On this day YouTube Stats

@abouttoday · History & Documentary · Updated Nov 6, 2026

On this day channel overview

On this day (@abouttoday) is a YouTube channel in the History & Documentary niche created in 2019. It has 44K subscribers and 2.4M total views across 775 videos, an average of 3.1K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 2.9K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 1.2K views. Over the last 12 months, On this day published 8 videos, and 1 of them (13%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 15 days, On this day gained 0 subscribers and 2.6K views, about 176 views a day.

How much does On this day make?

Returbe estimates On this day's YouTube ad revenue at $27 – $91 per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $2.92 to $9.72, typically $5.35, 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 $5.3K.

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Upload schedule

On this day publishes about 1.1 videos a month. Based on its last 50 uploads, its most common upload day is Monday (40% of uploads), usually around 13:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 3, 2026.

On this day's best outlier videos

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

• September 7th. RMS Lusitania, The Blitz, and Government Takeovers4.9K views · Sep 7, 20264.1× typical views
• Things That Happened On This Day June 26th1.9K views · Jun 26, 20261.6× typical views
• November 3 in History: Landslides, Landmarks & Legends1.8K views · Nov 3, 20261.6× typical views
• Things That Happened On This Day1.2K views · Jan 19, 20261.1× typical views
• What Happened on July 9th That Changed Everything?2.7K views · Jul 9, 20251× typical views
• November is coming815 views · Oct 7, 20251× typical views
• Why Do We Celebrate July 4th ?2.9K views · Jul 4, 20251× typical views
• What's REALLY Happening on June 30th You Don't Want to Miss3.2K views · Jun 30, 20251× typical views

Latest videos

3 of On this day's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• November 3 in History: Landslides, Landmarks & Legends1.8K views · Nov 3, 20261.6× typical views
• September 7th. RMS Lusitania, The Blitz, and Government Takeovers4.9K views · Sep 7, 20264.1× typical views
• Things That Happened On This Day June 26th1.9K views · Jun 26, 20261.6× typical views
• What Happened on June 25th? Custer, Korea, and Orwell1.1K views · Jun 25, 20260.9× typical views
• What Happened on June 19th? Spies, USSR, and Garfield.1K views · Jun 19, 20260.9× typical views
• What Happened on June 17th? Drake, Liberty, and Iceland1.1K views · Jun 17, 20260.9× typical views
• Things That Happened On This Day1.2K views · Jan 19, 20261.1× typical views
• You'll never guess what happened on January 14th952 views · Jan 14, 20260.8× typical views
• November is coming815 views · Oct 7, 20251× typical views
• What Happened on July 9th That Changed Everything?2.7K views · Jul 9, 20251× typical views

The History & Documentary niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 3.6K videos from 400 channels in this niche. 13.1% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 12K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $3 to $10.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Armed Sphere (273K subs, best video 202×), Military Exposed Shorts (140K subs, best video 42.9×), Para Historica (20K subs, best video 25.3×), Phantom Expedition (37K subs, best video 61.9×), James Sullivan (6.8K subs, best video 10.5×), ViralVerseUSA (9.4K subs, best video 38.8×).

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Frequently asked questions

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