# CNN YouTube Stats

Markdown version of https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@cnn/ from vidIQ YouTube Stats. Link to that page, not to this file.

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As of 2026-11-03, CNN has 20,000,000 subscribers, 22,249,158,957 total views, and 188,688 videos. It ranks #801 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

Counts reflect public YouTube data and may be rounded. Earnings are modelled ad revenue estimates, not reported creator income; sponsorships, memberships and merchandise are excluded. [Data sources and earnings methodology](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/top/methodology/#earnings).

## Key stats

- Subscribers: 20,000,000
- Total views: 22,249,158,957
- Videos: 188,688
- Estimated ad revenue (USD): $1,200,000
- Worldwide rank: #801
- Country: United States (rank #218)
- Category: News-&-Politics (rank #23)
- Joined YouTube: 2005-10-02
- Statistics as of: 2026-11-03

The exact earnings measurement window is unavailable.

## Top videos

| Video | Format | Published | Views | Views per hour | Outlier score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [98-year-old woman confronts police raiding her home](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@cnn/videos/i-uFx0cThfs/) | Short | 2023-08-22 | 30,707,939 | 67 | - |
| [Biker brazenly smashes windshield](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@cnn/videos/myx4d6iECmU/) | Short | 2023-10-04 | 20,123,737 | 2 | - |
| [Dem presses Bessent: “Who pays tariffs?”](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@cnn/videos/CODFD3j623E/) | Short | 2025-05-06 | 17,564,178 | - | - |
| [Train conductor spots 3-year-old boy on tracks](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@cnn/videos/zYaM3hYGfig/) | Short | 2023-04-26 | 16,375,233 | 42 | - |
| [Hegseth pressed about request for more funds on war Trump says 'he already won'](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@cnn/videos/8rT3QEELEys/) | Short | 2026-07-21 | 14,314,708 | 5,727 | >100x |
| [Watch Trudeau speak directly to Trump during blistering speech](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@cnn/videos/wz_42pckM7w/) | Long-form | 2025-03-04 | 16,400,335 | 5 | 19.22x |
| [Haiti hired US mercenaries to fight its gangs. Here's how it's going](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@cnn/videos/OZpa3UWjQu4/) | Long-form | 2026-10-18 | 13,183,664 | 6,703 | 17.87x |
| [CNN Presidential Debate: President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@cnn/videos/-v-8wJkmwBY/) | Long-form | 2024-06-28 | 12,049,057 | 8 | - |
| [Russian news anchor says millions of Russians feel invasion is a catastrophe](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@cnn/videos/eOl8WtjOO4I/) | Long-form | 2022-03-06 | 11,675,204 | 49 | - |
| [New heart-stopping footage of massive great white shark attack](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@cnn/videos/j0chL87gPag/) | Long-form | 2022-07-24 | 11,451,345 | 84 | - |

## Latest videos

| Video | Format | Published | Views | Views per hour | Outlier score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Former Haley Stevens adviser on why Haley has no future with Dems](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@cnn/videos/PK6hbhBJK4E/) | Long-form | 2026-11-03 | 716,651 | 20,532 | 11.98x |
| [Texas Republican ex-judge explains his vote for Talarico](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@cnn/videos/eE__2uvEVqE/) | Long-form | 2026-11-02 | 203,357 | 2,264 | 6.09x |
| [A midterm 'polling earthquake', blue TX enthusiasm, key margins & more \| Enten election roundup](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@cnn/videos/f5nKylxmi1M/) | Long-form | 2026-11-02 | 1,796,586 | 21,654 | 2.22x |
| [Why AI experts are sounding the alarm about the midterms](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@cnn/videos/VjKREc7YWxo/) | Long-form | 2026-11-02 | 171,621 | 4,333 | - |
| [Trump's closing arguments ahead of midterm election day](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@cnn/videos/bLTJQ9Q-NZs/) | Long-form | 2026-11-02 | 65,373 | 1,481 | - |

## Long-form vs. Shorts, last 28 days

| Format | Uploads | Views |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Long-form | 346 | 195,440,974 |
| Shorts | 854 | 198,882,189 |

## Daily performance

All recorded daily snapshots available for this channel. Dates are UTC. Missing days are not filled in; negative changes are retained. Earnings are estimates.

| Date | Subscribers | Subscribers change | Views | Views change | Estimated earnings (USD) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-11-02 | 20,000,000 | 0 | 22,249,158,957 | +29,688,578 | $69,000 |
| 2026-11-01 | 20,000,000 | 0 | 22,219,470,379 | +29,575,434 | $68,000 |
| 2026-10-31 | 20,000,000 | 0 | 22,189,894,945 | +10,076,106 | $23,000 |
| 2026-10-30 | 20,000,000 | 0 | 22,179,818,839 | +37,355,444 | $86,000 |
| 2026-10-29 | 20,000,000 | 0 | 22,142,463,395 | +9,566,240 | $22,000 |
| 2026-10-28 | 20,000,000 | 0 | 22,132,897,155 | +18,216,962 | $42,000 |
| 2026-10-27 | 20,000,000 | 0 | 22,114,680,193 | +16,204,542 | $37,000 |
| 2026-10-26 | 20,000,000 | 0 | 22,098,475,651 | +24,445,933 | $57,000 |
| 2026-10-25 | 20,000,000 | 0 | 22,074,029,718 | +15,890,659 | $37,000 |
| 2026-10-24 | 20,000,000 | 0 | 22,058,139,059 | +10,247,849 | $24,000 |
| 2026-10-23 | 20,000,000 | +100,000 | 22,047,891,210 | +18,795,419 | $43,000 |
| 2026-10-22 | 19,900,000 | 0 | 22,029,095,791 | +21,383,537 | $49,000 |
| 2026-10-21 | 19,900,000 | 0 | 22,007,712,254 | +28,484,010 | $66,000 |
| 2026-10-20 | 19,900,000 | 0 | 21,979,228,244 | +14,498,571 | $34,000 |
| 2026-10-19 | 19,900,000 | 0 | 21,964,729,673 | +20,530,035 | $47,000 |
| 2026-10-18 | 19,900,000 | 0 | 21,944,199,638 | +25,469,841 | $59,000 |
| 2026-10-17 | 19,900,000 | 0 | 21,918,729,797 | +14,432,007 | $33,000 |
| 2026-10-16 | 19,900,000 | 0 | 21,904,297,790 | +30,225,347 | $70,000 |
| 2026-10-15 | 19,900,000 | 0 | 21,874,072,443 | +2,023,463 | $4,700 |
| 2026-10-14 | 19,900,000 | 0 | 21,872,048,980 | +29,181,178 | $67,000 |
| 2026-10-13 | 19,900,000 | 0 | 21,842,867,802 | +18,109,770 | $42,000 |
| 2026-10-12 | 19,900,000 | 0 | 21,824,758,032 | +4,422,935 | $10,000 |
| 2026-10-11 | 19,900,000 | 0 | 21,820,335,097 | +31,829,038 | $74,000 |
| 2026-10-10 | 19,900,000 | 0 | 21,788,506,059 | +4,536,370 | $10,000 |
| 2026-10-09 | 19,900,000 | 0 | 21,783,969,689 | +14,907,404 | $34,000 |
| 2026-10-08 | 19,900,000 | 0 | 21,769,062,285 | +13,536,643 | $31,000 |
| 2026-10-07 | 19,900,000 | 0 | 21,755,525,642 | +14,682,053 | $34,000 |
| 2026-10-06 | 19,900,000 | 0 | 21,740,843,589 | +21,032,782 | $49,000 |
| 2026-10-05 | 19,900,000 | 0 | 21,719,810,807 | +8,094,156 | $19,000 |

## Monthly history

In October 2026, CNN gained 100,000 subscribers and got 548,713,751 views. Each month shows its net change and the totals at its end.

| Month | Subscribers gained | Views gained | Subscribers | Views |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| October 2026 | +100,000 | +548,713,751 | 20,000,000 | 22,211,265,955 |
| September 2026 | +100,000 | +377,032,165 | 19,900,000 | 21,662,552,204 |
| August 2026 | +100,000 | +234,953,203 | 19,800,000 | 21,285,520,039 |
| July 2026 | +100,000 | +192,431,186 | 19,700,000 | 21,050,566,836 |
| June 2026 | 0 | +166,028,378 | 19,600,000 | 20,858,135,650 |
| May 2026 | +100,000 | +172,989,885 | 19,600,000 | 20,692,107,272 |
| April 2026 | +100,000 | +217,926,016 | 19,500,000 | 20,519,117,387 |
| March 2026 | +200,000 | +263,236,554 | 19,400,000 | 20,301,191,371 |
| February 2026 | +100,000 | +214,867,087 | 19,200,000 | 20,037,954,817 |
| January 2026 | +100,000 | +248,404,825 | 19,100,000 | 19,823,087,730 |
| December 2025 | +100,000 | +180,535,056 | 19,000,000 | 19,574,682,905 |
| November 2025 | +100,000 | +209,038,250 | 18,900,000 | 19,394,147,849 |
| October 2025 | +100,000 | +190,423,843 | 18,800,000 | 19,185,109,599 |
| September 2025 | +100,000 | +237,662,240 | 18,700,000 | 18,994,685,756 |
| August 2025 | +100,000 | +191,276,696 | 18,600,000 | 18,757,023,516 |
| July 2025 | +100,000 | +216,438,559 | 18,500,000 | 18,565,746,820 |
| June 2025 | +200,000 | +245,247,768 | 18,400,000 | 18,349,308,261 |
| May 2025 | +200,000 | +198,856,091 | 18,200,000 | 18,104,060,493 |
| April 2025 | +200,000 | +254,782,754 | 18,000,000 | 17,905,204,402 |
| March 2025 | +200,000 | +253,378,072 | 17,800,000 | 17,650,421,648 |
| February 2025 | +100,000 | +134,445,903 | 17,600,000 | 17,397,043,576 |
| January 2025 | +100,000 | +150,934,743 | 17,500,000 | 17,262,597,673 |
| December 2024 | +100,000 | +112,152,020 | 17,400,000 | 17,111,662,930 |
| November 2024 | +100,000 | +147,451,308 | 17,300,000 | 16,999,510,910 |
| October 2024 | +200,000 | +192,815,946 | 17,200,000 | 16,852,059,602 |
| September 2024 | +100,000 | +177,956,339 | 17,000,000 | 16,659,243,656 |
| August 2024 | +200,000 | +264,225,679 | 16,900,000 | 16,481,287,317 |
| July 2024 | +200,000 | +190,517,689 | 16,700,000 | 16,217,061,638 |
| June 2024 | +100,000 | +135,791,346 | 16,500,000 | 16,026,543,949 |
| May 2024 | +100,000 | +130,877,406 | 16,400,000 | 15,890,752,603 |
| April 2024 | +100,000 | +168,931,935 | 16,300,000 | 15,759,875,197 |
| March 2024 | +100,000 | +168,349,385 | 16,200,000 | 15,590,943,262 |
| February 2024 | +100,000 | +139,149,153 | 16,100,000 | 15,422,593,877 |
| January 2024 | +100,000 | +150,667,912 | 16,000,000 | 15,283,444,724 |
| December 2023 | +100,000 | +106,978,678 | 15,900,000 | 15,132,776,812 |
| November 2023 | +100,000 | +139,839,822 | 15,800,000 | 15,025,798,134 |

## Cite these statistics

vidIQ. As of 2026-11-03, CNN has 20,000,000 subscribers, 22,249,158,957 total views, and 188,688 videos. It ranks #801 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ. Source: public YouTube statistics recorded by vidIQ. https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@cnn/ Methodology: https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/top/methodology/

[Shareable recorded history chart](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@cnn/history.svg)

## Frequently asked questions

**How many subscribers does CNN have?**

CNN has 20,000,000 subscribers as of 2026-11-03.

**How many views does CNN have?**

CNN has 22,249,158,957 total video views as of 2026-11-03.

**How many videos has CNN uploaded?**

CNN has uploaded 188,688 videos as of 2026-11-03.

**What is CNN's estimated YouTube ad revenue?**

vidIQ models about $1,200,000 USD in YouTube ad revenue for CNN as of 2026-11-03. This is a modelled estimate, not income reported by the creator or YouTube. The exact earnings measurement window is unavailable.

**What is CNN's subscriber rank?**

CNN is ranked #801 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ as of 2026-11-03.

**How many subscribers did CNN gain in the last 28 days?**

CNN gained 100,000 subscribers between 2026-10-06 and 2026-11-02.

**How many views did CNN get in the last 28 days?**

CNN got 529,348,150 views between 2026-10-06 and 2026-11-02.

**How much did CNN grow in October 2026?**

In October 2026, CNN gained 100,000 subscribers and got 548,713,751 views.

**When did CNN start their channel on YouTube?**

CNN started their YouTube channel on October 2, 2005.

**What country is CNN YouTube channel from?**

CNN has its channel country set to United States on YouTube.

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