Democracy Now! YouTube Stats

@democracynow · News & Politics · Updated Nov 7, 2026

Democracy Now! channel overview

Democracy Now! (@democracynow) is a YouTube channel in the News & Politics niche created in 2006. It has 3.4M subscribers and 1.4B total views across 20K videos, an average of 71K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 199K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 177K views. Over the last 12 months, Democracy Now! published 130 videos (45% Shorts), and 20 of them (15%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 18 days, Democracy Now! gained 20K subscribers and 20M views, about 1.1M views a day.

How much does Democracy Now! make?

Returbe estimates Democracy Now!'s YouTube ad revenue at $79K – $317K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $1.81 to $7.24, typically $3.62, 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 $3.6K.

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

Democracy Now! publishes about 141.2 videos a month. Based on its last 100 uploads, its most common upload day is Friday (21% of uploads), usually around 15:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

Democracy Now!'s best outlier videos

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

• Georgia’s Keisha Lance Bottoms to become first Black woman governor in the U.S.383K views · Nov 4, 202632.9× typical views
• Palestinian youth saved Washington Post journalist from settlers200K views · Oct 19, 202617.2× typical views
• "Princes and Thieves" Author Matthew Cole on Jared Kushner & the "Secret Plot to Remake Middle East"177K views · Nov 2, 202615.2× typical views
• Ghassan Kanafani: Palestinian writer killed by Israel138K views · Oct 28, 202611.9× typical views
• "Blue wave" could be even worse for GOP at the state level96K views · Nov 5, 20268.2× typical views
• Rep. Ro Khanna blasts Democrats who oppose billionaire wealth tax proposal82K views · Oct 21, 20267× typical views
• "The End of MAGA": Hasan Piker Reacts to Democratic Midterms Blowout1.1M views · Nov 4, 20266.4× typical views
• "The Earth Shook Last Night": Talarico Wins Senate, Hinojosa Becomes First Latina Governor in Texas963K views · Nov 4, 20265.4× typical views

Latest videos

13 of Democracy Now!'s last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• Could Democrats have swept the South?7.5K views · Nov 6, 20260.6× typical views
• Hasan Piker: "Left populist rage" spurred blue wave11K views · Nov 6, 20260.9× typical views
• Midterm analysis with Juan González7.1K views · Nov 6, 20260.6× typical views
• Hasan Piker: Democrats Won Midterms, But Now They Have to Deliver on Voter Demands for Change151K views · Nov 6, 20260.9× typical views
• "National Politics Will Never Be the Same": Juan González on How Latinos Remade the Political Map104K views · Nov 6, 20260.6× typical views
• Purple Mississippi? Overcoming GOP Voter Suppression, Black Voters Power Dem Wins Across the South145K views · Nov 6, 20260.8× typical views
• Top U.S. & World Headlines — November 6, 2026475K views · Nov 6, 20262.7× typical views
• Voters "had eyes" and revolted against Trump's corruption, watchdog says25K views · Nov 5, 20262.1× typical views
• Melat Kiros on getting fired over Palestine, why she would "do it all over again"27K views · Nov 5, 20262.4× typical views
• "Blue wave" could be even worse for GOP at the state level96K views · Nov 5, 20268.2× typical views

The News & Politics niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 59K videos from 995 channels in this niche. 17% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 16K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $2 to $8.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: CP24 (383K subs, best video 41.9×), ESdiario TV (117K subs, best video 72.9×), BNN Bloomberg (188K subs, best video 224.3×), France 3 Grand Est (241K subs, best video 99.5×), Onda Cero (421K subs, best video 140.7×), OKDIARIO (290K subs, best video 92.9×).

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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 Democracy Now! or YouTube.