CBS Evening News YouTube Stats

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

CBS Evening News channel overview

CBS Evening News (@cbseveningnews) is a YouTube channel in the News & Politics niche created in 2013. It has 2.4M subscribers and 2.1B total views across 37K videos, an average of 58K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 73K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 33K views. Over the last 12 months, CBS Evening News published 184 videos (14% Shorts), and 40 of them (22%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 15 days, CBS Evening News gained 10K subscribers and 16M views, about 1.1M views a day.

How much does CBS Evening News make?

Returbe estimates CBS Evening News's YouTube ad revenue at $67K – $269K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $1.98 to $7.91, typically $3.95, 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

CBS Evening News publishes about 199.9 videos a month. Based on its last 100 uploads, its most common upload day is Wednesday (24% of uploads), usually around 00:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

CBS Evening News's best outlier videos

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

• Thousands of American restaurants closing over rising costs, declining sales1.6M views · Oct 26, 202647.6× typical views
• Drivers in Texas turn to alternative car repairs as costs rise1.2M views · Oct 31, 202637.3× typical views
• Solo cheerleader wows crowd in statewide competition after all teammates quit1.1M views · Nov 5, 202632.6× typical views
• Early voting numbers smash midterm records in North Carolina1M views · Oct 20, 202630.1× typical views
• New images show UFO encountered by federal agents this year #shorts248K views · Oct 24, 202624.3× typical views
• Jalen Hurts' devastating diagnosis rattles sports world807K views · Oct 20, 202624.2× typical views
• Investigators find first pieces of Learjet after fatal Florida crash763K views · Nov 4, 202622.8× typical views
• Florida jet crash that killed 9 sounded like bomb going off, witness says754K views · Nov 2, 202622.6× typical views

Latest videos

10 of CBS Evening News's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear pushes back on split between moderate and progressive Democrats #shorts2.6K views · Nov 6, 20260.3× typical views
• Boston has a new voice welcoming travelers at Logan International Airport #shorts6.6K views · Nov 6, 20260.6× typical views
• Democrats just won big, but can they hold on to power? #shorts1.9K views · Nov 6, 20260.2× typical views
• CBS Evening News Full Broadcast | November 5, 202659K views · Nov 6, 20261.8× typical views
• New details, bodycam video of deadly Citibank shooting38K views · Nov 6, 20261.1× typical views
• Georgia competition honors exemplary young trade workers1.7K views · Nov 6, 20260.1× typical views
• Catastrophic flooding in Georgia, Tennessee12K views · Nov 6, 20260.4× typical views
• English teacher on how she uses AI to help students learn2.5K views · Nov 6, 20260.1× typical views
• French labor protests end in tear gas as police clear protesters6.3K views · Nov 6, 20260.2× typical views
• Dozens of planes targeted by bomb threats in Europe in apparent hoax56K views · Nov 6, 20261.7× typical views

The News & Politics niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 56K videos from 828 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 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 CBS Evening News or YouTube.