree #bobross #art #painting #asmr #paintlikebobross18,694+16,035
Bob Ross paints a snowstorm sky #bobross #art #painting #asmr #paintlikebobross24,893+15,931
These trees are close friends with Nicholas Hankins #bobross #paintingtutorial #art23,619+14,399
This tree lives on a happy little rock with Nicholas Hankins #paintingtutorial #bobross #art15,707+13,137
Bob Ross highlights trees with autumn colors #bobross #art #painting #asmr #paintlikebobross19,752+11,986

Upload habits

Calculated by ViewGoblin from YouTube's data of the last 30 days. Not a YouTube number.

Uploads in 30 days
66
Rhythm
about every 6 hours
Median time between uploads
Live streams and premieres
3
Videos vs Shortslast 64 uploads · estimated: up to 3 minutes counts as a Short
Videos 7 (11%) Shorts 57 (89%)
Uploads by weekday (UTC)
MoTuWeThFrSaSu
Uploads by hour (UTC)Most: 21:00
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Typical views of a new upload

Median of the channel's recent uploads at each age. Calculated by ViewGoblin from YouTube's daily numbers. Not a YouTube number.

after 1 day
11.2K
19 videos
after 3 days
23.2K
20 videos
after 7 days
22.5K
9 videos
after 14 days
24.2K
15 videos
after 30 days
44.2K
4 videos

How viewers react

Calculated by ViewGoblin from YouTube's data of the last 30 days. Not a YouTube number.

Likes per 1,000 views
18.5
Recent uploads
Comments per 1,000 views
0.2
Recent uploads

About Bob Ross

The official YouTube channel of "The Joy of Painting" and Bob Ross. Watch and paint along with every episode of The Joy of Painting! Happy painting! You've seen Bob Ross before. He's the soft-spoken guy painting happy clouds, mountains, and trees in about 26 television minutes, using big house painting-type brushes and encouraging audiences with his gentle reminder, "you can do it." The Joy of Painting is an American half-hour instructional television show hosted by painter Bob Ross which ran from January 11, 1983, until May 17, 1994. In each episode, Ross taught techniques for landscape oil painting, completing a painting in each session.

Questions about Bob Ross

How many subscribers does Bob Ross have?

Bob Ross has 6,660,000 subscribers on YouTube (as of 2026-11-05).

How many views and videos does Bob Ross have?

Bob Ross has 867,696,895 views across 1,457 videos (as of 2026-11-05).

How often does Bob Ross upload?

Bob Ross uploaded 66 videos in the last 30 days, about every 6 hours.

When does Bob Ross usually upload?

In the last 30 days, Bob Ross uploaded most often around 21:00 UTC.

What language is Bob Ross in?

English: 64 of the 64 recent uploads with a set language.

Does Bob Ross make YouTube Shorts?

57 of the last 64 uploads are up to 3 minutes long, so most likely Shorts.

Does Bob Ross make sponsored videos?

None of the last 64 uploads is marked on YouTube as including paid promotion.

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