The Guardian YouTube Stats

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

The Guardian channel overview

The Guardian (@theguardian) is a YouTube channel in the News & Politics niche created in 2006. It has 2.6M subscribers and 869M total views across 7.7K videos, an average of 113K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 322K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 186K views. Over the last 12 months, The Guardian published 70 videos (77% Shorts), and 20 of them (29%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 17 days, The Guardian gained 10K subscribers and 9.8M views, about 575K views a day.

How much does The Guardian make?

Returbe estimates The Guardian's YouTube ad revenue at $18K – $72K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $1.18 to $4.72, typically $2.36, 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 $2.4K.

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

The Guardian publishes about 31.5 videos a month. Based on its last 70 uploads, its most common upload day is Friday (20% of uploads), usually around 11:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

The Guardian's best outlier videos

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

• NAZA - official trailer1.4M views · Sep 25, 202664.2× typical views
• On the ground in Nepal after deadly flash floods1.2M views · Aug 28, 202653.9× typical views
• Israel elections: what this viral clip says about young people's opinions905K views · Oct 27, 202641.9× typical views
• Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentre in Finland865K views · Oct 24, 202640.1× typical views
• Why my mother changed her mind on Israel583K views · Aug 13, 202627× typical views
• Gen Z and millennials: I'm sorry on behalf of my generation | Opinion370K views · Aug 14, 202617.1× typical views
• I'll never be convinced by Meta's 'pervert glasses' | Opinion351K views · Aug 20, 202616.2× typical views
• We asked Michigan voters why they're backing Abdul El-Sayed347K views · Oct 28, 202616.1× typical views

Latest videos

17 of The Guardian's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• What can we expect from Democrats now that they control Congress?5.8K views · Nov 6, 20260.3× typical views
• Republicans in Michigan react to the midterms blue wave and Abdul El-Sayed's win67K views · Nov 5, 20263.1× typical views
• Anywhere But Washington on the atmosphere of Abdul El-Sayed and Mike Rogers watch parties44K views · Nov 5, 20262× typical views
• How Abdul El-Sayed defeated Maga in Michigan | Anywhere but Washington821K views · Nov 4, 20264.4× typical views
• 'Donald Trump was rejected comprehensively,' says Pete Buttigieg62K views · Nov 4, 20262.9× typical views
• We asked Vivek Ramaswamy and Ohio midterm voters about his Amy Acton attack ad21K views · Nov 3, 20261× typical views
• What's it like to be a Man City fan right now?5.6K views · Oct 31, 20260.3× typical views
• How Trump's DEI rollbacks caused a sanitation crisis in a majority-Black district22K views · Oct 30, 20261× typical views
• Can James Talarico win against Elon Musk's millions in Texas? | Anywhere but Washington1.6M views · Oct 29, 20268.6× typical views
• We asked Michigan voters why they're backing Abdul El-Sayed347K views · Oct 28, 202616.1× typical views

The News & Politics niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 60K videos from 1K channels in this niche. 16.8% 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 27.5×), 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

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 The Guardian or YouTube.