Sam and Colby YouTube Stats

@samandcolby · History & Documentary · Updated Nov 6, 2026

Sam and Colby channel overview

Sam and Colby (@samandcolby) is a YouTube channel in the History & Documentary niche created in 2014. It has 17M subscribers and 2.7B total views across 380 videos, an average of 7M views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 12M views, and a typical video (the median) gets 10M views. Over the last 12 months, Sam and Colby published 15 videos, and 0 of them (0%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 20 days, Sam and Colby gained 100K subscribers and 43M views, about 2.1M views a day.

How much does Sam and Colby make?

Returbe estimates Sam and Colby's YouTube ad revenue at $134K – $446K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $3 to $10, typically $5.5, 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 $5.5K.

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

Sam and Colby publishes about 4.3 videos a month. Based on its last 51 uploads, its most common upload day is Sunday (84% of uploads), usually around 18:00 UTC. The last video went out on Oct 25, 2026.

Sam and Colby's best outlier videos

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

• The NEW Conjuring House: A Night Turned Demonic20M views · Oct 26, 20252× typical views
• Demonic Encounter in Serial Killer Asylum14M views · Aug 2, 20261.4× typical views
• Investigating Haunted Appalachia: It Followed Us.14M views · Jul 5, 20261.4× typical views
• Confronting Axe Murderer at Haunted Magnolia Hotel12M views · May 17, 20261.2× typical views
• The Scariest Night of Our Lives (ft. Kalogeras Sisters)11M views · Oct 14, 20261.1× typical views
• The Devil Followed Me Home.11M views · Mar 8, 20261× typical views
• Dracula’s Castle: It Wanted Us To Stay Forever.11M views · Oct 4, 20261× typical views
• A Murder Mystery: Hauntings of SK Mansion (ft. Psychics)11M views · Dec 14, 20251× typical views

Latest videos

1 of Sam and Colby's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• Proving the Paranormal: The Conjuring Ritual (Full Movie)6.8M views · Oct 25, 20260.7× typical views
• The Devil of Appalachia Followed Us…7.4M views · Oct 18, 20260.7× typical views
• The Scariest Night of Our Lives (ft. Kalogeras Sisters)11M views · Oct 14, 20261.1× typical views
• Demon Attacked Him in the Devil’s Prison6.8M views · Oct 11, 20260.7× typical views
• Investigating The Asylum No One Escapes (CHASED OUT)7.4M views · Oct 7, 20260.7× typical views
• Dracula’s Castle: It Wanted Us To Stay Forever.11M views · Oct 4, 20261× typical views
• Demonic Encounter in Serial Killer Asylum14M views · Aug 2, 20261.4× typical views
• Investigating Haunted Appalachia: It Followed Us.14M views · Jul 5, 20261.4× typical views
• The Night an Entity Attacked Us.8.8M views · Jun 7, 20260.9× typical views
• Confronting Axe Murderer at Haunted Magnolia Hotel12M views · May 17, 20261.2× typical views

The History & Documentary niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 3.5K videos from 374 channels in this niche. 13.4% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 12K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $3 to $10.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Armed Sphere (273K subs, best video 202.8×), Para Historica (20K subs, best video 26.7×), Military Exposed Shorts (140K subs, best video 42.9×), James Sullivan (6.8K subs, best video 11.7×), Phantom Expedition (37K subs, best video 62.7×), ViralVerseUSA (9.4K subs, best video 38.8×).

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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 Sam and Colby or YouTube.