CBC True Crime YouTube Stats

@cbctruecrime · True Crime & Mysteries · Updated Nov 7, 2026

CBC True Crime channel overview

CBC True Crime (@cbctruecrime) is a YouTube channel in the True Crime & Mysteries niche created in 2022. It has 29K subscribers and 5.2M total views across 468 videos, an average of 11K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 18K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 3K views. Over the last 12 months, CBC True Crime published 51 videos (18% Shorts), and 10 of them (20%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 13 days, CBC True Crime gained 300 subscribers and 481K views, about 37K views a day.

How much does CBC True Crime make?

Returbe estimates CBC True Crime's YouTube ad revenue at $118 – $362 per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $0.95 to $2.84, typically $1.58, 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 $1.6K.

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 True Crime publishes about 7.6 videos a month. Based on its last 51 uploads, its most common upload day is Tuesday (31% of uploads), usually around 11:00 UTC. The last video went out on Oct 28, 2026.

CBC True Crime's best outlier videos

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

• They overstayed their welcome.. and then some591K views · Mar 31, 2026118.3× typical views
• The Salt Path became an instant bestseller. But, is it true? | Crime Story266K views · May 17, 202688.9× typical views
• What Happened to Olympian Ryan Wedding?429K views · Oct 28, 202685.8× typical views
• Who was Jaclyn Ferland-Smith? | EPISODE 1 | Someone Knows Something22K views · Mar 9, 20267.2× typical views
• The Case of Lucy Letby | Crime Story15K views · Jul 26, 20265× typical views
• Tracing Jackie’s last-known footsteps | EPISODE 3 | Someone Knows Something13K views · Mar 9, 20264.2× typical views
• The argument | EPISODE 2 | Someone Knows Something11K views · Mar 9, 20263.6× typical views
• Sebastien speaks | EPISODE 6 (Finale) | Someone Knows Something10K views · Mar 9, 20263.5× typical views

Latest videos

6 of CBC True Crime's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• What Happened to Olympian Ryan Wedding?429K views · Oct 28, 202685.8× typical views
• ‘The cartel is watching’ | Ep.3 | The Most Wanted Olympian2K views · Oct 20, 20260.7× typical views
• The fall of an empire | Ep.5 | The Most Wanted Olympian2.7K views · Oct 15, 20260.9× typical views
• The FBI agent who arrested Ryan Wedding | Ep.2 | The Most Wanted Olympian3.9K views · Oct 15, 20261.3× typical views
• Death of an informant | Ep.4 | The Most Wanted Olympian2.5K views · Oct 15, 20260.8× typical views
• From snowboarder to drug lord | Ep.1 | The Most Wanted Olympian4.9K views · Oct 15, 20261.7× typical views
• An Olympian in handcuffs | Ep.6 (Finale) | The Most Wanted Olympian2.1K views · Oct 15, 20260.7× typical views
• Greed, corruption, and jazz: The assassination of Patrice Lumumba | Crime Story4.3K views · Aug 9, 20261.4× typical views
• The Case of Lucy Letby | Crime Story15K views · Jul 26, 20265× typical views
• Getting high on Godmother’s supply: The story behind NYC’s Godmother of Weed | Crime Story2.1K views · Jul 12, 20260.7× typical views

The True Crime & Mysteries niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 5.8K videos from 610 channels in this niche. 9.1% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 23K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $3 to $9.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Criminally Obsessed (247K subs, best video 35.3×), Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski: True Crime Today (400K subs, best video 12.3×), Crime 360 (241K subs, best video 12.2×), Frontline Crime (78K subs, best video 25.3×), Queens of Crime - Female True Crime Stories (25K subs, best video 42.6×), Crazy planet (31K subs, best video 58×).

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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 True Crime or YouTube.