5 News YouTube Stats

@5newsuk · News & Politics · Updated Nov 6, 2026

5 News channel overview

5 News (@5newsuk) is a YouTube channel in the News & Politics niche created in 2013. It has 203K subscribers and 198M total views across 20K videos, an average of 10K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 29K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 9.1K views. Over the last 12 months, 5 News published 119 videos (70% Shorts), and 34 of them (29%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 8 days, 5 News gained 0 subscribers and 3.3M views, about 418K views a day.

How much does 5 News make?

Returbe estimates 5 News's YouTube ad revenue at $8.6K – $34K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $0.58 to $2.32, typically $1.17, based on the channel's niche, audience language and the share of its views coming from Shorts. At that rate, 1 million long-form views earn about $1.2K.

Ad revenue is only part of the picture: sponsorships, affiliate links, memberships and merch often pay more than ads. Learn how RPM varies by niche in how much YouTubers make per 1,000 views, or check any channel with the free monetization checker.

Upload schedule

5 News publishes about 124.9 videos a month. Based on its last 100 uploads, its most common upload day is Tuesday (21% of uploads), usually around 18:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

5 News's best outlier videos

An outlier is a video that beats the channel's own typical views. These are 5 News's biggest hits relative to its normal, the ideas its audience responded to most. What is an outlier video?

• Russell Brand details ‘devastating’ impact rape allegations have had on his life | 5 News400K views · Oct 28, 202662× typical views
• Stockpiling: Britons urged to prepare for a national emergency as ‘Be Ready’ checklist released342K views · Oct 23, 202637.6× typical views
• Tommy Robinson tells jury that journalists know 'I'm not coming to beat them up'212K views · Oct 22, 202632.9× typical views
• Tommy Robinson released on bailed after being found guilty of harassing journalists | 5 News203K views · Oct 28, 202631.4× typical views
• Driver in car race accident that killed mum and daughter filmed crash scene – then drove to work196K views · Oct 26, 202630.3× typical views
• Seven planes searched after suspected bomb threats across Europe | 5 News188K views · Nov 3, 202629.1× typical views
• Wetherspoons covered in poppies after veteran ‘denied entry over poppy’185K views · Oct 30, 202628.7× typical views
• Van driver delivering blood deliberately runs over cyclist in road rage incident177K views · Oct 27, 202627.5× typical views

Latest videos

10 of 5 News's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• Bonfire Night 2026: Police van torched and staff injured in night of unrest | 5 News2.9K views · Nov 6, 20261× typical views
• UK Weather: Polar vortex likely to bring a stormy start to winter | 5 News261 views · Nov 6, 20261× typical views
• Thomas Markle: Duchess of Sussex’s father charged with possession of child pornography | 5 News2.5K views · Nov 6, 20261× typical views
• Russell Brand: Police boss says he ‘wouldn’t be surprised’ if more allegations are made | 5 News2.8K views · Nov 6, 20261× typical views
• Huntingdon train attack: Video shows kitchen staffs’ desperate attempt to stop knifeman | 5 News1.1K views · Nov 6, 20260× typical views
• Awkward moment Russell Brand struggles to find Bible passage resurfaces after verdicts | 5 News10K views · Nov 6, 20260.6× typical views
• Man ‘tries to pull off instructor’s mouthpiece as divers fight at crowded reef’ | 5 News2.5K views · Nov 6, 20260.1× typical views
• Bike-riding cocaine dealer stopped by police looks utterly confused7.4K views · Nov 6, 20260.4× typical views
• ‘Man tries to sell large sea turtle on the street – stranger buys it to set it free’6.4K views · Nov 6, 20260.9× typical views
• Russell Brand’s ex tells all: ‘It's sad, I thought he wasn't like that’57K views · Nov 5, 20268.4× typical views

The News & Politics niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 55K videos from 822 channels in this niche. 18% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 15K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $2 to $8.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: ESdiario TV (117K subs, best video 72.9×), BNN Bloomberg (188K subs, best video 147.4×), M6 Info (315K subs, best video 52.9×), CP24 (383K subs, best video 24.9×), NBC Montana (107K subs, best video 1379×), OKDIARIO (290K subs, best video 93.4×).

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Frequently asked questions

Data from Returbe's index of YouTube channels, collected from public YouTube data. Earnings are estimates from views and RPM benchmarks, not figures from the channel. Returbe is not affiliated with 5 News or YouTube.