The Unusual Suspects YouTube Stats

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

The Unusual Suspects channel overview

The Unusual Suspects (@theunusualsuspectspodcast) is a YouTube channel in the News & Politics niche created in 2016. It has 109K subscribers and 26M total views across 2.9K videos, an average of 9K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 2.9K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 1.2K views. Over the last 12 months, The Unusual Suspects published 50 videos (66% Shorts), and 5 of them (10%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 11 days, The Unusual Suspects gained 0 subscribers and 13K views, about 1.1K views a day.

How much does The Unusual Suspects make?

Returbe estimates The Unusual Suspects's YouTube ad revenue at $20 – $78 per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $0.34 to $1.34, typically $0.68, 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 $680.

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Upload schedule

Based on its last 47 uploads, its most common upload day is Tuesday (19% of uploads), usually around 22:00 UTC. The last video went out on Mar 1, 2026.

The Unusual Suspects's best outlier videos

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

• Vegas Biolab: What Were They Actually Making?4.9K views · Feb 15, 20264.2× typical views
• Epstein’s Use of “Goyim” Reveals a Dehumanizing Worldview17K views · Feb 4, 20263.3× typical views
• Epstein Co-Conspirator Claims Contradict FBI Testimony14K views · Feb 12, 20262.7× typical views
• Prince Andrew, Epstein & the 9/11 File Gap2.8K views · Feb 22, 20262.4× typical views
• Epstein Files Fallout: Intelligence Ties & Elite Protection2.6K views · Feb 4, 20262.2× typical views
• Nancy Guthrie Disappearance: What Isn’t Adding Up2.6K views · Feb 11, 20262.2× typical views
• Ghislaine Maxwell Pleads the 5th & Massie Reviews Epstein Files2.4K views · Feb 14, 20262× typical views
• A Retired Officer Speaks on Kurt Cobain’s MYSTERIOUS death8.6K views · Feb 22, 20261.7× typical views

Latest videos

7 of The Unusual Suspects's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• The Serial Killer Train Theory2.3K views · Mar 1, 20260.5× typical views
• You Can’t Ignore This Anymore1.7K views · Feb 28, 20260.3× typical views
• Are “Aliens” Something Much Older?2.3K views · Feb 27, 20260.5× typical views
• Why Are There No Epstein Emails From 2001?3.7K views · Feb 26, 20260.7× typical views
• The Conspiracy Iceberg Is Exhausting2.7K views · Feb 25, 20260.5× typical views
• The Kurt Cobain Inconsistencies Explained1.6K views · Feb 24, 20260.3× typical views
• A Retired Officer Speaks on Kurt Cobain’s MYSTERIOUS death8.6K views · Feb 22, 20261.7× typical views
• Prince Andrew, Epstein & the 9/11 File Gap2.8K views · Feb 22, 20262.4× typical views
• He Claims He Was Offered $50K to Kill Kurt Cobain6.7K views · Feb 21, 20261.3× typical views
• Was Kurt Cobain Murdered?1.2K views · Feb 21, 20261× 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.

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 24.9×), NBC Montana (107K subs, best video 1379×), OKDIARIO (290K subs, best video 93.4×).

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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 Unusual Suspects or YouTube.