CBC Indigenous YouTube Stats

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

CBC Indigenous channel overview

CBC Indigenous (@cbcindigenous) is a YouTube channel in the News & Politics niche created in 2023. It has 13K subscribers and 2.3M total views across 377 videos, an average of 6.1K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 19K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 859 views. Over the last 12 months, CBC Indigenous published 53 videos (57% Shorts), and 10 of them (19%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 12 days, CBC Indigenous gained 200 subscribers and 144K views, about 12K views a day.

How much does CBC Indigenous make?

Returbe estimates CBC Indigenous's YouTube ad revenue at $511 – $2K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $1.67 to $6.67, typically $3.34, 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 $3.3K.

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Upload schedule

CBC Indigenous publishes about 5.4 videos a month. Based on its last 53 uploads, its most common upload day is Thursday (28% of uploads), usually around 16:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

CBC Indigenous's best outlier videos

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

• Why CSIS started spying on Indigenous leaders decades after the RCMP stopped375K views · Jun 25, 2026374.6× typical views
• Declassified files expose RCMP's secret surveillance of Indigenous people360K views · Mar 23, 2026359.7× typical views
• How scientists confirmed the 'paint by numbers' Norval Morrisseau fraud ring95K views · Sep 1, 202695.2× typical views
• Bison return to Star Blanket Cree Nation8K views · Jun 10, 20268× typical views
• First Nations leaders in Alberta say they're not surprised by referendum results25K views · Oct 22, 20264.9× typical views
• How CBC Indigenous uncovered proof of RCMP spying23K views · Mar 24, 20264.7× typical views
• Six Nations takes Canada and Ontario to court over Haldimand Tract22K views · Oct 15, 20264.5× typical views
• Indigenous representation on Little House on the Prairie4.2K views · Jul 9, 20264.2× typical views

Latest videos

11 of CBC Indigenous's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• Native American women make election history34 views · Nov 6, 20260× typical views
• Mother opens coffeehouse in son's honour391 views · Nov 4, 20260.4× typical views
• Anishnaabe Origin of apakwaanaajiinh214 views · Oct 30, 20260.2× typical views
• First Nations leaders in Alberta say they're not surprised by referendum results25K views · Oct 22, 20264.9× typical views
• Six Nations takes Canada and Ontario to court over Haldimand Tract22K views · Oct 15, 20264.5× typical views
• Sturgeon Lake family's search for a brother lost at residential school1.7K views · Sep 29, 20261.7× typical views
• Wabanaki reclaim land from United Church3.3K views · Sep 28, 20263.3× typical views
• Meet Tsūtsū, a puppet that teaches Tahltan2.4K views · Sep 23, 20260.5× typical views
• Simon Fraser campus gets names in 2 First Nations languages2.4K views · Sep 18, 20260.5× typical views
• Wabanaki centre welcomes back students to N.B. university2.3K views · Sep 10, 20262.3× typical views

The News & Politics niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 55K videos from 821 channels in this niche. 18.1% 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.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: ESdiario TV (117K subs, best video 72.9×), BNN Bloomberg (188K subs, best video 147.4×), M6 Info (315K subs, best video 52.9×), CP24 (383K subs, best video 24.9×), NBC Montana (107K subs, best video 1379×), OKDIARIO (290K subs, best video 93.4×).

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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 CBC Indigenous or YouTube.