FRONTLINE PBS | Official YouTube channel stats and outlier videos
FRONTLINE is investigative journalism that questions, explains and changes our world. You can watch more than 300 of our documentaries, for free, any time, here: www.pbs.org/frontline Subscribe to FRONTLINE’s newsletter: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/newsletter-subscriptions/ FRONTLINE is p
| Subscribers | 4.9M |
|---|---|
| Total views | 1B |
| Videos | 1.3K |
| Average views per video (est.) | 266K |
| Country | US |
| Language | EN (est.) |
| Created | 2013-08-07 |
Best outlier videos
Uploads that beat this channel's own median views, strongest first.
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Israeli Election, Explained | 38× | 731K | 2026-10-31 |
| How much did the U.S. government know about Osama bin Laden before 9/11? | 28× | 528K | 2026-09-08 |
| Why did President Trump want to fire this Federal Reserve official? | 19× | 371K | 2026-06-29 |
| How To Spot A Scam | 16× | 313K | 2026-07-16 |
| What to Do If You've Been Scammed | 11× | 206K | 2026-08-05 |
| Honoring the Dead at Ground Zero After 9/11 | 10× | 193K | 2026-09-11 |
| How Trump’s Inner Circle Helped Pave the Road to War w/ Iran | The War Cabinet (excerpt) | FRONTLINE | 9.1× | 352K | 2026-05-26 |
| Remaking the Middle East: The U.S., Israel & Iran (updated documentary) | FRONTLINE (PBS) | 8.6× | 4.4M | 2026-03-11 |
| How Pete Hegseth formed his views on war | 5.4× | 125K | 2026-11-10 |
| Inside a Maximum Security Prison’s Isolation Unit | Solitary Nation (full documentary) | FRONTLINE | 5.3× | 2.9M | 2026-03-17 |
Latest uploads
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inside Appalachia’s Black Lung Crisis | Coal’s Human Cost (full documentary) | FRONTLINE (PBS) | 0.4× | 257K | 2026-11-11 |
| How Pete Hegseth formed his views on war | 5.4× | 125K | 2026-11-10 |
| How an Effort to Shield Coal Miners From Black Lung Fell Apart | FRONTLINE @NPR @pubhealthwatch | 0.1× | 8.2K | 2026-11-10 |
| Before Chief of Staff: Stephen Miller’s Rise in Trump’s World | 2.1× | 44K | 2026-11-07 |
| Susie Wiles Is Out. Here’s How She Navigated Trump’s White House | 1.5× | 32K | 2026-11-06 |
| Inside the Deadly 1993 Firefight in Somalia | Ambush in Mogadishu (full documentary) | FRONTLINE | 0.4× | 258K | 2026-11-04 |
| Has Our America Gotten Better? | 0.7× | 14K | 2026-11-02 |
| DOC MARATHON: The Price of the American Dream | FRONTLINE | 0.3× | 50K | 2026-11-02 |
| Israeli Election, Explained | 38× | 731K | 2026-10-31 |
| DOC MARATHON: 6 Films on The Rise of Netanyahu & The Road to War | FRONTLINE | 0.3× | 46K | 2026-10-30 |
Repeatable pattern
Question titles. 9 of the last 98 uploads use it, with a median of 1.2× the channel's usual views. Example: "How much did the U.S. government know about Osama bin Laden before 9/11?".
Content map
What the last 98 indexed uploads look like, by length.
| Format | Uploads | Median views | Median outlier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shorts | 34 | 23K | 1.2× |
| Under 20 minutes | 20 | 49K | 0.7× |
| 20 to 60 minutes | 31 | 258K | 0.9× |
| Over 60 minutes | 13 | 931K | 1.8× |
Levers to test
- Titles of this kind ran at 1.2× the channel's usual views across 9 uploads, against 0.9× for all uploads. Test the same title shape on your topic.
- Over 60 minutes did best here, at 1.8× against 0.7× for under 20 minutes. Start with that format.
- The channel posted about 10.4 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 FRONTLINE PBS | Official have?
FRONTLINE PBS | Official has about 4.9M subscribers, from the public count YouTube shows.
How often does FRONTLINE PBS | Official upload?
About 10.4 uploads a month, going by the last 30 indexed uploads.
What is the best recent video from FRONTLINE PBS | Official?
"Israeli Election, Explained" reached 38× the channel's usual views, the strongest of the uploads we hold.
Can I see the age, gender or income of the FRONTLINE PBS | Official 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.
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