PBS YouTube channel stats and outlier videos
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| Subscribers | 1.8M |
|---|---|
| Total views | 171M |
| Videos | 3.3K |
| Average views per video (est.) | 97K |
| Country | US |
| Language | EN (est.) |
| Created | 2006-03-16 |
Niches: History Documentary.
Best outlier videos
Uploads that beat this channel's own median views, strongest first.
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Official Trailer | Crime and Punishment in America | A New Documentary by Lynn Novick | 21× | 156K | 2026-09-01 |
| Inside Antarctica's Doomsday Glacier | Full Episode | Resolve to Solve with Miles O’Brien | 14× | 1.6M | 2026-09-03 |
| Can This End Addiction for Good? | 10× | 630K | 2026-09-17 |
| The Worst Mass Extinction Ever | Eons: Life and Death on Pangea | 9× | 226K | 2026-08-18 |
| Diving to Antarctica's Seafloor in a Tiny Sub | 5.4× | 330K | 2026-09-30 |
| How the American Revolution Ended at the Battle of Yorktown | PBS | 5.1× | 333K | 2026-05-05 |
| Jamey Johnson sings "Lead Me Home" | National Memorial Day Concert 2026 | 4.8× | 118K | 2026-05-29 |
| The Hidden Reason Glaciers Are Melting Faster Than Expected | Ages of Ice | 4.7× | 126K | 2026-09-16 |
| The Role of War in the History of Humanity | Full Episode | First Civilizations | 4.6× | 787K | 2026-09-14 |
| Tig Notaro and Stephanie Allynne Draw (and Roast) Each Other | 4.5× | 296K | 2026-08-07 |
Latest uploads
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| In Pursuit: Lessons of American Leadership | Full Documentary | 0.1× | 23K | 2026-10-28 |
| The AI Revolution is Here. Now What? | Breaking the Deadlock | Full Episode | PBS | 0.1× | 22K | 2026-10-28 |
| Why Arkansas Chose Daisy Bates and Johnny Cash for Statues in the U.S. Capitol | Full Documentary | 0.1× | 15K | 2026-10-26 |
| Aparna Nancherla ordered pizza as a kid 🍕📞 | 0.6× | 4.3K | 2026-10-23 |
| Chicago to Joplin, Missouri | Full Episode 1 | The Great Muslim American Roadtrip | 0.1× | 16K | 2026-10-22 |
| Should We Ban Partisan Gerrymandering? | Civics Made Easy | 0.9× | 65K | 2026-10-21 |
| Mon Laferte Performs "Vida Normal" | Hispanic Heritage Awards | 0.5× | 17K | 2026-10-17 |
| Aparna Nancherla on Being a Shy Kid | The Drawing Room with Mo Welch | 0.3× | 22K | 2026-10-16 |
| Africa's Golden City | Full Episode | Secrets of the Dead | 0.5× | 116K | 2026-10-15 |
| Why America’s Founders Feared Direct Democracy | 1.3× | 94K | 2026-10-14 |
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Repeatable pattern
Question titles. 5 of the last 99 uploads use it, with a median of 1.2× the channel's usual views. Example: "Can This End Addiction for Good?".
Content map
What the last 99 indexed uploads look like, by length.
| Format | Uploads | Median views | Median outlier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shorts | 17 | 7.4K | 1× |
| Under 20 minutes | 63 | 47K | 0.7× |
| 20 to 60 minutes | 18 | 102K | 0.5× |
| Over 60 minutes | 1 | 426K | 4.2× |
Levers to test
- Titles of this kind ran at 1.2× the channel's usual views across 5 uploads, against 0.8× for all uploads. Test the same title shape on your topic.
- Shorts did best here, at 1× against 0.5× for 20 to 60 minutes. Start with that format.
- The channel posted about 18.7 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 PBS have?
PBS has about 1.8M subscribers, from the public count YouTube shows.
How often does PBS upload?
About 18.7 uploads a month, going by the last 30 indexed uploads.
What is the best recent video from PBS?
"Official Trailer | Crime and Punishment in America | A New Documentary by Lynn Novick" reached 21× the channel's usual views, the strongest of the uploads we hold.
Can I see the age, gender or income of the PBS 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 PBS on YouTube.