BBC Global YouTube channel stats and outlier videos
The best short videos and explainers from the BBC. This is a commercial channel from BBC Studios.
| Subscribers | 810K |
|---|---|
| Total views | 214M |
| Videos | 839 |
| Average views per video (est.) | 135K |
| Country | GB |
| Language | EN (est.) |
| Created | 2017-08-04 |
Niches: AI Tools & News.
Best outlier videos
Uploads that beat this channel's own median views, strongest first.
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scientists studied doomscrolling. Here’s what they found. | 72× | 2.2M | 2026-04-27 |
| Researchers studied AI layoffs. Here's their warning. | 71× | 2M | 2026-07-20 |
| The medieval mystery of Greenland's vanished Vikings | BBC Global | 52× | 1.8M | 2026-08-27 |
| Watch a kitten try to catch fish for the first time | BBC Global | 51× | 1.1M | 2026-04-11 |
| Inside the mind of Karl Ove Knausgård | BBC Global | 34× | 567K | 2026-10-02 |
| America is running out of teenagers. Universities are worried | BBC Global | 23× | 695K | 2026-02-23 |
| Elderly divorce is skyrocketing in the US. Here's what researchers know. | 16× | 500K | 2026-08-10 |
| Is Human Connection The New Job Security? | BBC Global | 16× | 496K | 2026-02-09 |
| Cecilia Bartoli: A voice that defies time | BBC Global | 15× | 249K | 2026-08-28 |
| Researchers studied why US overdoses plummeted. The answer surprised them. | 14× | 389K | 2026-08-24 |
Latest uploads
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Why AI is suddenly obsessed with lighthouses | The Interface | 1.1× | 16K | 2026-10-28 |
| The entrepreneurs reshaping Africa's economic future | BBC Global | 3.5× | 133K | 2026-10-27 |
| This reporter dove into mental health data. What he found surprised him. | 0.3× | 15K | 2026-10-26 |
| The minimalist choreographer who changed dance forever | BBC Global | 0.3× | 13K | 2026-10-23 |
| 'Nobody is making films like this' | BBC Global | 1.4× | 35K | 2026-10-22 |
| The battle to delete your embarrassing online history | The Interface | 0.2× | 4.4K | 2026-10-21 |
| Are there about to be a lot more people with dementia? | 1× | 33K | 2026-10-19 |
| Are there about to be a lot more people with dementia? #BBC #health #aging | 0.6× | 3.5K | 2026-10-19 |
| Should We Ban Being Cruel to Chatbots? | The Interface | 0.4× | 4.9K | 2026-10-14 |
| One psychologist’s theory of why life has become less dangerous and less exciting. | 4.3× | 119K | 2026-10-13 |
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Repeatable pattern
A series or topic prefix before a colon. 11 of the last 100 uploads use it, with a median of 1.1× the channel's usual views. Example: "Cecilia Bartoli: A voice that defies time | BBC Global".
Content map
What the last 100 indexed uploads look like, by length.
| Format | Uploads | Median views | Median outlier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shorts | 27 | 6.2K | 1.1× |
| Under 20 minutes | 59 | 28K | 0.8× |
| 20 to 60 minutes | 14 | 11K | 0.7× |
Levers to test
- Titles of this kind ran at 1.1× the channel's usual views across 11 uploads, against 0.8× for all uploads. Test the same title shape on your topic.
- Shorts did best here, at 1.1× against 0.7× for 20 to 60 minutes. Start with that format.
- The channel posted about 12.5 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 BBC Global have?
BBC Global has about 810K subscribers, from the public count YouTube shows.
How often does BBC Global upload?
About 12.5 uploads a month, going by the last 30 indexed uploads.
What is the best recent video from BBC Global?
"Scientists studied doomscrolling. Here’s what they found." reached 72× the channel's usual views, the strongest of the uploads we hold.
Can I see the age, gender or income of the BBC Global 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 BBC Global on YouTube.