It's Complicated YouTube Stats

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

It's Complicated channel overview

It's Complicated (@itscomplicated) is a YouTube channel in the News & Politics niche created in 2024. It has 77K subscribers and 23M total views across 106 videos, an average of 218K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 211K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 12K views. Over the last 12 months, It's Complicated published 46 videos (74% Shorts), and 9 of them (20%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 16 days, It's Complicated gained 0 subscribers and 52K views, about 3.3K views a day.

How much does It's Complicated make?

Returbe estimates It's Complicated's YouTube ad revenue at $30 – $118 per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $0.12 to $0.47, typically $0.25, 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 $250.

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

It's Complicated publishes about 5.4 videos a month. Based on its last 52 uploads, its most common upload day is Thursday (52% of uploads), usually around 10:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 4, 2026.

It's Complicated's best outlier videos

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

• Why Jamaicans are being locked out of the sea3.8M views · Jun 11, 2026278.1× typical views
• Why 9 million Brits could lose their citizenship #uknews #politics1.7M views · Jun 18, 2026124.9× typical views
• How France still controls this African currency465K views · Dec 19, 202533.9× typical views
• Why are we paying so much for No and Low alcohol drinks? #alcoholfree401K views · Jan 23, 202629.2× typical views
• What's hidden in your meat?131K views · Jul 23, 20269.5× typical views
• How Private Equity is hollowing out the brands you love112K views · Apr 30, 20268.9× typical views
• Why is this fruit resistant to inflation?121K views · Jul 9, 20268.8× typical views
• Why does this country have hunger issues when it’s 100% self-sufficient57K views · Jul 30, 20264.2× typical views

Latest videos

14 of It's Complicated's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• These aren't just food companies ...11K views · Nov 4, 20260.8× typical views
• Why the biggest water users in England pay the least4.5K views · Oct 28, 20260.3× typical views
• The problem with lucrative wastewater trading6K views · Oct 20, 20260.4× typical views
• Why 39% of Americans quit streaming services in six months6.8K views · Oct 16, 20260.5× typical views
• How four seed giants dictate food prices26K views · Oct 13, 20261.9× typical views
• Why you’re paying so much for diesel right now5.6K views · Oct 9, 20260.4× typical views
• How five companies control half the world's food23K views · Oct 6, 20261.7× typical views
• Why you're not paying for the bread you think you are4.7K views · Sep 29, 20260.3× typical views
• Why do we pay more for premium bread?29K views · Sep 25, 20262.1× typical views
• Why the cheapest items are hit by inflation the hardest19K views · Sep 22, 20261.3× typical views

The News & Politics niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 55K videos from 814 channels in this niche. 18% 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.

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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 It's Complicated or YouTube.