Economics Explained YouTube Stats

@economicsexplained · Updated Nov 11, 2026

Economics Explained channel overview

Economics Explained (@economicsexplained) is a YouTube channel created in 2012. It has 2.9M subscribers and 387M total views across 457 videos, an average of 846K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 666K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 581K views. Over the last 12 months, Economics Explained published 30 videos, and 1 of them (3%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does Economics Explained make?

Returbe estimates Economics Explained's YouTube ad revenue at $5K – $17K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $1.25 to $4.25, typically $2.25, 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 $2.3K.

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Upload schedule

Economics Explained publishes about 6.5 videos a month. Based on its last 30 uploads, its most common upload day is Sunday (20% of uploads), usually around 06:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 10, 2026.

Economics Explained's best outlier videos

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

• Australia May Have Just Solved The Housing Crisis1.8M views · Oct 12, 20263.1× typical views
• Finally a Country Is Taxing Its Billionaires1.4M views · Sep 12, 20262.5× typical views
• Economics Is A Junk Science1.2M views · Sep 12, 20262.1× typical views
• Why New Zealand Is the Only Safe Haven Left1.2M views · Sep 12, 20262.1× typical views
• The Economy Gave Up On Young People ... It's Starting To Show1.1M views · Jul 14, 20261.9× typical views
• Why Europe's GDP Growth Is Crippling Its Economy995K views · Oct 12, 20261.7× typical views
• Living Paycheck to Paycheck? So Is Everyone Else879K views · Oct 21, 20261.5× typical views
• Dubai Was An Economic Miracle, Then They Got Bombed861K views · Jun 14, 20261.5× typical views

Latest videos

8 of Economics Explained's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• The Psychology of Inflation276K views · Nov 10, 20260.5× typical views
• Why Argentina Wants the World’s Corrupt Billionaires391K views · Nov 2, 20260.7× typical views
• How China Is Restarting Its Economy817K views · Oct 29, 20261.4× typical views
• How Old Money Kills Economies769K views · Oct 28, 20261.3× typical views
• What Happens When AI Is Free ... South Korea Tried It596K views · Oct 21, 20261× typical views
• Living Paycheck to Paycheck? So Is Everyone Else879K views · Oct 21, 20261.5× typical views
• Australia May Have Just Solved The Housing Crisis1.8M views · Oct 12, 20263.1× typical views
• Can $55,000 Solve The Population Crisis?707K views · Oct 12, 20261.2× typical views
• Has Inequality Ever Been Worse?813K views · Oct 12, 20261.4× typical views
• Why Europe's GDP Growth Is Crippling Its Economy995K views · Oct 12, 20261.7× typical views

Frequently asked questions

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