POLITICO YouTube Stats

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

POLITICO channel overview

POLITICO (@politico) is a YouTube channel in the News & Politics niche created in 2007. It has 240K subscribers and 74M total views across 6K videos, an average of 12K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 24K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 16K views. Over the last 12 months, POLITICO published 67 videos (49% Shorts), and 5 of them (7%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does POLITICO make?

Returbe estimates POLITICO's YouTube ad revenue at $11K – $44K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $1.63 to $6.5, typically $3.25, 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 $3.3K.

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

POLITICO publishes about 72.8 videos a month. Based on its last 66 uploads, its most common upload day is Friday (26% of uploads), usually around 09:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

POLITICO's best outlier videos

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

• Donald Trump's 2026 closing message is extremely focused on men's looks121K views · Oct 22, 202624.2× typical views
• Canada’s PM says he can wait out Trump’s trade war328K views · Oct 31, 202620.9× typical views
• President Trump calls into POLITICO Elections Live, talks blue wave with Dasha Burns207K views · Nov 4, 202613.2× typical views
• The GOP has a midterm messaging problem. Ramaswamy isn’t helping83K views · Oct 21, 20265.3× typical views
• What Elon Musk told Ashley St. Clair behind closed doors67K views · Oct 23, 20264.3× typical views
• AOC's failed Haley Stevens intervention14K views · Nov 3, 20262.7× typical views
• Tillis: Trump’s 2028 pick could turn the election into another referendum on him12K views · Oct 20, 20262.4× typical views
• Trump to POLITICO: 'I wasn't on the ballot'11K views · Nov 4, 20262.2× typical views

Latest videos

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

• Democrats should 'absolutely' treat South Carolina as a target in 2028, says Jim Clyburn283 views · Nov 6, 20260.1× typical views
• Sen. Raphael Warnock predicts Democratic victory in Mississippi254 views · Nov 6, 20260.1× typical views
• Raphael Warnock predicts a blue Mississippi873 views · Nov 6, 20260.1× typical views
• Epstein victim 'ready to testify' after Democrats take Congress463 views · Nov 6, 20260.1× typical views
• The Clyburn test3.3K views · Nov 6, 20260.2× typical views
• Does the South hold the key to Democrats winning the White House?4.9K views · Nov 6, 20260.3× typical views
• Bernie Sanders sees Democrats winning on his message across the country1.8K views · Nov 5, 20260.4× typical views
• Bernie’s populist moment11K views · Nov 5, 20260.7× typical views
• We break the news to DNC Chair Ken Martin that Dems won in South Carolina6.8K views · Nov 4, 20261.4× typical views
• Influencer Carlos Eduardo Espina reacts to historic upsets in Texas1.9K views · Nov 4, 20260.4× 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.

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 POLITICO or YouTube.