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NBC News YouTube channel stats and outlier videos

Every day, NBC News helps people understand what’s happening and why it matters — through fact-based reporting, meaningful conversations, and powerful stories. From its leading news broadcasts — TODAY, NBC Nightly News, Meet the Press, and Dateline — to NBC News NOW, the 24/7 streaming news channel,

Subscribers12M
Total views11B
Videos103K
Average views per video (est.)68K
Country-
LanguageEN (est.)
Created2006-07-19

Best outlier videos

Uploads that beat this channel's own median views, strongest first.

VideoOutlierViewsPublished
Air Force service member dies after fall from arena rafters30×825K2026-10-19
Trump uses antisemitic slur in defending Sen. Marshall20×561K2026-10-20
Zelenskyy: Ukraine ‘will not prevail’ if U.S. takes Russia's side20×552K2026-10-18
Air Force service member dies from fall before college football game15×426K2026-10-18
Bodycam shows ICE officer run over a man with his vehicle15×407K2026-10-31
2 killed, 10 injured after woman drives truck through youth soccer game5.4×149K2026-10-18
Kornacki: Poll shows shift among those who call themselves a MAGA vs. traditional Republican5.1×908K2026-10-19
4 service members killed and dozens injured in fire at Canadian military base4.7×131K2026-10-18
French president speaks out on violent nationwide unrest across France4.6×128K2026-10-18
Zelenskyy says waived Russian sanctions are 'strengthening Putin's war against us'4.2×305K2026-10-18

Latest uploads

VideoOutlierViewsPublished
Police arrest pro-Palestinian protesters in London0.1×4.1K2026-10-31
Miami Heat unveil updated Dwyane Wade statue0.2×6.2K2026-10-31
Could a gap year benefit students before college?0.1×3K2026-10-31
‘I don’t have time for B.S.‘: El-Sayed on his appeal to young voters0.8×21K2026-10-31
Parisians protest in Halloween costumes0.4×12K2026-10-31
Pope Leo jokes about his Villanova fandom0.2×5.8K2026-10-31
Cute babies and otters dress up and play for Halloween0×1.1K2026-10-31
Bodycam shows ICE officer run over a man with his vehicle15×407K2026-10-31
Ohioans share the issues they’re thinking about for the midterms0.2×6.1K2026-10-31
Mary Peltola calls campaign allegations ‘offensive to me’0.3×8.4K2026-10-31

Repeatable pattern

A number in the title. 13 of the last 97 uploads use it, with a median of 1.4× the channel's usual views. Example: "2 killed, 10 injured after woman drives truck through youth soccer game".

Content map

What the last 97 indexed uploads look like, by length.

FormatUploadsMedian viewsMedian outlier
Shorts6821K0.8×
Under 20 minutes1967K1.2×
20 to 60 minutes6141K1×
Over 60 minutes453K0.8×

Levers to test

  • Titles of this kind ran at 1.4× the channel's usual views across 13 uploads, against 0.8× for all uploads. Test the same title shape on your topic.
  • Under 20 minutes did best here, at 1.2× against 0.8× for shorts. Start with that format.
  • The channel posted about 54.8 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 NBC News have?

NBC News has about 12M subscribers, from the public count YouTube shows.

How often does NBC News upload?

About 54.8 uploads a month, going by the last 30 indexed uploads.

What is the best recent video from NBC News?

"Air Force service member dies after fall from arena rafters" reached 30× the channel's usual views, the strongest of the uploads we hold.

Can I see the age, gender or income of the NBC 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 NBC News on YouTube.