Inside Stories YouTube Stats

@insidestoriesthesun · True Crime & Mysteries · Updated Nov 7, 2026

Inside Stories channel overview

Inside Stories (@insidestoriesthesun) is a YouTube channel in the True Crime & Mysteries niche created in 2026. It has 10K subscribers and 7.7M total views across 77 videos, an average of 99K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 20K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 1.9K views. Over the last 12 months, Inside Stories published 53 videos (68% Shorts), and 6 of them (11%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 14 days, Inside Stories gained 1.1K subscribers and 153K views, about 11K views a day.

How much does Inside Stories make?

Returbe estimates Inside Stories's YouTube ad revenue at $871 – $2.6K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $2.42 to $7.26, typically $4.03, 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.

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Upload schedule

Inside Stories publishes about 9.8 videos a month. Based on its last 53 uploads, its most common upload day is Friday (26% of uploads), usually around 15:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

Inside Stories's best outlier videos

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

• EX detective explains the 'Mafia'-style organised crime structure of UK336K views · Sep 27, 2026176.8× typical views
• Ex-Detective reveals how top UK gangsters inform to eliminate their rivals | Inside Stories139K views · Oct 4, 202673.1× typical views
• EX-FBI AGENT: How I took down the New York Mafia | Inside Stories82K views · May 22, 202643.2× typical views
• "Not an accident": Ex-CIA case officer warns of Putin's unending hybrid war | Inside Stories71K views · Aug 29, 202637.4× typical views
• Ex sniper describes Taliban AK47 interrogation techniques | Inside Stories59K views · Jun 3, 202611.8× typical views
• EX-CIA: What Russian ships off UK coast tell us about Putin's war preparations18K views · Jun 24, 20263.6× typical views
• EX CIA: How Russian Intelligence weaponise honey-traps to lure Western sources9.5K views · Jun 21, 20261.9× typical views
• I was at a murder scene and the body sat up!9.3K views · Aug 15, 20261.9× typical views

Latest videos

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

• The 'black magic spells' written on notes found on dictator Gaddafi's body2K views · Nov 6, 20260.4× typical views
• War reporter describes surviving an airstrike by Gaddafi war plane1.6K views · Nov 5, 20260.3× typical views
• Inside dictator’s abandoned underground palace bunker in Libya during civil war1.4K views · Oct 25, 20260.3× typical views
• Surviving the fall of Gaddafi: Air strikes, secret bunkers & dictator’s body | Inside Stories1.6K views · Oct 20, 20260.9× typical views
• Former detective explains how blood spatter analysis, pollen & blowfly eggs can help to solve cases2.9K views · Oct 14, 20261.5× typical views
• "I don't play that game" Ex detective on handling an attempt to corrupt him897 views · Oct 14, 20260.2× typical views
• "Everyone is an informant." Ex detective on the reasons criminals talk to cops1.5K views · Oct 13, 20260.3× typical views
• "They intend to kill him" Ex detective on receiving a tip-off of a potential kidnapping1.7K views · Oct 12, 20260.3× typical views
• "Took them out" Ex-detective describes race to stop a potential kidnapping plot474 views · Oct 11, 20260.1× typical views
• Ex detective explains the tactics and strategy used to pit his wits against UK's top criminals1.4K views · Oct 10, 20260.3× typical views

The True Crime & Mysteries niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 5.8K videos from 612 channels in this niche. 9.2% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 23K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $3 to $9.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Criminally Obsessed (247K subs, best video 32.5×), Crime 360 (241K subs, best video 14.4×), Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski: True Crime Today (400K subs, best video 12.3×), Frontline Crime (78K subs, best video 25.3×), Queens of Crime - Female True Crime Stories (25K subs, best video 42.6×), Crazy planet (31K subs, best video 58×).

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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 Inside Stories or YouTube.