BBC Studios YouTube Stats

@bbcstudios · Animals & Nature · Updated Nov 7, 2026

BBC Studios channel overview

BBC Studios (@bbcstudios) is a YouTube channel in the Animals & Nature niche created in 2007. It has 3.9M subscribers and 2.4B total views across 5.5K videos, an average of 442K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 178K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 56K views. Over the last 12 months, BBC Studios published 15 videos, and 5 of them (33%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does BBC Studios make?

Returbe estimates BBC Studios's YouTube ad revenue at $2.2K – $8.8K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $2 to $8, typically $4, 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 $4K.

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 Studios publishes about 9.8 videos a month. Based on its last 15 uploads, its most common upload day is Friday (33% of uploads), usually around 15:00 UTC. The last video went out on Oct 31, 2026.

BBC Studios's best outlier videos

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

• The Next Space Frontier With Brian Cox | BBC Earth Science | BBC Studios845K views · Oct 9, 202615.2× typical views
• Extraordinary Wildlife Scenes Narrated By David Attenborough | BBC Earth | BBC Studios444K views · Oct 3, 20268× typical views
• Five Wonders Of Our Cosmos | BBC Earth Science | BBC Studios402K views · Oct 31, 20267.2× typical views
• New Discoveries Reveal Stonehenge's Secrets | BBC Timestamp | BBC Studios306K views · Oct 16, 20265.5× typical views
• Jaguar's Glory Days | Full Episode | Top Gear Classic | BBC Studios237K views · Oct 11, 20264.3× typical views
• Exploring The Origins Of Neanderthal With Professor Alice Roberts | BBC Timestamp | BBC Studios160K views · Oct 2, 20262.9× typical views
• How Good Is The Porsche 911? | Full Episode | Top Gear Classic | BBC Studios83K views · Sep 27, 20261.5× typical views
• Spectacular Wildlife Encounters Narrated By David Attenborough | BBC Earth | BBC Studios56K views · Oct 10, 20261× typical views

Latest videos

7 of BBC Studios's last 15 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• Five Wonders Of Our Cosmos | BBC Earth Science | BBC Studios402K views · Oct 31, 20267.2× typical views
• The Extraordinary Archaeology Of The Bronze Age | BBC Timestamp | BBC Studios11K views · Oct 30, 20260.2× typical views
• Crashing A Renault Megane Intentionally! | Full Episode | Top Gear Classic | BBC Studios14K views · Oct 25, 20260.2× typical views
• The Extraordinary Wildlife Of Yellowstone | BBC Earth | BBC Studios21K views · Oct 24, 20260.4× typical views
• How Is Technology Protecting Wildlife? | BBC Earth Science | BBC Studios4.9K views · Oct 23, 20260.1× typical views
• Richard Hammond: Master Of The Road | Full Episode | Top Gear Classic | BBC Studios13K views · Oct 18, 20260.2× typical views
• The Greatest Migrations In Nature | BBC Earth | BBC Studios23K views · Oct 17, 20260.4× typical views
• New Discoveries Reveal Stonehenge's Secrets | BBC Timestamp | BBC Studios306K views · Oct 16, 20265.5× typical views
• Jaguar's Glory Days | Full Episode | Top Gear Classic | BBC Studios237K views · Oct 11, 20264.3× typical views
• Spectacular Wildlife Encounters Narrated By David Attenborough | BBC Earth | BBC Studios56K views · Oct 10, 20261× typical views

The Animals & Nature niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 7.1K videos from 801 channels in this niche. 20.2% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 9.8K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $2 to $8.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Belaya Nerpa (43K subs, best video 26.2×), Franchement c'est ça (32K subs, best video 18.9×), Blackout Docs (106K subs, best video 191.2×), Coco Verse (389K subs, best video 28.1×), Tout sur Rien (372K subs, best video 37.1×), Catzhub (50K subs, best video 297.5×).

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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 Studios or YouTube.