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Melanie King YouTube Stats

@realmelanieking · News & Politics · Updated Nov 7, 2026

Subscribers

1.1M

-10K in 10 days

Total views

34M

+1.4M in 10 days

Videos

492

58.7 / month

Est. monthly earnings

$9.6K – $38K

RPM $1.91–$7.65

Avg. views (last 30)

53K

Typical views

43K

median per video

Avg. video length

20 min

Channel age

5 years

since Jun 8, 2021

Melanie King channel overview

Melanie King (@realmelanieking) is a YouTube channel in the News & Politics niche created in 2021. It has 1.1M subscribers and 34M total views across 492 videos, an average of 69K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 53K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 43K views. Over the last 12 months, Melanie King published 76 videos (9% Shorts), and 4 of them (5%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 10 days, Melanie King lost 10K subscribers and 1.4M views, about 142K views a day.

Oct 28, 20261.1M → 1.1M subscribersNov 7, 2026

How much does Melanie King make?

Returbe estimates Melanie King's YouTube ad revenue at $9.6K – $38K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $1.91 to $7.65, typically $3.83, 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

Melanie King publishes about 58.7 videos a month. Based on its last 76 uploads, its most common upload day is Friday (21% of uploads), usually around 03:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 7, 2026.

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Melanie King's best outlier videos

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

Latest videos

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

The News & Politics niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 60K videos from 1K channels in this niche. 16.7% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 16K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $2 to $8.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: ESdiario TV (117K subs, best video 58.1×), M6 Info (315K subs, best video 94.9×), CP24 (383K subs, best video 28.8×), UKLIVE | Home of The Mike Graham Show (187K subs, best video 50.2×), ITV News In Full (33K subs, best video 59.4×), NBC Montana (107K subs, best video 1379.3×).

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Frequently asked questions

How many subscribers does Melanie King have?

Melanie King has 1.1M subscribers on YouTube and 34M total views across 492 videos (Returbe data, updated Nov 7, 2026).

How much does Melanie King make on YouTube?

Returbe estimates Melanie King's YouTube ad revenue at $9.6K – $38K per month, based on recent views and an RPM of about $1.91–$7.65 per 1,000 views for this niche and audience. Sponsorships, merch and memberships are not included.

How often does Melanie King upload?

Melanie King uploads about 58.7 videos a month, most often on Friday. The last upload was on Nov 7, 2026.

What is Melanie King's best performing video?

"We Need to Talk About Susan Dell..." is Melanie King's biggest outlier: 215K views, 5.1× the channel's typical views.

What channels are similar to Melanie King?

Channels similar to Melanie King include INA Société, CBS LA, France Culture, NPR, 7 News Spotlight.

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 Melanie King or YouTube.

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Melanie King YouTube Stats: 1.1M Subscribers, Earnings & Outliers · Returbe