HistoryShorts@historyshorts19· Creator story

How HistoryShorts got 462.8k views with history explainers in Spanish

HistoryShorts explains history and the history behind the news, in Spanish: the Strait of Hormuz, the Cuban missile crisis, the island of the Sentinelese. 345 posts made with Revid.

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Views on posts made with Revid

462,775

345 posts of 220 videos · Jan 15, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026

778

views for the median post

3 posts passed 10k

1.6×

the views of their other uploads

median, since Jan 2026

The channel

History and current affairs explainers in Spanish

The channel mixes evergreen curiosities (Mexico, permafrost viruses, aging in space) with explainers that give context to the news. The context videos are the ones that spike.

Revid turns each Spanish script into a narrated video for TikTok and YouTube.

Views by platform

  1. YouTube

    220 posts · median 854

    246.3k

  2. TikTok

    125 posts · median 514

    216.4k

Same videos, posted from Revid to each platform.

Before and after

Videos made with Revid get 1.6× the views of the channel's other uploads

Same account, same months (since Jan 2026), median views per post.

778

Made with Revid (345 posts)

1.6×

median views

476

Other uploads (89)

Best month

153.4k views

Mar 2026, from 51 posts made with Revid

Monthly views, by where the post came from

Views of the posts published each month, as of the last sync. Tap a month.

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041.4k82.8k124.3k165.7kJan 26Feb 26Mar 26Apr 26May 26Jun 26Jul 26Aug 26Sep 26Oct 26
  • Explaining the background of a story in the news gets the biggest spikes; curiosities keep the channel alive between them.
  • Since Jan 2026, videos made with Revid got a median of 778 views against 476 for the channel's other uploads in the same months: 1.6×.
  • 3 posts passed 10,000 views. One in ten passed 2k.
  • The same videos go out on YouTube, TikTok. YouTube brings 53% of the views.
  • About 5 new videos a week, every week: volume is part of the method.

Watch and remix

The most viewed videos, played right here

Real exports of the Revid projects that were posted. Open one to watch it with sound, then "Remix this video" to make your own with the same settings.

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Every post

All 345 posts, one dot each

Views on a log scale, dot size is likes, color is the platform. Hover or tap a dot.

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101001k10kJan 26Mar 26Jun 26Aug 26Nov 26#1 · 88k#2 · 22k#3 · 20kPostedViews (log)

What works

Where the views come from

Median views per post. Grey bars have fewer than 15 posts: read them as hints.

By video length

Median views per post.

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50130 to 60 s105 posts8701 to 2 min20 posts

By day posted

Saturday posts do best, a median of 911.

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841Sun37775Mon52772Tue64755Wed49720Thu50705Fri55911Sat38

The recipe

How the videos are made

The same steps behind all 220 projects.

  1. Paste the script

    Script to video voices the script and finds or generates a visual for every line.

    220projects behind the posts

  2. Keep one look

    97% of the videos use the Default style. The same look on every post makes the channel recognizable in a feed.

    Defaultmain style

  3. Captions on

    Words on screen in the Wrap 1 caption style, so the video works with the sound off.

    100%with captions

  4. Post to 2 platforms

    Every video goes out to YouTube, TikTok from Revid, no download and re-upload.

    6.4 minto generate, 140 credits

The setup, in numbers

Script to video
tool
Default
main style
Wrap 1
captions
140
credits per video (median)
$2.73
per video on the Growth plan
40 s
target length

Make one like it

Start from HistoryShorts's most viewed setup

Opens Revid with the settings of “Crisis en el Estrecho de Ormuz💀”. Change the topic or the script and generate.

Made with Revid

Make history and current affairs explainers in Spanish like HistoryShorts.

Paste a script, an idea or a link: Revid writes, voices, illustrates and captions the video, then posts it to TikTok, Reels and Shorts.

Free to start · no credit card

How we measured this

  • Source: the posts of HistoryShorts's YouTube, TikTok accounts that Revid synced through the platforms' official APIs after the accounts were connected for posting. A post counts as made with Revid when it was published from a Revid project; the rest are “other uploads”. One video posted to three platforms counts as three posts and one video.
  • Stats are as of the last sync, Nov 4, 2026. Views and likes only grow, so every number here is a floor.
  • The comparison with other uploads uses medians over the same months, from Jan 2026: 345 posts made with Revid against 89 other uploads. It describes one channel, not a controlled experiment.
  • Credits and generation times come from the 220 Revid projects behind the posts. Dollar figures use the Growth plan rate, $39 for 2,000 credits. “Remix this video” reopens a project's settings without the creator's own uploads, voices or accounts.

Data pulled November 4, 2026. The index grows every day; numbers are refreshed on a schedule and the date above always tells you which snapshot you are reading.

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FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

How does HistoryShorts make these videos?
With Revid's script to video tool, mostly in the Default style. The channel mixes evergreen curiosities (Mexico, permafrost viruses, aging in space) with explainers that give context to the news. The context videos are the ones that spike. The 220 Revid projects behind the posts are generated in Revid and posted from it.
How many views did HistoryShorts's videos made with Revid get?
462,775 views and 16,392 likes on 345 posts (220 videos) from Jan 15, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026. The median post got 778 views and the most viewed video 87,561.
Do HistoryShorts's videos made with Revid get more views than their other uploads?
Yes. Since Jan 2026, the 345 posts made with Revid had a median of 778 views against 476 for the 89 other uploads in the same months, 1.6× as many. It is one channel, not a controlled test: topics and formats differ between the two groups.
How much does one video cost to make?
The median project used 140 credits, about $2.73 at the Growth plan's rate of $39 for 2,000 credits, and took 6.4 minutes to generate.
Can I make a video like HistoryShorts's?
Yes. Open any video on this page and press "Remix this video": Revid opens with the exact settings it was made with, script included, ready for your own topic. AI TikTok video generator is free to try.
Where do these numbers come from?
HistoryShorts connected their accounts to Revid to post. Revid reads the public stats of those posts through the platforms' official APIs, and a post published from Revid carries the project it came from. Stats were last synced on Nov 4, 2026; views keep growing after that, so every count is a floor.

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