BBC Newsround YouTube Stats

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

BBC Newsround channel overview

BBC Newsround (@bbcnewsroundofficial) is a YouTube channel in the News & Politics niche created in 2020. It has 167K subscribers and 59M total views across 2.1K videos, an average of 28K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 20K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 9.9K views. Over the last 12 months, BBC Newsround published 54 videos (6% Shorts), and 7 of them (13%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 12 days, BBC Newsround gained 2K subscribers and 487K views, about 41K views a day.

How much does BBC Newsround make?

Returbe estimates BBC Newsround's YouTube ad revenue at $2.1K – $8.6K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $1.94 to $7.75, typically $3.88, 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 $3.9K.

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 Newsround publishes about 9.8 videos a month. Based on its last 54 uploads, its most common upload day is Thursday (28% of uploads), usually around 06:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

BBC Newsround's best outlier videos

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

• How to Spot an Unsafe Squishy Toy! ⚠️ | Newsround163K views · Oct 20, 202616.4× typical views
• What Happens on the Artemis II Mission? | Newsround66K views · Apr 2, 20266.7× typical views
• Happy 100th birthday Sir David Attenborough! 🌍🎉 | Newsround66K views · May 7, 20266.6× typical views
• Will the UK ban social media for under 16s? | Newsround | News For Kids53K views · Jan 30, 20265.4× typical views
• Spider-Man: Brand New Day Cast interviewed by Real-Life Heroes! | EXCLUSIVE Interview | Newsround42K views · Jul 20, 20264.3× typical views
• Gladiator Fire Surprises Young Athlete with Special Glads of Honour Award | Newsround39K views · Mar 13, 20264× typical views
• Gladiator Sabre Surprises Charity Hero | Newsround38K views · Mar 26, 20263.9× typical views
• How an NHS Hospital Uses Minecraft to Help Kids with Cancer | Newsround | News For Kids23K views · Feb 5, 20262.3× typical views

Latest videos

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

• Meet the 15-Year-Old Windsurfer Competing for Team GB 🏄 | Newsround5 views · Nov 6, 20260× typical views
• We Look Around King Charles’ Secret Garden! 👑🌿 | Newsround590 views · Oct 30, 20260.1× typical views
• How Gardening Turned My School Life Around 🌱 | Newsround495 views · Oct 27, 20260× typical views
• Myles Smith Answers YOUR Questions! 🎤 | Newsround2.4K views · Oct 22, 20260.2× typical views
• How to Spot an Unsafe Squishy Toy! ⚠️ | Newsround163K views · Oct 20, 202616.4× typical views
• Why I Love Making Miniature Food! 🍰🤏 | Newsround2.7K views · Oct 15, 20260.3× typical views
• Football Freestyling Teen Shares His Secrets ⚽🏆 | Newsround3K views · Oct 15, 20260.3× typical views
• What Happens When You Call 999? 🚨 | Newsround8K views · Oct 14, 20260.8× typical views
• Are Beauty Products Dangerous for Children’s Skin?💄 | Newsround18K views · Oct 13, 20261.8× typical views
• We Go Behind the Scenes at Monster Jam! 🚚🔥 | Newsround2.9K views · Oct 8, 20260.3× typical views

The News & Politics niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 56K videos from 828 channels in this niche. 18% 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.

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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 Newsround or YouTube.