Michael Knowles YouTube Stats

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

Michael Knowles channel overview

Michael Knowles (@michaelknowles) is a YouTube channel in the News & Politics niche created in 2016. It has 2.6M subscribers and 1.4B total views across 9.8K videos, an average of 147K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 76K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 99K views. Over the last 12 months, Michael Knowles published 103 videos (57% Shorts), and 8 of them (8%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 11 days, Michael Knowles gained 0 subscribers and 5.6M views, about 506K views a day.

How much does Michael Knowles make?

Returbe estimates Michael Knowles's YouTube ad revenue at $23K – $94K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $0.93 to $3.72, typically $1.87, 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 $1.9K.

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

Michael Knowles publishes about 110.8 videos a month. Based on its last 82 uploads, its most common upload day is Wednesday (23% of uploads), usually around 22:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

Michael Knowles's best outlier videos

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

• If we can't define woman, should Enes Kanter play in the WNBA?283K views · Oct 18, 20267.3× typical views
• the power of friendship 🫶280K views · Nov 4, 20267× typical views
• Are the women alright?269K views · Oct 22, 20267× typical views
• Michael Knowles's INSTANT Midterm Election REACTION613K views · Nov 4, 20266.2× typical views
• If Adults Shouldn’t See It, Kids Shouldn’t Either170K views · Oct 22, 20264.4× typical views
• Chris Hansen's GENIUS response to the Primetime movie161K views · Oct 18, 20264.2× typical views
• Can everyday Americans be trusted to drive this?108K views · Oct 16, 20262.8× typical views
• Michael Knowles SCHOOLS Student On Columbus101K views · Oct 12, 20262.6× typical views

Latest videos

7 of Michael Knowles's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• It's All Coming Back1.2K views · Nov 6, 20261× typical views
• Liam Neeson just like me fr8.9K views · Nov 6, 20260× typical views
• Gavin Newsom Lets Child Predators & Serial Killers Off the Hook15K views · Nov 6, 20260× typical views
• Liam Neeson's Reaction To Meryl Streep Playing Aslan Is Priceless179K views · Nov 6, 20261.7× typical views
• History shows: Republicans are not extinct67K views · Nov 6, 20261.6× typical views
• Socialists want to remake society.4.3K views · Nov 5, 20260.1× typical views
• All time collab20K views · Nov 5, 20260.5× typical views
• knowlestradamus strikes again30K views · Nov 4, 20260.8× typical views
• Democrat Threatens Republicans With Prison After Midterm Win125K views · Nov 4, 20261.3× typical views
• the power of friendship 🫶280K views · Nov 4, 20267× typical views

The News & Politics niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 55K videos from 821 channels in this niche. 18.1% 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 72.9×), BNN Bloomberg (188K subs, best video 147.4×), M6 Info (315K subs, best video 52.9×), CP24 (383K subs, best video 24.9×), NBC Montana (107K subs, best video 1379×), OKDIARIO (290K subs, best video 93.4×).

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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 Michael Knowles or YouTube.