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Daily Updates ZA

Daily Updates ZA

@dailyupdatesza
346K subscribers2.5K videos107M viewsZAen9y old
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Screen recording · likely$Likely monetizedHistory & culture
Channel statsLifetime · refreshed hourly
Subscribers
346K
0 · 1d
Views / hour
348
recent uploads · 1.1K in 24 h
Views 7d
9.8K
over 1 day so far
Total views
107M
2.5K videos
Uploads / week
11.3
25 min median
Median views
31K
last 20 uploads
Outlier
2.2×
vs niche median
Ad revenue 30d
$4.7K–10.6K
see how we estimated it

Growth

Subscribers and views as FameX records them

Subscribers

Daily snapshots stored by FameX

Monetization

YouTube Partner Program: 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 long-form watch hours in 12 months

$Likely monetized
Subscribers346K / 1K
Watch hours (12 mo, est.)3.5M / 4K

Estimated from public YouTube data, not confirmed by YouTube. Watch hours estimated from lifetime views per year and recent uploads × typical watch time.

The formula

Niche, persona, format and what makes it work

Niche

South African Politics and Current Affairs

Content pillar

Political news updates

Title patterns

The $[N] [X] That [benefit] Forever

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Audience, title patterns, thumbnail style, offers and funnel.

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Why it's faceless

Screen recording · likely · 85% confidence

The evidence
  • 1Thumbnails show photo collages of public figures and news subjects alongside a recurring graphic of a seated man with a microphone, while descriptions mention livestream and official stream credits from SAPS and JSC.

Videos

5:48:55
Former President Thabo Mbeki testifies at TRC inquiry.
13.4K views · 16h ago
25:40
General Fannie Masemola return to work plus media briefing.
39K views · 23h ago
16:08
Suliman Carrim: I am not a Criminal! Weekend in Jail. ( Dubai trip, one way ticket)
50.8K views · 3d ago
5.5×15:31
Suliman Carrim Arrested at the airport going overseas. Fannie Masemola reinstated.
170K views · 3d ago
15:44
ANC threatening to remove DA from the GNU at elections approach.
42.8K views · 4d ago
29:28
Fikile Mbalula Cry hard after ANC win. Big trouble for ANC on the way.
57.2K views · 4d ago
4:40
Judgement: ANC vs IEC at Constitutional Court.
6.9K views · 4d ago
13:21
Victims cry of anxiety & Shadrack Sibiya offers 25 000 if bail is granted.
48.3K views · 5d ago
7:23:40
Judicial Service Commission Interviews. (Judges). [Stream credit: JSC]
22.5K views · 6d ago
6.5×22:18
Explosive recording that will END Shadrack Sibiya. Serge Cabonge & Mr M. Cat Matlala, Maumela...
201K views · 6d ago
25:02
General Mkhwanazi vs Four Generals and He defeated all of them. Last man standing.
54.8K views · 1w ago
8:12:10
Judicial Service Commission Interviews. (Judges). [Stream credit: JSC]
23.1K views · 1w ago
3:37:00
ANC vs IEC at Constitutional Court. Lates candidate submission.
20K views · 1w ago
2:42
Shadrack Sibiya resign from SAPS with immediate effect before disciplinary hearing.
22.9K views · 1w ago
3:06:00
Judicial Service Commission Interviews. (Judges). [Stream credit: JSC]
13.2K views · 1w ago
1:34:06
Government update on approach to migration management.
8.9K views · 1w ago
7:13:35
Judicial Service Commission Interviews. (Judges). [Stream credit: JSC]
17.4K views · 1w ago
2.2×11:43
Adv Sesi Baloyi asks tough question to candidates for Judge of Gauteng high court.
67.6K views · 1w ago
2.7×22:53
Bheki Cele big problem as SAPS & Adhoc recommend criminal charges for Matlala's 500K.
82.5K views · 1w ago
9:39:26
Judicial Service Commission Interviews. (Judges). [Stream credit: JSC]
21.9K views · 1w ago

How it makes money

Ad revenue estimate, products and where the channel sends viewers

How we estimated ad revenue

Last 30 days. Every step is shown, and the parts add up to the total.

Niche RPM
what this niche typically earns per 1,000 views from an English audience
$4.00–$9.00
Audience
English
×1
Video length
20–40 min · mid-rolls
×1.2
Long-form · 984K views
at $4.80–$10.8 RPM
$4,722–$10,624
Shorts · 0 views (0%)
at $0.03–$0.08 RPM
$0.00–$0.00
Estimated total$4,722–$10,624

An estimate from public data, not YouTube Analytics. Sponsorships, memberships and products aren't included.

What they sell

No product found yet.

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About Daily Updates ZA

Is Daily Updates ZA a faceless channel?

Very likely. FameX classifies Daily Updates ZA as a screen recording channel (likely, 85% confidence). Thumbnails show photo collages of public figures and news subjects alongside a recurring graphic of a seated man with a microphone, while descriptions mention livestream and official stream credits from SAPS and JSC.

Is Daily Updates ZA monetized?

Probably. With 346,000 subscribers and an estimated 3,466,593 watch hours in the last 12 months, Daily Updates ZA appears to meet the YouTube Partner Program thresholds (1,000 subscribers and 4,000 long-form watch hours in 12 months). This is a FameX estimate, not confirmed by YouTube.

How much does Daily Updates ZA make?

FameX estimates Daily Updates ZA earns about $4,722–$10,624 a month from YouTube ads, based on 984K views in 30 days and a typical RPM for the history & culture niche. Sponsorships, memberships and product sales are not included.

How fast is Daily Updates ZA growing?

In the last 1 days, Daily Updates ZA gained 0 subscribers and got 9,796 channel views. It has 346,000 subscribers and 107,012,737 total views.

What kind of videos does Daily Updates ZA post?

Daily Updates ZA makes south African Politics and Current Affairs; it uploads about 11.3 videos a week; typical videos run 25 minutes.

Data updated 20 Oct 2026. Subscriber and view counts come from the YouTube Data API; verdicts, monetization and revenue are FameX estimates. How FameX works · More history & culture channels