# The Rest Is History: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

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

As of 2026-10-29, The Rest Is History has 604,000 subscribers, 133,814,233 total views, and 1,159 videos. It ranks #125,856 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [The Rest Is History](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@restishistorypod/). 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 The Rest Is History is “What did Ceasar get up to in Gaul?”, a Short published Oct 28, 2026.
- These are The Rest Is History’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Sep 5, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026 (17 long-form videos and 31 Shorts).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 85,346. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “The Complete Life of Julius Caesar With Mary Beard” (390,034 views, Sep 10, 2026). Least viewed: “What did Ceasar get up to in Gaul?” (12,525 views, Oct 28, 2026).
- Median length: 1:04:46 for 17 long-form videos; 1:01 for 31 Shorts.
- In this sample, The Rest Is History’s consecutive uploads were a median of 1 day apart (shortest gap 0 days, longest 5 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [What did Ceasar get up to in Gaul?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@restishistorypod/videos/mwP8MXCyKVs/) | 2026-10-28 | Short | 12,525 | 0:35 | - |
| [The Fall of The British Empire in 30 (ish) seconds](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@restishistorypod/videos/LNaSsSbuWd4/) | 2026-10-27 | Short | 145,078 | 1:42 | 7.07x |
| [The terror...kind of worked?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@restishistorypod/videos/Avh3Ov8c1DU/) | 2026-10-27 | Short | 13,669 | 0:43 | - |
| [Julius Ceasar's biggest legacy is the calendar](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@restishistorypod/videos/tW-qsnrHtYo/) | 2026-10-22 | Short | 20,292 | 0:37 | - |
| [They had the Daily Mail in the dark ages](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@restishistorypod/videos/52rFRBdzpOE/) | 2026-10-22 | Short | 30,578 | 0:40 | - |
| [The Truth Behind the Legend of King Arthur](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@restishistorypod/videos/lj_6Whcb0FM/) | 2026-10-22 | Long-form | 187,662 | 1:03:19 | 0.98x |
| [Robespierre was the inventor of woke](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@restishistorypod/videos/kPyFP3wmG9M/) | 2026-10-21 | Short | 43,388 | 0:41 | 1.14x |
| [Merlin: The Demon-Born Wizard Who Could See the Future](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@restishistorypod/videos/Udiy0PmXS-8/) | 2026-10-19 | Long-form | 171,989 | 1:01:53 | 0.91x |
| [Everything is about the 70s](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@restishistorypod/videos/dF5kRVSk1kA/) | 2026-10-16 | Short | 46,063 | 0:45 | 1.09x |
| [King Arthur Trusted Sir Lancelot With Everything... Except His Wife](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@restishistorypod/videos/PFEIKPMfCoA/) | 2026-10-15 | Long-form | 148,201 | 1:03:16 | 0.67x |
| [The oldest love song in English](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@restishistorypod/videos/dD36Cd0pkmU/) | 2026-10-15 | Short | 17,414 | 2:55 | - |
| [Robespierre was more right than you can possibly imagine](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@restishistorypod/videos/Y6JV0zQwbEk/) | 2026-10-14 | Short | 54,503 | 0:20 | 1.13x |
| [The King Arthur of The Rest Is Politics](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@restishistorypod/videos/ybedj7xFN3E/) | 2026-10-13 | Short | 32,870 | 0:37 | - |
| [Why England Needed King Arthur](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@restishistorypod/videos/wVWiddFVwg4/) | 2026-10-13 | Long-form | 229,952 | 1:04:44 | 1.01x |
| [The French Revolution was very theatrical](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@restishistorypod/videos/WuQw-gFSjDE/) | 2026-10-12 | Short | 19,806 | 1:01 | - |
| [The important thing to remember about Robespierre](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@restishistorypod/videos/z9PnkdGH9aQ/) | 2026-10-11 | Short | 38,631 | 0:36 | - |
| [The only currency they accepted in Abyssinia](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@restishistorypod/videos/wSf5lUFZt8U/) | 2026-10-08 | Short | 57,116 | 0:42 | - |
| [The first general to turn on Rome](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@restishistorypod/videos/SmUEvP_32k8/) | 2026-10-08 | Short | 18,116 | 1:13 | - |
| [Robespierre Was Master of the Revolution... 24 Hours Later He Was Dead](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@restishistorypod/videos/bh1fCuvlUmY/) | 2026-10-08 | Long-form | 239,741 | 1:28:21 | 1.03x |
| [Romans had no idea what they looked like](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@restishistorypod/videos/BIi3YVhH6zc/) | 2026-10-06 | Short | 162,995 | 1:00 | 1.33x |
| [Danton vs Robespierre: the accusations are true](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@restishistorypod/videos/dVsXWN8fVH0/) | 2026-10-06 | Short | 78,117 | 1:28 | - |
| [The Day Robespierre Tried to Become God](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@restishistorypod/videos/iri_akaOLSs/) | 2026-10-05 | Long-form | 195,301 | 1:12:22 | 0.83x |
| [The terror took a wild approach to law and order](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@restishistorypod/videos/weU7pGrF0Vo/) | 2026-10-02 | Short | 44,211 | 1:11 | - |
| [Astounding facts about Robespierre](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@restishistorypod/videos/BVRKBFS5mrg/) | 2026-10-01 | Short | 82,328 | 0:52 | - |
| [The French Revolutionary Who Tried to Stop the Terror… And Failed](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@restishistorypod/videos/vI8Yj1atvng/) | 2026-10-01 | Long-form | 210,295 | 1:23:21 | 0.8x |
| [Why the French Revolution Turned Violent With Simon Schama](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@restishistorypod/videos/KDxnZYBDldk/) | 2026-09-30 | Long-form | 373,499 | 42:40 | 1.31x |
| [The Emperor did not have the best mental health](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@restishistorypod/videos/8wBIkTGggGU/) | 2026-09-29 | Short | 29,811 | 1:10 | - |
| [The Execution Of France's Most Hated Woman...Marie Antoinette](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@restishistorypod/videos/ehVnU5sy_1s/) | 2026-09-28 | Long-form | 198,773 | 1:05:49 | - |
| ["Was penicillin founded by accident?"](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@restishistorypod/videos/f1Nd6o4xnv4/) | 2026-09-24 | Short | 366,028 | 2:45 | 5.12x |
| [How Robespierre's High Ideals Led to the Reign of Terror](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@restishistorypod/videos/5u2SLaHzwZA/) | 2026-09-24 | Long-form | 289,503 | 1:16:36 | 1.01x |
| [Did NASA already know how they were going to land on the moon?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@restishistorypod/videos/Ng_V2EkOEt8/) | 2026-09-23 | Short | 362,109 | 2:02 | 7.32x |
| [Did Darwin have a Eureka moment in the Galapagos?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@restishistorypod/videos/K5gedsl0RV4/) | 2026-09-22 | Short | 343,380 | 2:58 | 7.81x |
| ["Tom, I know you're passionate about cows, aren't you?"](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@restishistorypod/videos/9Yaog_uQqsQ/) | 2026-09-21 | Short | 353,952 | 2:20 | 8.78x |
| [How the French Revolution Collapsed Into Terror](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@restishistorypod/videos/N3yVc7CDWYE/) | 2026-09-21 | Long-form | 386,187 | 1:18:35 | 1.26x |
| [The Complete History of Satire With Ian Hislop](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@restishistorypod/videos/Z5Wa5KWk_pA/) | 2026-09-18 | Long-form | 293,577 | 49:37 | - |
| [The British Empire's Wildest Rescue Mission](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@restishistorypod/videos/BNxaE8gE6g8/) | 2026-09-17 | Long-form | 200,938 | 1:06:59 | 0.74x |
| [Sulla's kill list](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@restishistorypod/videos/sW5n6ew7ZN4/) | 2026-09-17 | Short | 19,025 | 1:19 | - |
| [Ancient Rome's 9/11](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@restishistorypod/videos/FgS_f4hH1-0/) | 2026-09-17 | Short | 54,555 | 1:08 | 1.28x |
| [Dominic Trump](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@restishistorypod/videos/O1_Ntfhmoo0/) | 2026-09-17 | Short | 88,364 | 0:17 | 2.17x |
| [Romans view of their own past](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@restishistorypod/videos/U6tkLFEqzdU/) | 2026-09-17 | Short | 37,056 | 0:28 | - |
| [Hiding in a barrel of beans](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@restishistorypod/videos/-MGOXikkPTU/) | 2026-09-17 | Short | 17,109 | 1:01 | - |
| [Who did more to bring down the Roman Republic?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@restishistorypod/videos/q6hNi48QuL4/) | 2026-09-15 | Short | 44,350 | 0:31 | - |
| [Why wasn't Sulla the one to bring down the Republic?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@restishistorypod/videos/UyFnfdPk5Rw/) | 2026-09-15 | Short | 43,564 | 1:21 | - |
| [The Most Bonkers British Imperial War](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@restishistorypod/videos/oaqf89-7tkU/) | 2026-09-14 | Long-form | 260,357 | 1:01:36 | 0.95x |
| [The Complete Life of Julius Caesar With Mary Beard](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@restishistorypod/videos/I67ilKxL_Ro/) | 2026-09-10 | Long-form | 390,034 | 49:37 | - |
| [How the Roman Republic Collapsed Into Civil War](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@restishistorypod/videos/fYFzOgc7ikE/) | 2026-09-10 | Long-form | 226,502 | 1:04:46 | 0.85x |
| [Before Caesar Crossed the Rubicon, Sulla Marched on Rome \| Rome’s First Civil War](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@restishistorypod/videos/AwW1yXc7ZJo/) | 2026-09-07 | Long-form | 247,547 | 1:07:16 | 0.81x |
| [Was Marius the GOAT of Rome?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@restishistorypod/videos/-oKr-n9otRs/) | 2026-09-05 | Short | 26,411 | 1:10 | - |

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