MeidasTouch YouTube Stats
@meidastouch · News & Politics · Updated Nov 6, 2026
Subscribers
6.5M
+20K in 17 days
Total views
11B
+140M in 17 days
Videos
26K
396.5 / month
Est. monthly earnings
$549K – $2.2M
RPM $1.79–$7.17
Avg. views (last 30)
367K
Typical views
494K
median per video
Avg. video length
17 min
Channel age
16 years
since May 13, 2010
MeidasTouch channel overview
MeidasTouch (@meidastouch) is a YouTube channel in the News & Politics niche created in 2010. It has 6.5M subscribers and 11B total views across 26K videos, an average of 439K views per video over its lifetime.
Its last 30 uploads averaged 367K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 494K views. Over the last 12 months, MeidasTouch published 365 videos (19% Shorts), and 13 of them (4%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.
Subscriber growth
Over the last 17 days, MeidasTouch gained 20K subscribers and 140M views, about 8.2M views a day.
How much does MeidasTouch make?
Returbe estimates MeidasTouch's YouTube ad revenue at $549K – $2.2M per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $1.79 to $7.17, typically $3.59, 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 $3.6K.
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
MeidasTouch publishes about 396.5 videos a month. Based on its last 100 uploads, its most common upload day is Thursday (22% of uploads), usually around 02:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.
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MeidasTouch's best outlier videos
An outlier is a video that beats the channel's own typical views. These are MeidasTouch's biggest hits relative to its normal, the ideas its audience responded to most. What is an outlier video?
Fox host gets UNWELCOME SURPRISE as interview GOES SIDEWAYS at Trump rally 😂1.3M views · Oct 29, 202614.6× typical views
Trump crowd appears confused after he makes bizarre noise mid-speech906K views · Oct 22, 202610.4× typical views
Abdul El-Sayed TAUNTS JD Vance After STUNNING Senate Victory: “You Have to Swear Me In!”556K views · Nov 4, 20266.4× typical views
Trump and MAGA Get BRUTAL Reality Check on Election Night500K views · Nov 4, 20265.7× typical views
Ossoff Goes NUCLEAR on "Senile," "Babbling" Trump465K views · Oct 18, 20265.3× typical views
Trump in Texas today386K views · Oct 27, 20264.4× typical views
MAJOR EARLY VOTING UPDATE - 10/28/26375K views · Oct 28, 20264.3× typical views
Haley Stevens gets INSTANT KARMA…321K views · Nov 1, 20263.7× typical views
Latest videos
8 of MeidasTouch's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.
BREAKING: 3 TOP DOJ OFFICIALS ABRUPTLY QUIT IN 2 DAYS19K views · Nov 6, 20260.2× typical views
🚨 Fox CRASHES ON AIR as Results Get EVEN WORSE!!!200K views · Nov 6, 20260.2× typical views
🚨 Republicans FEAR THE WORST upon RETURN…263K views · Nov 6, 20260.2× typical views
🚨 World Leaders Finally PUT THE DAGGER IN TRUMP!!!375K views · Nov 6, 20260.2× typical views
🚨 Trump’s WORLD OF HELL Gets MORE PAINFUL!!609K views · Nov 6, 20260.4× typical views
🚨 Former White House Lawyer REVEALS the ELECTION PLAYBOOK...102K views · Nov 6, 20260.2× typical views
LIVE: Trump MUST PAY!!!0 views · Nov 6, 20260× typical views
🚨 Trump Officials PUT ON NOTICE as MAJOR INVESTIGATIONS Close In…112K views · Nov 6, 20260.2× typical views
🚨 Trump's EPSTEIN NIGHTMARE Gets EVEN WORSE!!!345K views · Nov 6, 20260.6× typical views
🚨Trump Just Had a LATE NIGHT MELTDOWN!!!658K views · Nov 6, 20261.3× typical views
The News & Politics niche on YouTube
In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 55K videos from 818 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 56.5×), BNN Bloomberg (188K subs, best video 147.4×), M6 Info (315K subs, best video 54.8×), CP24 (383K subs, best video 24.9×), NBC Montana (107K subs, best video 1378.9×), OKDIARIO (290K subs, best video 93.4×).
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Frequently asked questions
How many subscribers does MeidasTouch have?
MeidasTouch has 6.5M subscribers on YouTube and 11B total views across 26K videos (Returbe data, updated Nov 6, 2026).
How much does MeidasTouch make on YouTube?
Returbe estimates MeidasTouch's YouTube ad revenue at $549K – $2.2M per month, based on recent views and an RPM of about $1.79–$7.17 per 1,000 views for this niche and audience. Sponsorships, merch and memberships are not included.
How often does MeidasTouch upload?
MeidasTouch uploads about 396.5 videos a month, most often on Thursday. The last upload was on Nov 6, 2026.
What is MeidasTouch's best performing video?
"Fox host gets UNWELCOME SURPRISE as interview GOES SIDEWAYS at Trump rally 😂" is MeidasTouch's biggest outlier: 1.3M views, 14.6× the channel's typical views.
What channels are similar to MeidasTouch?
Channels similar to MeidasTouch include Philip DeFranco, News24, The Young Turks, Ben Shapiro, Candace Owens.
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 MeidasTouch or YouTube.
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