news.com.au YouTube Stats

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

news.com.au channel overview

news.com.au (@newscomauhq) is a YouTube channel in the News & Politics niche created in 2019. It has 1.4M subscribers and 1.5B total views across 21K videos, an average of 74K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 261K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 19K views. Over the last 12 months, news.com.au published 73 videos (19% Shorts), and 17 of them (23%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does news.com.au make?

Returbe estimates news.com.au's YouTube ad revenue at $134K – $533K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $1.88 to $7.5, typically $3.75, 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 $3.8K.

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

news.com.au publishes about 79.3 videos a month. Based on its last 70 uploads, its most common upload day is Thursday (20% of uploads), usually around 02:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

news.com.au's best outlier videos

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

• LISTEN: The heartbreaking mayday call of doomed private jet4.1M views · Nov 1, 2026219.5× typical views
• Final texts from doomed Florida jet disaster reveal possible cause of crash1.7M views · Nov 3, 202693.4× typical views
• Oil rig collapses as fears grow of environmental catastrophe1.7M views · Oct 27, 202688.5× typical views
• Aussies reach their limit with South African crowd530K views · Oct 31, 202651.4× typical views
• Shocking footage shows helicopters crash into each other in Nepal749K views · Nov 3, 202640.1× typical views
• Locals race to try and save giant 82ft whale that washed up on shore581K views · Oct 31, 202631.2× typical views
• US midterms wrap: How Trump suffered a ‘once-in-a-generation’ midterm wipeout374K views · Nov 4, 202620× typical views
• Exhausted worker who had a meltdown over viral prank receives 250k335K views · Oct 30, 202617.9× typical views

Latest videos

8 of news.com.au's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• Nelson flies out of ring, attacks fan after Gallen KO17K views · Nov 6, 20261.6× typical views
• Woman walking dog rescues koala joey from python in Brisbane7K views · Nov 6, 20260.7× typical views
• Can the Dreame X60 Ultra conquer a fur mountain?537 views · Nov 6, 20260.1× typical views
• Moment Citibank gunman is shot dead by hero security guard6.1K views · Nov 6, 20260.3× typical views
• Police tapes reveal details of Russell Brand's depravity21K views · Nov 5, 20261.1× typical views
• Russell Brand is found guilty of rape after bombshell trial6.1K views · Nov 5, 20260.3× typical views
• Six robots take on 24-hour working challenge in a convenience store4K views · Nov 5, 20260.2× typical views
• Foreigners caught sneaking thousands of spiders into Peru5.2K views · Nov 5, 20260.3× typical views
• Trump gives ballroom tour on day after massive election losses7.5K views · Nov 5, 20260.4× typical views
• Tehran crowds burn Trump banner as US Republicans lose midterms6.3K views · Nov 4, 20260.3× typical views

The News & Politics niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 56K videos from 828 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.

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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 news.com.au or YouTube.