CBC News: The National YouTube Stats

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

CBC News: The National channel overview

CBC News: The National (@cbcthenational) is a YouTube channel in the News & Politics niche created in 2007. It has 2.2M subscribers and 1.6B total views across 39K videos, an average of 41K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 67K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 30K views. Over the last 12 months, CBC News: The National published 184 videos (3% Shorts), and 44 of them (24%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 16 days, CBC News: The National gained 10K subscribers and 14M views, about 893K views a day.

How much does CBC News: The National make?

Returbe estimates CBC News: The National's YouTube ad revenue at $73K – $290K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $2 to $7.99, 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

CBC News: The National publishes about 199.9 videos a month. Based on its last 100 uploads, its most common upload day is Thursday (23% of uploads), usually around 01:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

CBC News: The National's best outlier videos

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

• What happens to Trump if the Democrats crush the midterms1.6M views · Oct 31, 202652.3× typical views
• ‘I feel like I got duped’: The young men turning on Trump442K views · Oct 29, 202614.6× typical views
• CBC News: The National | U.S. midterms shift the political landscape421K views · Nov 5, 202614× typical views
• Democrats complete U.S. midterms victory by retaking Senate376K views · Nov 4, 202612.5× typical views
• Audio reveals pilot's frantic call before Florida jet crash370K views · Nov 3, 202612.3× typical views
• 'Still in shock': See the monster sturgeon an angler caught in B.C. | The Moment355K views · Oct 29, 202611.8× typical views
• What it will take to win control of U.S. Congress339K views · Nov 3, 202611.2× typical views
• CBC News: The National | Trump lifts some tariffs on Canada, but adds others327K views · Oct 24, 202610.9× typical views

Latest videos

7 of CBC News: The National's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• CBC News: The National | Breaking down the 2026 federal budget35K views · Nov 6, 20261.2× typical views
• Trump defends Hegseth as Democrats prepare for political war16K views · Nov 6, 20260.5× typical views
• Budget 2026: Carney makes 'big bet' for investment, opposition blasts affordability moves32K views · Nov 6, 20261× typical views
• Political humour? Jester helps swear in B.C. town council | The Moment1.2K views · Nov 6, 20260× typical views
• Russell Brand found guilty of rape, sexual assault14K views · Nov 6, 20260.5× typical views
• Democrats prepare to flex new power — not just in Washington8.3K views · Nov 6, 20260.3× typical views
• At Issue | Does Carney's budget meet the moment?109K views · Nov 6, 20263.6× typical views
• B.C. urged to do more prescribed burns — and fast12K views · Nov 6, 20260.4× typical views
• Mexican judge accused of taking $2M bribe to free Ryan Wedding's right-hand man100K views · Nov 5, 20263.3× typical views
• Visiting Russian, Ukrainian officials gush over Melania Trump's ceasefire efforts6.8K views · Nov 5, 20260.2× typical views

The News & Politics niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 55K videos from 814 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.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: ESdiario TV (117K subs, best video 51×), BNN Bloomberg (188K subs, best video 114.3×), M6 Info (315K subs, best video 48.3×), CP24 (383K subs, best video 24.9×), OKDIARIO (290K subs, best video 104.6×), NBC Montana (107K subs, best video 1378.9×).

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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 CBC News: The National or YouTube.