War Stories YouTube Stats

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

War Stories channel overview

War Stories (@warstorieschannel) is a YouTube channel in the History & Documentary niche created in 2020. It has 1.4M subscribers and 371M total views across 961 videos, an average of 386K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 273K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 99K views. Over the last 12 months, War Stories published 24 videos, and 8 of them (33%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does War Stories make?

Returbe estimates War Stories's YouTube ad revenue at $13K – $42K 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

War Stories publishes about 17.4 videos a month. Based on its last 24 uploads, its most common upload day is Thursday (42% of uploads), usually around 13:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

War Stories's best outlier videos

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

• 100 Days In Hell: Uncensored Footage From The Battle Of Normandy1.3M views · Oct 31, 202613.4× typical views
• I Spent 7 Months On The Frontlines With A Russian Battalion883K views · Oct 16, 20268.9× typical views
• How Patton Won The Most Pivotal Tank Battle Of The Western Front817K views · Oct 29, 20268.2× typical views
• The Bosnian War Explained: Inside The Collapse Of Yugoslavia696K views · Oct 8, 20267× typical views
• Britain's Vietnam: The Forgotten Jungle War That Cost An Empire688K views · Oct 8, 20266.9× typical views
• 1950–1953: The Bloody Story Of The Korean War556K views · Oct 8, 20265.6× typical views
• The 9-Day War That Ended The British Empire499K views · Oct 8, 20265× typical views
• Mau Mau Uprising: The War Britain Tried To Erase From History303K views · Oct 17, 20263.1× typical views

Latest videos

8 of War Stories's last 24 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• Why The Willys Jeep Was America's Unsung Hero Of WW211K views · Nov 6, 20260.1× typical views
• Why America’s High-Tech Weapons Lost the Battle for the Ho Chi Minh Trail18K views · Nov 6, 20260.2× typical views
• Six-Day War: How Israel Defeated The Arab Coalition In Under A Week49K views · Nov 5, 20260.5× typical views
• The Battle of the Somme: The Bloodiest Day In British Military History27K views · Nov 4, 20260.3× typical views
• The Bizarre Nazi Technology That Failed To Win WW2111K views · Nov 2, 20261.1× typical views
• Minute by Minute: The Uncensored Devastation of Hiroshima43K views · Nov 1, 20260.4× typical views
• 100 Days In Hell: Uncensored Footage From The Battle Of Normandy1.3M views · Oct 31, 202613.4× typical views
• Operation Show of Force: Inside The Israeli Hunt For A PLO Commander46K views · Oct 31, 20260.5× typical views
• 1945: How The World Order Changed In Just 365 Days30K views · Oct 30, 20260.3× typical views
• How Patton Won The Most Pivotal Tank Battle Of The Western Front817K views · Oct 29, 20268.2× typical views

The History & Documentary niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 4.7K videos from 577 channels in this niche. 14% 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 War Stories or YouTube.