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Best Documentary YouTube stats

@bestdocCountry: USOn YouTube since 3 May 2016Updated

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Subscribers
8,440,000
Total views
2,262,316,641
Videos
3,493

YouTube's numbers on 2026-11-05.

What Best Documentary is about

From YouTube's data for the channel and its uploads of the last 30 days.

Country
United States
Language
English
50 of 50 recent uploads
Main video category
Entertainment
43 of 50 recent uploads
Paid promotion
0 of 50
Uploads marked on YouTube as including paid promotion

Topics on YouTube

The last 17 days

Subscribers
8,440,000
+20K in 16 days
Per day
+1.3K
average
Per month
+37.5K
at this pace

Days between YouTube's updates are estimated by ViewGoblin.

Total views
2,262,316,641
+18.6M in 16 days
Per day
+1.2M
average
Per month
+35M
at this pace
Best day
+2M
25 Oct

Days between YouTube's updates are estimated by ViewGoblin.

Daily numbers
DaySubscribersTotal viewsVideos
2026-11-058,440,0002,262,316,6413,493
2026-11-048,440,0002,261,293,9223,493
2026-11-038,440,0002,260,198,8743,490
2026-11-028,430,0002,260,554,4083,489
2026-11-018,430,0002,259,221,2163,489
2026-10-318,430,0002,258,008,0133,487
2026-10-308,430,0002,256,776,9653,486
2026-10-298,430,0002,255,528,4023,484
2026-10-288,430,0002,254,266,5653,482
2026-10-278,430,0002,253,037,0893,482
2026-10-268,430,0002,251,048,4863,481
2026-10-258,430,0002,251,048,4863,480
2026-10-248,430,0002,249,004,2353,479
2026-10-238,420,0002,247,740,9653,477
2026-10-228,420,0002,246,492,0483,475
2026-10-218,420,0002,244,550,4493,474
2026-10-208,420,0002,243,674,0733,474

Views per day

Views per day, average
1,134,559
New videos
5.1M
28% of views · uploads up to 30 days old
Older videos
13M
72% of views · 7-day average
All views
18.2M
in 16 days

Days between YouTube's updates are estimated by ViewGoblin.

Uploads in the last 30 days

Views as YouTube reported them on 2026-11-05.

Videos with the most new views

From 69 recent uploads. "Views" is YouTube's number; "New views" is calculated by ViewGoblin.

VideoViewsNew views
How Chinese Triads and Mexican Cartels Run the Fentanyl Trade239,838+186,752
The Lost Footage of JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette's Wedding64,297+55,632
Hitler's Most Wanted: The Architects of the Third Reich172,673+54,428
Port-au-Prince, Haiti: Breaking Code of Silence116,381+53,853
Convicted Master Forgers Reveal How They Tricked the Art World179,572+40,926
31 Years in Prison: The Trial and Conviction of Harvey Weinstein54,105+37,439
Venezuela's Underworld: EXCLUSIVE and INVESTIGATIVE Documentary58,167+27,801
Ebola: a Virus Out of Control?77,263+23,959
Lac-Mégantic, The Worst Oil Train Tragedy in History: What Happened?46,392+22,111
Fire and Steel: The Story of the Gun45,012+21,909
They Took The Cruise of a Lifetime... BUT SOME NEVER RETURNED43,486+20,985
Israel and Palestine, Understanding Both Sides of the Conflict27,860+20,432
They Invited the World to Their Commune via TikTok. It Backfired.27,057+17,886
Bamboo Union, Taiwan’s Most Powerful Triad31,147+17,209
SHE WAS CUT INTO PIECES! 🧳 Bizarre Murders: Piece of the Puzzle22,599+15,560
Where Did Chicago Go Wrong?88,994+14,076
Left in a Burning Mercedes: The Fatal Ambush of Gagandip Singh21,210+12,139
The 17th-Century Shipwreck That Changed American History52,000+11,799
HITLER and STALIN: United in Terror122,679+11,648
New Scotland Yard and the Camden Bin Murders20,488+8,613

Upload habits

Calculated by ViewGoblin from YouTube's data of the last 30 days. Not a YouTube number.

Uploads in 30 days
50
Rhythm
about every 15 hours
Median time between uploads
Videos vs Shortslast 50 uploads · estimated: up to 3 minutes counts as a Short
Videos 48 (96%) Shorts 2 (4%)
Uploads by weekday (UTC)
MoTuWeThFrSaSu
Uploads by hour (UTC)Most: 12:00
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Typical views of a new upload

Median of the channel's recent uploads at each age. Calculated by ViewGoblin from YouTube's daily numbers. Not a YouTube number.

after 1 day
20.3K
17 videos
after 3 days
36.5K
16 videos
after 7 days
35.7K
8 videos
after 14 days
62.7K
11 videos
after 30 days
56.1K
10 videos

How viewers react

Calculated by ViewGoblin from YouTube's data of the last 30 days. Not a YouTube number.

Likes per 1,000 views
4.1
Recent uploads
Comments per 1,000 views
0.6
Recent uploads

About Best Documentary

Welcome to Best Documentary — your home for full-length documentaries, investigative journalism, and compelling real-life stories. We curate high-quality award-winning feature films, historical deep dives, true crime investigations, and social impact documentaries from top filmmakers around the world. New full-length documentaries uploaded every day. Subscribe and turn on notifications to never miss an release! © All content on Best Documentary is distributed under official rights agreements with original producers and copyright owners.

Questions about Best Documentary

How many subscribers does Best Documentary have?

Best Documentary has 8,440,000 subscribers on YouTube (as of 2026-11-05).

How many views and videos does Best Documentary have?

Best Documentary has 2,262,316,641 views across 3,493 videos (as of 2026-11-05).

How often does Best Documentary upload?

Best Documentary uploaded 50 videos in the last 30 days, about every 15 hours.

When does Best Documentary usually upload?

In the last 30 days, Best Documentary uploaded most often around 12:00 UTC.

What language is Best Documentary in?

English: 50 of the 50 recent uploads with a set language.

Does Best Documentary make YouTube Shorts?

2 of the last 50 uploads are up to 3 minutes long, so most likely Shorts.

Does Best Documentary make sponsored videos?

None of the last 50 uploads is marked on YouTube as including paid promotion.

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