OBF YouTube Stats
@obfyt · News & Politics · Updated Nov 6, 2026
Subscribers
742K
Total views
132M
Videos
167
11.9 / month
Est. monthly earnings
unknown
RPM $1.99–$7.97
Avg. views (last 30)
880K
Typical views
464K
median per video
Avg. video length
16 min
Channel age
11 years
since Dec 6, 2014
OBF channel overview
OBF (@obfyt) is a YouTube channel in the News & Politics niche created in 2014. It has 742K subscribers and 132M total views across 167 videos, an average of 792K views per video over its lifetime.
Its last 30 uploads averaged 880K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 464K views. Over the last 12 months, OBF published 28 videos, and 3 of them (11%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.
How much does OBF make?
Returbe doesn't have enough recent views to estimate OBF's monthly revenue. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $1.99 to $7.97, typically $3.99, 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 $4K.
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
OBF publishes about 11.9 videos a month. Based on its last 50 uploads, its most common upload day is Thursday (24% of uploads), usually around 11:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.
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OBF's best outlier videos
An outlier is a video that beats the channel's own typical views. These are OBF's biggest hits relative to its normal, the ideas its audience responded to most. What is an outlier video?
Which Rich Country Goes Bankrupt First?8.8M views · Oct 13, 202618.9× typical views
South Korea's Insane Plan To Survive2.8M views · May 17, 20266× typical views
How To Destroy An Economy2.5M views · Apr 23, 20265.4× typical views
Why Dictators Are Necessary Sometimes1.2M views · Apr 16, 20262.5× typical views
Why Indonesia Is The Worst Designed Country On Earth1.2M views · Oct 10, 20262.5× typical views
America Can't Go Bankrupt. Here's What Happens Instead1M views · Oct 16, 20262.2× typical views
Every Country, Ranked By How Screwed It Is854K views · Sep 30, 20261.8× typical views
How To Ruin A Country Economically776K views · Feb 17, 20261.7× typical views
Latest videos
8 of OBF's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.
Why Every Neighbor Hates China36K views · Nov 6, 20260.1× typical views
Where Will The Next War Start?87K views · Nov 3, 20260.2× typical views
Which Superpower Collapses First?168K views · Nov 1, 20260.4× typical views
Why North America Got Rich And South America Didn’t116K views · Oct 28, 20260.2× typical views
The Worrying Reason Rich Countries Feel Poor Now464K views · Oct 26, 20261× typical views
Which Country Runs Out Of Oil First?525K views · Oct 22, 20261.1× typical views
The Curse Of "Perfect" Cities223K views · Oct 19, 20260.5× typical views
America Can't Go Bankrupt. Here's What Happens Instead1M views · Oct 16, 20262.2× typical views
Japan's Insane Plan To Survive623K views · Oct 15, 20261.3× typical views
Which Rich Country Goes Bankrupt First?8.8M views · Oct 13, 202618.9× typical views
The News & Politics niche on YouTube
In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 56K videos from 828 channels in this niche. 18.2% 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 26.1×), OKDIARIO (290K subs, best video 93.4×), NBC Montana (107K subs, best video 1379×).
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Frequently asked questions
How many subscribers does OBF have?
OBF has 742K subscribers on YouTube and 132M total views across 167 videos (Returbe data, updated Nov 6, 2026).
How much does OBF make on YouTube?
Returbe estimates an RPM of about $1.99–$7.97 per 1,000 views for OBF's niche and audience. Sponsorships, merch and memberships are not included.
How often does OBF upload?
OBF uploads about 11.9 videos a month, most often on Thursday. The last upload was on Nov 6, 2026.
What is OBF's best performing video?
"Which Rich Country Goes Bankrupt First?" is OBF's biggest outlier: 8.8M views, 18.9× the channel's typical views.
What channels are similar to OBF?
Channels similar to OBF include Der Dunkle Parabelritter, Geopold, Maxinomics, Glenn Diesen, Avi Yemini.
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 OBF or YouTube.
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