The News Agents YouTube Stats
@thenewsagents · News & Politics · Updated Nov 6, 2026
Subscribers
264K
+5K in 16 days
Total views
86M
+3.5M in 16 days
Videos
2.1K
77.1 / month
Est. monthly earnings
$14K – $55K
RPM $1.58–$6.33
Avg. views (last 30)
90K
Typical views
111K
median per video
Avg. video length
40 min
Channel age
4 years
since Aug 16, 2022
The News Agents channel overview
The News Agents (@thenewsagents) is a YouTube channel in the News & Politics niche created in 2022. It has 264K subscribers and 86M total views across 2.1K videos, an average of 42K views per video over its lifetime.
Its last 30 uploads averaged 90K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 111K views. Over the last 12 months, The News Agents published 91 videos (64% Shorts), and 10 of them (11%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.
Subscriber growth
Over the last 16 days, The News Agents gained 5K subscribers and 3.5M views, about 221K views a day.
How much does The News Agents make?
Returbe estimates The News Agents's YouTube ad revenue at $14K – $55K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $1.58 to $6.33, typically $3.17, 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 $3.2K.
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 News Agents publishes about 77.1 videos a month. Based on its last 91 uploads, its most common upload day is Wednesday (27% of uploads), usually around 15:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.
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The News Agents's best outlier videos
An outlier is a video that beats the channel's own typical views. These are The News Agents's biggest hits relative to its normal, the ideas its audience responded to most. What is an outlier video?
Emily Maitlis looks back at ‘chilling’ 2017 interview with Russell Brand | The News Agents208K views · Nov 5, 202615.8× typical views
The “full horror” of the White House construction site as Trump builds his ‘big, beautiful’ ballroom144K views · Nov 2, 202611× typical views
Trump’s US-Russia diesel deal has left one question: What does Putin have on him? | The News Agents91K views · Oct 12, 20267× typical views
“This is what Donald Trump went to bed thinking about, he will not be able to stand the coverage”77K views · Oct 14, 20265.8× typical views
The Democrats destroy Trump - what happens now? | The News Agents507K views · Nov 4, 20264.6× typical views
Has Putin made Trump look like an idiot again? | The News Agents427K views · Oct 12, 20263.9× typical views
“You can see it hit a nerve”46K views · Oct 27, 20263.5× typical views
What does Piers Morgan predict will happen in the midterms?44K views · Nov 3, 20263.3× typical views
Latest videos
15 of The News Agents's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.
Mehdi Hasan on Trump’s midterms disaster | The News Agents72K views · Nov 6, 20260.6× typical views
The number one issue for Americans voting in the midterms was corruption | The News Agents4.9K views · Nov 6, 20260.4× typical views
Russell Brand the rapist | The News Agents268K views · Nov 5, 20262.4× typical views
Emily Maitlis looks back at ‘chilling’ 2017 interview with Russell Brand | The News Agents208K views · Nov 5, 202615.8× typical views
Are some Republicans realising their state is no longer MAGA, but their appearance still is…25K views · Nov 5, 20261.9× typical views
Is Trump about to enter the anger stage after Republican midterm catastrophe? | The News Agents23K views · Nov 4, 20261.8× typical views
Who will Trump blame for his electoral wipeout? | The News Agents167K views · Nov 4, 20261.5× typical views
Is Vance’s "bold" post-midterms message an attempt to distance himself from Trump? | The News Agents22K views · Nov 4, 20261.7× typical views
MAGA turns ugly as Republicans lose big in Texas. | The News Agents10K views · Nov 4, 20260.8× typical views
Honks, cheers, dancing - and some p*ssed off republicans.5.9K views · Nov 4, 20260.4× 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
How many subscribers does The News Agents have?
The News Agents has 264K subscribers on YouTube and 86M total views across 2.1K videos (Returbe data, updated Nov 6, 2026).
How much does The News Agents make on YouTube?
Returbe estimates The News Agents's YouTube ad revenue at $14K – $55K per month, based on recent views and an RPM of about $1.58–$6.33 per 1,000 views for this niche and audience. Sponsorships, merch and memberships are not included.
How often does The News Agents upload?
The News Agents uploads about 77.1 videos a month, most often on Wednesday. The last upload was on Nov 6, 2026.
What is The News Agents's best performing video?
"Emily Maitlis looks back at ‘chilling’ 2017 interview with Russell Brand | The News Agents" is The News Agents's biggest outlier: 208K views, 15.8× the channel's typical views.
What channels are similar to The News Agents?
Channels similar to The News Agents include The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, APT Clips, Scott MacFarlane Reports, Northern Perspective, Large Man Abroad.
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 News Agents or YouTube.
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