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Dark Skies — Subscriber Count & Channel Stats

Dark Skies has 696,000 subscribers and 267,026,096 total views across 641 videos, based in United States. Channel created on April 7, 2020.

Last refreshed August 26, 2026.

Subscribers696,000
Total views267,026,096
Videos641
Avg. views / video416,577
Views per subscriber383.7
Channel age6.4 yrs
Uploads / month8.4
Views / month (avg)3,483,969

Where Dark Skies ranks

Position within the channels TubeLeader currently tracks, by subscriber count.

Subscribers · weekly average
+378,732 Views · weekly average
$3.3K – $10.5K Estimated monthly earnings
$39.4K – $125.4K Estimated yearly earnings

Daily channel metrics

Dark Skies tracked day by day since Aug 21, 2026.

Date Subscribers Views Videos Est. earnings
Sat 2026-08-22 696,000 +91,838266,847,411 641 $87 – $276
Sun 2026-08-23 696,000 +64,646266,912,057 641 $61 – $194
Mon 2026-08-24 696,000 +20,592266,932,649 641 $19 – $62
Tue 2026-08-25 696,000 +71,598267,004,247 641 $67 – $215
Wed 2026-08-26 696,000 +21,849267,026,096 641 $21 – $66
Daily average +54,105 $51 – $162
Weekly average +378,732 $357 – $1.1K

When will Dark Skies reach 750,000 subscribers?

February 2027 On the pace of the last year

Dark Skies needs another 54,000 subscribers to reach 750,000. At roughly 299 a day, that is about 181 days away. Growth rarely holds perfectly steady, so treat the date as a direction rather than a diary entry.

Dark Skies's videos, one by one

The numbers above describe Dark Skies as a whole. These 641 uploads are what produced them — and they did not contribute equally.

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About Dark Skies

Business Inquiries: darkdocs+Skies@intheblackmedia.com Join Dark Skies as we explore the world of aviation with cinematic short documentaries featuring the most powerful airplanes ever built, top-secret projects, and classified missions. Including US, German, and Soviet warplanes, along with aircraft from World War 1, World War 2, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Cold War, and the Gulf War. As images and footage of actual events are not always available, Dark Skies sometimes utilizes similar historical images and footage for dramatic effect and soundtracks for emotional impact. We do our best to keep it as visually accurate as possible. All content on Dark Skies is researched, produced, and presented in historical context for educational purposes. We are history enthusiasts and are not always experts in some areas, so please don't hesitate to reach out to us with questions, corrections, additional information, or new ideas at darkdocumentaries@darkdocs.tv.

How to read Dark Skies's numbers

Average views per video (416,577). This spreads lifetime views across every public upload, so older uploads that have had years to accumulate views are averaged together with recent ones. It is a useful scale check, not a prediction of how the next video will perform.

Views per subscriber (383.7). A rough measure of how much watch demand each subscriber represents over the channel's lifetime. Channels that reach large non-subscribed audiences — through search, Shorts or recommendations — tend to show a higher figure than channels that rely mainly on their existing subscriber base.

Upload cadence (~8.4 per month). Averaged across the channel's full history of about 6.4 years, so a channel that changed format or publishing pace along the way will not match this figure in any single recent month.

All figures come from public YouTube channel data and are refreshed on a schedule. They are research signals for comparison and context — they are not private YouTube Studio analytics, and they do not include revenue, watch time or audience retention. Read the full methodology.

Frequently asked questions about Dark Skies

How many subscribers does Dark Skies have?

Dark Skies has 696,000 subscribers on YouTube as of August 26, 2026.

How many total views does Dark Skies have?

Dark Skies has 267,026,096 total views across 641 public videos, averaging about 416,577 views per video.

When did Dark Skies start on YouTube?

Dark Skies joined YouTube on April 7, 2020, which is about 6.4 years ago.

How often does Dark Skies upload?

Dark Skies has published 641 videos, which averages about 8.4 uploads per month across the life of the channel.

What kind of channel is Dark Skies?

Dark Skies is a Film & Animation channel based in United States.

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