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History & Society on YouTube

How History & Society creators are growing this week: the sub-niches taking off, the channels rising fastest and the videos that beat their channel's usual.

2,279

Creator channels

329M

Combined subscribers

+0.4%

Typical channel's views this week

vs +0.3% across all niches

#16

Rank by growth

of 70 niches

Fastest-growing History & Society sub-niches

Median view growth of each sub-niche's channels over the last 7 days.

  1. Ancient History530 channels+0.5%
  2. Historical Deep Dives1,850 channels+0.5%
  3. Modern History502 channels+0.4%
  4. Social History & Culture1,249 channels+0.4%
  5. Military History491 channels+0.4%
  6. Historical Preservation & Restoration185 channels+0.2%

Biggest History & Society channels

By subscribers.

  1. 1
    OverSimplified

    @oversimplified · 9.7M subscribers

    43Mavg views
  2. 2
    Facts Verse

    @factsverse · 9.1M subscribers

    111Kavg views
  3. 3
    Thoughty2

    @thoughty2 · 5.7M subscribers

    1.4Mavg views
  4. 4
    Simple History

    @simplehistory · 5.1M subscribers

    1.5Mavg views
  5. 5
    Sam O'Nella Academy

    @samonellaacademy · 4.8M subscribers

    11Mavg views
  6. 6
    Extra History

    @extrahistory · 4.6M subscribers

    782Kavg views
  7. 7
    Kings and Generals

    @kingsandgenerals · 4.2M subscribers

    693Kavg views
  8. 8
    Andy Jiang

    @andyyjiang · 3.5M subscribers

    178Kavg views
  9. 9
    Epic History

    @epichistorytv · 3.2M subscribers

    2.5Mavg views
  10. 10
    Overly Sarcastic Productions

    @overlysarcasticproductions · 2.6M subscribers

    1.3Mavg views
  11. 11
    The Armchair Historian

    @thearmchairhistorian · 2.5M subscribers

    1.4Mavg views
  12. 12
    AlternateHistoryHub

    @alternatehistoryhub · 2.5M subscribers

    1.5Mavg views

Rising History & Society channels

Biggest subscriber growth this week, relative to size (10K+ subscribers).

  1. 1
    Hidden History

    @hiddenhistorypod · 25,100 subscribers

    +39.4%+7,100 in 6d
  2. 2
    The Hidden Lens

    @thehiddenlens-v · 12,800 subscribers

    +16.4%+1,800 in 5d
  3. 3
    History, Mystery, and Horror

    @historymysteryhorror · 41,400 subscribers

    +15.3%+5,500 in 5d
  4. 4
    Japhet

    @japhetsworld · 20,600 subscribers

    +12.6%+2,300 in 6d
  5. 5
    The Archaeologist's Notebook

    @archaeologistsnotebook · 22,300 subscribers

    +12.1%+2,400 in 5d
  6. 6
    Kevin Keys

    @kevinkeys · 18,800 subscribers

    +11.2%+1,900 in 5d
  7. 7
    Before Civilization

    @beforecivilization-01 · 34,300 subscribers

    +9.9%+3,100 in 6d
  8. 8
    The Three Pillars

    @threepillarshistory · 30,300 subscribers

    +9.4%+2,600 in 4d
  9. 9
    Raw History

    @raw.history · 34,100 subscribers

    +8.3%+2,600 in 5d
  10. 10
    Lucy Worsley's Channel

    @lucyworsley_historian · 27,700 subscribers

    +8.2%+2,100 in 5d

Top History & Society videos this month

The long-form uploads that most outperformed their own channel's usual views, one per channel.

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This week the typical History & Society channel grew its views by +0.4%, against +0.3% for the typical channel across all niches — #16 of 70 niches by growth. It is measured on 2,050 channels and recomputed daily.