ZDFheute Nachrichten YouTube Stats

@zdfheute · News & Politics · Updated Nov 6, 2026

ZDFheute Nachrichten channel overview

ZDFheute Nachrichten (@zdfheute) is a YouTube channel in the News & Politics niche created in 2019. It has 1.9M subscribers and 2.1B total views across 12K videos, an average of 171K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 123K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 142K views. Over the last 12 months, ZDFheute Nachrichten published 193 videos (41% Shorts), and 29 of them (15%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 11 days, ZDFheute Nachrichten gained 10K subscribers and 34M views, about 3.1M views a day.

How much does ZDFheute Nachrichten make?

Returbe estimates ZDFheute Nachrichten's YouTube ad revenue at $139K – $557K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $1.27 to $5.08, typically $2.54, 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 $2.5K.

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

ZDFheute Nachrichten publishes about 207.5 videos a month. Based on its last 100 uploads, its most common upload day is Friday (28% of uploads), usually around 14:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

ZDFheute Nachrichten's best outlier videos

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

• Dutzende Tote: So lief die Kollision zweier Züge in Spanien ab | #spanien #unfall #züge746K views · Oct 29, 202615.2× typical views
• Amerikas Preisschock: Wenn der Alltag unbezahlbar wird | auslandsjournal1.8M views · Nov 2, 202613.4× typical views
• Gen Z auf der Straße | ZDFspezial1.6M views · Oct 31, 202611.8× typical views
• Was bedeutet der "Silver Tsunami" für den Immobilienmarkt? | WISO1.5M views · Oct 25, 202611.1× typical views
• Midterms: Diese Personen haben Geschichte geschrieben! | #midterms #usa #trump #zwischenwahlen545K views · Nov 4, 202611.1× typical views
• Obama verspottet Trumps Deko im Weißen Haus: "Überall Gold" | #obama #trump #wahlkampf #midterms405K views · Oct 26, 20268.2× typical views
• Markus Lanz: "Es ist nicht mehr bezahlbar" - Hitzige Debatte um das Rentensystem | #Lanz #Rente #zdf395K views · Oct 23, 20268.1× typical views
• Markus Lanz reist durch die Südstaaten: Wie gespalten sind die USA wirklich?1M views · Nov 3, 20267.6× typical views

Latest videos

10 of ZDFheute Nachrichten's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• Tech-Aktien im Sinkflug: Platzt jetzt die Milliarden-Wette auf KI? | #ai #wallstreet #wirtschaft827 views · Nov 6, 20261× typical views
• heute 19:00 Uhr vom 06.11.2026 Aigner soll Bundespräsidentin werden, Bombendrohungen, Ebola-Epidemie1.5K views · Nov 6, 20261× typical views
• Der brutale Absturz der deutschen Autobauer – und was wir dagegen tun können30K views · Nov 6, 20260× typical views
• Machtkampf nach den Midterms: Fällt JD Vance Trump in den Rücken? | #trump #usa #vance9.1K views · Nov 6, 20260.1× typical views
• Was der Sieg der Demokraten bei den Midterms für KI und die Tech-Bosse bedeutet | ZDFheute live14K views · Nov 6, 20260× typical views
• Warum der Einsatz von K.o.-Tropfen ab sofort härter bestraft wird | ZDF Mittagsmagazin7.9K views · Nov 6, 20260× typical views
• Auto rast in Menschenmenge: Polizei prüft organisiertes Verbrechen39K views · Nov 6, 20260.2× typical views
• Videopodcast: US-Midterms - Rebellion gegen die Macht der Milliardäre? | Lanz + Precht, Folge 27086K views · Nov 6, 20260.5× typical views
• Neue Bundespräsidentin Aigner? Das sagt CDU-Politiker Kiesewetter | #csu #aigner #Lanz16K views · Nov 6, 20260.2× typical views
• Trump stellt Abkommen mit Russland in Aussicht | #trump #ukraine #europa #zdfheute105K views · Nov 6, 20262.1× typical views

The News & Politics niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 56K videos from 828 channels in this niche. 18% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 15K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $2 to $8.

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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 ZDFheute Nachrichten or YouTube.