Sleepless Historian

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Median views per long-form video

23,995

Uploads per week

4.1

Average long-form length

2:03:48

In the sample

49 long-form · 1 Shorts

Beat the channel median

Why The Middle Ages Were A Paradise For Psychopaths - and more
69.6K views · 2.9x the median
Every Monster From Greek Mythology Explained | BEST Greek Myths For Sleep
47K views · 2.0x the median
Weird OTTOMAN HAREM Rules That Existed For Really Good Reasons
35.6K views · 1.5x the median
Every Perversion of the Greek Gods and Goddesses - and more | 4 Stories
34.9K views · 1.5x the median
How Did Roman Soldiers Survive Freezing Nights Without Heaters?
34.5K views · 1.4x the median

Trailed the channel median

What Having Every Medieval DISEASE Actually Felt Like - and more
15.4K views · 0.6x the median
Pope Body Counts in History - and more
15.3K views · 0.6x the median
Why It Sucks to Be a Brothers' SHARED Wife (in Ancient Tibet) - and more
14.4K views · 0.6x the median
Eating the Food of Homer's Odyssey - and more
14K views · 0.6x the median
700,000 Sleepless Historians… Thank You
6.2K 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
The Most Miserable Jobs in ALL History - and more	Oct 16, 2026	2:12:13	360
The Medieval Guide to Sleeping With Another Man's Wife	Oct 14, 2026	2:09:32	11K
HISTORY Scams That Look Completely Real Now	Oct 13, 2026	2:17:15	15.7K
The 15 Weirdest Things Ancient Romans Had to Pay Taxes On	Oct 12, 2026	2:12:16	15.6K
The Darkest Greek Myths Explained ... \| BEST Greek Myths For Sleep	Oct 11, 2026	2:06:00	15.8K
What Happened on a Roman Soldier's Last Day Before Retirement?	Oct 10, 2026	2:11:36	13.4K
HISTORY Facts That Were True When You Learned Them But Aren't Anymore	Oct 8, 2026	2:16:37	31.4K
15 Hidden Gaps In History We Still Don’t Understand	Oct 6, 2026	2:01:32	56.7K
Weird SPARTAN Childhood Rules That Existed For Really Good Reasons	Oct 5, 2026	2:02:04	14.7K
The Story Of Medusa: Victim or Villain? \| Boring Greek Myths For Sleep	Oct 4, 2026	2:20:01	17.9K
Henry VIII's 'Reject Queen': The Truth About Anne Of Cleves	Oct 3, 2026	2:06:16	15.9K
Pope Body Counts in History - and more	Oct 1, 2026	2:05:17	15.3K
How Did Roman Soldiers Survive Freezing Nights Without Heaters?	Sep 29, 2026	2:19:04	34.5K
Every Monster From Greek Mythology Explained \| BEST Greek Myths For Sleep	Sep 28, 2026	2:03:09	47K
Weird OTTOMAN HAREM Rules That Existed For Really Good Reasons	Sep 25, 2026	2:10:21	35.6K
How Did Ancient Humans Sleep With Mosquitoes Everywhere	Sep 24, 2026	2:03:32	15.4K
Ancient Egyptian Myths That Turned Out To Be Real	Sep 23, 2026	2:04:58	31K
Why Gen Z Is Basically Becoming Medieval - and more	Sep 22, 2026	2:05:02	19.9K
The Entire Story of The Trojan War & Iliad Explained (Before The Odyssey)	Sep 20, 2026	2:03:12	25.7K
Ancient Rome's "H*rny Group Activities" - and more	Sep 18, 2026	1:59:10	24.1K
Why The 2030s Will Be The New Renaissance	Sep 17, 2026	2:10:47	15.8K
What Life Was Like In Medieval Castles	Sep 16, 2026	2:02:53	28.9K
How Did Ancient Egyptians Survive the Desert Heat	Sep 14, 2026	2:00:33	33.6K
What Was the REAL First Dr*g We Tried?	Sep 12, 2026	2:10:22	19.9K
What Having Every Medieval DISEASE Actually Felt Like - and more	Sep 10, 2026	1:59:11	15.4K
History's Most Inbred Rulers: Ranked - and more	Sep 9, 2026	2:03:11	22.7K
Ridiculous MEDIEVAL Scams That Actually Worked	Sep 7, 2026	2:04:40	27.8K
Druids Myth, Magic, and the REAL Truth	Sep 5, 2026	2:13:01	33.7K
Were Ancient People Attractive?	Sep 3, 2026	2:03:11	31K
Why the Minotaur Was Imprisoned Inside a Labyrinth \| Boring Greek Myths For Sleep	Sep 1, 2026	1:33:11	20.6K
The 35 Medieval Cures for Loneliness	Aug 31, 2026	1:45:51	23.9K
Bizarre Ancient Egyptian Jobs You Wouldn’t Believe Existed	Aug 28, 2026	1:56:09	31.2K
Why You'd Probably Join a MEDIEVAL Witch Hunt	Aug 26, 2026	1:47:09	18.4K
The Strange Psychology of Medieval Parents	Aug 24, 2026	1:48:41	16K
700,000 Sleepless Historians… Thank You	Aug 23, 2026	5:26	6.2K
The Most Notorious Thieves of MEDIEVAL times	Aug 22, 2026	2:01:46	21.2K
Why It Sucks to Be a Brothers' SHARED Wife (in Ancient Tibet) - and more	Aug 20, 2026	2:01:46	14.4K
Why Medieval Society Was Built for Alcoholics - and more	Aug 18, 2026	2:02:28	25.5K
Welcome to Sleepless HistorianShort	Aug 14, 2026	1:53	35.6K
Who Were the Most Psychopathic Caesars of Ancient Rome - and more	Aug 14, 2026	1:53:52	19.3K
The Strangest Jobs in Tudor England - and more	Aug 11, 2026	1:54:54	27.3K
Why Medieval Peasants Had Better Work-Life Balance Than You - and more	Aug 9, 2026	1:52:25	21.8K
Eating the Food of Homer's Odyssey - and more	Aug 7, 2026	2:05:17	14K
Why ADHD Was Surprisingly Useful in Viking Society - and more	Aug 5, 2026	2:24:16	24.6K
Why The Middle Ages Were A Paradise For Psychopaths - and more	Aug 3, 2026	2:27:07	69.6K
Why Ancient Greeks Couldn't Explain Depression - and more	Jul 31, 2026	2:19:44	16.1K
Why Medieval Peasants Owned More Than You - and more	Jul 29, 2026	2:08:34	22.1K
Every Perversion of the Greek Gods and Goddesses - and more \| 4 Stories	Jul 27, 2026	2:27:13	34.9K
Pranks That Went Too Far in MEDIEVAL History - and more	Jul 25, 2026	2:28:33	28.6K
No, Cleopatra Wasn't Famous for Her Beauty - and more	Jul 22, 2026	2:25:40	26.7K

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