Zeihan on Geopolitics YouTube Stats

@zeihanongeopolitics · News & Politics · Updated Nov 7, 2026

Zeihan on Geopolitics channel overview

Zeihan on Geopolitics (@zeihanongeopolitics) is a YouTube channel in the News & Politics niche created in 2020. It has 977K subscribers and 359M total views across 1.3K videos, an average of 281K views per video over its lifetime.

Its last 30 uploads averaged 297K views, and a typical video (the median) gets 303K views. Over the last 12 months, Zeihan on Geopolitics published 15 videos, and 0 of them (0%) reached at least 3× the channel's typical views.

How much does Zeihan on Geopolitics make?

Returbe estimates Zeihan on Geopolitics's YouTube ad revenue at $9.6K – $38K per month. The estimate uses an RPM (revenue per 1,000 views, after YouTube's share) of $2 to $8, typically $4, 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 $4K.

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Upload schedule

Zeihan on Geopolitics publishes about 16.3 videos a month. Based on its last 15 uploads, its most common upload day is Monday (20% of uploads), usually around 09:00 UTC. The last video went out on Nov 6, 2026.

Zeihan on Geopolitics's best outlier videos

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

• The Great Oil Split Has Begun || Peter Zeihan814K views · Oct 22, 20262.7× typical views
• France and the UK Choose the Nuclear Option || Peter Zeihan427K views · Nov 3, 20261.4× typical views
• What Happens When China Runs Out of Water? || Peter Zeihan343K views · Oct 31, 20261.1× typical views
• Ground Drones Hit the Frontlines in Ukraine || Peter Zeihan331K views · Oct 21, 20261.1× typical views
• Data Centers: A Necessary Evil...Kinda || Peter Zeihan309K views · Oct 26, 20261× typical views
• Oil Pricing Is Going Crazy || Peter Zeihan303K views · Oct 23, 20261× typical views
• El Salvador Invades Haiti with Help from the Trump Administration? || Peter Zeihan303K views · Nov 2, 20261× typical views
• The Turn: Demographics Meet Deglobalization || Peter Zeihan293K views · Oct 28, 20261× typical views

Latest videos

1 of Zeihan on Geopolitics's last 15 uploads did at least 1.5× the channel's typical views.

• Bolsonaro Flees Brazil Following Election Loss || Peter Zeihan124K views · Nov 6, 20260.4× typical views
• Attacks on Russian Data Centers: It's Not About Bots || Peter Zeihan223K views · Nov 5, 20260.7× typical views
• What's Behind the French Protests || Peter Zeihan250K views · Nov 4, 20260.8× typical views
• France and the UK Choose the Nuclear Option || Peter Zeihan427K views · Nov 3, 20261.4× typical views
• El Salvador Invades Haiti with Help from the Trump Administration? || Peter Zeihan303K views · Nov 2, 20261× typical views
• The Paris Accords Can't Stop Climate Change || Peter Zeihan122K views · Nov 2, 20260.4× typical views
• What Happens When China Runs Out of Water? || Peter Zeihan343K views · Oct 31, 20261.1× typical views
• India Has Three Major Problems (At The Moment) || Peter Zeihan159K views · Oct 30, 20260.5× typical views
• Trump Might Be Onto Something with Data Center Energy || Peter Zeihan252K views · Oct 29, 20260.8× typical views
• The Turn: Demographics Meet Deglobalization || Peter Zeihan293K views · Oct 28, 20261× typical views

The News & Politics niche on YouTube

In the last 30 days, Returbe tracked 59K videos from 997 channels in this niche. 17% of them reached 3× their channel's typical views, and a typical long video got 16K views. Estimated RPM for the niche: $2 to $8.

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