Simple History YouTube Stats

@simplehistory · History & Documentary · Updated Nov 9, 2026

Simple History channel overview

Simple History (@simplehistory) is a YouTube channel in the History & Documentary niche created in 2014. It has 5.1M subscribers and 1.7B total views across 1.4K videos, an average of 1.2M views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 134K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 299K views. Over the last 12 months, Simple History published 50 videos (76% Shorts), and 11 of them (22%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does Simple History make?

Returbe estimates Simple History's YouTube ad revenue at $6.9K – $23K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $1.85 to $6.18, typically $3.4, 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 $3.4K.

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Upload schedule

Simple History publishes about 27.2 videos a month. Based on its last 50 uploads, its most common upload day is Friday (18% of uploads), usually around 14:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 8, 2026.

Simple History's best outlier videos

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

• Rifle with a built in bottle opener?581K views · Oct 4, 202619× typical views
• An AK 47 M16 Hybrid405K views · Oct 29, 202613.3× typical views
• Maus Tank: Outrun by a Jogging Soldier379K views · Oct 1, 202612.4× typical views
• The Luftwaffe's Insane 3 Barreled Gun293K views · Oct 11, 20269.6× typical views
• Why snipers tape over their own lenses196K views · Oct 7, 20266.4× typical views
• Cambodia's 'Frankengun'189K views · Oct 26, 20266.2× typical views
• Gun Tricks that can give you an Advantage in Combat1.3M views · Sep 25, 20264.4× typical views
• The MAS 36 Hidden Bayonet Inside the rifle126K views · Oct 10, 20264.1× typical views

Latest videos

8 of Simple History's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• The Woman Who Exposed Britain's Concentration Camps!4.6K views · Nov 8, 20260.2× typical views
• Why American Soldiers Feared Every Step in Vietnam8.4K views · Nov 7, 20260.3× typical views
• Strange Secrets of the AK 47104K views · Nov 6, 20260.3× typical views
• The Model T of Tanks – Renault FT!6.9K views · Nov 5, 20260.2× typical views
• The Gas Masks Designed NOT to Scare Children!9.1K views · Nov 4, 20260.3× typical views
• The Deadliest Secret of Unit 731101K views · Nov 3, 20260.3× typical views
• AN 94 vs G11 The Hyper Burst Rifle Showdown!19K views · Oct 31, 20260.6× typical views
• Weirdest Tanks Ever Made270K views · Oct 30, 20260.9× typical views
• An AK 47 M16 Hybrid405K views · Oct 29, 202613.3× typical views
• 'mine was fully armed I was out there shooting coyotes with them'9.8K views · Oct 28, 20260.3× typical views

The History & Documentary niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 6.1K videos from 765 channels in this niche. 14.6% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 11K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $3 to $10.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Armed Sphere (274K subs, best video 328.7×), Maze Runner (21K subs, best video 7.7×), Military Exposed Shorts (141K subs, best video 90.1×), Military History Talks (46K subs, best video 14.7×), Alex Nguyen (4.2K subs, best video 74.4×), Volkslied (10K subs, best video 26×).

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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 Simple History or YouTube.