The Invisible Hand YouTube Stats

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

The Invisible Hand channel overview

The Invisible Hand (@theinvisiblehandco) is a YouTube channel in the News & Politics niche created in 2023. It has 314K subscribers and 52M total views across 119 videos, an average of 434K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 443K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 234K views. Over the last 12 months, The Invisible Hand published 40 videos (25% Shorts), and 4 of them (10%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does The Invisible Hand make?

Returbe estimates The Invisible Hand's YouTube ad revenue at $12K – $49K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $1.96 to $7.84, typically $3.92, 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 $3.9K.

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 Invisible Hand publishes about 10.9 videos a month. Based on its last 40 uploads, its most common upload day is Tuesday (23% of uploads), usually around 01:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 5, 2026.

The Invisible Hand's best outlier videos

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

• Trump Just Lost the Midterms... What Comes Next3M views · Nov 5, 202612.8× typical views
• If Every Country is having a Debt Crisis... Who's Lending the Money2.2M views · Oct 8, 20269.4× typical views
• How to Destroy an Economic Miracle1.7M views · Nov 1, 20267.1× typical views
• Why Education is Destroying East Asia1.2M views · Aug 9, 20265.1× typical views
• No... Living in America Isn't Better than Europe673K views · Jun 10, 20262.9× typical views
• Why Russia Doesn't Want to Win the War641K views · Sep 8, 20262.7× typical views
• The (Overdue) Collapse of India and the Philippines622K views · Aug 9, 20262.7× typical views
• America is Losing Control of the Petrodollar603K views · Apr 11, 20262.6× typical views

Latest videos

13 of The Invisible Hand's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• Trump Just Lost the Midterms... What Comes Next3M views · Nov 5, 202612.8× typical views
• Trump just lost the House. His next two years could be the most uncomfortable of his presidency 🇺🇸4.2K views · Nov 4, 20260.1× typical views
• How to Destroy an Economic Miracle1.7M views · Nov 1, 20267.1× typical views
• Why France's Debt Crisis is About to Break Europe369K views · Oct 27, 20261.6× typical views
• Why the Dollar is (Finally) Dying248K views · Oct 24, 20261.1× typical views
• Britain’s unemployment rate just fell, but finding a job has never been so hard 😬🇬🇧12K views · Oct 23, 20260.4× typical views
• The (Overdue) Collapse of Saudi Megaprojects505K views · Oct 17, 20262.2× typical views
• Tesla just unveiled a car that can fly, and it might say more about its problems than its future 🚘🚀35K views · Oct 16, 20261.1× typical views
• The average Norwegian worker takes nearly six weeks off sick every year 🇳🇴🤒30K views · Oct 15, 20261× typical views
• McDonald’s is now using AI to work out how much each customer is willing to pay for a burger 🍔🤖29K views · Oct 14, 20260.9× typical views

The News & Politics niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 59K videos from 996 channels in this niche. 17.1% 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 64.4×), BNN Bloomberg (188K subs, best video 224.3×), CP24 (383K subs, best video 36.3×), France 3 Grand Est (241K subs, best video 99.5×), NBC Montana (107K subs, best video 1375.8×), Onda Cero (421K subs, best video 140.7×).

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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 Invisible Hand or YouTube.