Alexander Mercouris YouTube Stats

@alexmercouris · News & Politics · Updated Nov 7, 2026

Alexander Mercouris channel overview

Alexander Mercouris (@alexmercouris) is a YouTube channel in the News & Politics niche created in 2017. It has 356K subscribers and 237M total views across 2.2K videos, an average of 110K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 151K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 159K views. Over the last 12 months, Alexander Mercouris published 30 videos, and 0 of them (0%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does Alexander Mercouris make?

Returbe estimates Alexander Mercouris's YouTube ad revenue at $8.6K – $35K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $2 to $8, typically $4, 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 $4K.

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Upload schedule

Alexander Mercouris publishes about 29.3 videos a month. Based on its last 30 uploads, its most common upload day is Saturday (60% of uploads), usually around 20:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 7, 2026.

Alexander Mercouris's best outlier videos

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

• Putin Rules Out Ukraine Talks; Russia US Strike Diesel Deal; Zelensky Furious; Missiles Strike Kiev181K views · Oct 10, 20261.1× typical views
• NATO Generals Rush To Kiev; Surovikin Directs Dnieper Bridge Strikes; Peskov: Peace Talks Pointless181K views · Oct 10, 20261.1× typical views
• Putin Trashes EU/Kiev Offer In Witkoff Meeting; No Truce November Talks; Russia To Bomb Kiev Bridge179K views · Oct 24, 20261.1× typical views
• France Burns; Russia Hammers West Ukraine Energy System; Kiev Blackouts; Veliky Burluk Battle Begins179K views · Oct 24, 20261.1× typical views
• Russia Conducts 500 Drone Strike Prepares Mega Strike; Zelensky Rushes To UK Says Trump Betrayed Him179K views · Oct 17, 20261.1× typical views
• Russia Biggest 1000 Geran Strike Zelensky Erdogan Want Black Sea Truce Russia Says NO; Poland Crisis174K views · Nov 1, 20261.1× typical views
• Zelensky Exits Kiev Prior Big Russian Strike All Ukraine Missile Projects Ended; Putin Hardens Line169K views · Oct 29, 20261.1× typical views
• US Ukraine Row Escalates Trump: Zelensky Should Go UK/EU Back Zelensky; Russia Strikes Kiev Blackout167K views · Oct 17, 20261.1× typical views

Latest videos

0 of Alexander Mercouris's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• Biggest Russian Strike Shatters Kiev; North Bridge Down Power Out; Putin Picks Tough Team; EU Panics13K views · Nov 7, 20260.1× typical views
• Russia Destroys Kiev Energy System Confirms NO Europe Security Deal Agreed; Putin Iran Defence Talks136K views · Nov 6, 20260.9× typical views
• Russia Huge Kiev Strike Coming; Ukraine Energy Catastrophe; Zelensky In Spain Revels At Trump Defeat124K views · Nov 5, 20260.8× typical views
• Trump Midterms Disaster; Russia Strike Ukraine Blackouts Kiev Fears Total Power Shutdown; Druzhkivka130K views · Nov 4, 20260.8× typical views
• Russia Mega Strike Smashes Ukraine Energy; 5 Power Plants Hit; Detention Centre Scandal Exposed143K views · Nov 3, 20260.9× typical views
• Russia Mega Missile Strike Coming After 1400 Geran Strike Zelensky Demands PAC3s; China Backs Russia157K views · Nov 2, 20261× typical views
• Russia Biggest 1000 Geran Strike Zelensky Erdogan Want Black Sea Truce Russia Says NO; Poland Crisis174K views · Nov 1, 20261.1× typical views
• Russia Attacks Ships In NATO Waters; Tightens Black Sea Blockade; Dnipro Railway Dnieper Bridge Hit164K views · Oct 31, 20261× typical views
• Russian Missiles Smash Kiev Dnieper Cities Russia Readies Kherson Capture; UK Gives Zelensky £10 Bn127K views · Oct 30, 20260.8× typical views
• Zelensky Exits Kiev Prior Big Russian Strike All Ukraine Missile Projects Ended; Putin Hardens Line169K views · Oct 29, 20261.1× typical views

The News & Politics niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 60K videos from 1K channels in this niche. 16.9% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 16K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $2 to $8.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: ESdiario TV (117K subs, best video 58.1×), M6 Info (315K subs, best video 94.9×), CP24 (383K subs, best video 26.4×), UKLIVE | Home of The Mike Graham Show (187K subs, best video 50.2×), ITV News In Full (33K subs, best video 59.4×), NBC Montana (107K subs, best video 1379.3×).

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Frequently asked questions

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