LCI YouTube Stats

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

Subscribers

2.2M

+10K in 19 days

Total views

1.7B

+13M in 19 days

Videos

14K

193.4 / month

Est. monthly earnings

$23K – $92K

RPM $1.04–$4.16

Avg. views (last 30)

54K

Typical views

9.4K

median per video

Avg. video length

57 min

Channel age

11 years

since Jun 17, 2015

LCI channel overview

LCI (@lci) is a YouTube channel in the News & Politics niche created in 2015. It has 2.2M subscribers and 1.7B total views across 14K videos, an average of 117K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 54K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 9.4K views. Over the last 12 months, LCI published 178 videos (17% Shorts), and 60 of them (34%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 19 days, LCI gained 10K subscribers and 13M views, about 687K views a day.

Oct 18, 20262.2M → 2.2M subscribersNov 6, 2026

How much does LCI make?

Returbe estimates LCI's YouTube ad revenue at $23K – $92K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $1.04 to $4.16, typically $2.08, 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 $2.1K.

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

LCI publishes about 193.4 videos a month. Based on its last 100 uploads, its most common upload day is Wednesday (22% of uploads), usually around 20:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

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LCI's best outlier videos

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

Latest videos

11 of LCI's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's 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.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: ESdiario TV (117K subs, best video 51×), BNN Bloomberg (188K subs, best video 114.3×), M6 Info (315K subs, best video 48.3×), CP24 (383K subs, best video 24.9×), OKDIARIO (290K subs, best video 104.6×), NBC Montana (107K subs, best video 1378.9×).

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Frequently asked questions

How many subscribers does LCI have?

LCI has 2.2M subscribers on YouTube and 1.7B total views across 14K videos (Returbe data, updated Nov 6, 2026).

How much does LCI make on YouTube?

Returbe estimates LCI's YouTube ad revenue at $23K – $92K per month, based on recent views and an RPM of about $1.04–$4.16 per 1,000 views for this niche and audience. Sponsorships, merch and memberships are not included.

How often does LCI upload?

LCI uploads about 193.4 videos a month, most often on Wednesday. The last upload was on Nov 6, 2026.

What is LCI's best performing video?

"Violences et pillages en France en marge du 17 octobre : Alain Bauer invité de LCI" is LCI's biggest outlier: 757K views, 80.9× the channel's typical views.

What channels are similar to LCI?

Channels similar to LCI include BBC World Service, The Military Show, Le Parisien, Simplicissimus, ZDFheute Nachrichten.

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 LCI or YouTube.

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