Investigation YouTube Stats

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

Investigation channel overview

Investigation (@investigation) is a YouTube channel in the News & Politics niche created in 2015. It has 5.4M subscribers and 1.9B total views across 3.8K videos, an average of 508K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 233K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 140K views. Over the last 12 months, Investigation published 80 videos (71% Shorts), and 28 of them (35%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 19 days, Investigation gained 50K subscribers and 21M views, about 1.1M views a day.

How much does Investigation make?

Returbe estimates Investigation's YouTube ad revenue at $21K – $84K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $0.55 to $2.17, typically $1.09, 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 $1.1K.

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

Investigation publishes about 75 videos a month. Based on its last 80 uploads, its most common upload day is Friday (18% of uploads), usually around 05:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 4, 2026.

Investigation's best outlier videos

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

• Espérance de vie de ce légionnaire, 5 minutes...2.9M views · Oct 7, 202686.8× typical views
• Il jette ses ordures dans une poubelle de rue et écope d'une amende de 160€1.8M views · Oct 12, 202654× typical views
• Ce légionnaire va se souvenir de son erreur1.5M views · Oct 18, 202643.8× typical views
• Un soldat met son unité en danger en levant maladroitement son fusil1.5M views · Oct 16, 202643.2× typical views
• Après un stage d’élite, ils découvrent enfin s’ils ont été à la hauteur1.2M views · Oct 17, 202634.4× typical views
• Patrick Bruel s'énerve car ses bouteilles d'eau ne sont pas ouvertes sur scène873K views · Oct 6, 202625.9× typical views
• Kim Jong-un : la menace Mondiale de la Corée du Nord3.5M views · Oct 20, 202625.2× typical views
• Afghanistan : le retour des Talibans3.4M views · Oct 18, 202624.3× typical views

Latest videos

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

• ENFERMÉE DANS LA JUNGLE ! 🇨🇴 Les FARC de Colombie : Sur la trace d'Ingrid Betancourt47K views · Nov 4, 20260.3× typical views
• Israel: Inside Mossad’s Most Sensitive Operations570K views · Nov 2, 20264.1× typical views
• Putin's Oligarchs: The Mysterious Deaths of Russia's Elite43K views · Nov 1, 20260.3× typical views
• Il finit en prison après un braquage au taser digne d'un film38K views · Nov 1, 20261.1× typical views
• THE REVOLUTIONARY ACTOR! 🇨🇺 Fidel Castro: Savior, Tyrant & Master Manipulator81K views · Oct 31, 20260.6× typical views
• Il exige une coupole seize fois plus vaste que Saint-Pierre-de-Rome68K views · Oct 31, 20262× typical views
• 120 prisonniers s'entassent sur 65 couchages dans une misère absolue10K views · Oct 30, 20260.1× typical views
• USA: Rangers Face Dangerous Situations in Montana35K views · Oct 30, 20260.3× typical views
• How Vladimir Putin Transformed Russia584K views · Oct 28, 20264.2× typical views
• Incarcéré pour 8 ans il ne supporte plus de partager sa cellule minuscule805K views · Oct 28, 202623.9× typical views

The News & Politics niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 54K videos from 811 channels in this niche. 17.6% 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 49.1×), M6 Info (315K subs, best video 57.7×), CP24 (383K subs, best video 28.9×), BNN Bloomberg (188K subs, best video 108.9×), NBC Montana (107K subs, best video 1378.9×), OKDIARIO (290K subs, best video 94.6×).

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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 Investigation or YouTube.