friendlyjordies YouTube Stats

@friendlyjordies · News & Politics · Updated Nov 6, 2026

friendlyjordies channel overview

friendlyjordies (@friendlyjordies) is a YouTube channel in the News & Politics niche created in 2013. It has 1.4M subscribers and 374M total views across 1.4K videos, an average of 262K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 163K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 297K views. Over the last 12 months, friendlyjordies published 61 videos (72% Shorts), and 5 of them (8%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 11 days, friendlyjordies gained 0 subscribers and 2.9M views, about 262K views a day.

How much does friendlyjordies make?

Returbe estimates friendlyjordies's YouTube ad revenue at $13K – $50K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $1.25 to $5, typically $2.5, 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 $2.5K.

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

friendlyjordies publishes about 18.5 videos a month. Based on its last 60 uploads, its most common upload day is Wednesday (20% of uploads), usually around 06:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

friendlyjordies's best outlier videos

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

• Jimmy Carr mogged me248K views · Sep 16, 20264.5× typical views
• Undiagnosed Autism193K views · Sep 13, 20263.5× typical views
• Deep Perth Lore185K views · Sep 14, 20263.4× typical views
• Murdoch has had enough of One Nation - here's how we know170K views · Sep 16, 20263.1× typical views
• Oh Sh*t...807K views · Oct 16, 20262.7× typical views
• Let’s revisit this and see how it’s going!149K views · Oct 14, 20262.7× typical views
• Even the women at the show are autistic?142K views · Oct 6, 20262.6× typical views
• The Translation Gaffe139K views · Sep 10, 20262.5× typical views

Latest videos

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

• Everyone is begging for Warhammer!1.9K views · Nov 6, 20261× typical views
• End of an Era395K views · Nov 5, 20261.3× typical views
• We have a pilot in the crowd!29K views · Nov 5, 20260.5× typical views
• WIPE OUT453K views · Nov 4, 20261.5× typical views
• What Happens if Trump Loses in the Midterms?296K views · Nov 3, 20261× typical views
• This guy knows what I'm talking about29K views · Nov 3, 20260.5× typical views
• Trump is Completely F***ed in the Midterms349K views · Nov 2, 20261.2× typical views
• UFOs and Trump: The Cover Up97K views · Nov 1, 20260.3× typical views
• Bro wants to do what in public?19K views · Oct 29, 20260.3× typical views
• Pauline wanting to fast track visas - isn't that what she claims to be against?62K views · Oct 28, 20261.1× typical views

The News & Politics niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 56K videos from 828 channels in this niche. 18% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 15K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $2 to $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 friendlyjordies or YouTube.