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CNN YouTube channel stats and outlier videos

CNN is the world leader in news and information and seeks to inform, engage and empower the world. Staffed 24 hours, seven days a week by a dedicated team in CNN bureaus around the world, CNN delivers news from almost 4,000 journalists in every corner of the globe.

Subscribers20M
Total views22B
Videos189K
Average views per video (est.)228K
CountryUS
LanguageEN (est.)
Created2005-10-02

Best outlier videos

Uploads that beat this channel's own median views, strongest first.

VideoOutlierViewsPublished
Abdul El-Sayed challenges assumptions behind Muslim Brotherhood question67×11M2026-10-18
Haiti hired US mercenaries to fight its gangs. Here's how it's going44×13M2026-10-18
GOP panic, inflation up, Zacharia out & more | Erin Burnett OutFront this week32×1.3M2026-10-17
Abdul El-Sayed responds to Trump's attacks on his name8.8×1.4M2026-10-18
TX & KS' historic swings, GOP's cratering odds & much more | Enten election roundup8.4×714K2026-10-31
Priest killed after wooden cross falls on him during mass7.9×1.1M2026-10-20
Vance pressed by soldier’s widower on CBS7.1×1.2M2026-10-18
Christiane Amanpour announces she’s leaving CNN after 43 years6.9×927K2026-10-19
Hillary Clinton’s debate comments relevant 10 years later6.5×871K2026-10-19
GOP Senator goes off on Trump for praising Putin: ‘He is a murderer!’6.2×826K2026-10-20

Latest uploads

VideoOutlierViewsPublished
JD Vance celebrates Halloween as Dumbledore2.9×473K2026-11-01
Alaska Sen. Sullivan accuses Democrats of same-name voter deceit0.7×115K2026-11-01
Trump takes El-Sayed question at Mar-a-Lago Halloween party3.3×541K2026-11-01
Talarico slams Paxton as "bought and paid for" by billionaires1.1×179K2026-11-01
Can Democrats flip Iowa?0.8×131K2026-11-01
How did the world learn Kim Jong Un has a daughter?0.8×134K2026-11-01
How Trump could still interfere with voting0.3×99K2026-11-01
El-Sayed asked if Stevens’ comments are hurting his campaign2.8×456K2026-10-31
Where Chinese people first saw the world0.1×15K2026-10-31
Families reunite after months without food in occupied Ukrainian town0.4×60K2026-10-31

Repeatable pattern

A series or topic prefix before a colon. 4 of the last 98 uploads use it, with a median of 2× the channel's usual views. Example: "Trump: ‘Paris is going to be a Muslim city very soon’".

Content map

What the last 98 indexed uploads look like, by length.

FormatUploadsMedian viewsMedian outlier
Shorts75115K0.7×
Under 20 minutes17340K1×
20 to 60 minutes665K1.4×

Levers to test

  • Titles of this kind ran at 2× the channel's usual views across 4 uploads, against 0.8× for all uploads. Test the same title shape on your topic.
  • 20 to 60 minutes did best here, at 1.4× against 0.7× for shorts. Start with that format.
  • The channel posted about 54.9 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 CNN have?

CNN has about 20M subscribers, from the public count YouTube shows.

How often does CNN upload?

About 54.9 uploads a month, going by the last 30 indexed uploads.

What is the best recent video from CNN?

"Abdul El-Sayed challenges assumptions behind Muslim Brotherhood question" reached 67× the channel's usual views, the strongest of the uploads we hold.

Can I see the age, gender or income of the CNN 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 CNN on YouTube.