BBC London YouTube Stats

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

BBC London channel overview

BBC London (@bbclondon) is a YouTube channel in the News & Politics niche created in 2016. It has 252K subscribers and 98M total views across 2K videos, an average of 49K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 17K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 172K views. Over the last 12 months, BBC London published 71 videos (92% Shorts), and 14 of them (20%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 8 days, BBC London gained 1K subscribers and 901K views, about 113K views a day.

How much does BBC London make?

Returbe estimates BBC London's YouTube ad revenue at $2.7K – $11K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $0.82 to $3.28, typically $1.65, 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 $1.6K.

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 London publishes about 75 videos a month. Based on its last 70 uploads, its most common upload day is Monday (21% of uploads), usually around 16:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 7, 2026.

BBC London's best outlier videos

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

• Hundreds watch Lime bike jousting in London Fields397K views · Oct 19, 202642.7× typical views
• Time-lapse shows Oxford Street pedestrianisation166K views · Oct 26, 202617.9× typical views
• 'It's emotional' say passengers on last Oxford Street bus145K views · Oct 26, 202615.6× typical views
• Forty years of the M25125K views · Oct 29, 202613.5× typical views
• Oxford Street pedestrianisation has officially started. But what do commuters think?114K views · Oct 26, 202612.2× typical views
• Cyclists still using newly pedestrianised Oxford Street106K views · Oct 26, 202611.3× typical views
• 28 years on foot: From Chile to London, then Hull95K views · Oct 16, 202610.2× typical views
• The last bus down Oxford Street before it went traffic-free85K views · Oct 26, 20269.2× typical views

Latest videos

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

• What food are Londoners snapping?1.2K views · Nov 7, 20260.1× typical views
• A mother whose son was murdered has written a book about her grief.1.6K views · Nov 6, 20260.2× typical views
• Fireworks light up Regent Street for Christmas switch-on15K views · Nov 6, 20261.6× typical views
• Why does a Greggs sausage roll cost more in some parts of London? 🥐5.7K views · Nov 6, 20260.6× typical views
• London's oldest football club makes FA Cup history2.6K views · Nov 6, 20260.3× typical views
• Block of flats evacuated in Canning Town, east London7.7K views · Nov 4, 20260.8× typical views
• ✨💫 Carnaby Street has switched on its lights, kicking off the festive season in the heart of Soho.17K views · Nov 4, 20261.8× typical views
• TfL are teaming up with the British Transport Police to crunch down on fare evaders.10K views · Nov 4, 20261.1× typical views
• Ahead of the Oxford Street Harry Potter store opening, we caught up with a special visitor.6.9K views · Nov 3, 20260.7× typical views
• This Italian restaurant isn't what it seems.554 views · Nov 3, 20260.1× typical views

The News & Politics niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 59K videos from 997 channels in this niche. 17% 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.

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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 London or YouTube.