CBC News YouTube channel stats and outlier videos
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| Subscribers | 4.8M |
|---|---|
| Total views | 3.4B |
| Videos | 49K |
| Average views per video (est.) | 140K |
| Country | CA |
| Language | EN (est.) |
| Created | 2014-07-25 |
Best outlier videos
Uploads that beat this channel's own median views, strongest first.
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| The broken math of Trump's diesel deal with Putin | About That | 62× | 1.8M | 2026-10-16 |
| Did human error cause Spain's deadly high-speed train crash? | About That | 25× | 866K | 2026-10-30 |
| White House press secretary fired after 5 days on job | 9.4× | 380K | 2026-10-16 |
| Botched 911 call: How the failed Christa Pike execution got worse | About That | 8.8× | 704K | 2026-10-14 |
| How did a Calgary bus burst into flames, killing 3 people? | Hanomansing Live | 7.7× | 267K | 2026-10-17 |
| Meet the conspiracy theorist who swindled the CRA out of millions | 7.6× | 479K | 2026-10-16 |
| What we know about the disaster at CFB Wainwright | 6.5× | 226K | 2026-10-18 |
| New White House press secretary says she's a lawyer. Is she? | 6.4× | 399K | 2026-10-16 |
| Power Panel: Trump says Canada 'only works' as the 51st state | Power & Politics | 5.3× | 175K | 2026-10-14 |
| Katie Zacharia out after only 5 days as White House press secretary | 5.2× | 327K | 2026-10-16 |
Latest uploads
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto police identify Bridle Path home invasion suspect | 3× | 186K | 2026-10-31 |
| Suspect identified in Bridle Path home invasion in Toronto | 1.7× | 62K | 2026-10-31 |
| Evacuees from Russian-occupied Oleshky arrive in Ukraine-held territory | 1.3× | 46K | 2026-10-31 |
| Russia is back in the hockey world champions | Hanomansing Live | 0.5× | 18K | 2026-10-31 |
| How fairy trails are bringing magic to a Nova Scotia town | Creator Network | 0.9× | 31K | 2026-10-31 |
| Macklemore wraps ‘Free Palestine’ tour with sold out show | 0.6× | 44K | 2026-10-31 |
| What would a U.S. midterms win look like for Democrats and Republicans? | Hanomansing Live | 3× | 103K | 2026-10-31 |
| Will Canadians get behind Canada's pursuit of associate membership in the EU? | Power & Politics | 2.5× | 59K | 2026-10-31 |
| What can we expect from the Canada-EU 'alliance for the future’? | Power & Politics | 2.4× | 75K | 2026-10-31 |
| B.C.'s Roberts Bank Terminal 2 expansion listed as 'project of national interest' | Hanomansing Live | 0.7× | 29K | 2026-10-31 |
Repeatable pattern
Question titles. 5 of the last 95 uploads use it, with a median of 2.2× the channel's usual views. Example: "New White House press secretary says she's a lawyer. Is she?".
Content map
What the last 95 indexed uploads look like, by length.
| Format | Uploads | Median views | Median outlier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shorts | 43 | 50K | 0.6× |
| Under 20 minutes | 42 | 41K | 1.2× |
| 20 to 60 minutes | 9 | 44K | 1.4× |
| Over 60 minutes | 1 | 13K | 0.2× |
Levers to test
- Titles of this kind ran at 2.2× the channel's usual views across 5 uploads, against 0.9× for all uploads. Test the same title shape on your topic.
- 20 to 60 minutes did best here, at 1.4× against 0.6× for shorts. Start with that format.
- The channel posted about 33.8 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 CBC News have?
CBC News has about 4.8M subscribers, from the public count YouTube shows.
How often does CBC News upload?
About 33.8 uploads a month, going by the last 30 indexed uploads.
What is the best recent video from CBC News?
"The broken math of Trump's diesel deal with Putin | About That" reached 62× the channel's usual views, the strongest of the uploads we hold.
Can I see the age, gender or income of the CBC News 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 CBC News on YouTube.