The War They Filmed YouTube Stats

@thewartheyfilmed · History & Documentary · Updated Nov 8, 2026

The War They Filmed channel overview

The War They Filmed (@thewartheyfilmed) is a YouTube channel in the History & Documentary niche created in 2026. It has 2.6K subscribers and 1.1M total views across 18 videos, an average of 61K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 277K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 201K views. Over the last 12 months, The War They Filmed published 4 videos, and 1 of them (25%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does The War They Filmed make?

Returbe estimates The War They Filmed's YouTube ad revenue at $3.6K – $12K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $3 to $10, typically $5.5, 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 $5.5K.

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Upload schedule

The War They Filmed publishes about 4.3 videos a month. Based on its last 4 uploads, its most common upload day is Monday (25% of uploads), usually around 16:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 7, 2026.

The War They Filmed's best outlier videos

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

• The Battle of Tarawa 1943 in Real Color: 76 Hours That Shocked America | WW2 Documentary675K views · Oct 28, 20263.4× typical views
• Pearl Harbor: The Film They Shot That Morning | WW2 Documentary201K views · Nov 2, 20261× typical views
• D-Day: The Real Footage They Almost Lost | WW2 Documentary200K views · Oct 25, 20261× typical views
• Midway 1942: The Morning America Turned the Tide | Real Color Footage30K views · Nov 7, 20260.1× typical views

Latest videos

1 of The War They Filmed's last 4 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• Midway 1942: The Morning America Turned the Tide | Real Color Footage30K views · Nov 7, 20260.1× typical views
• Pearl Harbor: The Film They Shot That Morning | WW2 Documentary201K views · Nov 2, 20261× typical views
• The Battle of Tarawa 1943 in Real Color: 76 Hours That Shocked America | WW2 Documentary675K views · Oct 28, 20263.4× typical views
• D-Day: The Real Footage They Almost Lost | WW2 Documentary200K views · Oct 25, 20261× typical views

The History & Documentary niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 6.1K videos from 766 channels in this niche. 14.6% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 11K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $3 to $10.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Armed Sphere (274K subs, best video 328.7×), Maze Runner (21K subs, best video 8.2×), Military Exposed Shorts (141K subs, best video 90.1×), Military History Talks (46K subs, best video 14.7×), Alex Nguyen (4.2K subs, best video 74.4×), Volkslied (10K subs, best video 26×).

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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 War They Filmed or YouTube.