WDR YouTube Stats

@wdr · Challenges & Entertainment · Updated Nov 6, 2026

WDR channel overview

WDR (@wdr) is a YouTube channel in the Challenges & Entertainment niche created in 2013. It has 1.1M subscribers and 543M total views across 1.9K videos, an average of 287K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 189K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 94K views. Over the last 12 months, WDR published 79 videos (71% Shorts), and 18 of them (23%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 10 days, WDR gained 10K subscribers and 8.3M views, about 827K views a day.

How much does WDR make?

Returbe estimates WDR's YouTube ad revenue at $15K – $58K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $0.47 to $1.88, typically $0.95, 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 $950.

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

WDR publishes about 72.8 videos a month. Based on its last 79 uploads, its most common upload day is Wednesday (22% of uploads), usually around 16:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

WDR's best outlier videos

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

• Erinnert ihr euch an Bibi Blocksberg's Bruder? ✨ | Kölner Treff | WDR #shorts #BibiBlocksberg1.2M views · Oct 14, 202616× typical views
• Hofladen-Diebe: Keine Strafe trotz Video-Aufzeichnung | WDR #shorts #diebstahl #landwirtschaft941K views · Oct 29, 202612.5× typical views
• Jennifer Springer: Lasst uns zu Ende stottern | Kölner Treff | WDR #shorts918K views · Oct 30, 202612.2× typical views
• Rauch im Flugzeug? | 24h | #WDR #Short690K views · Oct 29, 20269.1× typical views
• Medizinischer Großeinsatz am Düsseldorfer Flughafen | WDR #shorts #düsseldorf650K views · Oct 20, 20268.6× typical views
• Private Sprungvorrichtung : 21-Jährige stirbt bei Bungee-Sprung in Warstein | WDR #shorts #news615K views · Oct 12, 20268.1× typical views
• Flughafen Köln/Bonn: Was Reisende sonst nicht sehen | 24h | WDR620K views · Oct 28, 20266.6× typical views
• Özcan Cosar in Japan | Kölner Treff | WDR #shorts463K views · Oct 18, 20266.1× typical views

Latest videos

11 of WDR's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• Wohnraum in NRW: Was auf eine kleine Baulücke passt | #WDR #Short3.5K views · Nov 6, 20260× typical views
• Im Kleingartenverein halten alle zusammen | Viel für wenig | #WDR #shorts12K views · Nov 5, 20260.2× typical views
• Notaufnahme – Was wirklich zählt | #WDR #Shorts29K views · Nov 5, 20260.4× typical views
• Ein Tag im Ausnahmezustand: Inside Klinikum Leverkusen | 24h | WDR389K views · Nov 4, 20264.2× typical views
• Türen rausgerissen! Vermieter schafft Fakten | #WDR #Shorts #news #vermieter246K views · Nov 4, 20263.3× typical views
• Herr Schröder: Es muss etwas schief gehen | Kölner Treff | #WDR #shorts162K views · Nov 4, 20262.1× typical views
• Meterhohe Flammen und Rauch nachts in Krefeld | #WDR #Shorts#news#feuerwehr #nrw137K views · Nov 4, 20261.8× typical views
• Comedian Herr Schröder: Lehrkräfte müssen auch den Raum lesen können | WDR | Kölner Treff44K views · Nov 3, 20260.5× typical views
• Polizei ermittelt wegen gefährlicher Halloween-Süßigkeiten | #WDR #Shorts #nrw458K views · Nov 3, 20266.1× typical views
• Landwirtin und Solo-Mutter: So wuppt Anne ihren Hof | LandSchafft | #WDR #Landwirtschaft #Familie36K views · Nov 3, 20260.5× typical views

The Challenges & Entertainment niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 2.6K videos from 429 channels in this niche. 15.7% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 52K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $2 to $8.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Tynx (287K subs, best video 124.1×), superiiorcheer (29K subs, best video 46.3×), MooDMelt (173K subs, best video 156.8×), BrettCooperFanPage (279K subs, best video 13.5×), Hood Shop Moments (44K subs, best video 80.3×), Banijay Bluelight (221K subs, best video 7.6×).

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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 WDR or YouTube.