Historically YouTube Stats

@heyhistorically · History & Documentary · Updated Nov 5, 2026

Historically channel overview

Historically (@heyhistorically) is a YouTube channel in the History & Documentary niche created in 2023. It has 1.6M subscribers and 499M total views across 83 videos, an average of 6M views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 7.2M views, and a typical video (the median) gets 2.7M views. Over the last 12 months, Historically published 42 videos (81% Shorts), and 2 of them (5%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does Historically make?

Returbe estimates Historically's YouTube ad revenue at $17K – $57K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $0.33 to $1.11, typically $0.62, 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 $620.

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Upload schedule

Historically publishes about 3.3 videos a month. Based on its last 51 uploads, its most common upload day is Thursday (20% of uploads), usually around 10:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

Historically's best outlier videos

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

• The ENTIRE History of ROME [No AI]10M views · Apr 19, 20263.8× typical views
• The ENTIRE History of CHINA [No AI]8.6M views · Sep 3, 20263.1× typical views
• Why the 🇫🇷 hate Potatoes 🥔... #4k #history21M views · May 15, 20262.7× typical views
• How to be POPE in 55 Years #4k #history21M views · Jul 4, 20262.7× typical views
• How KINGS survived POISON #4k #history21M views · Jun 11, 20262.7× typical views
• Why did Soldiers fight in Line Formations? #4k #history21M views · Feb 5, 20262.7× typical views
• The WEIRD borders of the USA... #4k #history16M views · Aug 27, 20262.1× typical views
• How Soldiers COUNTERED Snipers... #history #4k16M views · Feb 26, 20262.1× typical views

Latest videos

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

• The DEADLIEST Sea Disasters #4k #history42K views · Nov 6, 20260× typical views
• Why dont the BALKANS unite? [NO AI] #4k #history1.2M views · Oct 26, 20260.2× typical views
• The Church LOVED Torturing?! #history #4k1.9M views · Oct 14, 20260.2× typical views
• When a ZOMBIE CHILD ruled RUSSIA?! #4k #history1.9M views · Oct 9, 20260.3× typical views
• My Favorite Greek Myths [No AI]2.4M views · Oct 6, 20260.9× typical views
• The Country that built 500K BUNKERS #history #4k2.7M views · Oct 4, 20260.3× typical views
• Fanta was a N*ZI DRINK?! #4k #history2.3M views · Sep 30, 20260.3× typical views
• The MASS-CANNIBALISM of Suiyang #history #4k4.7M views · Sep 26, 20260.6× typical views
• The Infamous 🇧🇪/🇳🇱 Border #history #4k1.4M views · Sep 17, 20260.2× typical views
• When the FRENCH Ordered 66 #4k #history3.5M views · Sep 9, 20260.5× typical views

The History & Documentary niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 3.5K videos from 378 channels in this niche. 13.5% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 12K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $3 to $10.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Armed Sphere (273K subs, best video 202.4×), Para Historica (20K subs, best video 26.7×), Military Exposed Shorts (140K subs, best video 42.9×), James Sullivan (6.8K subs, best video 12×), Phantom Expedition (37K subs, best video 61.9×), ViralVerseUSA (9.4K subs, best video 38.8×).

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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 Historically or YouTube.