# FinNews: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

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As of 2026-10-28, FinNews has 2,490,000 subscribers, 251,472,689 total views, and 32 videos. It ranks #23,758 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [FinNews](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@finnews_now/). Each video links to its own stats page. The page lists the rest of the channel's videos to signed-in vidIQ users.

## About this sample

- The latest upload vidIQ has for FinNews is “The 1973 deal that made dollar important - PetroDollar Explained.”, a Short published Oct 3, 2026.
- These are FinNews’s 32 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Sep 29, 2024 and Oct 3, 2026 (29 long-form videos and 3 Shorts).
- Median views across these 32 uploads: 5,906,483. 16 videos are above that median and 16 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “How a Burger Explains Global Economics (The Big Mac Index)” (31,339,196 views, Oct 8, 2024). Least viewed: “Why improving efficiency, increases costs. - The Jevons Paradox.” (6,472 views, Sep 30, 2026).
- Median length: 2:47 for 29 long-form videos; 0:19 for 3 Shorts.
- In this sample, FinNews’s consecutive uploads were a median of 10 days apart (shortest gap 0 days, longest 169 days).
- Views are lifetime totals as of Oct 29, 2026, so newer uploads have had less time to collect them. These figures describe only the videos listed here, not the whole channel, and do not show why any video performed as it did. Dates are UTC.

## Recent uploads

| Video | Published (UTC) | Format | Views | Duration | Outlier score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [The 1973 deal that made dollar important - PetroDollar Explained.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@finnews_now/videos/oZVMo5Bjjeo/) | 2026-10-03 | Short | 10,716 | 0:21 | - |
| [Why improving efficiency, increases costs. - The Jevons Paradox.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@finnews_now/videos/0FaIcf-d8nQ/) | 2026-09-30 | Short | 6,472 | 0:19 | - |
| [Why your money buys less - Shrinkflation explained in 10 seconds.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@finnews_now/videos/YCxLUAtU-1M/) | 2026-09-30 | Short | 13,044 | 0:15 | - |
| [How Oil Made the US Dollar Powerful - PetroDollar Explained](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@finnews_now/videos/eDgKtZKmbao/) | 2026-04-14 | Long-form | 6,780,863 | 4:40 | 0.94x |
| [The AI Bubble Nobody Wants to Talk About](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@finnews_now/videos/XSZQF1zjIXY/) | 2025-11-12 | Long-form | 6,633,278 | 2:17 | 0.93x |
| [Why Do We Pay Taxes? The Truth Behind Where Your Money Goes](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@finnews_now/videos/Gs4KY7ioco4/) | 2025-08-24 | Long-form | 7,642,346 | 4:23 | 1.19x |
| [How the 2008 Financial Crisis Happened – The Untold Story of the Subprime Collapse](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@finnews_now/videos/zR-kguw2bUQ/) | 2025-06-25 | Long-form | 5,200,303 | 11:44 | 1.08x |
| [Why One Purchase Turns Into Ten (The Diderot Effect)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@finnews_now/videos/PC5H0iiH2PU/) | 2025-05-11 | Long-form | 12,080,444 | 2:32 | 2.65x |
| [Why Tariffs Are Making a Big Comeback in U.S. Politics (Tariffs Explained)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@finnews_now/videos/FVIZWaiVdi4/) | 2025-04-20 | Long-form | 9,420,636 | 2:07 | 2.07x |
| [Why Raising Taxes Can Backfire (The Laffer Curve)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@finnews_now/videos/nQW8lUmLneI/) | 2025-03-30 | Long-form | 12,524,202 | 3:17 | 2.82x |
| [Why Saving Too Much Hurts the Economy (The Paradox of Thrift)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@finnews_now/videos/HisTSWRHE-o/) | 2025-03-03 | Long-form | 1,708,079 | 3:42 | 0.39x |
| [Why do we keep making bad decisions? (The Sunk Cost Fallacy - Gambler's Fallacy)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@finnews_now/videos/6NTlLxKTMMA/) | 2025-02-20 | Long-form | 15,569,469 | 2:13 | 3.39x |
| [Why More Efficient Technology Can Make You Use More (Jevons Paradox)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@finnews_now/videos/HztvKX4K0jY/) | 2025-02-02 | Long-form | 2,635,407 | 2:32 | 0.57x |
| [How Much Money Do You Need to Feel Successful?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@finnews_now/videos/jrz5TmgF_p8/) | 2025-01-16 | Long-form | 3,324,065 | 3:37 | 0.64x |
| [Why Small Luxuries Thrive During Recessions (The Lipstick Effect)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@finnews_now/videos/WpnNH9mm1WA/) | 2025-01-05 | Long-form | 3,326,742 | 2:58 | 0.58x |
| [How Amazon and Netflix Dominate the Digital Economy (The Long Tail Theory)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@finnews_now/videos/AnEGkRePp0Q/) | 2024-12-25 | Long-form | 4,389,540 | 2:21 | 0.76x |
| [When Economic Solutions Make Things Worse (The Cobra Effect)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@finnews_now/videos/BAOEkQQ796I/) | 2024-12-15 | Long-form | 4,714,832 | 2:05 | 0.71x |
| [The Prisoner’s Dilemma (How Trust Impacts Economics)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@finnews_now/videos/lczaBZFlBDc/) | 2024-12-08 | Long-form | 5,897,069 | 2:47 | 0.89x |
| [Why Destruction Doesn't Drive Economic Growth (The Broken Window Fallacy)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@finnews_now/videos/Gx6RLLXRVSU/) | 2024-11-27 | Long-form | 4,475,032 | 2:26 | 0.64x |
| [The Rent vs. Income Gap Explained (Why Rent is Still Unaffordable for Most Americans)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@finnews_now/videos/lrXxG_EMITE/) | 2024-11-17 | Long-form | 7,423,364 | 3:19 | 0.87x |
| [Can Skipping Avocado Toast Really Help Millennials Buy a House?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@finnews_now/videos/DPWIFaQ-HlQ/) | 2024-11-07 | Long-form | 5,663,304 | 2:02 | 0.7x |
| [What Can You Buy With $100? (The $100 Challenge)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@finnews_now/videos/w8jMdiKeL8M/) | 2024-11-07 | Long-form | 9,673,526 | 3:46 | 1.19x |
| [How Sin Taxes Can Improve Public Health (Sin Tax Effect)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@finnews_now/videos/d3gz9n69z9E/) | 2024-11-07 | Long-form | 15,968,338 | 3:32 | 1.51x |
| [Why You're Paying More for Less! (Shrinkflation)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@finnews_now/videos/Hiy2_Azjp0g/) | 2024-11-05 | Long-form | 16,854,057 | 3:17 | 2.59x |
| [What Roblox Can Teach Us About Inflation ?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@finnews_now/videos/9qKnCBuoCh0/) | 2024-10-31 | Long-form | 5,415,238 | 2:26 | 0.87x |
| [How Many Days of Work Does It Take to Afford the iPhone 16 By Country? (iPhone Index 2024)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@finnews_now/videos/Qo-g_jjwHr0/) | 2024-10-27 | Long-form | 15,564,126 | 1:56 | 2.39x |
| [How EVs Are Changing the Future of Transportation (The Electric Revolution)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@finnews_now/videos/QYrvnelUmRk/) | 2024-10-20 | Long-form | 5,426,761 | 3:48 | 0.87x |
| [Why the US Dollar Strengthens in Crisis (The Dollar Milkshake Theory Explained)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@finnews_now/videos/JVH3Bol76qs/) | 2024-10-14 | Long-form | 6,517,678 | 3:00 | 1x |
| [How a Burger Explains Global Economics (The Big Mac Index)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@finnews_now/videos/2Pch_VwJFPk/) | 2024-10-08 | Long-form | 31,339,196 | 2:22 | 3.04x |
| [Is Intel Going To Fail?! (Qualcomm Merger Overview)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@finnews_now/videos/V97BvbGd_0Q/) | 2024-10-01 | Long-form | 5,020,475 | 2:57 | 0.49x |
| [ChatGPT Changed Forever?! (Going For Profit)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@finnews_now/videos/mShSt_fQIOk/) | 2024-09-30 | Long-form | 5,915,896 | 2:47 | 0.57x |
| [Binance Founder CZ Set for Early Release?! (What This Means for Crypto Future)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@finnews_now/videos/cD2UAYx111s/) | 2024-09-29 | Long-form | 14,685,555 | 2:16 | 1.43x |

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