James Sullivan YouTube Stats

@jamessullivanyt · History & Documentary · Updated Nov 6, 2026

James Sullivan channel overview

James Sullivan (@jamessullivanyt) is a YouTube channel in the History & Documentary niche created in 2019. It has 6.8K subscribers and 1.7M total views across 127 videos, an average of 13K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 6.1K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 3.9K views. Over the last 12 months, James Sullivan published 73 videos, and 17 of them (23%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 17 days, James Sullivan gained 1.9K subscribers and 447K views, about 26K views a day.

How much does James Sullivan make?

Returbe estimates James Sullivan's YouTube ad revenue at $2.6K – $8.7K 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.

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

James Sullivan publishes about 65.2 videos a month. Based on its last 73 uploads, its most common upload day is Wednesday (18% of uploads), usually around 16:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 5, 2026.

James Sullivan's best outlier videos

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

• The Hidden Neighborhood Philadelphia Erased From Every Map: The Black Bottom79K views · Sep 30, 202619.9× typical views
• The Hidden City America Erased From Every Map: Eastwick, Philadelphia57K views · Oct 2, 202614.5× typical views
• The Rise and Fall of America's Most Corrupt Mob Neighborhood: Bensonhurst, Brooklyn48K views · Oct 7, 202612× typical views
• The Rise and Fall of Philadelphia's Richest Neighborhood: Strawberry Mansion45K views · Oct 5, 202611.5× typical views
• How One Highway Destroyed Philadelphia's Riverfront Neighborhoods: I-9541K views · Oct 24, 202610.5× typical views
• The Rise and Fall Of Philadelphia's MOST FEARED Neighborhood: Devil's Pocket32K views · Oct 3, 20268.2× typical views
• The Rise and Fall of Philadelphia's MOST FEARED Neighborhood: Southwest Philly27K views · Oct 14, 20266.8× typical views
• Why Philadelphia Abandoned Its Wealthiest Neighborhood: Germantown26K views · Oct 16, 20266.7× typical views

Latest videos

10 of James Sullivan's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• The Rise and Fall of Philadelphia's Deadliest Street Gangs: The Corner Gang Wars3.7K views · Nov 5, 20260.9× typical views
• Why Philadelphia Abandoned Its Downtown: Market East2.5K views · Nov 5, 20260.6× typical views
• The Rise and Fall of Old Philadelphia: America's First Capital1.3K views · Nov 4, 20260.3× typical views
• How One Expressway Destroyed Philadelphia's Riverfront Park: The Schuylkill Expressway2K views · Nov 4, 20260.5× typical views
• How a Highway Killed Philadelphia's South Street Without Ever Being Built: The Crosstown Expressway4.1K views · Nov 3, 20261× typical views
• The Rise and Fall of Upstate New York's Most Corrupt Mob Neighborhood: Buffalo's West Side574 views · Nov 3, 20260.1× typical views
• Why Philadelphia Abandoned Its Safest Neighborhood: Mayfair10K views · Nov 2, 20262.6× typical views
• The Rise and Fall of Philadelphia's MOST FEARED Neighborhood: West Philadelphia2.9K views · Nov 2, 20260.7× typical views
• The Rise and Fall of Philadelphia's Most Corrupt Union: Roofers Local 301.9K views · Nov 1, 20260.5× typical views
• Why Philadelphia Abandoned Its Wealthiest Neighborhood: Tioga11K views · Nov 1, 20262.9× 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×), Phantom Expedition (37K subs, best video 61.9×), ViralVerseUSA (9.4K subs, best video 38.8×), JTM History (7.3K subs, best video 33.2×).

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Frequently asked questions

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