# Free Documentary YouTube Stats

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

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As of 2026-10-31, Free Documentary has 5,850,000 subscribers, 1,277,392,257 total views, and 1,006 videos. It ranks #7,111 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: 5,850,000
- Total views: 1,277,392,257
- Videos: 1,006
- Estimated ad revenue (USD): $16,000
- Worldwide rank: #7,111
- Country: Germany (rank #32)
- Category: Entertainment (rank #2,978)
- Joined YouTube: 2013-06-06
- Statistics as of: 2026-10-31

The exact earnings measurement window is unavailable.

## Top videos

| Video | Format | Published | Views | Views per hour | Outlier score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [World’s Most Dangerous Roads \| Best Of - Burundi, Mali, Bolivia & Canada \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/-e7WThdKQ3A/) | Long-form | 2023-06-04 | 17,976,361 | 602 | 39.47x |
| [World’s Most Dangerous Roads \| Best Of - Philippines, India, China & Bangladesh \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/wcLmOu-FzyA/) | Long-form | 2023-04-23 | 17,364,024 | 562 | 24.06x |
| [World’s Most Dangerous Roads \| Mali \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/uzC1VCYLPl8/) | Long-form | 2021-11-07 | 9,892,839 | 48 | - |
| [The Filipino Tribe That Lives Inside a Volcano \| The Last Cavemen \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/t9vyx8hLa-k/) | Long-form | 2024-03-31 | 8,826,901 | 390 | 8.25x |
| [No-Go Zones - World’s Toughest Places \| Jamaica \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/TFrldKFqjYI/) | Long-form | 2021-11-21 | 8,351,617 | 30 | - |

## Latest videos

| Video | Format | Published | Views | Views per hour | Outlier score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [A Life at 4,000 Meters \| Peru: Thea Quechua People's Fight for Survival \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/cZ-9gfffuZY/) | Long-form | 2026-10-28 | 19,287 | 128 | - |
| [1 Town, 13 Prisons \| Inside America's Prison Capital \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/Vud0P5qWNPU/) | Long-form | 2026-10-25 | 110,989 | 231 | 1.94x |
| [The Kichwa People \| Ecuador: The Amazon Tribe That Fought Back \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/SxF7mCAXPVM/) | Long-form | 2026-10-21 | 68,852 | 88 | - |
| [World's Toughest Ships \| Deep-Sea Jobs: Working Under Crushing Pressure \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/ZF04tFSVNgw/) | Long-form | 2026-10-18 | 86,090 | 140 | 1.18x |
| [Earth Untold: Tunisia \| Hidden Tales from the Crossroads of North Africa \| Free Documentary](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/9vUdCbm6mg0/) | Long-form | 2026-10-14 | 81,917 | 76 | 1.07x |

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

| Format | Uploads | Views |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Long-form | 8 | 629,871 |
| Shorts | 0 | 0 |

## 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) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-10-31 | 5,850,000 | 0 | 1,277,392,257 | +308,434 | $500 |
| 2026-10-30 | 5,850,000 | 0 | 1,277,243,333 | +326,017 | $530 |
| 2026-10-29 | 5,850,000 | +10,000 | 1,276,917,316 | +149,614 | $240 |
| 2026-10-28 | 5,840,000 | 0 | 1,276,767,702 | +333,256 | $540 |
| 2026-10-27 | 5,840,000 | 0 | 1,276,434,446 | +325,445 | $530 |
| 2026-10-26 | 5,840,000 | 0 | 1,276,109,001 | +536,128 | $870 |
| 2026-10-25 | 5,840,000 | 0 | 1,275,572,873 | +326,389 | $530 |
| 2026-10-24 | 5,840,000 | 0 | 1,275,246,484 | +180,105 | $290 |
| 2026-10-23 | 5,840,000 | 0 | 1,275,066,379 | +311,524 | $510 |
| 2026-10-22 | 5,840,000 | 0 | 1,274,754,855 | +341,600 | $560 |
| 2026-10-21 | 5,840,000 | 0 | 1,274,413,255 | +513,964 | $840 |
| 2026-10-20 | 5,840,000 | 0 | 1,273,899,291 | +417,665 | $680 |
| 2026-10-19 | 5,840,000 | 0 | 1,273,481,626 | +313,055 | $510 |
| 2026-10-18 | 5,840,000 | 0 | 1,273,168,571 | +320,380 | $520 |
| 2026-10-17 | 5,840,000 | 0 | 1,272,848,191 | +204,121 | $330 |
| 2026-10-16 | 5,840,000 | 0 | 1,272,644,070 | +556,505 | $900 |
| 2026-10-15 | 5,840,000 | 0 | 1,272,087,565 | +60,253 | $98 |
| 2026-10-14 | 5,840,000 | 0 | 1,272,027,312 | +525,817 | $850 |
| 2026-10-13 | 5,840,000 | 0 | 1,271,501,495 | +462,626 | $750 |
| 2026-10-12 | 5,840,000 | 0 | 1,271,038,869 | +152,344 | $250 |
| 2026-10-11 | 5,840,000 | 0 | 1,270,886,525 | +415,306 | $670 |
| 2026-10-10 | 5,840,000 | 0 | 1,270,471,219 | +549,782 | $890 |
| 2026-10-09 | 5,840,000 | 0 | 1,269,921,437 | +217,058 | $350 |
| 2026-10-08 | 5,840,000 | 0 | 1,269,704,379 | +380,494 | $620 |
| 2026-10-07 | 5,840,000 | 0 | 1,269,323,885 | +371,944 | $600 |
| 2026-10-06 | 5,840,000 | 0 | 1,268,951,941 | +428,096 | $700 |
| 2026-10-05 | 5,840,000 | 0 | 1,268,523,845 | +295,691 | $480 |
| 2026-10-04 | 5,840,000 | 0 | 1,268,228,154 | +453,197 | $740 |
| 2026-10-03 | 5,840,000 | 0 | 1,267,774,957 | +294,651 | $480 |
| 2026-10-02 | 5,840,000 | 0 | 1,267,480,306 | +133,892 | $220 |

## Monthly history

In September 2026, Free Documentary gained 20,000 subscribers and got 6,540,692 views. Each month shows its net change and the totals at its end.

| Month | Subscribers gained | Views gained | Subscribers | Views |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| September 2026 | +20,000 | +6,540,692 | 5,840,000 | 1,267,346,414 |
| August 2026 | +10,000 | +7,398,401 | 5,820,000 | 1,260,805,722 |
| July 2026 | +20,000 | -7,487,175 | 5,810,000 | 1,253,407,321 |
| June 2026 | +10,000 | +6,622,900 | 5,790,000 | 1,260,894,496 |
| May 2026 | +20,000 | -16,936,275 | 5,780,000 | 1,254,271,596 |
| April 2026 | +10,000 | +8,910,082 | 5,760,000 | 1,271,207,871 |
| March 2026 | +20,000 | +4,257,522 | 5,750,000 | 1,262,297,789 |
| February 2026 | +20,000 | +11,636,845 | 5,730,000 | 1,258,040,267 |
| January 2026 | +20,000 | +9,455,220 | 5,710,000 | 1,246,403,422 |
| December 2025 | +20,000 | +7,631,254 | 5,690,000 | 1,236,948,202 |
| November 2025 | +20,000 | +9,273,590 | 5,670,000 | 1,229,316,948 |
| October 2025 | +20,000 | +6,109,590 | 5,650,000 | 1,220,043,358 |
| September 2025 | +40,000 | +7,382,652 | 5,630,000 | 1,213,933,768 |
| August 2025 | +30,000 | +11,505,001 | 5,590,000 | 1,206,551,116 |
| July 2025 | +30,000 | +12,083,478 | 5,560,000 | 1,195,046,115 |
| June 2025 | +40,000 | +11,620,186 | 5,530,000 | 1,182,962,637 |
| May 2025 | +30,000 | +12,233,775 | 5,490,000 | 1,171,342,451 |
| April 2025 | +40,000 | +12,822,446 | 5,460,000 | 1,159,108,676 |
| March 2025 | +50,000 | +15,828,373 | 5,420,000 | 1,146,286,230 |
| February 2025 | +50,000 | -18,234,040 | 5,370,000 | 1,130,457,857 |
| January 2025 | +40,000 | +13,320,905 | 5,320,000 | 1,148,691,897 |
| December 2024 | +50,000 | +19,179,456 | 5,280,000 | 1,135,370,992 |
| November 2024 | +70,000 | +4,360,353 | 5,230,000 | 1,116,191,536 |
| October 2024 | +40,000 | +18,335,069 | 5,160,000 | 1,111,831,183 |
| September 2024 | +40,000 | -42,146,245 | 5,120,000 | 1,093,496,114 |
| August 2024 | +40,000 | +12,158,660 | 5,080,000 | 1,135,642,359 |
| July 2024 | +50,000 | +18,134,578 | 5,040,000 | 1,123,483,699 |
| June 2024 | +50,000 | +15,844,881 | 4,990,000 | 1,105,349,121 |
| May 2024 | +50,000 | +17,987,109 | 4,940,000 | 1,089,504,240 |
| April 2024 | +60,000 | +1,798,708 | 4,890,000 | 1,071,517,131 |
| March 2024 | +60,000 | +17,249,573 | 4,830,000 | 1,069,718,423 |
| February 2024 | +60,000 | +21,951,266 | 4,770,000 | 1,052,468,850 |
| January 2024 | +60,000 | +15,766,259 | 4,710,000 | 1,030,517,584 |
| December 2023 | +50,000 | -41,345,972 | 4,650,000 | 1,014,751,325 |
| November 2023 | +40,000 | -11,773,044 | 4,600,000 | 1,056,097,297 |
| October 2023 | +50,000 | +8,087,447 | 4,560,000 | 1,067,870,341 |

## Cite these statistics

vidIQ. As of 2026-10-31, Free Documentary has 5,850,000 subscribers, 1,277,392,257 total views, and 1,006 videos. It ranks #7,111 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ. Source: public YouTube statistics recorded by vidIQ. https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/ Methodology: https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/top/methodology/

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

## Frequently asked questions

**How many subscribers does Free Documentary have?**

Free Documentary has 5,850,000 subscribers as of 2026-10-31.

**How many views does Free Documentary have?**

Free Documentary has 1,277,392,257 total video views as of 2026-10-31.

**How many videos has Free Documentary uploaded?**

Free Documentary has uploaded 1,006 videos as of 2026-10-31.

**What is Free Documentary's estimated YouTube ad revenue?**

vidIQ models about $16,000 USD in YouTube ad revenue for Free Documentary as of 2026-10-31. This is a modelled estimate, not income reported by the creator or YouTube. The exact earnings measurement window is unavailable.

**What is Free Documentary's subscriber rank?**

Free Documentary is ranked #7,111 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ as of 2026-10-31.

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

Free Documentary gained 10,000 subscribers between 2026-10-04 and 2026-10-31.

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

Free Documentary got 9,776,810 views between 2026-10-04 and 2026-10-31.

**How much did Free Documentary grow in September 2026?**

In September 2026, Free Documentary gained 20,000 subscribers and got 6,540,692 views.

**When did Free Documentary start their channel on YouTube?**

Free Documentary started their YouTube channel on June 6, 2013.

**What country is Free Documentary YouTube channel from?**

Free Documentary has its channel country set to Germany on YouTube.

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## More on this channel

- [Videos](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/videos/): Latest long-form videos and Shorts.
- [About](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@freedocumentary/about/): Rankings, profile, and description.
- [Channel on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCijcd0GR0fkxCAZwkiuWqtQ)