Best Documentary YouTube channel stats and outlier videos
Welcome to Best Documentary — your home for full-length documentaries, investigative journalism, and compelling real-life stories. We curate high-quality award-winning feature films, historical deep dives, true crime investigations, and social impact documentaries from top filmmakers around the wor
| Subscribers | 8.4M |
|---|---|
| Total views | 2.3B |
| Videos | 3.5K |
| Average views per video (est.) | 107K |
| Country | US |
| Language | EN (est.) |
| Created | 2016-05-03 |
Niches: Hindi Facts & Mystery, History Documentary, Documentary.
Best outlier videos
Uploads that beat this channel's own median views, strongest first.
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Downfall of the Third Reich: UNCENSORED Archival History (1942-1945) | 50× | 3.1M (as of 2026-11-02) | 2026-10-09 |
| She hoists a prey as heavy as she is to protect it from scavengers | 49× | 347K (as of 2026-11-02) | 2026-09-16 |
| I Earn 3 Million a Year as a Narco-Pilot | 30× | 1M (as of 2026-11-02) | 2026-09-24 |
| America’s Most Remote Home: Living 30 Years Beyond the Arctic Circle | 15× | 889K (as of 2026-11-02) | 2026-10-01 |
| Sicario School: How They Train for the Cartel | 14× | 841K (as of 2026-11-02) | 2026-10-10 |
| Pink Triangles: Homosexuals Facing Nazism | 12× | 732K (as of 2026-11-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| "I Want to Join the Camorra": The Rise of Scampia's Teen Bosses | 12× | 404K (as of 2026-11-02) | 2026-09-27 |
| Syria - Jihadists up close | 9.3× | 725K (as of 2026-11-02) | 2026-10-10 |
| PRIDE VS PREDATORS! 🩸 The Lions Rule: Death in the Glade | 6.6× | 401K (as of 2026-11-02) | 2026-09-28 |
| Convicted Master Forgers Reveal How They Tricked the Art World | 5.4× | 183K (as of 2026-11-02) | 2026-10-18 |
Latest uploads
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fire and Steel: The Story of the Gun | 0.6× | 41K (as of 2026-11-02) | 2026-10-28 |
| Lac-Mégantic, The Worst Oil Train Tragedy in History: What Happened? | 0.7× | 41K (as of 2026-11-02) | 2026-10-28 |
| They Took The Cruise of a Lifetime... BUT SOME NEVER RETURNED | 0.7× | 43K (as of 2026-11-02) | 2026-10-27 |
| New Scotland Yard and the Camden Bin Murders | 0.3× | 20K (as of 2026-11-02) | 2026-10-26 |
| How a 9-Minute Tape Destroyed an NBA Empire (Donald Sterling, LA Clippers) | 0.3× | 19K (as of 2026-11-02) | 2026-10-26 |
| 31 Years in Prison: The Trial and Conviction of Harvey Weinstein | 0.7× | 56K (as of 2026-11-02) | 2026-10-25 |
| Bamboo Union, Taiwan’s Most Powerful Triad | 0.8× | 34K (as of 2026-11-02) | 2026-10-25 |
| Port-au-Prince, Haiti: Breaking Code of Silence | 2.2× | 133K (as of 2026-11-02) | 2026-10-24 |
| Hitler's Most Wanted: The Architects of the Third Reich | 4× | 189K (as of 2026-11-02) | 2026-10-23 |
| 5 Cruise Ship Vacations That Turned Deadly | TRUE CRIME Compilation | 0.7× | 41K (as of 2026-11-02) | 2026-10-22 |
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Repeatable pattern
A series or topic prefix before a colon. 37 of the last 99 uploads use it, with a median of 1.3× the channel's usual views. Example: "Downfall of the Third Reich: UNCENSORED Archival History (1942-1945)".
Content map
What the last 99 indexed uploads look like, by length.
| Format | Uploads | Median views | Median outlier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shorts | 18 | 7.2K | 1× |
| Under 20 minutes | 4 | 46K | 1.3× |
| 20 to 60 minutes | 47 | 56K | 0.9× |
| Over 60 minutes | 30 | 53K | 0.9× |
Levers to test
- Titles of this kind ran at 1.3× the channel's usual views across 37 uploads, against 0.9× for all uploads. Test the same title shape on your topic.
- The channel posted about 35.8 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 Best Documentary have?
Best Documentary has about 8.4M subscribers, from the public count YouTube shows.
How often does Best Documentary upload?
About 35.8 uploads a month, going by the last 30 indexed uploads.
What is the best recent video from Best Documentary?
"Downfall of the Third Reich: UNCENSORED Archival History (1942-1945)" reached 50× the channel's usual views, the strongest of the uploads we hold.
Can I see the age, gender or income of the Best Documentary 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.
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