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Investigation

Investigation

@investigation📍 FR📅 11 yrs🔄 Updated 9/1/2026
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5.3M
subscribers
#59 France

Investigation had 5.3M subscribers as of September 1, 2026, ranked #59 in France. The channel has accumulated 1.8B views across 3,668 videos since 2015.

Relative to its audience, that is 351 lifetime views per subscriber and 1M views generated per day.

1.8Btotal views
3,668videos
1Mviews / day
52.8Kmedian views

Where does Investigation rank on YouTube?

Ranked by subscriber count, Investigation sits 59th in France and 4232nd worldwide.

FR
#59
France
WW
#4232
worldwide

Over the last 29 days, Investigation's subscriber count moved by +0.96 %.

When did Investigation start on YouTube?

Investigation published their first video on December 3, 2015, "Les experts de la PJ - Reportage", which has 391.5K views. Their biggest hit since does 117 × that number.

Les experts de la PJ - Reportage
🕰️ First video
Les experts de la PJ - Reportage
391.5K views

Investigation published 3,394 videos between 2015 and 2025, peaking at 723 in 2023.

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What is Investigation's most-viewed video?

Investigation's most-viewed video is "Tsunami : le moment où tout a basculé", with 45.9M views. That is 103 × the performance of an average video on the channel. Its five best videos account for 8.8% of the channel's total views.

103 ×outlier multiplier on its best video

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Performance analysis

Which format works best for Investigation?

On Investigation, long-form (over 20 min) performs best: a median of 209.8K views across 1,460 videos analysed. That is 8.2 × short-form (under 3 min). Medians are used rather than averages: on a channel with isolated hits, the average describes no real video.

Short< 3 min
25.7K661 videos
Mid3 – 20 min
25.8K1,566 videos
Long> 20 min
209.8K1,460 videos

How often does Investigation publish?

Investigation currently publishes 1,1 vidéos par jour. Its catalogue generates 276 views per video per day.

1.1videos / day
341videos / year lifetime
1.3 ×vs lifetime pace

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How much does Investigation earn on YouTube?

Investigation's YouTube ad revenue is estimated between $39,873 and $119,086 per month. The estimate weights monthly views by the 90-day observed split: 35% short-form, 65% long-form. At this scale, advertising is typically a minority of a creator's actual income, behind brand partnerships and merchandise, which are not measured here.

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How many views does a typical Investigation video get?

The median Investigation video has 52.8K views, computed across 3,687 analysed videos.

How long has Investigation been publishing on YouTube?

Investigation has been publishing for 11 years, averaging 341 videos per year.

Which country is Investigation from?

Investigation is registered in FR, publishing mainly in FR.

Is this data up to date?

Channel statistics are collected daily, last recorded on September 1, 2026. Per-video measures cover 3,687 videos indexed in our database of over 21 million YouTube videos.

Methodology

Channel statistics collected daily (last recorded 9/1/2026). Per-video measures computed across 3,687 indexed videos, from a database of over 21 million videos and 27,000 YouTube channels. The outlier multiplier compares a video's views to its channel average. Format performance uses the median, more robust than the mean when isolated hits are present.

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