Went viral22:10Was the Rhodesian Army the Most Effective in History? - The Abandoned Army
1.9M viewsfrom a 551K subscriber channel
551K-subscriber channel · This video earned ~$7.9Kest.$4.3K to $11.5K
YouTube niche
How much do Southern African Bush Wars YouTube channels make?
Small Southern African Bush Wars channels are getting videos with 2.4M views and earning real money from YouTube ads.
Channels in this niche typically earn $1.1K to $2.8K total from all their videos, based on 228 videos and 1 channels we analyzed.
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Channels studied
1
228 videos tracked
Highest earner (all time)
~$14.9K est.
$8.1K to $21.7K total
Best single video earned
~$9.7K est.
$5.3K to $14.1K per video
Most-viewed video
2.4M views
from a 14.3K subscriber channel
Earnings breakdown
Distribution stats from 228 videos and 1 channels analyzed.
Average channel total
$1.1K to $2.8K
Estimated all-time total per channel
Top 25% of channels earn
$1.1K to $2.8K
Better-performing channels (all time)
Top 10% of channels earn
$1.1K to $2.8K
Highest-performing channels (all time)
Average per video
$239 to $638
Typical single-video earnings
Average views per video
79.7K
May be higher due to viral hits
Top 25% of videos get
82.5K
Views on better-performing videos
Top 10% of videos get
255.4K
Views on the biggest videos
If you post 5 videos a month
$1.2K to $3.2K
At this niche's typical per-video earnings
How often creators post
new video every 6 days
Average for channels in this niche
Is this niche growing?
Views are declining
Based on recent videos in this niche
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Breakout videos
Videos that pulled in far more views than their channels had subscribers.
Went viral22:10
Went viral43:31The Rhodesian Bush War
1.9M viewsfrom a 173K subscriber channel
173K-subscriber channel · This video earned ~$9.7Kest.$5.3K to $14.1K
Went viral33:13South Africa's Forgotten Air Wars
1.1M viewsfrom a 173K subscriber channel
173K-subscriber channel · This video earned ~$5.9Kest.$3.2K to $8.6K
Went viral45:57Rhodesian Fireforce: history's most lethal counterinsurgency tactic - Teaching Tactics
1.1M viewsfrom a 77.3K subscriber channel
77.3K-subscriber channel · This video earned ~$5Kest.$2.7K to $7.3K
Went viral49:34Mozambique: Africa's New Jihadist Frontline | DISPATCH | Full HD Documentary
864.8K viewsfrom a 81.7K subscriber channel
81.7K-subscriber channel · This video earned ~$4Kest.$2.2K to $5.8K
Went viral13:22South Africa's Border Wars
266.4K viewsfrom a 20.1K subscriber channel
20.1K-subscriber channel · This video earned ~$1.3Kest.$719 to $1.9K
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Make a similar videoWhy this niche works
Top Southern African Bush Wars videos usually run about 20 to 34 minutes and earn an estimated $239 to $638 per video, which works out to $1.2K to $3.2K a month if you post at this niche's typical pace of 5 videos a month. The best ones below pulled in far more views than their channels had subscribers, the clearest sign a brand new channel can still land a hit here.
The strongest recent example is “Was the Rhodesian Army the Most Effective in History? - The Abandoned Army”, which reached 1.9M views from a 551K subscriber channel. Channels in Military & War often post about new video every 6 days, so consistency matters as much as one viral upload.
Videos are usually 20 to 34 minBased on 1 channels
Typical Southern African Bush Wars video: 27 min · ~79.7K views per upload (niche average).
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Compared with adjacent niches
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|---|---|---|
| This niche | Current page | $1.1K to $2.8K est. |
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How the numbers work
How earnings are estimated, what is public, and when this page was last updated.
- Last updated
- Jun 11, 2026
- Data source
- Public YouTube discovery
- Built from publicly available channels and videos matched to this niche.
- Confidence
- Confidence is highest when a niche has many long-form breakout videos with known subscriber counts. Percentile ranges are precomputed from the analyzed sample; thin niches may show wider ranges or missing percentiles.
- We take a video's public view count and estimate how much ad revenue it earned, using a typical pay-per-view rate for this niche. The result is a range (low to high).
- A channel's total estimated earnings are the sum of all its individual video estimates, across the channel's entire history.
- These estimates assume all views earned ad revenue. In reality many channels have not turned on ads, so real earnings are usually lower.
- Actual earnings depend on the creator's monetization status, audience location, ad formats, sponsorships, and more.
- Verified data comes from visible YouTube channel pages and video listings. Estimated data is filled in from related channels when direct info was not available.
- Data is independently sourced from public information. NoodleTomato is not affiliated with or endorsed by YouTube.
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