APT YouTube Stats

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

APT channel overview

APT (@apt_news) is a YouTube channel in the News & Politics niche created in 2016. It has 1.2M subscribers and 556M total views across 48K videos, an average of 12K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 270 views, and a typical video (the median) gets 1.1K views. Over the last 12 months, APT published 937 videos (7% Shorts), and 217 of them (23%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 12 days, APT gained 10K subscribers and 13M views, about 1.1M views a day.

How much does APT make?

Returbe estimates APT's YouTube ad revenue at $66K – $262K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $1.51 to $6.04, typically $3.02, 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 $3K.

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

APT publishes about 1017.8 videos a month. Based on its last 100 uploads, its most common upload day is Friday (62% of uploads), usually around 12:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

APT's best outlier videos

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

• Kim Jong-un, Daughter Watch North Korea Unleash Drones and 600mm Rocket Barrage | APT1.1M views · Oct 30, 20261032× typical views
• IN FULL | Tesla’s Flying Car Flips Mid-Air in Jaw-Dropping Elon Musk Reveal | APT775K views · Oct 16, 2026709.9× typical views
• Moscow From Above! Eritrean President Afwerki Takes in Views From Ostankino Tower | APT347K views · Oct 31, 2026317.8× typical views
• Russia Delivers First Su-35 Jets To Ethiopia During Russia-Africa Summit | APT258K views · Oct 28, 2026236.4× typical views
• Putin Speaks English to African Leaders, Treats Them to Ice Cream at Moscow Summit | APT152K views · Oct 28, 2026138.9× typical views
• North Korea Unveils Drone Firepower as Kim Jong Un Pushes for Military AI Dominance | APT109K views · Oct 30, 202699.7× typical views
• Russia-Africa Summit: Mali's Assimi Goita Arrives in Moscow for High-Level Talks | APT85K views · Oct 26, 202678.1× typical views
• Putin and Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed Push Nuclear Energy and AI Partnership | APT83K views · Oct 29, 202676.4× typical views

Latest videos

1 of APT's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• LIVE: SpaceX Launches Classified U.S. Space Force Mission From Vandenberg Space Force Base | APT0 views · Nov 6, 20260× typical views
• Watch LIVE: Trump Makes Stop At Kennedy Space Center For Remarks At Technology Gathering | APT220 views · Nov 6, 20260.2× typical views
• 'Pena Must Go To Jail': Protesters Rally As Paraguay Impeachment Advances | APT90 views · Nov 6, 20260.1× typical views
• Zelensky Says Another Strike Is Being Prepared — What Could Russia Target? | APT161 views · Nov 6, 20260.1× typical views
• Venezuela And US Reopen Washington Square Amid Diplomatic Thaw | APT54 views · Nov 6, 20260× typical views
• Pope Leo XIV Arrives In Uruguay, Kicks Off 12-Day South American Tour | APT24 views · Nov 6, 20260× typical views
• LIVE: Paraguayans Protest As Senate Begins Impeachment Trial Against President Peña | APT166 views · Nov 6, 20260.2× typical views
• Six Months Without A US Soldier Lost: Trump's Case For Victory Over Iran | APT657 views · Nov 6, 20260.1× typical views
• Putin Meets Russian Delegation Ahead Of Ukraine Peace Talks In Abu Dhabi | APT696 views · Nov 6, 20260.1× typical views
• Pena's Lawyers Declare Impeachment 'Void' As Paraguay Senate Pushes Ahead | APT89 views · Nov 6, 20260.1× typical views

The News & Politics niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 56K videos from 828 channels in this niche. 18.2% 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 26.1×), OKDIARIO (290K subs, best video 93.4×), NBC Montana (107K subs, best video 1379×).

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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 APT or YouTube.