Shipped YouTube channel stats and outlier videos
Shipped investigates the hidden history of the commodities that shaped civilization — sugar, opium, indigo, rubber, and the everyday objects with stories most people never learn. Each episode traces a single commodity from its ancient origins through colonial exploitation, corporate consolidation,
| Subscribers | 15K |
|---|---|
| Total views | 2.8M |
| Videos | 39 |
| Average views per video (est.) | 92K |
| Country | US |
| Language | EN (est.) |
| Created | 2026-03-26 |
Niches: History Documentary.
Best outlier videos
Uploads that beat this channel's own median views, strongest first.
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| How a Sacred Leaf Became a $100 Billion Empire | 182× | 1.5M (as of 2026-11-02) | 2026-07-21 |
| $5 a Rock That Destroyed a Generation | 73× | 373K (not yet checked) | 2026-09-07 |
| How The 'Cure' for Addiction That Became the Deadliest Drug in History | 67× | 343K (not yet checked) | 2026-08-07 |
| The Legal Factory Nobody Had to Hide | 46× | 237K (not yet checked) | 2026-10-09 |
| The Cold Medicine Law That Built a Cartel Empire | 9× | 46K (not yet checked) | 2026-09-26 |
| The Miracle Drug That Turned Into a Nightmare Dust | 7.8× | 41K (not yet checked) | 2026-08-19 |
| The Cocaine Too Dirty to Export | 7.7× | 39K (not yet checked) | 2026-10-07 |
| The Powerful Painkiller That Changed Everything | 7× | 39K (not yet checked) | 2026-08-13 |
| The Party Drug That Cured Depression in Two Hours | 4.5× | 23K (not yet checked) | 2026-09-23 |
| The Secret Government Test That Created a Nation's Addiction Crisis | 3.7× | 19K (not yet checked) | 2026-09-15 |
Latest uploads
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Nazi Helped Run Bolivia’s Coup. Who let him in? | 2.3× | 12K (not yet checked) | 2026-10-17 |
| The Painless Miracle That Hooked Its Own Testers | 0.9× | 4.8K (not yet checked) | 2026-10-13 |
| Cocaine’s Leftovers Were Sold to the Poor | 0.9× | 4.9K (not yet checked) | 2026-10-11 |
| The Legal Factory Nobody Had to Hide | 46× | 237K (not yet checked) | 2026-10-09 |
| The Cocaine Too Dirty to Export | 7.7× | 39K (not yet checked) | 2026-10-07 |
| France Cut Overdose Deaths 79% With One Drug - Why Didn’t America? | 1.1× | 5.8K (not yet checked) | 2026-10-05 |
| The Cold Medicine Law That Built a Cartel Empire | 9× | 46K (not yet checked) | 2026-09-26 |
| The Party Drug That Cured Depression in Two Hours | 4.5× | 23K (not yet checked) | 2026-09-23 |
| The Secret Government Test That Created a Nation's Addiction Crisis | 3.7× | 19K (not yet checked) | 2026-09-15 |
| $5 a Rock That Destroyed a Generation | 73× | 373K (not yet checked) | 2026-09-07 |
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Repeatable pattern
A number in the title. 6 of the last 36 uploads use it, with a median of 1.7× the channel's usual views. Example: "How a Sacred Leaf Became a $100 Billion Empire".
Content map
What the last 36 indexed uploads look like, by length.
| Format | Uploads | Median views | Median outlier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 20 minutes | 9 | 511 | 0.3× |
| 20 to 60 minutes | 27 | 11K | 2.1× |
Levers to test
- Titles of this kind ran at 1.7× the channel's usual views across 6 uploads, against 0.9× for all uploads. Test the same title shape on your topic.
- 20 to 60 minutes did best here, at 2.1× against 0.3× for under 20 minutes. Start with that format.
- The channel posted about 7.2 uploads a month over its last 30 uploads. Plan a pace you can hold for the same stretch.
These come from the channel's public numbers. They show what went with better results, not what caused them.
Frequently asked questions
How many subscribers does Shipped have?
Shipped has about 15K subscribers, from the public count YouTube shows.
How often does Shipped upload?
About 7.2 uploads a month, going by the last 30 indexed uploads.
What is the best recent video from Shipped?
"How a Sacred Leaf Became a $100 Billion Empire" reached 182× the channel's usual views, the strongest of the uploads we hold.
Can I see the age, gender or income of the Shipped audience?
No. YouTube keeps audience details private to the channel owner in YouTube Studio, and the public API does not share them. TubeMind does not guess them.
Public statistics from the official YouTube Data API; averages and multipliers are TubeMind estimates, see how scores work. Open Shipped on YouTube.