Free Documentary - History - what's actually working, and what isn't
Most stats sites hand you a subscriber count and an earnings guess. Neither answers the question that matters: which titles win on this channel, which flop, and what a creator should copy. Here is that read, from its 181 most recent of 405 long-form uploads. One of the education YouTube channels we track. Visit Free Documentary - History on YouTube →
How many views does Free Documentary - History actually get?
This channel runs on hits: its top 10% of videos pull 41% of all views and its biggest is 18.8× the median, so the median upload (85K views) is the floor and the big numbers are the exception.
What is Free Documentary - History's most popular video?
Its biggest hit is "The Third Reich in Colour | Full Series | Free Documentary History" at 1.6M views - 18.8× the channel median. The other top performers:
Which titles work best for Free Documentary - History - and which flop?
Same channel, same audience. The gap between these two lists is the title doing the work. Its strongest titles:
And the uploads that underperformed for this channel:
The words that win for Free Documentary - History
These show up across its winners but barely in its flops - the angles this audience actually clicks: colour war world.
Which title patterns actually move the needle
Not a guess - the real view lift of each pattern across 181 uploads: median views with it versus without. This isolates the title from the topic, so you copy what works here and skip what does not - something no other tracker breaks down per channel.
Lean on has a number and an all-caps word - they lift views the most on this channel.
What keywords does Free Documentary - History rank on?
Weighted by views, the topics this channel actually pulls traffic on are: world war, war colour, battlefield great, great battles, battles wwii, second world, civil war, third reich. These are the lanes it owns - and the ones a similar channel competes against.
How often does Free Documentary - History post, and when?
Free Documentary - History publishes about 3.4 videos a week, most often on Fri.
How long are Free Documentary - History's videos?
Typical uploads run about 51 minutes. Broken down by length, its 20 min+ videos perform best (85K median views) - the format worth leaning into on this channel.
How does Free Documentary - History compare to other education channels?
At 85K median views, Free Documentary - History runs above the typical education channel we track (23K). It is outperforming its niche.
How much does Free Documentary - History make? (estimated)
Nobody outside the channel sees the real figure, and ad revenue is only part of it - sponsorships and merch often dwarf it. But from public view counts, Free Documentary - History pulls roughly 1.2M long-form views a month from recent uploads, which at a typical $1-4 RPM works out to an estimated $1,243-$4,971 a month in ad revenue (about $14,912-$59,650 a year). Treat it as a ballpark, not a payslip - real creator income varies wildly, and this ignores the back catalogue.
What should a channel like Free Documentary - History make next?
Copy what already works here, not generic advice: lean on the 20 min+ format, ship on Fri, and build titles around its proven words (colour, war, world). The median is the bar - the goal of every upload is to clear 85K views.
Free Documentary - History stats at a glance
| Subscribers | 1.1M |
| Total views | 195M |
| Videos published | 405 |
| Avg views (of 181 analyzed) | 157K |
| Engagement rate | 12.3% |
| Uploads per week | 3.4 |
| Typical length | 51 min |
| On YouTube since | 2020 (6 yrs) |
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