Rebel HQ YouTube Stats

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

Rebel HQ channel overview

Rebel HQ (@rebelhq) is a YouTube channel in the News & Politics niche created in 2015. It has 1.5M subscribers and 1.5B total views across 19K videos, an average of 77K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 135K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 44K views. Over the last 12 months, Rebel HQ published 127 videos (19% Shorts), and 22 of them (17%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 13 days, Rebel HQ gained 10K subscribers and 11M views, about 821K views a day.

How much does Rebel HQ make?

Returbe estimates Rebel HQ's YouTube ad revenue at $53K – $212K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $1.85 to $7.38, typically $3.69, 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.

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

Rebel HQ publishes about 138 videos a month. Based on its last 100 uploads, its most common upload day is Wednesday (20% of uploads), usually around 18:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

Rebel HQ's best outlier videos

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

• Johnson Humiliated, GOP House DESTROYED In Epic Dem Tsunami1.2M views · Nov 4, 202626.4× typical views
• Fox Update: GOP Nightmare Getting WORSE - Democratic Wave Intensifying741K views · Oct 27, 202616.6× typical views
• Early Voters Annihilating GOP As Midterm Tsunami Arrives704K views · Oct 16, 202615.8× typical views
• Reporter Refuses to Let Scott Bessent Weasel His Way Out of THIS522K views · Oct 19, 202611.7× typical views
• Dems Win Senate, Take Governor's Races In Epic BEATDOWN of GOP514K views · Nov 4, 202611.4× typical views
• Ukraine STRIKES Russian Bot Farm... MAGA Trolls Suddenly DISAPPEAR426K views · Oct 15, 20269.6× typical views
• MAGA Pollster: It's Over! GOP Nightmare Is Coming409K views · Oct 23, 20269.2× typical views
• Trump Puts Another Nail In GOP Coffin with THIS376K views · Oct 15, 20268.4× typical views

Latest videos

11 of Rebel HQ's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• Elon Musk Just Got the WORST News He's Heard in a Long Time28K views · Nov 6, 20260× typical views
• Dems Win Senate In Epic BEATDOWN of GOP2.2K views · Nov 6, 20260× typical views
• Dem Majorities Widening EVEN MORE, Making Political History179K views · Nov 6, 20260.4× typical views
• Veteran Jesse Ventura GOES OFF, Calls on Barron Trump to Enlist in Military25K views · Nov 6, 20260.5× typical views
• Is The GOP Facing EXTINCTION? DeSantis Issues DIRE WARNING8.3K views · Nov 5, 20260.2× typical views
• Republicans TORCH “Despicable” J.D. Vance as 2028 Positioning Begins151K views · Nov 5, 20263.3× typical views
• Republicans PANICKING Over Jamie Raskin's Post-Election Message131K views · Nov 5, 20262.8× typical views
• Bill Murray Ridicules Kevin Hassett on Live TV57K views · Nov 5, 20261.3× typical views
• Ukraine DEFIES Trump Order, STRIKES Russia Where It Hurts233K views · Nov 5, 20265× typical views
• Dems End GOP’s Texas Reign In Epic Statewide TAKEOVER12K views · Nov 5, 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.

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 Rebel HQ or YouTube.