BBC Earth YouTube Stats

@bbcearth · Animals & Nature · Updated Nov 6, 2026

BBC Earth channel overview

BBC Earth (@bbcearth) is a YouTube channel in the Animals & Nature niche created in 2009. It has 15M subscribers and 5.8B total views across 3.5K videos, an average of 1.7M views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 308K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 220K views. Over the last 12 months, BBC Earth published 57 videos (9% Shorts), and 6 of them (11%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 19 days, BBC Earth gained 0 subscribers and 26M views, about 1.4M views a day.

How much does BBC Earth make?

Returbe estimates BBC Earth's YouTube ad revenue at $90K – $358K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $1.9 to $7.6, typically $3.8, 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 $3.8K.

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

BBC Earth publishes about 19.6 videos a month. Based on its last 57 uploads, its most common upload day is Thursday (26% of uploads), usually around 14:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 5, 2026.

BBC Earth's best outlier videos

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

• 4 Hours Of Remarkable Wildlife Narrated By David Attenborough | 4K UHD | BBC Earth1.4M views · Aug 13, 20266.6× typical views
• The Amazing Wildlife of Africa in Stunning 4K | BBC Earth1.3M views · Sep 3, 20265.9× typical views
• FIRST LOOK: Blue Planet III Trailer | Featuring JADE & Hans Zimmer | BBC Earth1.2M views · Oct 6, 20265.6× typical views
• Extraordinary Big Cat Moments | BBC Earth995K views · Oct 14, 20264.5× typical views
• A Giant 5 Metre Anaconda Leads To Nature's Creepiest Discovery | Expedition Guyana | BBC Earth796K views · Aug 7, 20263.6× typical views
• Yellow Crazy Ants VS Red Crabs | 20 Years of Planet Earth II | BBC Earth712K views · Sep 18, 20263.2× typical views
• Nature’s Most Ingenious Hunters With Sir David Attenborough In 4K | BBC Earth651K views · Aug 15, 20263× typical views
• Nature's Tiny Terrors | BBC Earth606K views · Oct 15, 20262.8× typical views

Latest videos

10 of BBC Earth's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• 🦈 Tiger sharks 🤝 scientists 🔬 #FixingThePlanet #BBCEarth #Ocean #Biodiversity #Bahamas #Shorts9K views · Nov 5, 2026
• Sir David Attenborough Narrates Unforgettable Moments From Planet Earth II | BBC Earth52K views · Nov 4, 20260.2× typical views
• The Gross Reason These Fish Follow Dugongs | Blue Planet III | 4K | BBC Earth203K views · Nov 3, 20260.9× typical views
• Incredible Dolphin Sets A Trap | Blue Planet III | 4K | BBC Earth505K views · Nov 1, 20262.3× typical views
• Into The World Of Creepy Crawlies | BBC Earth170K views · Oct 31, 20260.8× typical views
• Nature’s Secret Weapon In The Fight Against Climate Change | Speed & Scale | BBC Earth113K views · Oct 29, 20260.5× typical views
• Asia's Natural Wonders | 4K UHD | BBC Earth118K views · Oct 28, 20260.5× typical views
• Singapore Engineers A Future For Nature | 20 Years of Planet Earth II | BBC Earth403K views · Oct 25, 20261.8× typical views
• An Incredible Journey Through Africa’s Wilderness | 4K UHD | BBC Earth112K views · Oct 24, 20260.5× typical views
• The Octopus that Walks on Land | Blue Planet III | 4K | BBC Earth546K views · Oct 23, 20262.5× typical views

The Animals & Nature niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 5.7K videos from 640 channels in this niche. 20.3% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 6.9K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $2 to $8.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Franchement c'est ça (31K subs, best video 19×), Blackout Docs (105K subs, best video 126.4×), Coco Verse (389K subs, best video 23.2×), Curiosidade 67 (197K subs, best video 45.3×), Belaya Nerpa (42K subs, best video 13.3×), HundC🐶LM (129K subs, best video 361.3×).

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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 BBC Earth or YouTube.