Global News YouTube Stats

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

Global News channel overview

Global News (@globalnews) is a YouTube channel in the News & Politics niche created in 2009. It has 4.9M subscribers and 3.6B total views across 54K videos, an average of 66K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 49K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 25K views. Over the last 12 months, Global News published 336 videos (12% Shorts), and 66 of them (20%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 16 days, Global News gained 10K subscribers and 30M views, about 1.9M views a day.

How much does Global News make?

Returbe estimates Global News's YouTube ad revenue at $97K – $390K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $1.71 to $6.85, typically $3.42, 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 $3.4K.

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

Global News publishes about 365 videos a month. Based on its last 100 uploads, its most common upload day is Thursday (22% of uploads), usually around 03:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

Global News's best outlier videos

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

• Seconds before drowning, Australian reporter and bystander save man's life1.8M views · Oct 23, 202648.5× typical views
• “Terrifying”: Ontario family’s Kia bursts into flames while parked in driveway as they slept1.1M views · Oct 30, 202642.9× typical views
• Toyota owner faces $13K bill after transmission fails only 600km after warranty expiration524K views · Oct 20, 202621.2× typical views
• Global National: Nov. 4, 2026 | Democrats seize control of US House, Senate in midterm elections491K views · Nov 5, 202619.9× typical views
• Danielle Smith under fire after leaked texts point to collusion with separatist leader Jeffrey Rath389K views · Oct 29, 202615.8× typical views
• Democrats poised to investigate Trump, administration after landslide midterm victory349K views · Nov 5, 202614.1× typical views
• Global National: Nov. 3, 2026 | US Congress up for grabs as Americans vote in midterm elections304K views · Nov 4, 202612.3× typical views
• Pride of Canada: Iconic tree soon to meet same end as the $2 bill it shares fame with278K views · Oct 22, 202611.3× typical views

Latest videos

7 of Global News's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• Carney outlines plan to end homelessness in Canada in 10 years | LIVE0 views · Nov 6, 20260× typical views
• Vancouver landlords fined $90K after dividing home into 21 rooms for 17 tenants5.7K views · Nov 6, 20260.2× typical views
• Global National: Nov. 5, 2026 | Liberals table 2026 federal budget40K views · Nov 6, 20261.6× typical views
• 1 in 3 Canadian youth experienced dating violence: report7.5K views · Nov 6, 20260.3× typical views
• “We’re intimidated”: Edmonton residents speak out over repeated trespassing47K views · Nov 6, 20261.9× typical views
• “What will they do without Donald Trump?”: Political fallout unfolds after midterm results9.2K views · Nov 6, 20260.4× typical views
• Air Cadets supervisor unable to walk after violent assault at Hamilton mall: family64K views · Nov 6, 20262.6× typical views
• Canada’s 2026 federal budget boosts defence spending, proposes $73B in cuts6.1K views · Nov 5, 20260.2× typical views
• Affordability, investment, immigration: What’s in the "Masters of Our Destiny" 2026 federal budget?16K views · Nov 5, 20260.7× typical views
• Students across Ontario walk out of classrooms to protest Ford government’s OSAP changes18K views · Nov 5, 20260.7× typical views

The News & Politics niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 55K videos from 814 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.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: ESdiario TV (117K subs, best video 51×), BNN Bloomberg (188K subs, best video 114.3×), M6 Info (315K subs, best video 48.3×), CP24 (383K subs, best video 24.9×), OKDIARIO (290K subs, best video 104.6×), NBC Montana (107K subs, best video 1378.9×).

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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 Global News or YouTube.