Defunctland YouTube Stats

@defunctland · History & Documentary · Updated Nov 6, 2026

Defunctland channel overview

Defunctland (@defunctland) is a YouTube channel in the History & Documentary niche created in 2016. It has 2.2M subscribers and 272M total views across 163 videos, an average of 1.7M views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 3.9M views, and a typical video (the median) gets 1.7M views. Over the last 12 months, Defunctland published 2 videos, and 0 of them (0%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 17 days, Defunctland gained 0 subscribers and 710K views, about 42K views a day.

How much does Defunctland make?

Returbe estimates Defunctland's YouTube ad revenue at $3.9K – $13K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $3 to $10, typically $5.5, 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 $5.5K.

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

Based on its last 46 uploads, its most common upload day is Sunday (28% of uploads), usually around 00:00 UTC. The last video went out on May 24, 2026.

Defunctland's best outlier videos

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

• Disney's FastPass: A Complicated History27M views · Nov 21, 202116.4× typical views
• Defunctland: The American Idol Theme Park Experience3.9M views · Feb 14, 20241× typical views
• DefunctTV: The History of Under the Umbrella Tree624K views · Mar 1, 20221× typical views
• Defunctland: The Awful Wiggles Dark Ride5M views · May 9, 20231× typical views
• Disney Channel's Theme: A History Mystery9.2M views · Nov 20, 20221× typical views
• Defunctland: The Bizarre Garfield Dark Ride4.7M views · May 19, 20221× typical views
• Journey to EPCOT Center: A Symphonic History1.1M views · Nov 19, 20231× typical views
• Defunctland: Kid Cities5.5M views · Jun 18, 20241× typical views

Latest videos

1 of Defunctland's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• Defunctland: The Abandoning of Celebration City2M views · May 24, 2026
• Disney's Living Characters: A Broken Promise4.6M views · Nov 23, 2025
• Disney's Animatronics: A Living History4M views · Dec 19, 20241× typical views
• Defunctland: Kid Cities5.5M views · Jun 18, 20241× typical views
• Defunctland: The American Idol Theme Park Experience3.9M views · Feb 14, 20241× typical views
• Journey to EPCOT Center: A Symphonic History1.1M views · Nov 19, 20231× typical views
• Defunctland: The Awful Wiggles Dark Ride5M views · May 9, 20231× typical views
• Disney Channel's Theme: A History Mystery9.2M views · Nov 20, 20221× typical views
• Defunctland: The Bizarre Garfield Dark Ride4.7M views · May 19, 20221× typical views
• DefunctTV: The History of Under the Umbrella Tree624K views · Mar 1, 20221× typical views

The History & Documentary niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 3.5K videos from 376 channels in this niche. 13.3% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 12K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $3 to $10.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Armed Sphere (273K subs, best video 202.6×), Para Historica (20K subs, best video 26.7×), Military Exposed Shorts (140K subs, best video 42.9×), James Sullivan (6.8K subs, best video 11.7×), Phantom Expedition (37K subs, best video 61.9×), ViralVerseUSA (9.4K subs, best video 38.8×).

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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 Defunctland or YouTube.