# The Histocrat: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

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As of 2026-10-29, The Histocrat has 618,000 subscribers, 55,931,088 total views, and 71 videos. It ranks #122,940 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [The Histocrat](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistocrat/). 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 Histocrat is “The Birth of China - Ten Thousand States (3000 BCE to 2000 BCE) (No AI)”, a long-form video published Oct 15, 2026.
- These are The Histocrat’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Apr 3, 2021 and Oct 15, 2026 (46 long-form videos and 2 Shorts).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 123,907. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “The Birth of Civilisation - Rise of Uruk (6500 BC to 3200 BC) (No AI)” (4,165,631 views, Apr 3, 2021). Least viewed: “The Histocrat Live Stream” (0 views, Apr 10, 2022).
- Median length: 1:58:49 for 45 long-form videos.
- In this sample, The Histocrat’s consecutive uploads were a median of 38 days apart (shortest gap 1 day, longest 162 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [The Birth of China - Ten Thousand States (3000 BCE to 2000 BCE) (No AI)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistocrat/videos/rHMe2DICJJw/) | 2026-10-15 | Long-form | 214,388 | 2:05:13 | 3.71x |
| [Cave Art's Weird and Wonderful Animals](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistocrat/videos/RX_76nmaJas/) | 2026-05-06 | Long-form | 64,609 | 39:34 | 1.38x |
| [The Weasel That Ruined a Greek Actor's Career #history #ancientgreece](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistocrat/videos/5OUYYtpWqc0/) | 2026-04-16 | Short | 8,946 | 1:13 | - |
| [Is this Cave Art's Weirdest Animal? #archaeology #paleolithic](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistocrat/videos/9jFIFOhQI7A/) | 2026-04-02 | Short | 6,941 | 0:59 | - |
| [Kubaba: The Sumerians' Only Female King?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistocrat/videos/YL1rUbL-IkY/) | 2026-02-25 | Long-form | 15,558 | 21:11 | - |
| [The Invasion of Africa - The First Punic War (255 - 241 BC)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistocrat/videos/mGqy_uo-UNs/) | 2026-01-24 | Long-form | 32,613 | 50:51 | 1.08x |
| [Why are there no Dogs in Cave Art?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistocrat/videos/SYTGOK_RDPE/) | 2025-12-19 | Long-form | 63,924 | 18:10 | 1.95x |
| [The Birth of the Modern Werewolf - Mythillogical](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistocrat/videos/39ggjKN9hZw/) | 2025-11-23 | Long-form | 49,320 | 2:12:01 | 1.5x |
| [The Romans in Ireland](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistocrat/videos/qgU0Y4vnIpY/) | 2025-11-11 | Long-form | 76,268 | 57:44 | 2.32x |
| [Weird Fake Monarchs: Perkin Warbeck, False Dmitry and more! - Curiosity Stop](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistocrat/videos/m3X5QiOhKYY/) | 2025-10-13 | Long-form | 13,044 | 3:11:51 | - |
| [Mythillogical 5th Anniversary Q&A](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistocrat/videos/4BxhwxY5x7w/) | 2025-08-26 | Long-form | 9,556 | 52:14 | - |
| [The Origins of Werewolves - Mythillogical](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistocrat/videos/yQvxrnvxl2Y/) | 2025-07-18 | Long-form | 165,684 | 2:54:45 | 1.77x |
| [Cú Chulainn, Hero of the Irish - Mythillogical Podcast](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistocrat/videos/aHRKLFi1IQ0/) | 2025-05-24 | Long-form | 41,004 | 4:09:44 | 1.45x |
| [Cave Art is Cooler Than You Think](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistocrat/videos/q0TElh41MyA/) | 2025-03-12 | Long-form | 435,661 | 1:56:20 | 3.65x |
| [The Origins of Santa - Mythillogical](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistocrat/videos/KlSxZJrUaoQ/) | 2024-12-20 | Long-form | 38,351 | 2:36:01 | - |
| [The Loch Ness Monster, A Brief History - Mythillogical](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistocrat/videos/h_OIk5tj9zo/) | 2024-09-17 | Long-form | 134,553 | 6:33:08 | 1.12x |
| [The Invention of Trousers - History Mystery w/ Byron Lewis](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistocrat/videos/w53fj5W172s/) | 2024-07-10 | Long-form | 15,773 | 29:41 | - |
| [Pandora's Box and the Creation of Man - Mythillogical Podcast](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistocrat/videos/Zryjj9uUB8o/) | 2024-07-03 | Long-form | 67,026 | 2:05:51 | - |
| [The Birth of China - The Dawn of Inequality (5000 to 3000 BCE) (No AI)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistocrat/videos/OJdiLURNQYw/) | 2024-06-23 | Long-form | 567,843 | 1:05:39 | 1.43x |
| [The Flying Dutchman: A Complete History - Mythillogical Podcast](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistocrat/videos/JmLa-gKr0Lo/) | 2024-05-01 | Long-form | 104,633 | 1:07:32 | - |
| [Amaterasu and the Japanese Creation Myth - Mythillogical Podcast](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistocrat/videos/a87Tb27UE4Y/) | 2024-02-29 | Long-form | 81,424 | 2:24:02 | - |
| [The Birth of China - Farmers of Rice and Millet (7000 BCE - 5000 BCE) (No AI)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistocrat/videos/jTz9ZmTnixo/) | 2024-02-22 | Long-form | 519,579 | 51:32 | 1.45x |
| [The Fairies: A History - Mythillogical Podcast](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistocrat/videos/_oZkgUJzJnw/) | 2023-10-01 | Long-form | 1,113,829 | 3:34:26 | 3.14x |
| [The Sumerian Dog Joke That Makes No Sense](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistocrat/videos/3Em2oAemCng/) | 2023-09-24 | Long-form | 653,205 | 23:23 | 2.56x |
| [Voodoo Trickster Gods of Africa and Haiti - Mythillogical Podcast Mini](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistocrat/videos/tXGGup1l9eo/) | 2023-08-10 | Long-form | 44,144 | 33:43 | - |
| [The Birth of China - Hunters on the Yellow River (20000 BCE to 7000 BCE) (No AI)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistocrat/videos/0zRCvtvn5NA/) | 2023-06-25 | Long-form | 1,767,305 | 51:18 | 4.95x |
| [Anansi the Spider - Mythillogical Podcast](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistocrat/videos/iIJCi9PUdc8/) | 2023-06-14 | Long-form | 60,137 | 2:33:10 | - |
| [Beowulf, Hero of the Old English - Mythillogical Podcast](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistocrat/videos/gtRHlfe6MHk/) | 2023-03-20 | Long-form | 275,104 | 2:34:54 | 0.78x |
| [The First Punic War - The War At Sea (264 - 256 BC) (No AI)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistocrat/videos/41FJ24JzUqs/) | 2023-01-20 | Long-form | 237,643 | 1:00:25 | 0.71x |
| [The Bell Witch - Mythillogical Podcast](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistocrat/videos/tU9Hbhc-lWI/) | 2022-12-05 | Long-form | 149,729 | 2:02:11 | - |
| [The Earliest Creation Myths - Mythillogical Podcast (w/Mythology With Mike)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistocrat/videos/TdRoHgWnfSI/) | 2022-11-07 | Long-form | 433,864 | 1:45:17 | 0.75x |
| [The Royal Death Pits of Ur (No AI)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistocrat/videos/xFEjcfYOC3I/) | 2022-09-30 | Long-form | 1,236,184 | 1:21:44 | - |
| [Bigfoot, Part 2 - Mythillogical Podcast](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistocrat/videos/t8Psw6YcOzI/) | 2022-08-22 | Long-form | 171,662 | 2:43:06 | - |
| [Bigfoot, Part 1 - Mythillogical Podcast](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistocrat/videos/r6GXMWP58hU/) | 2022-07-27 | Long-form | 719,827 | 2:56:56 | - |
| [Ireland and the Druids](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistocrat/videos/HRNravHcb_Q/) | 2022-05-26 | Long-form | 1,285,691 | 2:23:34 | - |
| [Perseus and Medusa - Mythillogical Podcast](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistocrat/videos/jHbMupe9Wn4/) | 2022-05-25 | Long-form | 113,260 | 1:42:19 | - |
| [The Histocrat Live Stream](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistocrat/videos/Hzu0XHCp6K8/) | 2022-04-10 | Long-form | 0 | - | - |
| [Vampires, Before Dracula - Mythillogical Podcast](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistocrat/videos/pL8IeOtzLzk/) | 2022-03-24 | Long-form | 2,541,531 | 2:06:14 | - |
| [The Battle of Hastings - History Mystery w/ Byron Lewis](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistocrat/videos/fGK-KzVcnjg/) | 2022-01-28 | Long-form | 21,541 | 20:15 | - |
| [Osiris, Lord of the Dead - Mythillogical Podcast](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistocrat/videos/1_AD0JdoCmc/) | 2022-01-19 | Long-form | 195,045 | 2:00:08 | - |
| [Gilgamesh and the Flood](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistocrat/videos/aBvr7SJ4VE4/) | 2021-12-01 | Long-form | 3,589,675 | 2:12:17 | - |
| [Robin Hood - Mythillogical Podcast](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistocrat/videos/DATAcRQG-FE/) | 2021-11-07 | Long-form | 211,923 | 2:15:49 | - |
| [The Wild Hunt - Mythillogical Podcast](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistocrat/videos/hi4VFbf8LI0/) | 2021-08-29 | Long-form | 413,886 | 2:20:59 | - |
| [Histochat w/Stefan Milo - Talking History Youtube, Neolithic/Steppe Migrations](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistocrat/videos/KY7jPFvNNbA/) | 2021-08-08 | Long-form | 28,456 | 1:58:49 | - |
| [Heracles, Part 2 - Mythillogical Podcast](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistocrat/videos/FyY8HNNKJTg/) | 2021-07-24 | Long-form | 75,093 | 1:58:11 | - |
| [At the Mountains of Kong, Part 1](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistocrat/videos/CI4la-iV4RY/) | 2021-07-11 | Long-form | 97,932 | 1:08:39 | - |
| [Heracles, Part 1 - Mythillogical Podcast](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistocrat/videos/tUWJYUIJLUI/) | 2021-05-04 | Long-form | 190,483 | 2:04:43 | - |
| [The Birth of Civilisation - Rise of Uruk (6500 BC to 3200 BC) (No AI)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistocrat/videos/aowNRbEdqPQ/) | 2021-04-03 | Long-form | 4,165,631 | 1:16:45 | - |

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