Simplicissimus YouTube Stats

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

Simplicissimus channel overview

Simplicissimus (@simplicissimus) is a YouTube channel in the News & Politics niche created in 2015. It has 2.6M subscribers and 675M total views across 524 videos, an average of 1.3M views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 2.4M views, and a typical video (the median) gets 2M views. Over the last 12 months, Simplicissimus published 51 videos, and 0 of them (0%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 10 days, Simplicissimus gained 0 subscribers and 5.9M views, about 591K views a day.

How much does Simplicissimus make?

Returbe estimates Simplicissimus's YouTube ad revenue at $31K – $123K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $1.7 to $6.8, 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.

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

Simplicissimus publishes about 5.4 videos a month. Based on its last 51 uploads, its most common upload day is Thursday (53% of uploads), usually around 15:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 1, 2026.

Simplicissimus's best outlier videos

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

• Was passiert, wenn die AfD regiert?5.8M views · Sep 2, 20262.9× typical views
• Die Jagd auf Pädokriminelle im Internet4.5M views · Sep 10, 20262.2× typical views
• Die schlimmste Droge im Darknet4.2M views · Aug 27, 20262.1× typical views
• Der Absturz von Nike3.7M views · Oct 11, 20261.8× typical views
• Warum der Kanzler so schwer zu töten ist3.6M views · Sep 27, 20261.8× typical views
• Der Nazi, den Hitler gefürchtet hat3.4M views · Jun 25, 20261.7× typical views
• Der unmögliche Ausbruch aus Auschwitz3.2M views · Oct 1, 20261.6× typical views
• Wie würde ein Krieg gegen Russland ablaufen?3M views · Aug 4, 20261.5× typical views

Latest videos

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

• Die dunkle Welt der privaten Pokerspiele1.7M views · Nov 1, 20260.9× typical views
• Das Nordkorea mitten in Europa2M views · Oct 25, 20261× typical views
• Die Unterwanderung der AfD1.9M views · Oct 22, 20261× typical views
• Wie dieser Junge die USA gehackt hat2.3M views · Oct 18, 20261.1× typical views
• Der Absturz von Nike3.7M views · Oct 11, 20261.8× typical views
• Der unmögliche Ausbruch aus Auschwitz3.2M views · Oct 1, 20261.6× typical views
• Warum der Kanzler so schwer zu töten ist3.6M views · Sep 27, 20261.8× typical views
• Das geheime Schlachthaus der serbischen Mafia2.8M views · Sep 17, 20261.4× typical views
• Die Jagd auf Pädokriminelle im Internet4.5M views · Sep 10, 20262.2× typical views
• Was passiert, wenn die AfD regiert?5.8M views · Sep 2, 20262.9× typical views

The News & Politics niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 56K videos from 828 channels in this niche. 18.2% 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 26.1×), OKDIARIO (290K subs, best video 93.4×), NBC Montana (107K subs, best video 1379×).

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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 Simplicissimus or YouTube.