PBS Documentaries YouTube channel stats and outlier videos
Welcome to the PBS Documentaries channel—presented by PBS Digital Studios and Independent Television Service (ITVS), dedicated to documenting our shared human journey and helping us understand one another a little better. Stream full-length films and short stories that explore culture, history, natu
| Subscribers | 449K |
|---|---|
| Total views | 66M |
| Videos | 306 |
| Average views per video (est.) | 80K |
| Country | US |
| Language | EN (est.) |
| Created | 2012-03-07 |
Niches: Documentary.
Best outlier videos
Uploads that beat this channel's own median views, strongest first.
Latest uploads
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pharrell, The Clipse, & the Gentrification of "Grindin'" 🔊 | 0.8× | 4.3K (as of 2026-11-02) | 2026-10-28 |
| 👀 Flock Cameras Are Watching. Should You Worry? | 2.1× | 10K (as of 2026-11-02) | 2026-10-27 |
| Fighting for a Dream Beyond the Boxing Ring | 3× | 133K (as of 2026-11-02) | 2026-10-26 |
| What You Should Know About Hoodoo | 0.8× | 4.4K (as of 2026-11-02) | 2026-10-23 |
| Why Mexico’s Government Sees Feminist Activists as a Threat? | 1.3× | 40K (as of 2026-11-02) | 2026-10-22 |
| A Father and Son Debate White Privilege | 0.9× | 5.1K (as of 2026-11-02) | 2026-10-21 |
| What do you know about Gullah Geechee Culture? | 4.9× | 25K (as of 2026-11-02) | 2026-10-20 |
| What It Takes to Become a U.S. Citizen | 4× | 127K (as of 2026-11-02) | 2026-10-19 |
| Would You Take Your Husband’s Last Name? 💍 | 2× | 10K (as of 2026-11-02) | 2026-10-16 |
| Why Assimilation Comes At A Cultural Cost | 0.2× | 11K (as of 2026-11-02) | 2026-10-15 |
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Repeatable pattern
No title shape stands out across the last 100 uploads of PBS Documentaries, 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 | 47 | 5.1K | 0.9× |
| Under 20 minutes | 27 | 57K | 1.2× |
| 20 to 60 minutes | 20 | 70K | 1.4× |
| Over 60 minutes | 6 | 225K | 1× |
Levers to test
- 20 to 60 minutes did best here, at 1.4× against 0.9× for shorts. Start with that format.
- The channel posted about 18.6 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 Documentaries have?
PBS Documentaries has about 449K subscribers, from the public count YouTube shows.
How often does PBS Documentaries upload?
About 18.6 uploads a month, going by the last 30 indexed uploads.
What is the best recent video from PBS Documentaries?
"Why are black Americans moving to Mexico?" 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 Documentaries 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 Documentaries on YouTube.