Associated Press YouTube Stats

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

Associated Press channel overview

Associated Press (@associatedpress) is a YouTube channel in the News & Politics niche created in 2006. It has 4.7M subscribers and 4.7B total views across 205K videos, an average of 23K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 67K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 20K views. Over the last 12 months, Associated Press published 334 videos (22% Shorts), and 63 of them (19%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 11 days, Associated Press gained 10K subscribers and 26M views, about 2.4M views a day.

How much does Associated Press make?

Returbe estimates Associated Press's YouTube ad revenue at $155K – $620K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $1.35 to $5.4, typically $2.7, 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 $2.7K.

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

Associated Press publishes about 362.8 videos a month. Based on its last 100 uploads, its most common upload day is Wednesday (39% of uploads), usually around 20:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

Associated Press's best outlier videos

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

• El-Sayed called Vance ‘habibi.’ What does it mean?1.3M views · Nov 5, 2026161.3× typical views
• What winning Democrats said after voters handed GOP historic losses980K views · Nov 4, 202650× typical views
• People celebrate in Belgrade after Serbia's Aleksandar Vucic concedes defeat788K views · Oct 26, 202640.2× typical views
• LIVE: James Talarico speaks after winning the Texas Senate election643K views · Nov 4, 202632.8× typical views
• Dashcam video shows Florida jet crash that killed all 9 on board635K views · Nov 2, 202632.4× typical views
• Voters in Haley Stevens’ district react to her endorsing Mike Rogers230K views · Nov 3, 202629× typical views
• Pope Leo XIV tells Villanova and Notre Dame teams that the Pope 'doesn't take sides'549K views · Oct 31, 202628× typical views
• Thousands in Tel Aviv call for an Arab-Jewish coalition in Israel's next government410K views · Nov 1, 202620.9× typical views

Latest videos

7 of Associated Press's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• Thai King and Queen take part in centuries-old royal traditional barge procession86 views · Nov 6, 20260× typical views
• Farmer kidnappings expose cartel grip on rural Mexico164 views · Nov 6, 20260× typical views
• Uruguay is getting ready for papal visit of Leo XIV244 views · Nov 6, 20260× typical views
• LIVE: Pope Leo XIV arrives in Uruguay for welcome ceremonies in Montevideo0 views · Nov 6, 20260× typical views
• Kidnapped for 22 days, villagers recount how cartels control communities in Mexico316 views · Nov 6, 20260× typical views
• Hegseth calls impeachment threat ‘politics of personal destruction’1.2K views · Nov 6, 20260.1× typical views
• Pope leaves Rome to make his first trip to Latin America as pontiff2.7K views · Nov 6, 20260.1× typical views
• Uruguay is getting ready for papal visit of Leo XIV2.1K views · Nov 6, 20260.1× typical views
• Japan's Tashima to challenge Infantino for FIFA presidency3.1K views · Nov 6, 20260.2× typical views
• Grizzly bears may have attacked mother and daughter found dead in Canada8.5K views · Nov 6, 20260.4× typical views

The News & Politics niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 54K videos from 811 channels in this niche. 17.6% 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 49.1×), M6 Info (315K subs, best video 57.7×), CP24 (383K subs, best video 28.9×), BNN Bloomberg (188K subs, best video 108.9×), NBC Montana (107K subs, best video 1378.9×), OKDIARIO (290K subs, best video 94.6×).

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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 Associated Press or YouTube.