The Present Past YouTube Stats

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

The Present Past channel overview

The Present Past (@thepresentpast_) is a YouTube channel in the News & Politics niche created in 2022. It has 469K subscribers and 41M total views across 54 videos, an average of 763K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 986K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 614K views. Over the last 12 months, The Present Past published 9 videos, and 1 of them (11%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does The Present Past make?

Returbe estimates The Present Past's YouTube ad revenue at $2.2K – $8.8K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $2 to $7.99, 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 Present Past publishes about 1.1 videos a month. Based on its last 50 uploads, its most common upload day is Thursday (38% of uploads), usually around 13:00 UTC. The last video went out on Oct 30, 2026.

The Present Past's best outlier videos

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

• When a Genocide Was Broadcast Live on TV2.3M views · Dec 23, 20253.8× typical views
• The Israeli Plane Crash Conspiracy1.1M views · Oct 9, 20261.7× typical views
• Why Russians Still Sign Up to Die1M views · Oct 30, 20261.7× typical views
• Why Is American Patriotism so Weird?723K views · Jul 7, 20261.2× typical views
• I trained with an Italian Gesture Master​ ⁨@LuisLuis⁩7.8K views · Sep 16, 20251× typical views
• How AI Slop Is Rewriting History614K views · Jun 30, 20261× typical views
• I Read Hitler's Book in 2025. It scared me for us.1.4M views · Oct 31, 20251× typical views
• Why Italians Talk Like That134K views · Sep 5, 20251× typical views

Latest videos

3 of The Present Past's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• Why Russians Still Sign Up to Die1M views · Oct 30, 20261.7× typical views
• The Israeli Plane Crash Conspiracy1.1M views · Oct 9, 20261.7× typical views
• Why this Country Is Attacking Its Soviet Memorials197K views · Aug 31, 20260.3× typical views
• The 2732 year Trojan Horse Mystery129K views · Jul 23, 20260.2× typical views
• Why Is American Patriotism so Weird?723K views · Jul 7, 20261.2× typical views
• How AI Slop Is Rewriting History614K views · Jun 30, 20261× typical views
• The Lie I Was Taught About the Great Wall of China292K views · May 29, 20260.5× typical views
• The Most Evil Zoo in History236K views · Apr 13, 20260.4× typical views
• When a Genocide Was Broadcast Live on TV2.3M views · Dec 23, 20253.8× typical views
• I Read Hitler's Book in 2025. It scared me for us.1.4M views · Oct 31, 20251× 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 Present Past or YouTube.