Best History Documentaries YouTube channel stats and outlier videos
Join us for premium history documentaries, uploaded in full every week. From the rise of the Ancient Egyptians to the climactic conclusion of the Second World War, we'll be bringing you the very best in history broadcasting featuring some of television's brightest historians. This channel is part o
| Subscribers | 126K |
|---|---|
| Total views | 20M |
| Videos | 237 |
| Average views per video (est.) | 30K |
| Country | - |
| Language | EN (est.) |
| Created | 2025-03-17 |
Niches: History Documentary.
Best outlier videos
Uploads that beat this channel's own median views, strongest first.
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suzannah Lipscomb Uncovers The Final Days Of Henry VIII & Anne Boleyn | 44× | 538K | 2026-06-27 |
| Eleanor Janega On Medieval England's Relationship With Death | 21× | 258K | 2026-04-12 |
| Eleanor Janega On Why The Middle Ages Were Dirtier Than You Think | 20× | 301K | 2026-04-10 |
| The Complete History Of The Normans With Eleanor Janega | 19× | 244K | 2026-03-29 |
| Why Everything You Know About The Romans Is Wrong | 18× | 448K | 2026-06-20 |
| Archaeologists Find A Manor Frozen By The Black Death | 18× | 233K | 2026-10-11 |
| Dan Snow Explores The Norman Conquest: Castles, Abbeys, & Invasion | 16× | 186K | 2026-04-05 |
| Dark Side of Medieval Battles Hollywood Deliberately Hides | 16× | 196K | 2026-07-11 |
| The Brutal Reality of Medieval Surgery (Graphic Demo) | 16× | 234K | 2026-06-21 |
| Archeologists Investigate The Battle of Teutoburg Forest: Rome's Greatest Disaster | 14× | 171K | 2026-08-08 |
Latest uploads
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Marshall: The Knight Who Saved England at Lincoln and Sealed Magna Carta | 1× | 13K | 2026-10-30 |
| Lost Village of High Wurzel: Manor by the Church and a Saxon Surprise | 0.6× | 9.7K | 2026-10-25 |
| Cuba 1962: Arkhipov's Vote, Prague Spring's Fall, and America's Moonshot | 0.2× | 2.5K | 2026-10-24 |
| Mapping Lost Egypt From Space: Saqqara's New Pyramid and Itjtawy Revealed | 0.9× | 11K | 2026-10-23 |
| Time Team at Downpatrick: St Patrick Monastery Ditches and a Medieval Kitchen | 0.8× | 13K | 2026-10-18 |
| Budapest 1956 to the Berlin Wall: NATO Nukes, B-52s and Sputnik | 1.3× | 17K | 2026-10-17 |
| Conwy Castle: Edward I's Ring of Iron, Tudor Raid, Hidden Chapel | 8.4× | 110K | 2026-10-16 |
| Archaeologists Find A Manor Frozen By The Black Death | 18× | 233K | 2026-10-11 |
| The Most Lethal Weapons In History And The Spies Who Stole Them | 0.2× | 3.7K | 2026-10-10 |
| How The Wars Of The Roses Destroyed Ludlow Castle | 3.7× | 48K | 2026-10-09 |
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Repeatable pattern
How, why or what titles. 19 of the last 100 uploads use it, with a median of 1.3× the channel's usual views. Example: "Eleanor Janega On Why The Middle Ages Were Dirtier Than You Think".
Content map
What the last 100 indexed uploads look like, by length.
| Format | Uploads | Median views | Median outlier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 20 minutes | 8 | 6.9K | 0.6× |
| 20 to 60 minutes | 67 | 13K | 0.9× |
| Over 60 minutes | 25 | 37K | 3.1× |
Levers to test
- Titles of this kind ran at 1.3× the channel's usual views across 19 uploads, against 0.9× for all uploads. Test the same title shape on your topic.
- Over 60 minutes did best here, at 3.1× against 0.6× for under 20 minutes. Start with that format.
- The channel posted about 12 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 Best History Documentaries have?
Best History Documentaries has about 126K subscribers, from the public count YouTube shows.
How often does Best History Documentaries upload?
About 12 uploads a month, going by the last 30 indexed uploads.
What is the best recent video from Best History Documentaries?
"Suzannah Lipscomb Uncovers The Final Days Of Henry VIII & Anne Boleyn" reached 44× the channel's usual views, the strongest of the uploads we hold.
Can I see the age, gender or income of the Best History Documentaries 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 Best History Documentaries on YouTube.