Timeline - World History Documentaries YouTube Stats

@timelinechannel · History & Documentary · Updated Nov 7, 2026

Timeline - World History Documentaries channel overview

Timeline - World History Documentaries (@timelinechannel) is a YouTube channel in the History & Documentary niche created in 2017. It has 5.9M subscribers and 1.1B total views across 1.5K videos, an average of 724K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 108K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 77K views. Over the last 12 months, Timeline - World History Documentaries published 21 videos, and 4 of them (19%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does Timeline - World History Documentaries make?

Returbe estimates Timeline - World History Documentaries's YouTube ad revenue at $4.9K – $16K 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

Timeline - World History Documentaries publishes about 19.6 videos a month. Based on its last 21 uploads, its most common upload day is Monday (24% of uploads), usually around 01:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

Timeline - World History Documentaries's best outlier videos

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

• 1942: The Complete Story Of The Battle Of Stalingrad323K views · Oct 8, 20264.2× typical views
• 1945 - 1961: The Complete Story Of The Early Cold War300K views · Oct 17, 20263.9× typical views
• Archeologists Unearth A Crashed WW2 Bomber258K views · Oct 10, 20263.4× typical views
• 1980 - 1999: Inside The Chaotic Final Chapter Of The Cold War241K views · Oct 25, 20263.1× typical views
• 1960 - 1985: The Most Critical Turning Points Of The Cold War168K views · Oct 24, 20262.2× typical views
• Bismarck’s Final 24 Hours: The Downfall Of Hitler's Deadliest Battleship160K views · Nov 2, 20262.1× typical views
• Archeologists Investigate King George III’s Lost White House Palace151K views · Oct 8, 20262× typical views
• 1700 - 1851: The Complete Story Of The Industrial Revolution124K views · Oct 27, 20261.6× typical views

Latest videos

8 of Timeline - World History Documentaries's last 21 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• Inside The 2,000-Year Search For The Holy Grail: Christianity's Greatest Secret23K views · Nov 6, 20260.3× typical views
• Inside The Assassination Of Martin Luther King Jr.: Mintue-By-Minute17K views · Nov 3, 20260.2× typical views
• The Oldest Papyrus In Human History: The Diary That Built Giza42K views · Nov 2, 20260.5× typical views
• Bismarck’s Final 24 Hours: The Downfall Of Hitler's Deadliest Battleship160K views · Nov 2, 20262.1× typical views
• Hitler's Countdown To War: The 18 Months That Plunged The World Into WW2111K views · Nov 1, 20261.4× typical views
• Archeologists Investigate The Mystery Of The Buried City Beneath Ancient Petra44K views · Oct 30, 20260.6× typical views
• 1700 - 1851: The Complete Story Of The Industrial Revolution124K views · Oct 27, 20261.6× typical views
• Charles de Gaulle: The President Who Survived 30 Assassination Attempts In 10 Years21K views · Oct 26, 20260.3× typical views
• Inside Beijing's 600-Year Central Axis: From Drum Tower to Temple of Heaven38K views · Oct 26, 20260.5× typical views
• Rare Footage Of Britain's Historic Naval Dockyards18K views · Oct 25, 20260.2× typical views

The History & Documentary niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 4.7K videos from 578 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 (273K subs, best video 281.1×), Military Exposed Shorts (141K subs, best video 54.5×), Para Historica (20K subs, best video 28.3×), Phantom Expedition (37K subs, best video 61.8×), Military History Talks (45K subs, best video 25.8×), James Sullivan (7K subs, best video 10.2×).

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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 Timeline - World History Documentaries or YouTube.