ZDF True Crime YouTube Stats

@zdftruecrime · True Crime & Mysteries · Updated Nov 6, 2026

ZDF True Crime channel overview

ZDF True Crime (@zdftruecrime) is a YouTube channel in the True Crime & Mysteries niche created in 2025. It has 105K subscribers and 43M total views across 122 videos, an average of 355K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 245K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 201K views. Over the last 12 months, ZDF True Crime published 55 videos, and 3 of them (5%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

Subscriber growth

Over the last 11 days, ZDF True Crime gained 1K subscribers and 1.5M views, about 132K views a day.

How much does ZDF True Crime make?

Returbe estimates ZDF True Crime's YouTube ad revenue at $11K – $32K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $2.55 to $7.65, typically $4.25, 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 $4.3K.

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Upload schedule

ZDF True Crime publishes about 10.9 videos a month. Based on its last 55 uploads, its most common upload day is Friday (42% of uploads), usually around 16:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

ZDF True Crime's best outlier videos

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

• Wer tötete Lars (7)? Wie Kreuzworträtsel den Mörder überführten | ZDF True Crime797K views · Aug 28, 20264× typical views
• Die unbekannte Tote: Polizei sucht verzweifelt ihre Identität | ZDF True Crime781K views · Aug 21, 20263.9× typical views
• Cold Case Kasernen-Mord: Wer erstach den jungen Soldaten? | ZDF True Crime655K views · Sep 8, 20263.3× typical views
• Kinder finden ihre tote Mutter: Kannte das Opfer seinen Mörder? | ZDF True Crime594K views · Sep 11, 20262.9× typical views
• Überfallen im Wald: Wie Nathalie ihrem Entführer entkam | ZDF True Crime527K views · Jul 10, 20262.6× typical views
• Liebespaar unter Verdacht: Neue Spur nach 20 Jahren | ZDF True Crime443K views · Sep 22, 20262.2× typical views
• Wie dem Rentner die Millionen zum Verhängnis wurden | ZDF True Crime401K views · Aug 14, 20262× typical views
• Nach Partynacht ermordet: Ist ein Deutscher der Täter? | ZDF True Crime375K views · Sep 25, 20261.9× typical views

Latest videos

9 of ZDF True Crime's last 30 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• Alkohol am Steuer: Reicher Jugendlicher tötete vier Menschen | ZDF True Crime8.5K views · Nov 6, 20260× typical views
• Todesengel im Altenheim: Rentner wurden seine Opfer | ZDF True Crime48K views · Nov 3, 20260.2× typical views
• Tödliche Messer-Attacke von Wolfsburg: Sie wurde Opfer ihres Ex | ZDF True Crime108K views · Oct 30, 20260.5× typical views
• Podcast: Die Lüge vom schnellen Geld | Aktenzeichen XY #11827K views · Oct 28, 20260.1× typical views
• Aus Eifersucht getötet: Tochter muss ohne Mutter aufwachsen | ZDF True Crime99K views · Oct 27, 20260.5× typical views
• Überfall auf junge Frau: Wer tötete die Bistro-Inhaberin? | ZDF True Crime370K views · Oct 23, 20261.8× typical views
• Für 8 Kilo Gold getötet: Wer ermordete die Bankerin? | ZDF True Crime164K views · Oct 20, 20260.8× typical views
• Cold Case Andrea: Wird der Täter nach 20 Jahren gefunden? | ZDF True Crime147K views · Oct 16, 20260.7× typical views
• Podcast: Letzter Funke Hoffnung | Aktenzeichen XY #11745K views · Oct 14, 20260.2× typical views
• Brutaler Gefängnisausbruch: Jagd auf zwei Häftlinge | ZDF True Crime183K views · Oct 13, 20260.9× typical views

The True Crime & Mysteries niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 5.2K videos from 518 channels in this niche. 8.4% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 20K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $3 to $9.

Smaller channels breaking out in this niche right now: Crime 360 (241K subs, best video 15×), Criminally Obsessed (247K subs, best video 36.9×), Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski: True Crime Today (399K subs, best video 9.6×), Frontline Crime (78K subs, best video 25.3×), Queens of Crime - Female True Crime Stories (25K subs, best video 39.3×), Crazy planet (31K subs, best video 58.2×).

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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 ZDF True Crime or YouTube.