VICE News YouTube channel stats and outlier videos
VICE News presents Shane Smith Has Questions Season 2. Shane Smith Has Questions is the bold investigative podcast from VICE News founder Shane Smith that explores the most confusing and controversial issues shaping our world. From misinformation and conspiracy theories to politics science and soci
| Subscribers | 9.3M |
|---|---|
| Total views | 3.5B |
| Videos | 7K |
| Average views per video (est.) | 59K |
| Country | US |
| Language | EN |
| Created | 2013-11-20 |
Niches: Podcast.
Best outlier videos
Uploads that beat this channel's own median views, strongest first.
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| How Sean Penn Met A Serial Killer in L.A. County Jail | 90× | 1.1M (as of 2026-11-11) | 2026-07-20 |
| Sean Penn on Why Ukraine Matters | 23× | 273K (as of 2026-11-11) | 2026-07-16 |
| Inside North Korea: What It’s Really Like Meeting Kim Jong Un | 9.4× | 111K (as of 2026-11-11) | 2026-06-30 |
| How America Is Committing “Superpower Suicide” ft. Timothy Snyder | Shane Smith Has Questions | 6.5× | 880K (as of 2026-11-11) | 2026-10-15 |
| What happens next in Iran? | 6× | 71K (as of 2026-11-11) | 2026-07-10 |
| How Sean Penn Met the World's Most Wanted Man | 6× | 70K (as of 2026-11-11) | 2026-07-17 |
| When AI acts on its own. #gemini #tech #ai | 5× | 59K (as of 2026-11-11) | 2026-09-11 |
| Swimming between Iranian warships and a fifth of the world's oil. | 4.8× | 57K (as of 2026-11-11) | 2026-08-22 |
| Why Sean Penn Skipped the Oscars for Ukraine | 4.6× | 55K (as of 2026-11-11) | 2026-07-22 |
| Ken Burns: "There's Only Us, There Is No Them." | SSHQ | 4.5× | 614K (as of 2026-11-11) | 2026-06-25 |
Latest uploads
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Offerman: Our Generation "Shat The Bed" | 0.6× | 6.7K | 2026-11-14 |
| Nick Offerman Almost Joined The Office | 3.6× | 42K | 2026-11-13 |
| Nick Offerman Says Consumerism Sold Us a Lie About Work | 1× | 12K | 2026-11-13 |
| The Conan Advice Nick Offerman Uses When America Feels Broken | 2.9× | 34K | 2026-11-12 |
| Nick Offerman on What Big Ag Costs American Farmers | 1× | 11K | 2026-11-12 |
| Nick Offerman's on a Mission (to Save Us From Ourselves) | 0.3× | 49K | 2026-11-12 |
| Democrats Have Power Again. How Far Will They Go? | 0.4× | 5K | 2026-11-10 |
| Nate Silver: Why the Midterms Look Blue | 0.8× | 10K | 2026-10-31 |
| Who Actually Draws Your Congressional District? | 0.5× | 6.1K | 2026-10-30 |
| What If the Polls Are Wrong Like 2016? | Nate Silver | 1.9× | 23K | 2026-10-29 |
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Repeatable pattern
No title shape stands out across the last 100 uploads of VICE News, so results here rest more on the topic of each video.
Content map
What the last 100 indexed uploads look like, by length.
| Format | Uploads | Median views | Median outlier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shorts | 86 | 16K | 1.3× |
| Under 20 minutes | 2 | 132K | 0.9× |
| 20 to 60 minutes | 6 | 129K | 0.8× |
| Over 60 minutes | 6 | 182K | 1.1× |
Levers to test
- Shorts did best here, at 1.3× against 0.8× for 20 to 60 minutes. Start with that format.
- The channel posted about 11.3 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 VICE News have?
VICE News has about 9.3M subscribers, from the public count YouTube shows.
How often does VICE News upload?
About 11.3 uploads a month, going by the last 30 indexed uploads.
What is the best recent video from VICE News?
"How Sean Penn Met A Serial Killer in L.A. County Jail" reached 90× the channel's usual views, the strongest of the uploads we hold.
Can I see the age, gender or income of the VICE News 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 VICE News on YouTube.