Discovery UK YouTube Stats

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

Discovery UK channel overview

Discovery UK (@discoverytv) is a YouTube channel in the History & Documentary niche created in 2006. It has 4.9M subscribers and 2.1B total views across 4.4K videos, an average of 475K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 70K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 46K views. Over the last 12 months, Discovery UK published 62 videos, and 11 of them (18%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 19 days, Discovery UK gained 0 subscribers and -5.5M views, about -287K views a day.

How much does Discovery UK make?

Returbe estimates Discovery UK's YouTube ad revenue at $37K – $125K 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

Discovery UK publishes about 26.1 videos a month. Based on its last 62 uploads, its most common upload day is Wednesday (18% of uploads), usually around 17:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 5, 2026.

Discovery UK's best outlier videos

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

• Sig's Northwestern Starts Sinking After Pump Failure | Deadliest Catch1.8M views · Sep 2, 202638.8× typical views
• Terrifying Footage Shows Tornado Ripping Through Round Rock Texas | In The Eye Of The Storm454K views · Sep 11, 202610× typical views
• Captain Jonathan Smashes Through Massive Pack Ice To Save Crew | Deadliest Catch279K views · Sep 9, 20266.1× typical views
• Rick Ness Discovers Shocking Health Truth After Years Of Exhaustion | Gold Rush272K views · Oct 21, 20266× typical views
• Massive Crab Haul Marks The End Of A Dangerous Season | Deadliest Catch241K views · Sep 30, 20265.3× typical views
• Parker Schnabel Races To Revive Legendary Wash Plant Big Red | Gold Rush209K views · Oct 14, 20264.6× typical views
• Loggers Salvage Sunken Boat With Massive Grapple Yarder | The Last Woodsmen189K views · Sep 8, 20264.1× typical views
• Mark And Digger Use Space Blankets To Save $70,000 In Mash | Moonshiners184K views · Oct 20, 20264× typical views

Latest videos

12 of Discovery UK's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• Massive $92,000 Crane Hoard Cleared From Overwhelmed Family Home | Filthy Fortunes5.3K views · Nov 5, 20260.1× typical views
• Parker Schnabel Shocked By PATHETIC Gold Weigh In As Crisis Deepens | Gold Rush53K views · Nov 4, 20261.2× typical views
• Josh Races To Distil 80 Gallons Of Moonshine In Seven Days With Digger | Moonshiners77K views · Nov 3, 20261.7× typical views
• Marty Raney Builds An Indestructible Fireproof Fortress For Displaced Animals | Homestead Rescue19K views · Nov 1, 20260.4× typical views
• Josh Gates Unearths Rare Civil War Silver From Lost Confederate Treasure | Expedition Unknown86K views · Oct 31, 20261.9× typical views
• Marty Raney Surprises A Disabled Homesteader With A Custom Workshop | Homestead Rescue: Intervention47K views · Oct 30, 20261× typical views
• Matt Paxton Discover Rare Colt Revolver Worth Up To $60k | Filthy Fortunes9.2K views · Oct 29, 20260.2× typical views
• Tony Beets Smashes First Gold Weigh With Massive 2 Million Dollar Haul | Gold Rush136K views · Oct 28, 20263× typical views
• Moonshiners Risk Entire Mash On A Crazy Soybean Fermentation Experiment | Moonshiners95K views · Oct 27, 20262.1× typical views
• Bringing A Battered 1974 Citroën CX Back To Life | Wheeler Dealers: World Tour14K views · Oct 25, 20260.3× 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 Discovery UK or YouTube.