# Penguin History: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

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

As of 2026-11-02, Penguin History has 317,000 subscribers, 46,117,800 total views, and 62 videos. It ranks #240,922 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [Penguin History](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@penguinhistorymedia/). 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 Penguin History is “The Trillion Dollar Scam”, a Short published Aug 24, 2026.
- These are Penguin History’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Aug 20, 2024 and Aug 24, 2026 (10 long-form videos and 38 Shorts).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 50,344. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “When Romania Executed Its Dictator on Live TV” (15,533,183 views, May 19, 2025). Least viewed: “The Trillion Dollar Scam” (2,529 views, Aug 24, 2026).
- Median length: 10:23 for 10 long-form videos; 0:58 for 38 Shorts.
- In this sample, Penguin History’s consecutive uploads were a median of 0 days apart (shortest gap 0 days, longest 160 days).
- Views are lifetime totals as of Nov 2, 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 Trillion Dollar Scam](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@penguinhistorymedia/videos/VIPq0Mvk7lg/) | 2026-08-24 | Short | 2,529 | 0:56 | - |
| [The Trillion Dollar Scam](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@penguinhistorymedia/videos/gkqQe0qp3SM/) | 2026-08-22 | Long-form | 1,138,007 | 10:46 | 0.83x |
| [The moment the Rwandan genoc*de began #history](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@penguinhistorymedia/videos/ceeVxlx4wlc/) | 2026-06-15 | Short | 8,281 | 1:14 | - |
| [The moment the Rwandan genoc*de began #history](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@penguinhistorymedia/videos/tvg2cKbclCA/) | 2026-01-06 | Short | 52,919 | 1:27 | - |
| [Why nobody stopped the Rwandan genocide](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@penguinhistorymedia/videos/MSzEC34Fhs0/) | 2026-01-04 | Long-form | 2,557,362 | 12:04 | 1.75x |
| [How the Bosnian War Started](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@penguinhistorymedia/videos/UzFuyH6xUXM/) | 2025-12-31 | Short | 9,939 | 1:02 | - |
| [How the Bosnian War Started #history #bosniaherzegovina](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@penguinhistorymedia/videos/bXOa2f3MjsQ/) | 2025-10-21 | Short | 52,691 | 1:04 | - |
| [How the Bosnian War Started](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@penguinhistorymedia/videos/KNJdsfSbuFA/) | 2025-10-15 | Short | 100,021 | 0:34 | 3.77x |
| [How the Bosnian Genocide Started](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@penguinhistorymedia/videos/6aYif5w_QAE/) | 2025-10-13 | Long-form | 2,114,899 | 10:01 | 1.56x |
| [What Happens When You Confront Putin in Public](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@penguinhistorymedia/videos/Ji2vi0TnVfo/) | 2025-08-07 | Short | 31,067 | 0:54 | - |
| [What Happens When You Confront Putin in Public](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@penguinhistorymedia/videos/IzWzZvmp7wE/) | 2025-08-07 | Long-form | 1,446,020 | 7:35 | 1.16x |
| [When Romania Executed Its Dictator on Live TV PART 4](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@penguinhistorymedia/videos/Onnu49uXmD8/) | 2025-05-19 | Short | 255,292 | 2:05 | 7.05x |
| [When Romania Executed Its Dictator on Live TV PART 3](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@penguinhistorymedia/videos/xar4He_BnSk/) | 2025-05-19 | Short | 94,109 | 0:53 | 2.62x |
| [When Romania Executed Its Dictator on Live TV PART 2](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@penguinhistorymedia/videos/SYoKV9f2o3U/) | 2025-05-19 | Short | 21,545 | 0:39 | - |
| [When Romania Executed Its Dictator on Live TV PART 1](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@penguinhistorymedia/videos/FWFdrOBhBT4/) | 2025-05-19 | Short | 50,761 | 1:27 | 4.15x |
| [When Romania Executed Its Dictator on Live TV](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@penguinhistorymedia/videos/3eUjOV0ZlSQ/) | 2025-05-19 | Long-form | 15,533,183 | 9:56 | 12.63x |
| [When the CIA. ended democracy in Guatemala PART 4 #history #america #politics #facts](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@penguinhistorymedia/videos/U8uXx61sblg/) | 2025-04-02 | Short | 8,090 | 1:11 | - |
| [When the CIA. ended democracy in Guatemala PART 3 #history #america #politics #facts](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@penguinhistorymedia/videos/Q82FY0eKQJ0/) | 2025-04-02 | Short | 5,775 | 1:14 | - |
| [When the U.S. ended democracy in Guatemala PART 2 #history #america #politics](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@penguinhistorymedia/videos/J__ltpjZI28/) | 2025-03-28 | Short | 5,225 | 1:10 | - |
| [When the U.S. ended democracy in Guatemala PART 1 #history #america #politics](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@penguinhistorymedia/videos/Z61T2BFV0as/) | 2025-03-28 | Short | 4,399 | 1:12 | - |
| [How the CIA Killed Democracy in Guatemala](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@penguinhistorymedia/videos/gpeT0I36MmY/) | 2025-03-27 | Long-form | 354,558 | 15:03 | 5.53x |
| [Gaddafi's last televised speech #history #libya #speech](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@penguinhistorymedia/videos/r1llE5mZT58/) | 2025-01-23 | Short | 64,491 | 1:23 | - |
| [Gaddafi's crazy UN speech #history #Gaddafi #UN #Speech #Libya](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@penguinhistorymedia/videos/Z86U_xyMRMc/) | 2025-01-22 | Short | 94,152 | 2:10 | 3.25x |
| [When Gaddafi Terrorized The World](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@penguinhistorymedia/videos/I3z8KkItx6M/) | 2025-01-21 | Long-form | 1,265,376 | 15:01 | 1.02x |
| [Why TikTok loves Saddam Hussein 9](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@penguinhistorymedia/videos/LoY4CQ4jz-8/) | 2024-11-10 | Short | 62,260 | 0:40 | 2.2x |
| [Why TikTok loves Saddam Hussein 6](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@penguinhistorymedia/videos/UjqNLqivxF4/) | 2024-11-10 | Short | 9,180 | 0:37 | - |
| [Why TikTok loves Saddam Hussein](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@penguinhistorymedia/videos/XLd80AJL0jI/) | 2024-11-10 | Long-form | 409,080 | 14:46 | - |
| [Saddam and the gulf war PART 1 #iraq #war #history](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@penguinhistorymedia/videos/tOJJUR9zBfM/) | 2024-09-24 | Short | 15,081 | 0:59 | - |
| [Saddam and the gulf war PART 6 #iraq #war #history](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@penguinhistorymedia/videos/6rREB1rJjmk/) | 2024-09-24 | Short | 30,173 | 0:59 | - |
| [Saddam and the gulf war PART 7 #iraq #war #history](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@penguinhistorymedia/videos/5tgTtI4_6KY/) | 2024-09-24 | Short | 16,533 | 0:48 | - |
| [Saddam and the gulf war PART 5 #iraq #war #history](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@penguinhistorymedia/videos/DuDO5LE_AqU/) | 2024-09-24 | Short | 15,892 | 0:55 | - |
| [Saddam and the gulf war PART 4 #iraq #war #history](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@penguinhistorymedia/videos/EuPSRc5XuTk/) | 2024-09-24 | Short | 49,926 | 0:59 | - |
| [Saddam and the gulf war PART 3 #iraq #war #history](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@penguinhistorymedia/videos/EWpFidHKYOA/) | 2024-09-24 | Short | 66,761 | 0:58 | 1.01x |
| [Saddam and the gulf war PART 2 #iraq #war #history](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@penguinhistorymedia/videos/wub_T1lsdwk/) | 2024-09-24 | Short | 26,450 | 0:50 | - |
| [When Saddam took British families hostage on TV](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@penguinhistorymedia/videos/Npcv2zzwo80/) | 2024-09-24 | Long-form | 1,207,295 | 7:32 | 0.99x |
| [Saddams very public purge PART 3 #iraq](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@penguinhistorymedia/videos/VxhC3yrKMWM/) | 2024-09-07 | Short | 2,893,817 | 0:59 | >100x |
| [Saddams very public purge PART 2 #iraq #war #history](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@penguinhistorymedia/videos/X0L-_qVl1mY/) | 2024-09-07 | Short | 400,190 | 0:58 | 18.6x |
| [Saddams very public purge PART 1 #iraq #war #history](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@penguinhistorymedia/videos/t2g-oFtMHso/) | 2024-09-07 | Short | 454,691 | 1:00 | 27.72x |
| [Saddams very public purge PART 4 #iraq #war #history](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@penguinhistorymedia/videos/aVSEITfz3Kk/) | 2024-09-07 | Short | 7,818,366 | 0:55 | >100x |
| [When Saddam Hussein held a public purge](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@penguinhistorymedia/videos/MohJLPgutKQ/) | 2024-09-07 | Long-form | 7,185,517 | 6:01 | 5.84x |
| [The day the Atlantic wall failed. #ww2 #germany](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@penguinhistorymedia/videos/0c3MLwsiKlo/) | 2024-08-26 | Short | 28,342 | 0:24 | 2.25x |
| [The secrets of the Atlantic Wall](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@penguinhistorymedia/videos/QMmZ_4gqnz4/) | 2024-08-26 | Short | 16,056 | 0:23 | - |
| [The Atlantic wall was born](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@penguinhistorymedia/videos/DsvNhF1Pi94/) | 2024-08-26 | Short | 16,738 | 0:25 | 2.2x |
| [The birth of the Atlantic Wall](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@penguinhistorymedia/videos/GD7QSKnfTIA/) | 2024-08-26 | Short | 26,280 | 0:37 | 5.34x |
| [The Fall of France in 1940](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@penguinhistorymedia/videos/5iA2uzO1b1w/) | 2024-08-26 | Short | 15,527 | 0:23 | - |
| [The Bombardment of Copenhagen in 1807 #history #denmark #navy](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@penguinhistorymedia/videos/Xa1cvrW1XYw/) | 2024-08-20 | Short | 10,409 | 1:00 | - |
| [Denmark vs England in the Napoleonic War #history #denmark #navy](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@penguinhistorymedia/videos/wNBnOQ9Mqmo/) | 2024-08-20 | Short | 9,601 | 0:33 | - |
| [The Battle at Stevns Klint Sweden vs Denmark #history #denmark #navy](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@penguinhistorymedia/videos/kzlxU-wIA1o/) | 2024-08-20 | Short | 6,050 | 0:46 | - |

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