neo YouTube Stats

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

neo channel overview

neo (@neoexplains) is a YouTube channel in the History & Documentary niche created in 2016. It has 3M subscribers and 417M total views across 80 videos, an average of 5.2M views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 6.1M views, and a typical video (the median) gets 0 views. Over the last 12 months, neo published 4 videos, and 0 of them (0%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 7 days, neo gained 0 subscribers and 475K views, about 68K views a day.

How much does neo make?

Returbe estimates neo's YouTube ad revenue at $3.9K – $13K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $2 to $6.65, typically $3.66, 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 $3.7K.

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Upload schedule

Based on its last 50 uploads, its most common upload day is Monday (32% of uploads), usually around 15:00 UTC. The last video went out on Jul 13, 2026.

neo's best outlier videos

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

• Why China Is Building Ships in the Desert2.8M views · Jul 14, 20251× typical views
• How Pit Stops Are So Fast2.7M views · Jun 16, 20251× typical views
• The Deepwater Horizon Disaster5.8M views · May 12, 20251× typical views
• How the U.S. Found Saddam Hussein16M views · Apr 14, 20251× typical views
• Why This Japanese Island is Abandoned4.8M views · Mar 11, 20251× typical views
• The Unbelievable Chile Mine Rescue3.3M views · Feb 11, 20251× typical views
• How Minecraft Was Made6.2M views · Jan 10, 20251× typical views
• The Biggest Art Scam in History1.6M views · Sep 16, 20251× typical views

Latest videos

0 of neo's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• How the U.S. Doomsday Plane Works3.1M views · Jul 13, 2026
• Why Gaddafi Hated Switzerland867K views · Apr 14, 2026
• The Impossible Landing2.8M views · Feb 24, 2026
• The Most Controversial Place America Owns2.4M views · Nov 18, 2025
• The Biggest Art Scam in History1.6M views · Sep 16, 20251× typical views
• Why China Is Building Ships in the Desert2.8M views · Jul 14, 20251× typical views
• How Pit Stops Are So Fast2.7M views · Jun 16, 20251× typical views
• The Deepwater Horizon Disaster5.8M views · May 12, 20251× typical views
• How the U.S. Found Saddam Hussein16M views · Apr 14, 20251× typical views
• Why This Japanese Island is Abandoned4.8M views · Mar 11, 20251× typical views

The History & Documentary niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 3.5K videos from 374 channels in this niche. 13.3% 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 202.6×), Para Historica (20K subs, best video 26.7×), Military Exposed Shorts (140K subs, best video 42.9×), James Sullivan (6.8K subs, best video 11.7×), Phantom Expedition (37K subs, best video 62.1×), ViralVerseUSA (9.4K subs, best video 38.8×).

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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 neo or YouTube.