The Scottish Sun YouTube Stats

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

The Scottish Sun channel overview

The Scottish Sun (@thescottishsun) is a YouTube channel in the News & Politics niche created in 2019. It has 478K subscribers and 692M total views across 6.3K videos, an average of 109K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 14K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 17K views. Over the last 12 months, The Scottish Sun published 85 videos (40% Shorts), and 9 of them (11%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 13 days, The Scottish Sun gained 0 subscribers and 1.2M views, about 96K views a day.

How much does The Scottish Sun make?

Returbe estimates The Scottish Sun's YouTube ad revenue at $3.9K – $16K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $1.52 to $6.07, typically $3.04, 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 $3K.

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 Scottish Sun publishes about 83.6 videos a month. Based on its last 75 uploads, its most common upload day is Thursday (24% of uploads), usually around 16:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

The Scottish Sun's best outlier videos

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

• Shocking moment part of iconic Brighton pier COLLAPSES as Storm Austen heads towards Scotland134K views · Oct 23, 20267.9× typical views
• Paul Ferris’ pal breaks silence over sudden death as gang enforcer’s final public moments revealed130K views · Oct 7, 20267.7× typical views
• Shocking moment e-scooter rider weaves through traffic on Scotland’s busiest motorway43K views · Oct 21, 20266.1× typical views
• Should we PANIC about Russian ‘plague’ outbreak? Expert on new pandemic fears & ‘Black Death’ links94K views · Oct 8, 20265.6× typical views
• BREAKING NEWS: 17-year-old boy dies after Glasgow 'disturbance' as suspect arrested26K views · Oct 15, 20263.7× typical views
• Scots kingpin blamed for ordering Bradley Welsh murder hit finally UNMASKED after years in shadows58K views · Oct 28, 20263.4× typical views
• Unfiltered Exhange as Michelle O'Neill Clashes with DUP in Fiery Committee Showdown53K views · Oct 21, 20263.2× typical views
• GLASGOW TEEN TRAGEDY: 17-Year-Old Named As Cops Launch MURDER Investigation22K views · Oct 16, 20263.1× typical views

Latest videos

9 of The Scottish Sun's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• SNP Rumbled In Election Jobs Axe Deception As Workers Watch On3.9K views · Nov 6, 20260× typical views
• Bonfire Night Yobs BLOW UP Police Van With Fireworks In Sickening Attack16K views · Nov 6, 20260.2× typical views
• Bonfire Night Yobs BLOW UP Police Van With Fireworks6.8K views · Nov 6, 20260.9× typical views
• Street battles ERUPT across France as Riot Police Unleash Tear Gas And Barricades Burn16K views · Nov 5, 20261× typical views
• Another U-TURN by Swinney as he's blasted for giving up on Aberdeen and Scotland6.6K views · Nov 5, 20260.4× typical views
• FMQs ROUND-UP: Swinney still spouting nonsense about North Sea oil & gas6.3K views · Nov 5, 20260.9× typical views
• Schoolgirl who tragically died after being hit by bus has been named2.6K views · Nov 5, 20260.4× typical views
• Scots schoolgirl who tragically died after being struck by a bus has been named12K views · Nov 5, 20260.7× typical views
• Schoolgirl, 12, dies after being knocked down by double decker bus as cops seal off Scots road11K views · Nov 4, 20260.6× typical views
• Swinney jeered by OWN MSP's Over 'Cover-Up' Of Prison Riot23K views · Nov 3, 20263.1× typical views

The News & Politics niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 56K videos from 828 channels in this niche. 18% 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.

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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 Scottish Sun or YouTube.