Guardian Live YouTube Stats

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

Guardian Live channel overview

Guardian Live (@guardianlive) is a YouTube channel in the News & Politics niche created in 2014. It has 67K subscribers and 30M total views across 168 videos, an average of 176K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 2.2K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 620 views. Over the last 12 months, Guardian Live published 6 videos, and 0 of them (0%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 17 days, Guardian Live gained 0 subscribers and 15K views, about 899 views a day.

How much does Guardian Live make?

Returbe estimates Guardian Live's YouTube ad revenue at $58 – $233 per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $2 to $8, typically $4, 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 $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

Based on its last 48 uploads, its most common upload day is Monday (44% of uploads), usually around 11:00 UTC. The last video went out on May 21, 2026.

Guardian Live's best outlier videos

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

• What happens if Trump dies?" 3 questions from Year one of Trumpism: Is Britain emulating the US?1.5K views · Jan 23, 20261.5× typical views
• Mary Beard on the emperors of Rome1K views · Mar 20, 20241× typical views
• Gary Younge: Dispatches from the Diaspora678 views · Apr 4, 20241× typical views
• Carey Mulligan: The making of Maestro1.3K views · Feb 28, 20241× typical views
• Guardian Newsroom: What lies ahead for Ukraine in 2024?259 views · Feb 27, 20241× typical views
• The Guardian at Glastonbury 2025476 views · Jul 11, 20251× typical views
• Step into the stories that matter with Guardian Live3.4K views · May 20, 20241× typical views
• Carlo Rovelli in conversation with Dara Ó Briain1.3K views · Feb 23, 20241× typical views

Latest videos

1 of Guardian Live's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• Tracey Emin in a rare live interview with the Guardian at Tate Modern825 views · May 21, 20260.8× typical views
• People have quite a cynical view of journalists292 views · Mar 17, 20260.3× typical views
• What happens if Trump dies?" 3 questions from Year one of Trumpism: Is Britain emulating the US?1.5K views · Jan 23, 20261.5× typical views
• An evening with the Guardian Saturday writers, hosted by Nish Kumar162 views · Dec 19, 20250.2× typical views
• Terry Gilliam: Celebrating 50 years in film860 views · Dec 16, 20250.9× typical views
• The Guardian’s climate assembly with George Monbiot and special guests416 views · Dec 12, 20250.4× typical views
• The Guardian at Glastonbury 2025476 views · Jul 11, 20251× typical views
• Step into the stories that matter with Guardian Live3.4K views · May 20, 20241× typical views
• Gary Younge: Dispatches from the Diaspora678 views · Apr 4, 20241× typical views
• Mary Beard on the emperors of Rome1K views · Mar 20, 20241× typical views

The News & Politics niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 59K videos from 997 channels in this niche. 17% 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.

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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 Guardian Live or YouTube.