# Tom FitzGerald: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

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As of 2026-10-31, Tom FitzGerald has 90,800 subscribers, 14,003,281 total views, and 229 videos. It ranks #753,984 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [Tom FitzGerald](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tomfitzgerald_history/). 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 Tom FitzGerald is “Was the First Crusade Really Just a Land Grab?”, a Short published Oct 30, 2026.
- These are Tom FitzGerald’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Aug 20, 2026 and Oct 30, 2026 (17 long-form videos and 31 Shorts).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 49,752. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “Why do we judge European Empires differently?” (2,008,631 views, Sep 2, 2026). Least viewed: “The palace that ruled Bavaria for over 400 years - Munich Residenz” (8,885 views, Aug 26, 2026).
- Median length: 25:16 for 17 long-form videos; 2:57 for 31 Shorts.
- In this sample, Tom FitzGerald’s consecutive uploads were a median of 1 day apart (shortest gap 0 days, longest 3 days).
- Views are lifetime totals as of Oct 31, 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Was the First Crusade Really Just a Land Grab?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tomfitzgerald_history/videos/D4VFZ80-r1k/) | 2026-10-30 | Short | 34,436 | 2:59 | 1.51x |
| [The Destruction of Europe's Historic Heritage…](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tomfitzgerald_history/videos/dAbQwjQSZ28/) | 2026-10-28 | Short | 49,411 | 2:57 | 1.03x |
| [Can History Teach You the Wrong Lessons? (NO AI)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tomfitzgerald_history/videos/qA2IOLfy7sU/) | 2026-10-27 | Long-form | 11,654 | 37:43 | - |
| [Did Cleopatra miscarry Caesar’s second child??](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tomfitzgerald_history/videos/0VTS8HwrWtQ/) | 2026-10-26 | Short | 32,344 | 2:59 | - |
| [The Strict Rules of the Knights Templar…](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tomfitzgerald_history/videos/7klmaLaya4E/) | 2026-10-23 | Short | 105,409 | 2:58 | 1.84x |
| [The Masculine Ideal We Lost: Sir Galahad!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tomfitzgerald_history/videos/zaic_bvOfYM/) | 2026-10-21 | Short | 79,421 | 3:00 | 1.33x |
| [The Soviet Union Erased History. Could It Happen Again? (NO AI)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tomfitzgerald_history/videos/AXzj9EjC8oQ/) | 2026-10-20 | Long-form | 9,227 | 27:26 | - |
| [Why Were the Knights Templar Founded?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tomfitzgerald_history/videos/ngyZ9X-Q4hY/) | 2026-10-19 | Short | 59,567 | 2:59 | - |
| [Did the French Really Cut Off English Archers’ Fingers?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tomfitzgerald_history/videos/dVD0ZNlzDgw/) | 2026-10-16 | Short | 68,099 | 2:33 | 1.04x |
| [Why Portugal’s Younger Sons Became Explorers…](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tomfitzgerald_history/videos/S3VNmnaT1Xo/) | 2026-10-14 | Short | 44,414 | 2:56 | - |
| [How Did the Knights Templar’s Banking System Actually Work? (NO AI)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tomfitzgerald_history/videos/yI0xvqEbnmA/) | 2026-10-13 | Long-form | 17,042 | 19:42 | - |
| [History does not speak for itself…historians do!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tomfitzgerald_history/videos/fOAg7yNWE6s/) | 2026-10-12 | Short | 24,567 | 3:00 | - |
| [What did Alexander the Great really look like??](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tomfitzgerald_history/videos/AZqCd9mYNg8/) | 2026-10-09 | Short | 167,607 | 2:55 | 2.77x |
| [Dublin Was a Major Viking Slave Market!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tomfitzgerald_history/videos/IadD4_QImj4/) | 2026-10-07 | Short | 86,688 | 2:56 | 1.74x |
| [If You Can’t Join Them, Beat Them - The Rise and Fall of Gaius Marius (NO AI)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tomfitzgerald_history/videos/u7eftNO8-KQ/) | 2026-10-06 | Long-form | 20,439 | 1:05:27 | - |
| [Who was the “Third founder of Rome”??](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tomfitzgerald_history/videos/7INq3ESoRsM/) | 2026-10-05 | Short | 32,226 | 2:30 | - |
| [Athens Voted to Kill Them All…(NO AI)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tomfitzgerald_history/videos/VrKhuTW53U8/) | 2026-10-03 | Long-form | 15,511 | 20:32 | - |
| [Why You Shouldn’t Be Afraid of Contradiction](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tomfitzgerald_history/videos/DsqX8cZMoB0/) | 2026-10-02 | Short | 29,750 | 2:43 | - |
| [Why Rome refused to ransom back their own soldiers after Cannae…](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tomfitzgerald_history/videos/s9N1Bg3gZnQ/) | 2026-09-30 | Short | 294,061 | 2:32 | 4.68x |
| [What Was It Actually Like to Be a Medieval Knight? (NO AI)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tomfitzgerald_history/videos/yHmrELAOkY4/) | 2026-09-29 | Long-form | 122,428 | 22:00 | 0.98x |
| [The women who attacked Roman soldiers…and their own men!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tomfitzgerald_history/videos/NUhpitMlyfc/) | 2026-09-28 | Short | 64,602 | 2:55 | 1.04x |
| [Why You Shouldn’t Fix All Your Weaknesses... (NO AI)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tomfitzgerald_history/videos/ANXsTnCPKi4/) | 2026-09-26 | Long-form | 10,036 | 19:26 | - |
| [The Romans said this about Celtic eyes…](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tomfitzgerald_history/videos/HTlTWHl0PU4/) | 2026-09-25 | Short | 1,135,631 | 2:44 | 21.62x |
| [Hannibal Barca’s oath against Rome…](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tomfitzgerald_history/videos/cPRVSSs1u08/) | 2026-09-23 | Short | 35,671 | 2:26 | - |
| [Caesar Ended a Mutiny With One Word... (NO AI)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tomfitzgerald_history/videos/VwgUWkJRPs4/) | 2026-09-22 | Long-form | 21,283 | 16:13 | - |
| [Alexander never forgot Sparta’s insult…](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tomfitzgerald_history/videos/vX8nIoWdAU4/) | 2026-09-21 | Short | 60,994 | 2:00 | 1.08x |
| [Why History’s Greatest Generals Moved So Fast! (NO AI)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tomfitzgerald_history/videos/Z53AL_pL3BE/) | 2026-09-19 | Long-form | 168,080 | 24:43 | 1.45x |
| [The Letter that Helped Launch the First Crusade!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tomfitzgerald_history/videos/JlPIh94m7GI/) | 2026-09-18 | Short | 44,079 | 3:00 | - |
| [Was Boromir inspired by Roland??](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tomfitzgerald_history/videos/GVpa9qgqiUQ/) | 2026-09-16 | Short | 36,004 | 2:45 | - |
| [Why Were Napoleon’s Soldiers Willing to Die for Him? (NO AI)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tomfitzgerald_history/videos/Xlj1lN8Sfvo/) | 2026-09-15 | Long-form | 60,425 | 36:13 | - |
| [Why did Romans keep using the same names?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tomfitzgerald_history/videos/Z9uavPpgKyA/) | 2026-09-14 | Short | 213,375 | 3:00 | 4.01x |
| [How Did Rome Win a War It Should Have Lost? (NO AI)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tomfitzgerald_history/videos/FqmR6xuqHiM/) | 2026-09-13 | Long-form | 48,693 | 38:25 | - |
| [Who was Plutarch?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tomfitzgerald_history/videos/lRm1V2IROoE/) | 2026-09-11 | Short | 38,148 | 2:58 | - |
| [What torture taught Machiavelli about himself…](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tomfitzgerald_history/videos/QDF3ADmLnzA/) | 2026-09-09 | Short | 284,421 | 3:00 | 5.34x |
| [When Did Conquest Become Wrong? (NO AI)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tomfitzgerald_history/videos/oSEj-y957Xc/) | 2026-09-08 | Long-form | 713,352 | 27:02 | 12.22x |
| [“Ungrateful Fatherland you will not even have my bones”. Scipio Africanus](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tomfitzgerald_history/videos/W2liRdOLS7g/) | 2026-09-07 | Short | 28,830 | 0:10 | - |
| [Why Did Great Men Write Everything Down? (NO AI)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tomfitzgerald_history/videos/T3EkEKso_EU/) | 2026-09-05 | Long-form | 127,566 | 25:16 | 11.15x |
| [The General Who Walked Through Gunfire…](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tomfitzgerald_history/videos/hCwftY3Ihj4/) | 2026-09-04 | Short | 70,975 | 3:00 | 2.12x |
| [Why do we judge European Empires differently?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tomfitzgerald_history/videos/lLVbedvVGsk/) | 2026-09-02 | Short | 2,008,631 | 2:59 | 50.25x |
| [The Most Powerful Skill a Man Can Develop! (NO AI)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tomfitzgerald_history/videos/Bx--k9VPO6Q/) | 2026-09-01 | Long-form | 156,140 | 31:40 | 14.23x |
| [Did Baldwin IV really wear a silver mask??](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tomfitzgerald_history/videos/1WXkcc4LXQU/) | 2026-08-31 | Short | 56,421 | 3:00 | 2.76x |
| [How Did Rome Break the Macedonian Phalanx? (NO AI)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tomfitzgerald_history/videos/7dVleHOy5ws/) | 2026-08-29 | Long-form | 203,154 | 14:33 | 18.97x |
| [What did Julius Caesar truly want??](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tomfitzgerald_history/videos/bnP4m4d8Go0/) | 2026-08-28 | Short | 24,394 | 2:59 | 1.28x |
| [The palace that ruled Bavaria for over 400 years - Munich Residenz](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tomfitzgerald_history/videos/LA2V2Gh5oLo/) | 2026-08-26 | Short | 8,885 | 0:27 | - |
| [What Julius Caesar and Napoleon Knew About Success... (NO AI)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tomfitzgerald_history/videos/GYn5pnP8qeg/) | 2026-08-25 | Long-form | 11,010 | 15:42 | 1.3x |
| [The past was way more colourful than you think…](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tomfitzgerald_history/videos/LUYC0azeEqg/) | 2026-08-24 | Short | 50,092 | 2:59 | 3.7x |
| [Historical cognitive dissonance…](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tomfitzgerald_history/videos/Er0DOhP4z_g/) | 2026-08-21 | Short | 154,491 | 2:54 | 4.22x |
| [The Crusader Who Liberated Jerusalem and Then Refused to Be King... (NO AI)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@tomfitzgerald_history/videos/jPAIX-pgqGg/) | 2026-08-20 | Long-form | 11,871 | 29:35 | 1.85x |

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