Genius History YouTube Stats

@genius_history01 · History & Documentary · Updated Nov 7, 2026

Genius History channel overview

Genius History (@genius_history01) is a YouTube channel in the History & Documentary niche created in 2024. It has 36K subscribers and 3.7M total views across 17 videos, an average of 219K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 225K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 117K views. Over the last 12 months, Genius History published 17 videos, and 5 of them (29%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does Genius History make?

Returbe estimates Genius History's YouTube ad revenue at $3.4K – $11K 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

Genius History publishes about 5.4 videos a month. Based on its last 17 uploads, its most common upload day is Friday (35% of uploads), usually around 00:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

Genius History's best outlier videos

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

• The ENTIRE History of Iran in 11 Minutes940K views · Jul 10, 20268.1× typical views
• The ENTIRE History of Japan in 20 Minutes816K views · Oct 17, 20267× typical views
• The ENTIRE History of China in 20 Minutes423K views · Oct 8, 20263.6× typical views
• The ENTIRE History of ROME in 12 Minutes381K views · Sep 8, 20263.3× typical views
• The ENTIRE History of United States in 12 Minutes375K views · Oct 10, 20263.2× typical views
• The ENTIRE History of British Empire Explained228K views · Aug 9, 20262× typical views
• The ENTIRE History of Las Vegas in 13 Minutes214K views · Aug 9, 20261.8× typical views
• The ENTIRE History of Germany in 21 Minutes135K views · Oct 27, 20261.2× typical views

Latest videos

7 of Genius History's last 17 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• The ENTIRE History of Switzerland in 21 Minutes3.7K views · Nov 6, 20260× typical views
• The ENTIRE History of Italy in 22 Minutes17K views · Nov 1, 20260.1× typical views
• The ENTIRE History of Germany in 21 Minutes135K views · Oct 27, 20261.2× typical views
• The ENTIRE History of Australia in 20 Minutes90K views · Oct 24, 20260.8× typical views
• The ENTIRE History of Japan in 20 Minutes816K views · Oct 17, 20267× typical views
• The ENTIRE History of United States in 12 Minutes375K views · Oct 10, 20263.2× typical views
• The ENTIRE History of China in 20 Minutes423K views · Oct 8, 20263.6× typical views
• The ENTIRE History of Israel in 12 Minutes77K views · Oct 8, 20260.7× typical views
• The ENTIRE History of ROME in 12 Minutes381K views · Sep 8, 20263.3× typical views
• The ENTIRE History of Las Vegas in 13 Minutes214K views · Aug 9, 20261.8× typical views

The History & Documentary niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 4.9K videos from 614 channels in this niche. 13.5% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 13K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $3 to $10.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Armed Sphere (273K subs, best video 281.1×), Military Exposed Shorts (141K subs, best video 54.5×), Para Historica (20K subs, best video 28.3×), Phantom Expedition (37K subs, best video 61.8×), Military History Talks (45K subs, best video 25.8×), JTM History (7.6K subs, best video 39×).

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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 Genius History or YouTube.