# Serious History: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

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

As of 2026-10-29, Serious History has 861,000 subscribers, 94,297,695 total views, and 64 videos. It ranks #86,962 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [Serious History](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@serioushistory/). 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 Serious History is “The Marine General They Want You to FORGET \| Smedley Butler”, a long-form video published Oct 8, 2026.
- These are Serious History’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Jul 30, 2024 and Oct 8, 2026 (48 long-form videos).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 1,361,389. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “Extreme Vigilante Justice in History” (7,535,578 views, Feb 23, 2026). Least viewed: “The HUMILIATING Death of the Richest Man in Rome \[Original Edit\]” (143,024 views, Aug 21, 2026).
- Median length: 18:56 for 48 long-form videos.
- In this sample, Serious History’s consecutive uploads were a median of 17 days apart (shortest gap 1 day, longest 36 days).
- Views are lifetime totals as of Oct 30, 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 Marine General They Want You to FORGET \| Smedley Butler](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@serioushistory/videos/dVBz6yNXdMk/) | 2026-10-08 | Long-form | 487,862 | 20:30 | 1.41x |
| [Weird History Stories You Didn't Know \[NO AI\]](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@serioushistory/videos/rRvV4oiSAMs/) | 2026-09-16 | Long-form | 275,391 | 20:27 | - |
| [The HUMILIATING Death of the Richest Man in Rome \| Battle of Carrhae 53 BC](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@serioushistory/videos/8wHfOW98vgI/) | 2026-08-23 | Long-form | 244,760 | 17:56 | - |
| [The HUMILIATING Death of the Richest Man in Rome \[Original Edit\]](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@serioushistory/videos/IBgrhkeUnx4/) | 2026-08-21 | Long-form | 143,024 | 20:32 | - |
| [Craziest CRASHOUTS in History](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@serioushistory/videos/xuVsHFda1eQ/) | 2026-08-03 | Long-form | 826,932 | 20:55 | - |
| [Pranks That Went Too Far in History](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@serioushistory/videos/s-NVCugWQMY/) | 2026-07-20 | Long-form | 534,470 | 19:21 | - |
| [More EXTREME Vigilante Justice in History](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@serioushistory/videos/VPZvMj2UYSU/) | 2026-07-02 | Long-form | 1,080,545 | 19:48 | - |
| [Most Disturbing Revenge Stories in History](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@serioushistory/videos/sNMDXA8Qcts/) | 2026-06-19 | Long-form | 509,561 | 22:01 | - |
| [Most Epic Redemption Story in History \| Robert the Bruce](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@serioushistory/videos/6I8ncnxckog/) | 2026-05-28 | Long-form | 464,587 | 15:55 | - |
| [When Corruption Pushed People too Far in History](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@serioushistory/videos/ytR-B5_690g/) | 2026-05-13 | Long-form | 1,017,876 | 24:03 | - |
| [Most Unlikely Heroes in History](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@serioushistory/videos/vSep9PDDdb0/) | 2026-04-18 | Long-form | 789,895 | 24:52 | - |
| [Most Epic Last Stands in History](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@serioushistory/videos/IZoxr2ZdJpM/) | 2026-03-31 | Long-form | 1,309,469 | 22:32 | - |
| [Extreme Vigilante Justice in History](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@serioushistory/videos/wSyqqTYqUKo/) | 2026-02-23 | Long-form | 7,535,578 | 29:02 | 3.43x |
| [People who Refused to Die in History](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@serioushistory/videos/0Sa7uTLKwfI/) | 2026-01-23 | Long-form | 1,692,256 | 16:50 | 2.42x |
| [Most Epic Comebacks in History](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@serioushistory/videos/dfv8SzRNtKw/) | 2026-01-01 | Long-form | 1,499,490 | 17:28 | 2.15x |
| [Real Life Anti-Heroes in History](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@serioushistory/videos/0aqTbXDLYlQ/) | 2025-12-09 | Long-form | 2,695,026 | 23:07 | 3.92x |
| [Most Epic Revenge Stories in History](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@serioushistory/videos/VY1O6B1ZskY/) | 2025-11-18 | Long-form | 2,918,491 | 21:48 | 5.58x |
| [When Peasants Fought Japan's Greatest Admiral \| Battle of Tsushima 1905](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@serioushistory/videos/Nv4RssSwQ_E/) | 2025-10-30 | Long-form | 422,723 | 16:00 | - |
| [Most Epic Survival Stories in History](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@serioushistory/videos/huF3KZC8ge4/) | 2025-10-08 | Long-form | 2,246,222 | 21:33 | 4.04x |
| [More Nice People Who Snapped in History](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@serioushistory/videos/7okOsptc4Tg/) | 2025-09-18 | Long-form | 3,913,256 | 21:32 | 7.66x |
| [Rome's Greatest Revenge \| Scipio Vs Hannibal (Punic Wars)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@serioushistory/videos/avDokCr9iDs/) | 2025-08-26 | Long-form | 1,336,501 | 35:39 | 2.82x |
| [When a Man Becomes a Legend \| Kamehameha the Great Unifies Hawaii](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@serioushistory/videos/omTpgiGJU-s/) | 2025-07-28 | Long-form | 948,257 | 21:52 | 2.08x |
| [A Serious Video about Serious History](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@serioushistory/videos/DCAptLOceho/) | 2025-07-27 | Long-form | 216,382 | 1:33 | - |
| [Most Epic Upset in Medieval History \| Battle of Agincourt 1415](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@serioushistory/videos/sTA1iFBS6ig/) | 2025-07-09 | Long-form | 1,386,276 | 17:16 | - |
| [Your Life as Adrian Carton de Wiart \| The Unkillable Soldier](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@serioushistory/videos/RlJfvq4CzCQ/) | 2025-06-24 | Long-form | 1,642,205 | 10:48 | 3.55x |
| [Most Legendary Battle in History \| Battle of Cannae 216 BC](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@serioushistory/videos/_nCbRHWmr1c/) | 2025-06-06 | Long-form | 1,926,729 | 25:45 | 3.91x |
| [Napoleon's Epic Final Battle \| Battle of Waterloo 1815](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@serioushistory/videos/gJUTifMHBXM/) | 2025-05-09 | Long-form | 1,387,653 | 21:31 | 2.98x |
| [Greatest Comeback in History \| Byzantine Sassanid War](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@serioushistory/videos/TgOpDwgFBbw/) | 2025-04-22 | Long-form | 1,737,962 | 17:53 | 3.73x |
| [Your Life as Miyamoto Musashi](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@serioushistory/videos/WolmBrbo9-U/) | 2025-04-07 | Long-form | 4,111,298 | 12:33 | 10.17x |
| [Most Epic Rivalry In History \| Richard the Lionheart vs Saladin](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@serioushistory/videos/IFNrKCJAHzE/) | 2025-03-20 | Long-form | 2,451,264 | 27:03 | 6.6x |
| [Craziest Things Alexander the Great did to his Enemies](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@serioushistory/videos/6CbaadPhca8/) | 2025-03-03 | Long-form | 1,638,907 | 18:32 | 4.41x |
| [Women Who Fought Empires](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@serioushistory/videos/-OEDZsHA3SI/) | 2025-02-22 | Long-form | 804,321 | 18:37 | 2.16x |
| [The Most Disturbing Crusades](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@serioushistory/videos/R11k4Fbicrs/) | 2025-02-05 | Long-form | 1,293,190 | 18:05 | 3.35x |
| [The Greatest Last Stands in History](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@serioushistory/videos/tWegzv8Ob6o/) | 2025-01-21 | Long-form | 3,228,347 | 20:01 | 6.24x |
| [When Nice People Snapped in History](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@serioushistory/videos/Aw72njNhTe0/) | 2025-01-09 | Long-form | 3,656,486 | 16:33 | 7.36x |
| [Craziest Fights in History](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@serioushistory/videos/A2j4pditiVU/) | 2024-12-22 | Long-form | 1,140,110 | 16:33 | - |
| [Most Epic Origin Stories in History](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@serioushistory/videos/HZjbmS_PS0I/) | 2024-12-01 | Long-form | 1,858,860 | 16:10 | - |
| [Epic Child Soldiers who Fought in World War 2](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@serioushistory/videos/GIFDSRvYnIU/) | 2024-11-18 | Long-form | 1,101,044 | 19:15 | - |
| [Most Epic Deaths in History (pt. 2)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@serioushistory/videos/AIWpLxBH5Zw/) | 2024-11-01 | Long-form | 1,723,247 | 17:10 | - |
| [Craziest 1v1 Fights in History](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@serioushistory/videos/LgUtwxHiSKA/) | 2024-10-27 | Long-form | 3,199,723 | 17:34 | - |
| [The Worst Things Genghis Khan did to his Enemies](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@serioushistory/videos/70LNrei3vQw/) | 2024-10-14 | Long-form | 1,987,617 | 13:10 | - |
| [MORE Extreme Stories of Revenge from History](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@serioushistory/videos/eeiHv_yOgpE/) | 2024-09-29 | Long-form | 2,061,775 | 19:29 | - |
| [Most Epic Deaths in History](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@serioushistory/videos/Yctn_C_6cF8/) | 2024-09-20 | Long-form | 6,485,972 | 18:27 | - |
| [Extreme Stories of Betrayal from History](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@serioushistory/videos/sJjKkFzYTXg/) | 2024-09-04 | Long-form | 1,207,782 | 19:19 | - |
| [Lucky Discoveries that Made Normal People Millionaires](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@serioushistory/videos/ScOByk899bY/) | 2024-08-26 | Long-form | 495,036 | 11:50 | - |
| [Forgotten First Attempts in History](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@serioushistory/videos/UFBLVy0VILw/) | 2024-08-20 | Long-form | 716,814 | 14:00 | - |
| [Insane Ancient Weapons from History](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@serioushistory/videos/WNuL_I_PkuI/) | 2024-08-13 | Long-form | 1,099,377 | 11:10 | - |
| [Extreme Stories of Revenge from History](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@serioushistory/videos/0fA_SpTVBnE/) | 2024-07-30 | Long-form | 2,746,958 | 17:29 | - |

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