This Is History YouTube Stats

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

This Is History channel overview

This Is History (@this_is_history) is a YouTube channel in the History & Documentary niche created in 2021. It has 315K subscribers and 38M total views across 39 videos, an average of 963K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 778K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 137K views. Over the last 12 months, This Is History published 11 videos, and 2 of them (18%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does This Is History make?

Returbe estimates This Is History's YouTube ad revenue at $1.9K – $6.4K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $1.5 to $5, typically $2.75, 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 $2.8K.

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Upload schedule

This Is History publishes about 1.1 videos a month. Based on its last 30 uploads, its most common upload day is Friday (40% of uploads), usually around 02:00 UTC. The last video went out on Oct 24, 2026.

This Is History's best outlier videos

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

• The Entire History of the Crusades549K views · Aug 9, 20264× typical views
• The Entire History of Istanbul/Constantinople523K views · Dec 12, 20253.8× typical views
• The Entire History of Venice411K views · Oct 8, 20263× typical views
• The Entire History of European Civilisation344K views · Jan 11, 20262.5× typical views
• The Entire History of the United States of America214K views · Jun 10, 20261.6× typical views
• The Entire History of the Atlantic Slave Trade137K views · May 11, 20261× typical views
• The Entire History of Jerusalem2.4M views · Nov 7, 20251× typical views
• The History of the REAL First World War820K views · Nov 7, 20251× typical views

Latest videos

5 of This Is History's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• The Entire History of the Russian Empire78K views · Oct 24, 20260.6× typical views
• The Entire History of Venice411K views · Oct 8, 20263× typical views
• The Entire History of the Reconquista119K views · Sep 8, 20260.9× typical views
• The Entire History of the Crusades549K views · Aug 9, 20264× typical views
• The Entire History of the United States of America214K views · Jun 10, 20261.6× typical views
• The Entire History of the Atlantic Slave Trade137K views · May 11, 20261× typical views
• The Entire History of Tokyo55K views · Apr 11, 20260.4× typical views
• The Entire History of France117K views · Mar 12, 20260.9× typical views
• The Entire History of the Vikings87K views · Feb 10, 20260.6× typical views
• The Entire History of European Civilisation344K views · Jan 11, 20262.5× typical views

The History & Documentary niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 5.2K videos from 661 channels in this niche. 13.9% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 13K 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×), Military Exposed Shorts (141K subs, best video 80.5×), Military History Talks (46K subs, best video 33.7×), Para Historica (20K subs, best video 28.3×), Phantom Expedition (37K subs, best video 64.5×), Volkslied (10K subs, best video 27.2×).

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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 This Is History or YouTube.