History Hit YouTube Stats

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

History Hit channel overview

History Hit (@historyhit) is a YouTube channel in the History & Documentary niche created in 2008. It has 2M subscribers and 385M total views across 853 videos, an average of 452K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 405K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 244K views. Over the last 12 months, History Hit published 20 videos, and 3 of them (15%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does History Hit make?

Returbe estimates History Hit's YouTube ad revenue at $5K – $17K 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

History Hit publishes about 8.7 videos a month. Based on its last 20 uploads, its most common upload day is Thursday (45% of uploads), usually around 02:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

History Hit's best outlier videos

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

• WW2 Expert Answers Hitler Questions2.5M views · Sep 8, 202610.2× typical views
• We Explored Most Defended Island in History960K views · Oct 8, 20263.9× typical views
• How Robert the Bruce Humiliated England | Battle of Bannockburn 1314818K views · Oct 10, 20263.4× typical views
• Downton Abbey: How Accurate Is It?483K views · Oct 8, 20262× typical views
• We Fired a Soviet-Era SVD Sniper Rifle442K views · Oct 17, 20261.8× typical views
• The Mysteries of Ancient Ireland | Full Series429K views · Oct 8, 20261.8× typical views
• Historian Guided Tour of the Houses of Parliament282K views · Nov 3, 20261.2× typical views
• What Was Medieval London Really Like? | History Hit Compilation280K views · Oct 24, 20261.1× typical views

Latest videos

6 of History Hit's last 20 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• Historian Explains Scotland's Facts, Myths & History36K views · Nov 6, 20260.1× typical views
• Historian Guided Tour of the Houses of Parliament282K views · Nov 3, 20261.2× typical views
• The King Obsessed With Witches92K views · Oct 30, 20260.4× typical views
• WW2 Historian Reacts To Darkest Hour | Deep Dives148K views · Oct 27, 20260.6× typical views
• What Was Medieval London Really Like? | History Hit Compilation280K views · Oct 24, 20261.1× typical views
• Ancient Historian Reacts to Assassins Creed Odyssey Battle83K views · Oct 24, 20260.3× typical views
• We Fired a Soviet-Era SVD Sniper Rifle442K views · Oct 17, 20261.8× typical views
• The WILD Medieval History Of Eleanor of Aquitaine184K views · Oct 17, 20260.8× typical views
• How Robert the Bruce Humiliated England | Battle of Bannockburn 1314818K views · Oct 10, 20263.4× typical views
• We Explored Most Defended Island in History960K views · Oct 8, 20263.9× typical views

The History & Documentary niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 5K videos from 635 channels in this niche. 13.7% 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 59.1×), 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 History Hit or YouTube.