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BBC News YouTube Channel Stats
@bbcnews · United Kingdom · snapshot
Source: public YouTube Data API · YouTube channel
Subscribers
20.2M
Total views
7.5B
Videos
34,068
Views per video
221K
Where BBC News ranks
Positions by subscriber count on Kabo’s YouTube rankings, Oct 28, 2026 snapshot. Each ranking links to the full list.
| Ranking | Position | Channels on list |
|---|---|---|
| Most subscribed YouTube channels in United Kingdom | #4 | 340 |
| Best news & politics YouTube channels | #13 | 1,667 |
Channels ranked near BBC News
Neighbours on the list Best news & politics YouTube channels, Oct 28, 2026. Across the 100 channels shown on that list, the median channel has 10.8M subscribers and 45K views per video. BBC News has 20.2M subscribers and 221K views per video.
| # | Channel | Subscribers | Total views | Videos |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | BBC News Hindi | 22M | 12.5B | 42,050 |
| 12 | Thairath News - ข่าวไทยรัฐ | 20.8M | 19.9B | 306,438 |
| 13 | BBC News | 20.2M | 7.5B | 34,068 |
| 14 | KOMPASTV | 20.1M | 16.8B | 418,531 |
| 15 | CNN | 20M | 22.1B | 188,413 |
AT A GLANCE
Channel summary
- As of 2026-10-28, BBC News (@bbcnews) has 20.2M YouTube subscribers.
- As of 2026-10-28, the channel has 7,518,462,728 total views across 34,068 videos.
- The channel lists United Kingdom as its country.
- BBC News ranks #4 in United Kingdom (top 100 of 340 channels on the list).
- BBC News ranks #13 for news & politics (top 100 of 1,667 channels on the list).
Snapshot: 2026-10-28. This is a lighter page than our full creator profiles: it has no view history, top videos or earnings estimate for this channel, because we only publish what we have measured.
FAQ
How many subscribers does BBC News have?
20.2M subscribers on YouTube as of Oct 28, 2026. YouTube publishes subscriber counts rounded to three significant figures, so that is the precision shown here.
How many views and videos does BBC News have?
7,518,462,728 total views across 34,068 public videos as of Oct 28, 2026 — about 220,690 views per video on average (total views divided by video count).
Where does BBC News rank among YouTube channels in United Kingdom?
#4 by subscribers on Kabo's list of the most subscribed YouTube channels in United Kingdom, which covers channels whose own YouTube country field is United Kingdom (340 qualify; snapshot Oct 28, 2026).
What kind of YouTube channel is BBC News?
It appears on Kabo's news & politics (#13) ranking. Categories come from YouTube's own public topic data or from our discovery on that subject, not from a manual label.
Where does this data come from?
Subscriber, view and video counts are read from the public YouTube Data API and refreshed daily; this page shows the Oct 28, 2026 snapshot. It does not estimate earnings and has no view history for this channel yet.
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