the fifth estate YouTube Stats

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

the fifth estate channel overview

the fifth estate (@cbcfifth) is a YouTube channel in the News & Politics niche created in 2016. It has 1M subscribers and 215M total views across 484 videos, an average of 444K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 218K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 14K views. Over the last 12 months, the fifth estate published 27 videos (4% Shorts), and 15 of them (56%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 13 days, the fifth estate gained 0 subscribers and 1.2M views, about 89K views a day.

How much does the fifth estate make?

Returbe estimates the fifth estate's YouTube ad revenue at $3.4K – $14K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $1.7 to $6.79, typically $3.4, 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 $3.4K.

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

the fifth estate publishes about 3.3 videos a month. Based on its last 39 uploads, its most common upload day is Thursday (46% of uploads), usually around 23:00 UTC. The last video went out on Oct 2, 2026.

the fifth estate's best outlier videos

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

• He vanished from a ski resort. His wallet is one of few clues | Full episode | the fifth estate2M views · Jan 16, 2026139× typical views
• 15 murders and counting in a small B.C. town | Full episode | the fifth estate923K views · Oct 30, 202552× typical views
• Why teens are being recruited to commit violent crimes | Full episode | the fifth estate555K views · Nov 21, 202538.5× typical views
• How we tracked down identity thieves stealing from the CRA | the fifth estate309K views · Jan 9, 202621.5× typical views
• How the lucrative lobster industry is tearing communities apart | Full episode | the fifth estate133K views · Nov 28, 20259.2× typical views
• The political war on safe drugs | Full episode | the fifth estate84K views · Nov 14, 20255.9× typical views
• The disturbing disappearances of Dawson Creek | Ep. 1 | True Crime33K views · Aug 10, 20262.3× typical views
• the fifth estate: Fearless journalism18K views · Apr 30, 20261.3× typical views

Latest videos

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

• We’re back! Season 52 launches Oct. 8 | the fifth estate10K views · Oct 2, 20260.7× typical views
• Why this small B.C. community is plagued by violence902K views · Aug 17, 2026
• The disturbing disappearances of Dawson Creek | Ep. 1 | True Crime33K views · Aug 10, 20262.3× typical views
• The body in the pickup truck | Ep. 4 | True Crime7.9K views · Aug 10, 20260.5× typical views
• Too little, too late? Confronting the police | Ep. 7 | True Crime9.3K views · Aug 10, 20260.6× typical views
• Vanished: The unsolved mystery of Renee Didier | Ep. 3 | True Crime7.3K views · Aug 10, 20260.5× typical views
• The silenced source | Ep. 6 | True Crime7.5K views · Aug 10, 20260.5× typical views
• The overheard confession | Ep. 5 | True Crime9.8K views · Aug 10, 20260.7× typical views
• Mile Zero: The murders of Tina Nellis and Adam Roy | Ep. 2 | True Crime9.9K views · Aug 10, 20260.7× typical views
• the fifth estate: Fearless journalism18K views · Apr 30, 20261.3× typical views

The News & Politics niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 59K videos from 995 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.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: CP24 (383K subs, best video 41.9×), ESdiario TV (117K subs, best video 72.9×), BNN Bloomberg (188K subs, best video 224.3×), France 3 Grand Est (241K subs, best video 99.5×), Onda Cero (421K subs, best video 140.7×), OKDIARIO (290K subs, best video 92.9×).

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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 the fifth estate or YouTube.