ABC News (Australia) YouTube Stats

@abcnewsaustralia · News & Politics · Updated Nov 6, 2026

ABC News (Australia) channel overview

ABC News (Australia) (@abcnewsaustralia) is a YouTube channel in the News & Politics niche created in 2008. It has 2.6M subscribers and 1.7B total views across 117K videos, an average of 14K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 21K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 15K views. Over the last 12 months, ABC News (Australia) published 359 videos (16% Shorts), and 64 of them (18%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 12 days, ABC News (Australia) gained 10K subscribers and 18M views, about 1.5M views a day.

How much does ABC News (Australia) make?

Returbe estimates ABC News (Australia)'s YouTube ad revenue at $89K – $355K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $1.82 to $7.3, typically $3.65, 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 $3.6K.

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

ABC News (Australia) publishes about 390 videos a month. Based on its last 100 uploads, its most common upload day is Wednesday (29% of uploads), usually around 08:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

ABC News (Australia)'s best outlier videos

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

• Backlash to Israeli tourist behaviour in Thailand | ABC NEWS1.1M views · Oct 24, 2026115.3× typical views
• Trump diminished within Republican party after midterms: Lyons | ABC NEWS665K views · Nov 4, 202644.7× typical views
• Democrats sweep the US midterms, reshaping the balance of power | ABC NEWS376K views · Nov 4, 202625.3× typical views
• Democrats secure victories in Republican strongholds | ABC NEWS369K views · Nov 4, 202624.8× typical views
• JD Vance distancing himself from Trump after Republican midterm losses: John Bolton | ABC NEWS301K views · Nov 4, 202620.3× typical views
• Who won the election in Israel? | ABC NEWS136K views · Oct 28, 202614× typical views
• 'It will feel like a recession,' RBA governor says | ABC NEWS130K views · Nov 3, 202613.4× typical views
• Wall Street turns its back on Trump and Musk by dumping related assets, Roger Montgomery says182K views · Nov 5, 202612.2× typical views

Latest videos

9 of ABC News (Australia)'s last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• Queensland regional areas suffer from 'buyer's market with no buyers' | ABC NEWS12K views · Nov 6, 20260.5× typical views
• Suppliers and shoppers scramble after David Jones collapse | ABC NEWS22K views · Nov 6, 20261.4× typical views
• Beau Lamarre-Condon gives his account of shootings at double-murder trial | ABC NEWS6.2K views · Nov 6, 20260.3× typical views
• Genomic profiling offers hope to Australian cancer patients | ABC NEWS5.3K views · Nov 6, 20260.2× typical views
• ASX drops after Wall Street's brutal AI sell-off | Finance Report | ABC NEWS52K views · Nov 6, 20263.3× typical views
• What you need to know about this weekend's election in New Zealand | ABC NEWS2.4K views · Nov 6, 20260.2× typical views
• Euphoria turns to fear on Wall Street as stocks plunge post US-midterms | ABC NEWS21K views · Nov 6, 20261.4× typical views
• David Jones suppliers report months of unpaid invoices | ABC NEWS9.1K views · Nov 6, 20260.5× typical views
• Trump backs Hegseth, protects Oval Office after midterm losses | ABC NEWS31K views · Nov 6, 20261.9× typical views
• Eva Geller, shot during Bondi terror attack, dies aged 90 | ABC NEWS1.8K views · Nov 6, 20260.1× typical views

The News & Politics niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 55K videos from 814 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 51×), BNN Bloomberg (188K subs, best video 114.3×), M6 Info (315K subs, best video 48.3×), CP24 (383K subs, best video 24.9×), OKDIARIO (290K subs, best video 104.6×), NBC Montana (107K subs, best video 1378.9×).

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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 ABC News (Australia) or YouTube.