OverSimplified's breakout videos
Every recent long-form upload, scored against the channel's own median. These are the videos the audience pushed far past normal. Updated weekly.
WW2 - OverSimplified (Part 1)
The Cold War - OverSimplified (Part 1)1.8×3
The American Civil War - OverSimplified (Part 1)1.8×4
The Napoleonic Wars - OverSimplified (Part 1)1.7×5
WW2 - OverSimplified (Part 2)1.7×6
The American Revolution - OverSimplified (Part 1)1.6×What's working for OverSimplified right now
The channel's typical long-form video gets about 41.0M views. “WW2 - OverSimplified (Part 1)” reached 105.7M, roughly 2.6 times that. When one idea outperforms a channel's baseline this much, the audience is telling you the topic and packaging resonated, which makes it worth studying before you plan your next video.
How these scores work
We take the channel's latest long-form uploads (Shorts excluded), find the median view count, and divide each video's views by it. A 5× score means five times the channel's normal performance. Data comes from the public YouTube Data API and refreshes weekly. Last updated November 5, 2026.
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