# History Scope: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

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

As of 2026-10-27, History Scope has 571,000 subscribers, 68,037,992 total views, and 90 videos. It ranks #133,359 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [History Scope](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@historyscope/). 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 History Scope is “How Did The Netherlands Become So Rich?”, a long-form video published Aug 5, 2026.
- These are History Scope’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Mar 13, 2020 and Aug 5, 2026 (48 long-form videos).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 319,037. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “The Breakup of the Soviet Union Explained” (7,351,574 views, May 1, 2020). Least viewed: “History Scope Q&A - The History of History Scope” (10,433 views, Aug 14, 2024).
- Median length: 40:07 for 48 long-form videos.
- In this sample, History Scope’s consecutive uploads were a median of 37 days apart (shortest gap 11 days, longest 143 days).
- Views are lifetime totals as of Oct 28, 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [How Did The Netherlands Become So Rich?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@historyscope/videos/pQyW96HbrwQ/) | 2026-08-05 | Long-form | 66,458 | 1:00:13 | - |
| [The Rise and Fall of the Kingdom of Kongo](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@historyscope/videos/vCiviEA2ZfU/) | 2026-05-03 | Long-form | 58,703 | 40:51 | - |
| [Poland-Lithuania Explained](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@historyscope/videos/aG57aff38-E/) | 2026-03-23 | Long-form | 114,347 | 53:30 | 0.75x |
| [The Rise (and Fall) of the U.S.A.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@historyscope/videos/I4RGWtHSwRE/) | 2025-12-27 | Long-form | 185,884 | 1:18:11 | 1.07x |
| [Why is Poland No Longer Poor?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@historyscope/videos/qEBJdt1rvEQ/) | 2025-08-06 | Long-form | 144,812 | 43:39 | 0.83x |
| [The Creation of Saudi Arabia Explained](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@historyscope/videos/CI51W0IC7CI/) | 2025-06-01 | Long-form | 160,741 | 42:05 | 0.93x |
| [The Fall And Rise of India](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@historyscope/videos/Uh-L-Ik2WuI/) | 2025-05-11 | Long-form | 94,588 | 1:53:22 | - |
| [Why Is Brazil No Longer Poor?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@historyscope/videos/lRyB4NEiIWo/) | 2025-04-01 | Long-form | 139,114 | 48:27 | 0.72x |
| [Why is Germany so Rich?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@historyscope/videos/E0z9o4osnL8/) | 2025-03-15 | Long-form | 186,264 | 50:13 | 0.83x |
| [The British Colonization of India Explained](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@historyscope/videos/jZVzha3dpag/) | 2025-03-02 | Long-form | 494,599 | 46:23 | 1.34x |
| [The Protestant Reformation Explained](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@historyscope/videos/ZXJxvJgoReg/) | 2025-02-01 | Long-form | 124,293 | 44:13 | 1.47x |
| [The Decolonisation of India Explained](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@historyscope/videos/3Mgw_QHkPVE/) | 2024-12-24 | Long-form | 245,958 | 50:49 | 0.57x |
| [Slovenia: How to Get Rich Without Capitalism.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@historyscope/videos/pzG6X7FiOFM/) | 2024-11-01 | Long-form | 740,267 | 33:28 | 1.73x |
| [Why Does Germany Exist?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@historyscope/videos/9s-U4I5uOIg/) | 2024-10-03 | Long-form | 201,517 | 44:15 | 0.63x |
| [How the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Operated](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@historyscope/videos/zjP6TCfg7Gk/) | 2024-09-02 | Long-form | 113,728 | 43:10 | - |
| [History Scope Q&A - The History of History Scope](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@historyscope/videos/qyWaYG0Fh60/) | 2024-08-14 | Long-form | 10,433 | 50:10 | - |
| [Why Is Russia Not Rich?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@historyscope/videos/IoZ6dBCgk1M/) | 2024-07-03 | Long-form | 900,292 | 44:33 | 2.05x |
| [The Rise and Fall of the Mongol Empire](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@historyscope/videos/nDt1Huv2GTk/) | 2024-06-01 | Long-form | 1,103,535 | 34:29 | 2.55x |
| [The Creation of China Explained](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@historyscope/videos/0hU33JNxpR8/) | 2024-05-01 | Long-form | 645,775 | 39:58 | 2.02x |
| [Why Is Taiwan So Rich?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@historyscope/videos/nyf0D8kUdF0/) | 2024-04-01 | Long-form | 507,542 | 37:34 | 1.6x |
| [Yugoslavia Trial Explained](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@historyscope/videos/VuqPwdb-56I/) | 2024-03-01 | Long-form | 348,930 | 33:27 | 1.44x |
| [The Decolonisation of the Americas Explained](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@historyscope/videos/ujubnKu1QgY/) | 2024-02-01 | Long-form | 195,030 | 32:17 | 0.81x |
| [The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Explained](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@historyscope/videos/7J8Cgr0gmNU/) | 2023-12-24 | Long-form | 289,143 | 53:03 | 0.67x |
| [Why Does Italy Exist?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@historyscope/videos/mqIpfAsSyv0/) | 2023-09-01 | Long-form | 564,185 | 39:12 | 0.76x |
| [Why Is the USA So Religious?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@historyscope/videos/1Ld8WXuDfMk/) | 2023-08-01 | Long-form | 141,570 | 32:26 | - |
| [History of Female Reproductive Rights Explained](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@historyscope/videos/-5dg3zzikMA/) | 2023-06-01 | Long-form | 39,084 | 38:26 | - |
| [Why Is Japan So Rich?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@historyscope/videos/-aXT9BTCBJ0/) | 2023-05-01 | Long-form | 1,507,676 | 37:01 | 1.32x |
| [The History of Chocolate Explained](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@historyscope/videos/Gn0ie_n-qes/) | 2023-04-01 | Long-form | 66,734 | 18:16 | - |
| [Why Did Monarchies Disappear?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@historyscope/videos/GV2taIivHls/) | 2022-12-22 | Long-form | 713,847 | 34:06 | - |
| [Decolonisation of East Asia Explained](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@historyscope/videos/11hOQ7quOJA/) | 2022-09-09 | Long-form | 917,251 | 39:30 | - |
| [State of the Channel Address 2022](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@historyscope/videos/_-B_BMDD1H8/) | 2022-05-06 | Long-form | 22,814 | 16:09 | - |
| [The Rise and Fall of the Ottoman Empire](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@historyscope/videos/v7eLO2UwxDo/) | 2022-04-19 | Long-form | 1,146,880 | 37:00 | - |
| [Antarctic Decolonisation Explained #shorts](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@historyscope/videos/3xHahyGoboc/) | 2022-04-01 | Long-form | 32,018 | 1:00 | - |
| [Why Are The Nordics So Rich?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@historyscope/videos/zdRHZiM1RWY/) | 2022-03-10 | Long-form | 1,277,150 | 33:52 | - |
| [The Rise and Fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@historyscope/videos/xKiRmesHWIA/) | 2021-10-24 | Long-form | 1,677,814 | 31:37 | - |
| [Why is India Still Poor?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@historyscope/videos/mWQdZoq3iN4/) | 2021-08-15 | Long-form | 3,083,220 | 41:08 | - |
| [The History of Autism](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@historyscope/videos/Zx62-79XXno/) | 2021-06-06 | Long-form | 734,214 | 43:42 | - |
| [State of the Channel Address 2021](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@historyscope/videos/zj3cHyrtVio/) | 2021-04-30 | Long-form | 16,830 | 16:50 | - |
| [Why is Africa Still So Poor?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@historyscope/videos/TW46xDXNO3Q/) | 2021-02-28 | Long-form | 5,959,209 | 40:16 | - |
| [The History Scope Minecraft Server - Announcement](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@historyscope/videos/19XeDUtV0Ic/) | 2021-01-01 | Long-form | 30,911 | 17:09 | - |
| [How Did Africa Gain Independence?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@historyscope/videos/iwQEXRTNOQE/) | 2020-12-21 | Long-form | 1,246,323 | 43:07 | - |
| [History of North and South Korea](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@historyscope/videos/9TMtRTFqPXw/) | 2020-10-31 | Long-form | 3,040,736 | 1:07:34 | - |
| [The Breakup of Yugoslavia Explained](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@historyscope/videos/YllzdGa3E5A/) | 2020-08-23 | Long-form | 2,772,796 | 29:24 | - |
| [The Great Depression Explained](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@historyscope/videos/n51dRAS8i3c/) | 2020-06-30 | Long-form | 2,007,303 | 43:11 | - |
| [Tulipmania: When a Single Tulip Could Buy You a House](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@historyscope/videos/db0nG-fCMGY/) | 2020-06-05 | Long-form | 219,284 | 21:43 | - |
| [The Breakup of the Soviet Union Explained](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@historyscope/videos/t2GmtBCVHzY/) | 2020-05-01 | Long-form | 7,351,574 | 41:47 | - |
| [How Did Humans Invent Alcohol?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@historyscope/videos/zu67BU0xaxs/) | 2020-04-01 | Long-form | 638,512 | 18:40 | - |
| [How Muhammad became prophet of Islam \| Early Islamic History](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@historyscope/videos/gMuBLhUd68A/) | 2020-03-13 | Long-form | 1,055,534 | 34:37 | - |

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