Today I Found Out YouTube Stats

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

Today I Found Out channel overview

Today I Found Out (@todayifoundout) is a YouTube channel in the History & Documentary niche created in 2011. It has 3.3M subscribers and 772M total views across 2.9K videos, an average of 267K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 113K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 79K views. Over the last 12 months, Today I Found Out published 30 videos, and 3 of them (10%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does Today I Found Out make?

Returbe estimates Today I Found Out's YouTube ad revenue at $4K – $13K 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.

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

Today I Found Out publishes about 10.9 videos a month. Based on its last 30 uploads, its most common upload day is Friday (43% of uploads), usually around 03:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 4, 2026.

Today I Found Out's best outlier videos

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

• Why Did the Nazis Flee to Argentina?471K views · Oct 18, 20265.9× typical views
• The Genius Idea Behind "Invasion Stripes"261K views · Oct 9, 20263.3× typical views
• WTF is Up with Silly Putty?258K views · Oct 9, 20263.3× typical views
• Did the German People Know What Hitler Was Doing During WWII?237K views · Oct 25, 20263× typical views
• Is the “Old Painless” Gun From Predator, the Matrix, Terminator 2 and Many Other Movies a Real Gun?189K views · Sep 9, 20262.4× typical views
• The Insanely Dark Origins of Women Jumping Out of Cakes141K views · Oct 9, 20261.8× typical views
• Was Doc Brown's 1885 Ice Machine Actually Possible?141K views · Oct 9, 20261.8× typical views
• What Happened to the Creators of The Far Side, Calvin and Hobbes, Garfield, and Peanuts?136K views · Oct 9, 20261.7× typical views

Latest videos

9 of Today I Found Out's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• The Genius Way They Landed the Space Shuttle67K views · Nov 4, 20260.8× typical views
• A Nuclear Explosion on the Moon Would Look Nothing Like You Think78K views · Nov 1, 20261× typical views
• The Insane Soviet Submarine Behind The Hunt for Red October90K views · Oct 30, 20261.1× typical views
• WWII's Coolest Weapon66K views · Oct 28, 20260.8× typical views
• What’s Up With the NASA Logo?57K views · Oct 25, 20260.7× typical views
• Did the German People Know What Hitler Was Doing During WWII?237K views · Oct 25, 20263× typical views
• How Many Humans Have ACTUALLY Died in Space?80K views · Oct 25, 20261× typical views
• The Luftwaffe Pilot Who Risked Execution to Save His Enemy30K views · Oct 25, 20260.4× typical views
• The Absolutely Absurd Reason People Think MSG is Bad for You59K views · Oct 18, 20260.7× typical views
• Why Did the Nazis Flee to Argentina?471K views · Oct 18, 20265.9× 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 61.8×), History Index (16K subs, best video 19.2×).

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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 Today I Found Out or YouTube.