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YouTube @wgntv Society 📍 United States

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Subscribers

702K

🔥 Buzz rank

#5,686 ▼220

Total Views

740.56M

Videos

86K

Channel age

20 yrs

Est. monthly earnings

$1.8K – $3.4K

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🕵️ Fake follower check 📊 Engagement rate 💰 What they charge

📊 Content format · share of recent views

11%

▶️ 89%

⚡ Shorts 11% · ▶️ Long-form 89% — brands place & price integrations differently across the two.

How we estimate

~573.4K recent monthly views × an estimated ad RPM of $3.50–$6.75 per 1,000 views — adjusted for Society content and a US audience. About 11% of recent views are Shorts, valued separately at the much lower Shorts ad rate. Yearly ≈ $21.4K – $41.3K. Excludes sponsorships, memberships & merch. Full methodology →

Known for

39.1K views Marcus Leshock talks to SB19 fans about the group's upcoming performance at Lollapalooza

13.8K views Jarrett Payton announces evolution of role at WGN

12.1K views Lollapalooza 2026 officially underway in Grant Park

12K views 3 found dead in Chicago Lawn apartment, CPD says

▶️ Featured Video

39.1K views

🎯 Reach quality

Subscriber activation

0.27%

Share of subscribers who watch a typical recent video (avg views ÷ subscribers) — the real reach behind the subscriber count, and a quick check on whether those subscribers are still active rather than a vanity number.

Recent vs all-time

-78%

Recent videos average 1.9K vs an all-time 8.6K/video — recent uploads run below the all-time norm — much of the lifetime views sit in an older catalogue.

📈 Performance

Typical video

363–2.9K views

Median 861 — the reliable floor a brand can expect, not just the headline average.

Upload rhythm

156.2× / week

Most active on Thursdays — consistent output keeps an engaged, sponsor-ready audience.

1.9K

Avg views / video

Avg likes

Avg comments

2.93%

Engagement rate

156.2

Uploads / week

8.6K

Lifetime avg / video

1.1K

Views / subscriber

11%

Shorts (recent views)

4m 34s

Typical video length

Engagement rate = (likes + comments) ÷ views across recent videos.

💡 Facts

🗓️Joined YouTube in 2006 — 20 years ago.

🏆Ranked #3,701 among all influencers on SocialDB.

🎯Top Society influencer — #154 in the niche.

👁️Averages 1.9K views per video.

📤Posts about 156.2× per week.

💬2.93% engagement rate.

🚀Gained 1K subscribers in the last 7 days.

📱11% of recent uploads are Shorts.

👥 Audience demographics

Estimated

Modeled from this creator's niche, platform & region — a planning estimate, not connected analytics.

Gender split

Male 48% Female 52%

Age · peak 25-34

13-1710%

18-2429%

25-3433%

35-4418%

45+10%

Top geographies

United States46%
United Kingdom8%
Canada7%
Australia4%
India5%

Likely interests

EntertainmentLifestyleTrending

🕵️ Fake follower check

Estimated

58/100

Fair Credibility score

76%

Mixed Real audience

Medium Fake-follower risk

High Data confidence

Est. 76% real, active audience · Medium fake-follower risk.
Low engagement (~0.3% of subscribers watch each video) — a sign of an inflated or inactive audience.
Verified account.
Established account (20+ years old).
2.93% engagement — around average for this size on YouTube.

Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.

💚 Brand affinity

Estimated

Brands WGN News's audience is most likely to respond to — from detected sponsorships in this niche.

Keeps

Robinhood

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About

WGN-TV brings you the latest Chicago sports, weather, and news from Chicago's Very Own. WGN-TV, whose call letters are derived from the Chicago Tribune's first slogan, "World's Greatest Newspaper," hit the airwaves on April 5, 1948 on Channel 9 in Chicago from its studios at Tribune Tower. We currently broadcast from our studios at 2501 W. Bradley Place in Chicago, and feature the best local news, syndicated programming, and the CW Network.