# Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't YouTube Stats

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As of 2026-10-27, Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't has 538,000 subscribers, 42,308,499 total views, and 1,095 videos. It ranks #142,019 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

Counts reflect public YouTube data and may be rounded. Earnings are modelled ad revenue estimates, not reported creator income; sponsorships, memberships and merchandise are excluded. [Data sources and earnings methodology](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/top/methodology/#earnings).

## Key stats

- Subscribers: 538,000
- Total views: 42,308,499
- Videos: 1,095
- Estimated monthly earnings: $3,878
- Worldwide rank: #142,019
- Country: United States (rank #26,587)
- Category: Education (rank #5,781)
- Joined YouTube: 2009-09-25
- Data recorded: 2026-10-27

## Top videos

| Video | Format | Published | Views | Views per hour | Outlier score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [A Living Fence Made of Cactus](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/w4y4zA6qF6M/) | Short | 2025-12-08 | 346,104 | 45 | 10.17x |
| [Welcome to the Sh*tty Woods](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/Y8jWGAqxkMs/) | Short | 2026-05-18 | 299,505 | 77 | 7.75x |
| [Warding Off the Abuelitas Who Think Nature is "Messy"](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/eLz5QpO3uOM/) | Short | 2026-01-14 | 263,408 | 38 | 13.09x |
| [The Texas Zig-Zag Fern that Grows out of Hot Limestone Outcrops](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/AqsCkSfXxuk/) | Short | 2026-09-08 | 218,199 | 189 | 5.53x |
| [The Importance of Hardscaping, sponsored by Brick-Inna-Bush ™️](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/zsvhlq4e36k/) | Short | 2025-11-14 | 160,461 | 19 | 7.17x |
| [SPIRITUALLY DEPRAVED & MISERY-INDUCING LANDSCAPES OF NORTH AMERICA Episode 1](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/C-83-YPYSKA/) | Long-form | 2026-03-15 | 1,026,847 | 24 | 36.99x |
| [Beautiful Old Growth Peyote in the Wild Gardens of Texas](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/z1Sre6wiXQQ/) | Long-form | 2024-09-27 | 486,662 | 27 | 23.05x |
| [The Weirdest Friggin' Carrot You'll Ever See](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/UdodZcrFIPM/) | Long-form | 2022-07-25 | 485,165 | 1 | - |
| [Chicago River Biological Survey & Floristic Inventory Nice starring Chonkosaurus](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/jSYNfFh24i4/) | Long-form | 2023-05-07 | 384,498 | 13 | 12.98x |
| [Revisiting the Illegal Garden](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/IL0IbjIhgGA/) | Long-form | 2024-12-01 | 347,854 | 5 | 18.78x |

## Latest videos

| Video | Format | Published | Views | Views per hour | Outlier score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Da Queen of the Andes Nice - Bolivia Botany Journal Day 5](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/GWKlh2sdgm0/) | Long-form | 2026-10-25 | 23,332 | 271 | - |
| [What Did Chicago Look Like 500 Years Ago?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/UygdlpBGuiM/) | Short | 2026-10-24 | 31,603 | 421 | 1.19x |
| [Explaining Cempasúchil Marigolds in Cicero, Illinois](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/-swQbL6z29Y/) | Short | 2026-10-21 | 21,348 | 148 | - |
| [Get Your Ma Some Rocks from the Banded Iron Formation](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/Zl60eTAEjlc/) | Short | 2026-10-19 | 41,173 | - | 1.02x |
| [The Bolivian Trichocereus Dungeon](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@crimepaysbutbotanydoesnt/videos/a99Gx79-qms/) | Short | 2026-10-18 | 22,495 | - | - |

## Long-form vs. Shorts, last 28 days

| Format | Uploads | Views |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Long-form | 5 | 180,766 |
| Shorts | 7 | 287,068 |

## Daily performance

The 14 most recent days.

| Date | Subscribers | Views | Views change | Estimated earnings |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-10-27 | 538,000 | 42,308,499 | +17,225 | $49 |
| 2026-10-26 | 538,000 | 42,291,274 | +49,296 | $139 |
| 2026-10-25 | 538,000 | 42,241,978 | +50,259 | $142 |
| 2026-10-24 | 538,000 | 42,191,719 | +15,456 | $44 |
| 2026-10-23 | 538,000 | 42,176,263 | +32,819 | $93 |
| 2026-10-22 | 538,000 | 42,143,444 | +110,411 | $312 |
| 2026-10-21 | 538,000 | 42,033,033 | 0 | $0 |
| 2026-10-20 | 538,000 | 42,033,033 | +89,838 | $254 |
| 2026-10-19 | 537,000 | 41,943,195 | +21,952 | $62 |
| 2026-10-18 | 537,000 | 41,921,243 | +77,127 | $218 |
| 2026-10-17 | 537,000 | 41,844,116 | +15,353 | $43 |
| 2026-10-16 | 537,000 | 41,828,763 | +55,771 | $158 |
| 2026-10-15 | 537,000 | 41,772,992 | +3,799 | $11 |
| 2026-10-14 | 537,000 | 41,769,193 | +37,934 | $107 |

## Frequently asked questions

**How many subscribers does Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't have?**

Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't has 538,000 subscribers as of 2026-10-27.

**How many views does Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't have?**

Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't has 42,308,499 total video views as of 2026-10-27.

**How many videos has Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't uploaded?**

Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't has uploaded 1,095 videos as of 2026-10-27.

**How much money does Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't make per month?**

vidIQ estimates Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't earns about $3,878 per month from YouTube ads as of 2026-10-27. This is a modelled estimate of ad revenue, not income reported by the creator or YouTube.

**What is Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't's subscriber rank?**

Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't is ranked #142,019 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ as of 2026-10-27.

**How many subscribers did Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't gain in the last 28 days?**

Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't gained 3,000 subscribers between 2026-09-30 and 2026-10-27.

**How many views did Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't get in the last 28 days?**

Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't got 1,221,586 views between 2026-09-30 and 2026-10-27.

**When did Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't start their channel on YouTube?**

Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't started their YouTube channel on September 25, 2009.

**What country is Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't YouTube channel from?**

Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't has its channel country set to United States on YouTube.

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