PBS Origins YouTube channel stats and outlier videos
PBS Origins is the home of history shows from PBS Digital Studios. Subscribe to dive into inclusive, intersectional history content that helps us understand one another more deeply. Our shows: Rogue History: Hosted by Joel Cook, Rogue History shakes the dust off the history books to unravel myths
| Subscribers | 743K |
|---|---|
| Total views | 58M |
| Videos | 282 |
| Average views per video (est.) | 339K |
| Country | - |
| Language | EN (est.) |
| Created | 2017-08-11 |
Niches: History Documentary.
Best outlier videos
Uploads that beat this channel's own median views, strongest first.
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Native American State That Almost Was | 29× | 454K (not yet checked) | 2025-12-23 |
| let's unravel the legend of Molly Pitcher | 21× | 326K (not yet checked) | 2026-04-15 |
| The Black Power movement's problem with Crispus Attucks | 17× | 256K (not yet checked) | 2026-08-26 |
| Listen to Recordings of Formerly Enslaved People | 14× | 217K (not yet checked) | 2026-06-19 |
| The Truth about Native American Casinos | 13× | 209K (not yet checked) | 2024-07-05 |
| Why Are So Few Reservations In the East? | 13× | 200K (not yet checked) | 2024-11-08 |
| Who Came On The Last Slave Ship To The U.S.? | 12× | 185K (not yet checked) | 2026-10-08 |
| The 'Public Universal Friend' made some enemies | 12× | 183K (not yet checked) | 2026-07-08 |
| Was the Lost Colony never actually lost? | 9.2× | 143K (not yet checked) | 2026-01-21 |
| Why are Cigar Store Indians a Thing? #history | 9× | 139K (not yet checked) | 2024-08-06 |
Latest uploads
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uncle Sam has a dark past | 0.9× | 14K (not yet checked) | 2026-10-12 |
| Who Came On The Last Slave Ship To The U.S.? | 12× | 185K (not yet checked) | 2026-10-08 |
| The Unhinged Ladies Who Terrorized Greedy Merchants | 1.1× | 316K (not yet checked) | 2026-10-07 |
| The American Caste System They Don't Teach You About | 4.8× | 1.4M (not yet checked) | 2026-09-23 |
| The Black Power movement's problem with Crispus Attucks | 17× | 256K (not yet checked) | 2026-08-26 |
| Is Everything You Learned About Him a Lie? | 0.6× | 169K (not yet checked) | 2026-08-12 |
| Listen to audio recordings of the formerly enslaved (part 2) | 2.9× | 45K (not yet checked) | 2026-08-06 |
| America’s White Slavery Crisis They Don’t Teach You About | 0.9× | 268K (not yet checked) | 2026-07-23 |
| The 'Public Universal Friend' made some enemies | 12× | 183K (not yet checked) | 2026-07-08 |
| How America's Foundation was Built on Propaganda | 1.6× | 451K (not yet checked) | 2026-07-02 |
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Repeatable pattern
No title shape stands out across the last 100 uploads of PBS Origins , 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 | 60 | 16K | 1× |
| Under 20 minutes | 40 | 268K | 0.9× |
Levers to test
- The channel posted about 2.5 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 PBS Origins have?
PBS Origins has about 743K subscribers, from the public count YouTube shows.
How often does PBS Origins upload?
About 2.5 uploads a month, going by the last 30 indexed uploads.
What is the best recent video from PBS Origins ?
"The Native American State That Almost Was" reached 29× the channel's usual views, the strongest of the uploads we hold.
Can I see the age, gender or income of the PBS Origins 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 Origins on YouTube.