# thehistorysquad: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

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As of 2026-10-29, thehistorysquad has 518,000 subscribers, 51,235,355 total views, and 245 videos. It ranks #147,671 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [thehistorysquad](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistorysquad/). 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 thehistorysquad is “The Truth About The London Beer Flood: The Tragedy History Turned Into a Joke”, a long-form video published Oct 23, 2026.
- These are thehistorysquad’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Mar 28, 2025 and Oct 23, 2026 (45 long-form videos and 3 Shorts).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 74,633. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “The Medieval Inn That Has Welcomed Travellers for 600 Years \| The George” (684,469 views, Jun 5, 2026). Least viewed: “Unlock the Secrets of Bunker 24 \| Exclusive August Tour!” (9,787 views, Jul 11, 2025).
- Median length: 19:29 for 45 long-form videos; 0:54 for 3 Shorts.
- In this sample, thehistorysquad’s consecutive uploads were a median of 14 days apart (shortest gap 2 days, longest 21 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 Truth About The London Beer Flood: The Tragedy History Turned Into a Joke](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistorysquad/videos/sJEzsAdH82A/) | 2026-10-23 | Long-form | 59,501 | 15:12 | 1.04x |
| [What Was Life REALLY Like in a Roman Legionary Fortress?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistorysquad/videos/Ro8Jd883Sko/) | 2026-10-09 | Long-form | 199,450 | 21:53 | 2.71x |
| [The Most Successful Pirate You've Probably Never Heard Of \| Black Bart](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistorysquad/videos/wxcZUV0Xbuk/) | 2026-09-25 | Long-form | 95,787 | 25:43 | 1.29x |
| [Why Do Pirates Say “ARRR”? The Truth Behind the Pirate Voice](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistorysquad/videos/I90271Irmk0/) | 2026-09-18 | Long-form | 63,865 | 3:58 | - |
| [Inside 3 Medieval Houses: How Different Was Daily Life?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistorysquad/videos/IfymIs-3xcE/) | 2026-09-11 | Long-form | 574,994 | 25:59 | 6.22x |
| [Court Jesters: They Mocked the King… And Got Away With It!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistorysquad/videos/MGrqFehH20w/) | 2026-08-28 | Long-form | 76,004 | 13:52 | - |
| [The 30-Minute Battle That Started a 30-Year War \| Wars of the Roses Begins](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistorysquad/videos/PBIUu4C2g7M/) | 2026-08-14 | Long-form | 93,051 | 14:01 | - |
| [One of the Greatest Freedom Fighters You've Probably Never Heard Of \| Owain Glyndŵr](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistorysquad/videos/L_ynT6ALSSs/) | 2026-07-31 | Long-form | 67,761 | 15:22 | 2x |
| [The Weapons That Made Castles Obsolete](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistorysquad/videos/b7x0itdMJUM/) | 2026-07-24 | Long-form | 91,787 | 19:29 | 2.02x |
| [Secrets of Kenilworth Castle \| Hidden Details Most Visitors Walk Straight Past](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistorysquad/videos/AXKBrGAEh_I/) | 2026-07-17 | Long-form | 278,815 | 43:01 | 1.89x |
| [How England Tore Itself Apart \| The Road to the Wars of the Roses](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistorysquad/videos/VTKHTydQK_M/) | 2026-07-03 | Long-form | 33,636 | 10:45 | - |
| [He didn't see that coming #swordfight #medieval #ouch](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistorysquad/videos/ndSBeP2l74w/) | 2026-06-21 | Short | 11,648 | 0:54 | - |
| [Europe's Forgotten Terror - The Pirates Who Enslaved a Million People](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistorysquad/videos/wi5nZr8SSgk/) | 2026-06-19 | Long-form | 110,275 | 30:40 | 1.03x |
| [The Medieval Inn That Has Welcomed Travellers for 600 Years \| The George](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistorysquad/videos/udmkk_kht6c/) | 2026-06-05 | Long-form | 684,469 | 27:24 | 7.06x |
| [Three Castles of Gwent \| Wales' Best-Kept Secret (Full Tour)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistorysquad/videos/ZItow5zTo8k/) | 2026-05-22 | Long-form | 64,538 | 55:43 | - |
| [What Did REAL Medieval Life Look Like? Step Inside a 15th Century Farmhouse](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistorysquad/videos/bMIg1Aelyy8/) | 2026-05-08 | Long-form | 516,749 | 17:01 | 5.33x |
| [I'm heading to Herstmonceux – will you be there? #medieval #festival #meetup](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistorysquad/videos/nsqxCuCR_aw/) | 2026-04-30 | Short | 10,898 | 0:33 | - |
| [Long Before PTSD Had a Name, Soldiers Were Already Suffering](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistorysquad/videos/JHQdih282xw/) | 2026-04-24 | Long-form | 40,760 | 27:29 | - |
| [Longbow Speed Test: How Fast Did Agincourt's Archers Really Shoot?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistorysquad/videos/Mw1Npjb2fSk/) | 2026-04-10 | Long-form | 185,201 | 10:04 | 2.26x |
| [Over 40 Mutilated Skeletons in Mass Grave \| The Truth Behind England's Bloodiest Battle \| Towton](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistorysquad/videos/x53-kg4eXw4/) | 2026-03-27 | Long-form | 103,382 | 19:43 | 1.44x |
| [What Was It REALLY Like to Shop in Medieval England?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistorysquad/videos/eyX5jHP3dp4/) | 2026-03-20 | Long-form | 187,825 | 16:19 | 3.11x |
| [The Battle That Cost England Everything \| Castillon 1453 \[Series Finale\]](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistorysquad/videos/o0FoqStPwHc/) | 2026-03-06 | Long-form | 73,262 | 16:12 | 1.34x |
| [The Cade Rebellion 1450 \| Heavy Taxation, Corruption & Broken Justice](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistorysquad/videos/2RGkwVOKYF8/) | 2026-02-20 | Long-form | 90,359 | 17:34 | 1.84x |
| [Battle of Formigny - The Last Stand of the English Longbow in France \[Episode 21\]](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistorysquad/videos/_e5_RaCwFn8/) | 2026-02-06 | Long-form | 35,676 | 12:03 | - |
| [Æthelwulf of Wessex \| The Forgotten King Who Made Alfred “Great”](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistorysquad/videos/-QWBpeNzn4w/) | 2026-01-23 | Long-form | 35,449 | 11:01 | - |
| [Battle of Patay \| How France Finally Beat the English Longbowmen \[Episode 20\]](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistorysquad/videos/NIcr6l1TaXE/) | 2026-01-09 | Long-form | 105,944 | 14:34 | 2.07x |
| [What Did Medieval Bowmen Really Wear and Carry?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistorysquad/videos/DOlrTfKpzOk/) | 2025-12-26 | Long-form | 70,103 | 11:10 | 1.87x |
| [Christmas Eve Livestream - You're not alone](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistorysquad/videos/WkuNbdchvmo/) | 2025-12-24 | Long-form | 12,843 | 1:39:29 | - |
| [Why were Ghost Stories once a Christmas Tradition? (Featuring 3 Chilling Classics)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistorysquad/videos/7Bn2Nvrpfow/) | 2025-12-12 | Long-form | 48,860 | 53:16 | 1.3x |
| [The White Ship Disaster \| Medieval England's Titanic](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistorysquad/videos/lMe4L9MKD3w/) | 2025-11-28 | Long-form | 50,989 | 16:18 | 1.31x |
| [William Tell’s Impossible Apple Shot \| Recreating the Legend with a Live Crossbow Demo](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistorysquad/videos/Ke_PloTTkIE/) | 2025-11-14 | Long-form | 46,051 | 8:11 | 1.02x |
| [Real Ghost Stories from the Battlefield](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistorysquad/videos/hz9XpMMXxQM/) | 2025-10-31 | Long-form | 42,658 | 24:21 | 1.06x |
| [Edward the Black Prince \| One of Medieval England’s Greatest ‘What If’ Stories](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistorysquad/videos/IBIQzjDt1PA/) | 2025-10-24 | Long-form | 274,831 | 27:21 | 2.29x |
| [What Secrets Hide in White Castle, Wales? \| Exploring a Medieval Fortress Lost to Time](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistorysquad/videos/_F8kSwh8xQI/) | 2025-10-10 | Long-form | 87,140 | 19:09 | 1.96x |
| [The Strange World of Medieval Animal Trials](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistorysquad/videos/SI7NmICNTFo/) | 2025-09-26 | Long-form | 33,876 | 21:18 | - |
| [Joan of Arc at Orléans \| How the Siege Changed the Hundred Years’ War \[Episode 19\]](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistorysquad/videos/PPUOSR2rzY8/) | 2025-09-12 | Long-form | 51,482 | 25:55 | 1.01x |
| [Transforming Faces \| World War 1 and the birth of modern plastic surgery](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistorysquad/videos/NhpO4_Y3ogY/) | 2025-08-29 | Long-form | 144,802 | 47:01 | 1.21x |
| [Upnor Castle: A Forgotten Gem with a Dramatic Past](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistorysquad/videos/jml-jdoSSaQ/) | 2025-08-15 | Long-form | 123,076 | 29:38 | 1.1x |
| [Vlad the Impaler: History’s Monster or Misunderstood Hero?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistorysquad/videos/Sm9FEo9vo7Y/) | 2025-08-01 | Long-form | 117,111 | 22:05 | 1.18x |
| [Warwick Castle's Hidden Corners: A Rare Look Inside](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistorysquad/videos/Hm_UcyX3CR4/) | 2025-07-18 | Long-form | 483,156 | 55:41 | 5.84x |
| [Unlock the Secrets of Bunker 24 \| Exclusive August Tour!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistorysquad/videos/5okHRaXZ_vM/) | 2025-07-11 | Short | 9,787 | 0:58 | - |
| [Stranger Than Fiction: Bizarre but True Tales from History](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistorysquad/videos/Ge7eWR6UYhs/) | 2025-06-20 | Long-form | 136,507 | 35:54 | 1.71x |
| [Inside the Locked Rooms of Warwick Castle — Closed to the Public](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistorysquad/videos/Q1NQvoUGwwM/) | 2025-06-06 | Long-form | 63,642 | 12:51 | 1.5x |
| [The Secret Behind the Heads on Spikes on London Bridge](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistorysquad/videos/MSfwvNAR8Ho/) | 2025-05-23 | Long-form | 106,807 | 11:17 | 1.22x |
| [Hidden in the Ruins: What Grosmont Castle Still Reveals Today](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistorysquad/videos/TXpYrBLaJpM/) | 2025-05-09 | Long-form | 47,884 | 16:42 | 1.27x |
| [Behind the Badge: The Lighter Side of Policing as a British Bobby](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistorysquad/videos/gxK5-WEx_UQ/) | 2025-04-25 | Long-form | 23,359 | 22:55 | - |
| [How a Professional Medieval Bowman Actually Shoots the Longbow](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistorysquad/videos/tfqD_g2vEoA/) | 2025-04-11 | Long-form | 266,936 | 9:51 | 3.05x |
| [Frontline Surgeons Saving Lives in World War One](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thehistorysquad/videos/NU0zxkZVFJs/) | 2025-03-28 | Long-form | 68,266 | 23:11 | 1.27x |

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