60 Minutes YouTube Stats

@60minutes · News & Politics · Updated Nov 6, 2026

60 Minutes channel overview

60 Minutes (@60minutes) is a YouTube channel in the News & Politics niche created in 2006. It has 4.2M subscribers and 1.4B total views across 5.6K videos, an average of 258K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 100K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 109K views. Over the last 12 months, 60 Minutes published 105 videos (67% Shorts), and 33 of them (31%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 17 days, 60 Minutes gained 10K subscribers and 18M views, about 1.1M views a day.

How much does 60 Minutes make?

Returbe estimates 60 Minutes's YouTube ad revenue at $54K – $217K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $1.74 to $6.95, typically $3.47, 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 $3.5K.

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

60 Minutes publishes about 114.1 videos a month. Based on its last 100 uploads, its most common upload day is Wednesday (34% of uploads), usually around 04:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 4, 2026.

60 Minutes's best outlier videos

An outlier is a video that beats the channel's own typical views. These are 60 Minutes's biggest hits relative to its normal, the ideas its audience responded to most. What is an outlier video?

• Elizabeth Holmes & Theranos | 60 Minutes Archive2.3M views · Oct 15, 202621.4× typical views
• El-Sayed on Israel and Palestine #shorts156K views · Nov 3, 202619.3× typical views
• FBI seized 2020 ballots from Georgia election facility #shorts135K views · Oct 20, 202616.7× typical views
• The high-value target hit by Iran, causing a helium shortage in the U.S. #shorts118K views · Oct 20, 202614.6× typical views
• How a helium shortage could threaten scientific research #shorts102K views · Oct 20, 202612.6× typical views
• Ali G is back #shorts85K views · Oct 21, 202610.5× typical views
• Helium shortage could threaten semiconductor production #shorts85K views · Oct 20, 202610.5× typical views
• Extended Interview: Abdul El-Sayed1.1M views · Nov 2, 202610.5× typical views

Latest videos

12 of 60 Minutes's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• Remembering Andy Rooney | 60 Minutes Archive31K views · Nov 4, 20260.3× typical views
• Why hosting his Spurs teammates in France meant so much to Wemby #shorts3.6K views · Nov 3, 20260.4× typical views
• How Wemby brings meditation to the free-throw line #shorts1.9K views · Nov 3, 20260.2× typical views
• Wemby would like you to rethink your shoes #shorts4.7K views · Nov 3, 20260.5× typical views
• A lesson from Pop, the legendary NBA coach #shorts1.4K views · Nov 3, 20260.2× typical views
• Victor Wembanyama on charting his career without a blueprint #shorts3.4K views · Nov 3, 20260.4× typical views
• Who is to blame for Cuba’s humanitarian crisis? #shorts979 views · Nov 3, 20260.1× typical views
• Marco Rubio: Cuba’s “regime is a disaster” #shorts2.9K views · Nov 3, 20260.4× typical views
• Patient tries to source her own C-section supplies, fearing hospital shortages #shorts14K views · Nov 3, 20261.7× typical views
• Cuban doctors take on second jobs #shorts9.4K views · Nov 3, 20261.2× typical views

The News & Politics niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 56K videos from 828 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 60 Minutes or YouTube.