Footprints in History YouTube Stats

@footprinthistory · History & Documentary · Updated Nov 9, 2026

Footprints in History channel overview

Footprints in History (@footprinthistory) is a YouTube channel in the History & Documentary niche created in 2026. It has 2.7K subscribers and 565K total views across 19 videos, an average of 30K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 30K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 17K views. Over the last 12 months, Footprints in History published 19 videos, and 3 of them (16%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does Footprints in History make?

Returbe estimates Footprints in History's YouTube ad revenue at $1.4K – $4.6K 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.

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Upload schedule

Footprints in History publishes about 18.5 videos a month. Based on its last 19 uploads, its most common upload day is Monday (58% of uploads), usually around 09:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 8, 2026.

Footprints in History's best outlier videos

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

• Chesty Puller's Top 3 Legendary Tactical Moves | The Most Decorated Marine in History136K views · Oct 19, 20268.1× typical views
• 3 Moves That Saved Hitler's Army Then Hitler Fired Him117K views · Oct 12, 20267× typical views
• William T. Sherman's Top 3 Legendary Tactical Moves — He Cut Himself Off From Supply and Won the War113K views · Oct 19, 20266.7× typical views
• Ulysses S. Grant's Top 3 Legendary Tactical Moves | The "Drunk" Who Won the Civil War45K views · Oct 19, 20262.7× typical views
• Matthew Ridgways Top 3 Legendary Tactical Moves — He Saved the Army MacArthur Almost Lost34K views · Oct 26, 20262× typical views
• Philip Sheridan's Top 3 Legendary Tactical Moves — He Rode Into a Rout and Turned It Into Victory24K views · Oct 27, 20261.4× typical views
• The General Stalin Imprisoned, Then Trusted — Rokossovsky's 3 Greatest Moves23K views · Oct 19, 20261.4× typical views
• Georgy Zhukov's 3 Deadliest Moves | The General Stalin Feared More Than Hitler20K views · Oct 12, 20261.2× typical views

Latest videos

5 of Footprints in History's last 19 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• Audie Murphy's 3 Legendary Moves — Too Small, Yet America's Most Decorated Soldier64 views · Nov 8, 20260× typical views
• Robert E. Lee's Top 3 Legendary Tactical Moves | They Called Him "Granny Lee"352 views · Nov 7, 20260× typical views
• Eisenhower Doubted Patton’s Future Usefulness. Patton Answered Three Times.730 views · Nov 5, 20260× typical views
• Grant and Sherman: The Drunk and the Madman Who Won the Civil War4.4K views · Nov 3, 20260.3× typical views
• George H. Thomas's Top 3 Legendary Tactical Moves — He Refused to Retreat and Saved an Entire Army3.6K views · Nov 2, 20260.2× typical views
• "Retreat, Hell!" — How the Marines Fought Their Way Out of Chosin3.7K views · Oct 31, 20260.2× typical views
• Pappy Boyington’s Top 3 Legendary Tactical Moves | The Flying Tigers Threw Him Out877 views · Oct 30, 20260.1× typical views
• Smedley Butler Top 3 Legendary Tactical Moves — He Tried to Give His Medal of Honor Back7.5K views · Oct 28, 20260.4× typical views
• Philip Sheridan's Top 3 Legendary Tactical Moves — He Rode Into a Rout and Turned It Into Victory24K views · Oct 27, 20261.4× typical views
• The Admiral Who Broke the Rules — Horatio Nelson's 3 Greatest Gambles8.4K views · Oct 26, 20260.5× typical views

The History & Documentary niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 6.1K videos from 766 channels in this niche. 14.6% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 11K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $3 to $10.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Armed Sphere (274K subs, best video 328.7×), Maze Runner (21K subs, best video 8.2×), Military Exposed Shorts (141K subs, best video 90.1×), Military History Talks (46K subs, best video 14.7×), Alex Nguyen (4.2K subs, best video 74.4×), Volkslied (10K subs, best video 26×).

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Frequently asked questions

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