Dan Snow's History Hit YouTube channel stats and outlier videos
British Historian and TV presenter Dan Snow gives you a deep dive into history's defining moments. Every Thursday Dan and his expert guests delve into the rise and fall of the greatest empires, what really happened in the Titanic's last moments, who were the best and worst rulers and make sense of
| Subscribers | 146K |
|---|---|
| Total views | 15M |
| Videos | 84 |
| Average views per video (est.) | 145K |
| Country | - |
| Language | EN (est.) |
| Created | 2025-05-19 |
Niches: History Documentary.
Best outlier videos
Uploads that beat this channel's own median views, strongest first.
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Mitchell ROASTS History's Most Overrated Monarchs | 17× | 2.1M | 2025-06-05 |
| Were Spartans Really That Great? | 3.5× | 446K | 2025-07-03 |
| Evil Unfolded During The 1945 Battle Of Berlin | 3.2× | 414K | 2025-07-31 |
| Was Julius Caesar The Greatest Of All Roman Rulers? | 3× | 409K | 2025-06-05 |
| 5 Reasons The Allies Won WW2 With James Holland | 2.9× | 370K | 2025-08-07 |
| Did Medieval Society Collapse During The Black Death? | 2.8× | 354K | 2025-11-13 |
| Historian Explains the ENTIRE ODYSSEY | 2.8× | 352K | 2026-07-15 |
| Eleanor Janega on Eleanor of Aquitaine: Most Powerful Medieval Queen! | 2.6× | 340K | 2025-11-27 |
| The REAL King Arthur: Britons VS Saxons | 2.4× | 322K | 2025-07-17 |
| Edward VIII: Friend of Hitler, Jewellery Thief, and A Scandalous Sex Life | 2.3× | 290K | 2026-03-05 |
Latest uploads
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eleanor Janega Tells Medieval Ghost Stories | 0.8× | 111K | 2026-10-28 |
| Mummification: Myth vs Reality! | 0.4× | 58K | 2026-10-21 |
| Where Does The Illuminati Conspiracy Come From? | 1× | 134K | 2026-10-14 |
| John Dudley: Most Powerful and Evil Tudor? | 1.1× | 138K | 2026-10-07 |
| 30 Seconds Until The End Of The World: The Cuban Missile Crisis | 0.8× | 106K | 2026-09-30 |
| Marie Antoinette: Child Bride, Party Girl, and Beheaded | 0.7× | 97K | 2026-09-24 |
| Knights VS The Ottoman Empire: The Epic Battle for Malta | 1.8× | 229K | 2026-09-16 |
| The Uprising: When FURIOUS Medieval Peasants Revolted | 2.2× | 286K | 2026-09-11 |
| Historian Explains EVERYTHING On The Bayeux Tapestry | 1.6× | 204K | 2026-09-09 |
| The Bible LIED About The Babylonians | 2.2× | 283K | 2026-09-02 |
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Repeatable pattern
A number in the title. 4 of the last 82 uploads use it, with a median of 1.8× the channel's usual views. Example: "Evil Unfolded During The 1945 Battle Of Berlin".
Content map
What the last 82 indexed uploads look like, by length.
| Format | Uploads | Median views | Median outlier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shorts | 1 | 34K | - |
| 20 to 60 minutes | 67 | 136K | 1.1× |
| Over 60 minutes | 14 | 155K | 1.2× |
Levers to test
- Titles of this kind ran at 1.8× the channel's usual views across 4 uploads, against 1.1× for all uploads. Test the same title shape on your topic.
- The channel posted about 4.4 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 Dan Snow's History Hit have?
Dan Snow's History Hit has about 146K subscribers, from the public count YouTube shows.
How often does Dan Snow's History Hit upload?
About 4.4 uploads a month, going by the last 30 indexed uploads.
What is the best recent video from Dan Snow's History Hit?
"David Mitchell ROASTS History's Most Overrated Monarchs" reached 17× the channel's usual views, the strongest of the uploads we hold.
Can I see the age, gender or income of the Dan Snow's History Hit 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 Dan Snow's History Hit on YouTube.