# Sleepless Historian: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

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As of 2026-10-29, Sleepless Historian has 716,000 subscribers, 47,865,630 total views, and 383 videos. It ranks #105,542 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [Sleepless Historian](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@sleeplesshistorian/). 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 Sleepless Historian is “Ancient Babylon Was Weirder Than You Think (The City of Sins)”, a long-form video published Oct 28, 2026.
- These are Sleepless Historian’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Aug 14, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026 (48 long-form videos).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 20,659. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “15 Hidden Gaps In History We Still Don’t Understand” (78,438 views, Oct 6, 2026). Least viewed: “Ancient Babylon Was Weirder Than You Think (The City of Sins)” (191 views, Oct 28, 2026).
- Median length: 2:04:49 for 48 long-form videos.
- In this sample, Sleepless Historian’s consecutive uploads were a median of 2 days apart (shortest gap 0 days, longest 4 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Ancient Babylon Was Weirder Than You Think (The City of Sins)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@sleeplesshistorian/videos/woJHzgCoVFQ/) | 2026-10-28 | Long-form | 191 | 2:11:36 | 1.2x |
| [Why Evolution Gave Women Big Curves (It Was Never A Beauty Trend)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@sleeplesshistorian/videos/EVzVByUVVIY/) | 2026-10-27 | Long-form | 9,256 | 2:13:31 | - |
| [The ENTIRE Story of Celtic Mythology Explained \| BEST Celtic Myths for Sleep](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@sleeplesshistorian/videos/YmYQEbyTfE4/) | 2026-10-25 | Long-form | 19,551 | 2:01:22 | 1.27x |
| [What MEDIEVAL JOBS can you do AWAY from people?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@sleeplesshistorian/videos/KaA8VGfdkQk/) | 2026-10-23 | Long-form | 16,961 | 2:15:32 | 1x |
| [The Celts: The Mysterious Dark Age Masters of Europe](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@sleeplesshistorian/videos/YAP6Dn25Tzc/) | 2026-10-22 | Long-form | 27,513 | 2:14:38 | 1.57x |
| [Why Medieval Knights Went Mad After Tournaments](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@sleeplesshistorian/videos/tfxy9SArLqE/) | 2026-10-20 | Long-form | 18,143 | 2:12:34 | - |
| [Why Medieval Prisons Were A Total Fever Dream](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@sleeplesshistorian/videos/x-DlGgS0hA4/) | 2026-10-19 | Long-form | 20,604 | 2:12:27 | 1.06x |
| [15 Unfinished Roman Megaprojects - and more](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@sleeplesshistorian/videos/N5AO6oBREJQ/) | 2026-10-17 | Long-form | 20,713 | 2:16:28 | 1.04x |
| [The Most Miserable Jobs in ALL History - and more](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@sleeplesshistorian/videos/tyTENU8VHxw/) | 2026-10-16 | Long-form | 21,388 | 2:12:13 | 1.09x |
| [The Medieval Guide to Sleeping With Another Man's Wife](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@sleeplesshistorian/videos/q2F2_2IaA5k/) | 2026-10-14 | Long-form | 16,062 | 2:09:32 | - |
| [HISTORY Scams That Look Completely Real Now](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@sleeplesshistorian/videos/C-3xJIWs0sE/) | 2026-10-13 | Long-form | 20,590 | 2:17:15 | 1.09x |
| [The 15 Weirdest Things Ancient Romans Had to Pay Taxes On](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@sleeplesshistorian/videos/dOVJEG_iii0/) | 2026-10-12 | Long-form | 19,760 | 2:12:16 | 1.03x |
| [The Darkest Greek Myths Explained ... \| BEST Greek Myths For Sleep](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@sleeplesshistorian/videos/sPpGGLfGiqY/) | 2026-10-11 | Long-form | 21,805 | 2:06:00 | 1.08x |
| [What Happened on a Roman Soldier's Last Day Before Retirement?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@sleeplesshistorian/videos/f_TGnFm7vcU/) | 2026-10-10 | Long-form | 14,581 | 2:11:36 | - |
| [HISTORY Facts That Were True When You Learned Them But Aren't Anymore](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@sleeplesshistorian/videos/ebl5kAMibiE/) | 2026-10-08 | Long-form | 44,701 | 2:16:37 | 1.65x |
| [15 Hidden Gaps In History We Still Don’t Understand](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@sleeplesshistorian/videos/KQuFPyGaJnI/) | 2026-10-06 | Long-form | 78,438 | 2:01:32 | 3.12x |
| [Weird SPARTAN Childhood Rules That Existed For Really Good Reasons](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@sleeplesshistorian/videos/aeovToPysdg/) | 2026-10-05 | Long-form | 15,848 | 2:02:04 | - |
| [The Story Of Medusa: Victim or Villain? \| Boring Greek Myths For Sleep](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@sleeplesshistorian/videos/NfXYr4L7QEA/) | 2026-10-04 | Long-form | 19,615 | 2:20:01 | - |
| [Henry VIII's 'Reject Queen': The Truth About Anne Of Cleves](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@sleeplesshistorian/videos/ocFPWVFZKgI/) | 2026-10-03 | Long-form | 16,607 | 2:06:16 | - |
| [Pope Body Counts in History - and more](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@sleeplesshistorian/videos/Oh7adZSE61w/) | 2026-10-01 | Long-form | 15,808 | 2:05:17 | - |
| [How Did Roman Soldiers Survive Freezing Nights Without Heaters?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@sleeplesshistorian/videos/YGo2oYSIqXY/) | 2026-09-29 | Long-form | 36,464 | 2:19:04 | 1.33x |
| [Every Monster From Greek Mythology Explained \| BEST Greek Myths For Sleep](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@sleeplesshistorian/videos/ompySKzf5Zs/) | 2026-09-28 | Long-form | 63,633 | 2:03:09 | 2.25x |
| [Weird OTTOMAN HAREM Rules That Existed For Really Good Reasons](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@sleeplesshistorian/videos/PmIYCyJ-Kgk/) | 2026-09-25 | Long-form | 36,667 | 2:10:21 | 1.45x |
| [How Did Ancient Humans Sleep With Mosquitoes Everywhere](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@sleeplesshistorian/videos/V0qZKx-DGL8/) | 2026-09-24 | Long-form | 15,864 | 2:03:32 | - |
| [Ancient Egyptian Myths That Turned Out To Be Real](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@sleeplesshistorian/videos/c1hM6agxWjA/) | 2026-09-23 | Long-form | 32,098 | 2:04:58 | 1.37x |
| [Why Gen Z Is Basically Becoming Medieval - and more](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@sleeplesshistorian/videos/7RfbwskVLt0/) | 2026-09-22 | Long-form | 20,365 | 2:05:02 | - |
| [The Entire Story of The Trojan War & Iliad Explained (Before The Odyssey)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@sleeplesshistorian/videos/rY3rnlfwvVk/) | 2026-09-20 | Long-form | 26,599 | 2:03:12 | 1.04x |
| [Ancient Rome's "H*rny Group Activities" - and more](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@sleeplesshistorian/videos/Vmle-94K0xs/) | 2026-09-18 | Long-form | 24,980 | 1:59:10 | - |
| [Why The 2030s Will Be The New Renaissance](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@sleeplesshistorian/videos/9RY2hyKZer8/) | 2026-09-17 | Long-form | 16,117 | 2:10:47 | - |
| [What Life Was Like In Medieval Castles](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@sleeplesshistorian/videos/l3cx_9h6fNI/) | 2026-09-16 | Long-form | 30,052 | 2:02:53 | 1.13x |
| [How Did Ancient Egyptians Survive the Desert Heat](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@sleeplesshistorian/videos/tnrCs1_Uav0/) | 2026-09-14 | Long-form | 34,299 | 2:00:33 | 1.32x |
| [What Was the REAL First Dr*g We Tried?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@sleeplesshistorian/videos/eXpurXXIgG0/) | 2026-09-12 | Long-form | 20,062 | 2:10:22 | - |
| [What Having Every Medieval DISEASE Actually Felt Like - and more](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@sleeplesshistorian/videos/LHeQDlKdilc/) | 2026-09-10 | Long-form | 15,680 | 1:59:11 | - |
| [History's Most Inbred Rulers: Ranked - and more](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@sleeplesshistorian/videos/TC2FBfOh-m0/) | 2026-09-09 | Long-form | 23,188 | 2:03:11 | - |
| [Ridiculous MEDIEVAL Scams That Actually Worked](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@sleeplesshistorian/videos/7vkNOcpAhvY/) | 2026-09-07 | Long-form | 28,401 | 2:04:40 | 1.25x |
| [Druids Myth, Magic, and the REAL Truth](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@sleeplesshistorian/videos/jzG3n67pz9I/) | 2026-09-05 | Long-form | 34,292 | 2:13:01 | 1.62x |
| [Were Ancient People Attractive?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@sleeplesshistorian/videos/Px7TwFoQFnI/) | 2026-09-03 | Long-form | 31,205 | 2:03:11 | 1.52x |
| [Why the Minotaur Was Imprisoned Inside a Labyrinth \| Boring Greek Myths For Sleep](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@sleeplesshistorian/videos/pAc3GP0IIuk/) | 2026-09-01 | Long-form | 20,912 | 1:33:11 | - |
| [The 35 Medieval Cures for Loneliness](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@sleeplesshistorian/videos/bpqabW-m3WY/) | 2026-08-31 | Long-form | 24,062 | 1:45:51 | 1.24x |
| [Bizarre Ancient Egyptian Jobs You Wouldn’t Believe Existed](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@sleeplesshistorian/videos/6CZhhv2DqLk/) | 2026-08-28 | Long-form | 31,454 | 1:56:09 | 1.54x |
| [Why You'd Probably Join a MEDIEVAL Witch Hunt](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@sleeplesshistorian/videos/VM4RWIRnACc/) | 2026-08-26 | Long-form | 18,565 | 1:47:09 | - |
| [The Strange Psychology of Medieval Parents](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@sleeplesshistorian/videos/iQqKCoKsCFY/) | 2026-08-24 | Long-form | 16,191 | 1:48:41 | - |
| [700,000 Sleepless Historians… Thank You](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@sleeplesshistorian/videos/S9YR1i9ZJeY/) | 2026-08-23 | Long-form | 6,380 | 5:26 | - |
| [The Most Notorious Thieves of MEDIEVAL times](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@sleeplesshistorian/videos/MrgykW5Vwbo/) | 2026-08-22 | Long-form | 21,327 | 2:01:46 | - |
| [Why It Sucks to Be a Brothers' SHARED Wife (in Ancient Tibet) - and more](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@sleeplesshistorian/videos/Cl8cXskzB_E/) | 2026-08-20 | Long-form | 14,481 | 2:01:46 | - |
| [Why Medieval Society Was Built for Alcoholics - and more](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@sleeplesshistorian/videos/VbPzZC3JemI/) | 2026-08-18 | Long-form | 25,633 | 2:02:28 | 1.11x |
| [Welcome to Sleepless Historian](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@sleeplesshistorian/videos/omSQ8EKkPqg/) | 2026-08-14 | Long-form | 39,885 | 1:53 | 1.7x |
| [Who Were the Most Psychopathic Caesars of Ancient Rome - and more](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@sleeplesshistorian/videos/cZ6XMnjEIyk/) | 2026-08-14 | Long-form | 19,578 | 1:53:52 | - |

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