The Histories YouTube Stats

@thehistoriesyt · History & Documentary · Updated Nov 7, 2026

The Histories channel overview

The Histories (@thehistoriesyt) is a YouTube channel in the History & Documentary niche created in 2022. It has 128K subscribers and 9.9M total views across 23 videos, an average of 431K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 392K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 203K views. Over the last 12 months, The Histories published 7 videos, and 0 of them (0%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does The Histories make?

Returbe estimates The Histories's YouTube ad revenue at $648 – $2.2K 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.

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Upload schedule

The Histories publishes about 1.1 videos a month. Based on its last 15 uploads, its most common upload day is Saturday (60% of uploads), usually around 14:00 UTC. The last video went out on Oct 24, 2026.

The Histories's best outlier videos

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

• Who were the Gauls?363K views · Dec 17, 20251.8× typical views
• Who were the Scythians?306K views · Sep 5, 20261.5× typical views
• Who were the Mycenaeans?246K views · Jun 27, 20261.2× typical views
• Who were the Vandals?321K views · Dec 22, 20241× typical views
• Who were the Iceni?203K views · May 9, 20261× typical views
• Who were the Goths?1.2M views · May 9, 20251× typical views
• Who were the Lydians?436K views · Mar 21, 20251× typical views
• Who were the Hittites?886K views · Feb 6, 20251× typical views

Latest videos

2 of The Histories's last 15 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• Who were the Canaanites?203K views · Oct 24, 20261× typical views
• Who were the Scythians?306K views · Sep 5, 20261.5× typical views
• Alexander the Great in the Desert - Lost Expeditions31K views · Aug 1, 20260.2× typical views
• Who were the Mycenaeans?246K views · Jun 27, 20261.2× typical views
• Who were the Iceni?203K views · May 9, 20261× typical views
• Who were the Minoans?189K views · Feb 21, 20260.9× typical views
• Who were the Gauls?363K views · Dec 17, 20251.8× typical views
• Who were the Parthians?333K views · Oct 18, 20251× typical views
• Who were the Etruscans?559K views · Aug 23, 20251× typical views
• Lost Expeditions: Pánfilo de Narváez102K views · Jul 19, 20251× typical views

The History & Documentary niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 4.7K videos from 577 channels in this niche. 14% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 13K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $3 to $10.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Armed Sphere (273K subs, best video 281.1×), Military Exposed Shorts (141K subs, best video 54.5×), Para Historica (20K subs, best video 28.3×), Phantom Expedition (37K subs, best video 61.8×), Military History Talks (45K subs, best video 25.8×), James Sullivan (7K subs, best video 10.2×).

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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 Histories or YouTube.