FRANÇOIS RUFFIN YouTube Stats

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

FRANÇOIS RUFFIN channel overview

FRANÇOIS RUFFIN (@francois_ruffin) is a YouTube channel in the News & Politics niche created in 2016. It has 250K subscribers and 85M total views across 1.3K videos, an average of 66K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 23K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 10K views. Over the last 12 months, FRANÇOIS RUFFIN published 39 videos (23% Shorts), and 6 of them (15%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does FRANÇOIS RUFFIN make?

Returbe doesn't have enough recent views to estimate FRANÇOIS RUFFIN's monthly revenue. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $0.61 to $2.44, typically $1.23, 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 $1.2K.

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Upload schedule

FRANÇOIS RUFFIN publishes about 18.5 videos a month. Based on its last 39 uploads, its most common upload day is Friday (28% of uploads), usually around 16:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 7, 2026.

FRANÇOIS RUFFIN's best outlier videos

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

• Plus un rond pour Macron !251K views · Oct 23, 202611.3× typical views
• François Ruffin is the guest on Quelle Époque! on France 255K views · Jun 10, 20265.5× typical views
• Supprimer CNews ?91K views · Nov 2, 20264.1× typical views
• Présidentielles 2027 : François Ruffin face à Apolline de Malherbe35K views · Oct 30, 20263.5× typical views
• Sarah Saldmann, histoire d'une conversion33K views · Nov 6, 20263.3× typical views
• François Ruffin's 2027 Goal!30K views · Oct 17, 20263× typical views
• Présidentielles 2027 : François Ruffin face à Sonia Mabrouk22K views · Nov 3, 20262.2× typical views
• Hitchhiking Across the Countryside • Ep 121K views · Aug 9, 20262.1× typical views

Latest videos

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

• Sarah Saldmann, histoire d'une conversion1.4K views · Nov 7, 20260.1× typical views
• Présidentielles 2027 : François Ruffin dans la matinale de France Info9.1K views · Nov 6, 20260.9× typical views
• 40 chantiers pour redresser la France : François Ruffin dans C à vous7.5K views · Nov 6, 20260.7× typical views
• Sarah Saldmann, histoire d'une conversion33K views · Nov 6, 20263.3× typical views
• Au Boulot !3.5K views · Nov 6, 20260.2× typical views
• "Au boulot !", après le film, le livre !5.2K views · Nov 4, 20260.5× typical views
• Présidentielles 2027 : François Ruffin face à Sonia Mabrouk22K views · Nov 3, 20262.2× typical views
• Plus un rond pour les anciens présidents !29K views · Nov 3, 20261.3× typical views
• Supprimer CNews ?91K views · Nov 2, 20264.1× typical views
• Présidentielles 2027 : François Ruffin face à Apolline de Malherbe35K views · Oct 30, 20263.5× typical views

The News & Politics niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 59K videos from 996 channels in this niche. 17.1% 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: ESdiario TV (117K subs, best video 64.4×), BNN Bloomberg (188K subs, best video 224.3×), CP24 (383K subs, best video 36.3×), France 3 Grand Est (241K subs, best video 99.5×), NBC Montana (107K subs, best video 1375.8×), Onda Cero (421K subs, best video 140.7×).

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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 FRANÇOIS RUFFIN or YouTube.