The Independent YouTube Stats

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

The Independent channel overview

The Independent (@theindependent) is a YouTube channel in the News & Politics niche created in 2006. It has 1.3M subscribers and 1B total views across 42K videos, an average of 24K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 32K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 10K views. Over the last 12 months, The Independent published 205 videos (4% Shorts), and 64 of them (31%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 16 days, The Independent gained 10K subscribers and 20M views, about 1.3M views a day.

How much does The Independent make?

Returbe estimates The Independent's YouTube ad revenue at $86K – $345K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $2 to $7.98, typically $3.99, 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 $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 Independent publishes about 221.6 videos a month. Based on its last 100 uploads, its most common upload day is Thursday (25% of uploads), usually around 21:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

The Independent's best outlier videos

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

• Obama's mic toss after zinging Trump while stumping for El-Sayed goes viral3M views · Oct 29, 2026301.2× typical views
• Lime warns e-bikes are ‘not for jousting’ after viral duel staged in London park1.4M views · Oct 23, 2026136.6× typical views
• Wounded soldier is airlifted from Ukraine battlefield by drone in world's first855K views · Oct 19, 202685.6× typical views
• Drug dealer screams hysterically as he is arrested805K views · Nov 2, 202680.6× typical views
• Elon Musk has just shown why Trump is now the danger from within598K views · Oct 14, 202659.9× typical views
• Trump accused of raping former Miss Switzerland in Democrats’ Epstein report593K views · Oct 27, 202659.3× typical views
• French store worker who went viral for defying rioters speaks out566K views · Oct 24, 202656.7× typical views
• Chris Brown Tape nightclub attack footage released455K views · Oct 26, 202645.6× typical views

Latest videos

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

• SAS: The Shadow War - Episode Seven: Killing the enemy could threaten the peace process48 views · Nov 6, 20260× typical views
• Trump appoints MAGA extremist Stephen Miller as new Chief of Staff801 views · Nov 6, 20260.1× typical views
• We asked people taking GLP-1s what happened when their expectations met reality317 views · Nov 6, 20260× typical views
• Hero security guard takes down gunman who smashed his way into Citibank campus and shot woman2.8K views · Nov 6, 20260.3× typical views
• France protests live: Dozens arrested and tear gas fired0 views · Nov 6, 20260× typical views
• Is your flight secure? Aviation experts on the reality of bomb threats1.4K views · Nov 6, 20260.1× typical views
• Laura Kuenssberg: Inside Westminster's decade of chaos | In The Room Podcast687 views · Nov 6, 20260.1× typical views
• Security services flood streets amid new French protests2.5K views · Nov 6, 20260.2× typical views
• France protests live: Dozens arrested and tear gas fired1.4K views · Nov 6, 20260.1× typical views
• Defiant Hegseth hits back as resignation rumors swirl after midterm drubbing4.9K views · Nov 6, 20260.5× 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 The Independent or YouTube.