Secret State Files

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Median views per long-form video

14,951

Uploads per week

6.7

Average long-form length

29:18

In the sample

50 long-form · 0 Shorts

Beat the channel median

Before Central Heating, How Did Americans Survive Freezing Winters?
1M views · 67.7x the median
Before Air Conditioning, How Did Americans Survive the Summer?
1M views · 67.3x the median
Old American Homes Were Full of Strange Features — What Were They Actually For?
832.5K views · 55.7x the median
American Malls Were Once Packed — So What Killed Them?
780.9K views · 52.2x the median
American Schools Used to Teach Practical Life Skills — So Why Did They Stop?
509.4K views · 34.1x the median

Trailed the channel median

J.Crew, Gap & Banana Republic Once Defined American Style — So What Happened?
5.3K views · 0.4x the median
Before Washing Machines, How Did Americans Wash an Entire Family’s Clothes?
5.2K views · 0.3x the median
Ordinary Americans Had No Index Fund Until 1976 — So How Did They Invest?
5.1K views · 0.3x the median
Before Backup Generators, How Did Americans Survive When the Power Went Out?
4.4K views · 0.3x the median
Before Fire Departments, How Did Americans Fight a House Fire?
4K views · 0.3x the median

Latest uploads

The 50 most recent uploads, newest first. Shorts are included; the badge marks them.

Title	Published	Length	Views
Before Funeral Homes, What Did Americans Do With Their Dead?	Oct 13, 2026	37:31	3.7K
Americans Used to Marry Young — So Why Did That Stop?	Oct 13, 2026	31:37	38.9K
Before Interstate Highways, How Did Americans Drive Across the Country?	Oct 11, 2026	33:41	48.6K
America Had No Standard Time Until 1883 — So What Time Was It Before?	Oct 11, 2026	32:54	26.1K
America Had No Rural Electricity Until 1935 — How Did Half the Country Live Without Power?	Oct 9, 2026	37:17	24.8K
American Department Stores Were Once Packed — So Why Are They Disappearing?	Oct 8, 2026	30:39	27.3K
American Cities Were Once Full of Cheap Boarding Houses — So Why Did They Disappear?	Oct 7, 2026	31:35	64.5K
America Saved Chrysler Twice — So Why Did It Lose Its Independence?	Oct 6, 2026	37:11	4.9K
America Once Funded Its Government With Tariffs — So Who Actually Paid Them?	Oct 5, 2026	33:01	10K
American Cities Were Once Built for Walking — So Why Did Cars Take Over?	Oct 3, 2026	34:41	6K
Americans Used to Dress Up Everywhere — So Why Did That Stop?	Oct 1, 2026	30:33	257.2K
American Diners Were Once Everywhere — So Why Are They Disappearing?	Sep 30, 2026	25:08	11.7K
Mount St. Helens Was Quiet for 123 Years — So Why Did It Erupt in 1980?	Sep 28, 2026	29:10	6.3K
Old American Trains Were Full of Strange Features — What Were They Actually For?	Sep 27, 2026	31:52	59.7K
American Homes Used to Be Much Smaller — So Why Did They Get So Big?	Sep 26, 2026	28:00	90.1K
Before Fire Departments, How Did Americans Fight a House Fire?	Sep 25, 2026	27:10	4K
Before Antibiotics, How Did Americans Survive an Infected Wound?	Sep 24, 2026	29:31	6.2K
American Cars Used to Be Easy to Repair — So Why Did That Change?	Sep 23, 2026	27:38	26.7K
American Doctors Used to Make House Calls — So Why Did They Stop	Sep 22, 2026	28:51	15K
Before Garbage Collection, What Did Americans Do With All Their Trash?	Sep 21, 2026	27:03	36.7K
America Had No 911 Until 1968 — What Happened When Someone Needed Help?	Sep 21, 2026	32:18	7.8K
Before Backup Generators, How Did Americans Survive When the Power Went Out?	Sep 19, 2026	24:47	4.4K
Before Weather Forecasts, How Did Americans Know a Storm Was Coming?	Sep 18, 2026	24:36	10.6K
American Companies Used to Pay Workers Pensions — So Why Did They Stop?	Sep 17, 2026	28:01	158.2K
American Main Streets Used to Be Packed — So Why Did They Empty Out?	Sep 16, 2026	28:21	12.1K
America Banned Gas Stations and Restaurants From Interstate Rest Areas — So Why?	Sep 15, 2026	28:02	8.3K
Old American Homes Were Full of Strange Features — What Were They Actually For?	Sep 14, 2026	25:12	832.5K
American School Lunches Used to Be Cooked From Scratch — So Why Did That Stop?	Sep 13, 2026	29:05	14.5K
Before Indoor Plumbing, How Did Americans Go to the Bathroom?	Sep 12, 2026	27:45	10.9K
American Kids Used to Have Far More Freedom at School — So What Changed?	Sep 12, 2026	27:05	28.9K
Before Washing Machines, How Did Americans Wash an Entire Family’s Clothes?	Sep 10, 2026	25:08	5.2K
Before Refrigerators, How Did Americans Keep Food From Spoiling?	Sep 9, 2026	28:15	6.5K
American Homes Used to Have Separate Rooms — So Why Did Open Floor Plans Take Over?	Sep 8, 2026	29:37	158.1K
American Schools Used to Teach Practical Life Skills — So Why Did They Stop?	Sep 7, 2026	29:59	509.4K
American Grocery Stores Used to Be Completely Different — So What Changed?	Sep 6, 2026	27:43	20.8K
Before Central Heating, How Did Americans Survive Freezing Winters?	Sep 6, 2026	28:04	1M
TV Commercials Once Shaped What America Bought — So What Changed?	Sep 4, 2026	30:54	6.5K
J.Crew, Gap & Banana Republic Once Defined American Style — So What Happened?	Sep 3, 2026	28:25	5.3K
RadioShack Once Wired America — So How Did It Disappear?	Sep 2, 2026	27:14	13.9K
Before Electricity, American Nights Were Completely Different — How Did People Live After Dark?	Sep 2, 2026	29:26	164.5K
Before Air Conditioning, How Did Americans Survive the Summer?	Sep 1, 2026	29:28	1M
America Used to Build Affordable Homes — So Why Did It Stop?	Aug 30, 2026	26:22	100.4K
American Malls Were Once Packed — So What Killed Them?	Aug 29, 2026	23:32	780.9K
One American Paycheck Used to Support a Family — So What Changed?	Aug 29, 2026	26:54	47.9K
American Products Used to Last for Decades — So Why Don’t They Anymore?	Aug 28, 2026	28:19	54.8K
America Built the World’s Greatest Manufacturing Economy — So Why Did the Factories Leave?	Aug 26, 2026	32:31	117.8K
America’s Middle Class Boomed After 1945 — So Why Is It Disappearing?	Aug 25, 2026	32:40	37.7K
America’s Car-Loan Boom Began in 1919 — How Did Working Families Buy Cars Before That?	Aug 25, 2026	25:16	13.1K
Ordinary Americans Had No Index Fund Until 1976 — So How Did They Invest?	Aug 24, 2026	28:30	5.1K
America Had No Social Security Until 1935 — How Did the Elderly Survive?	Aug 23, 2026	26:53	5.3K

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