Perun YouTube channel analysis
Perun is a YouTube channel with 635.0K subscribers and 136.7M total views. This analysis breaks down its outlier videos, content strategy, similar channels, growth.
Analysis generated with AI from public YouTube data. Revenue and valuation figures are estimates derived from public data, not financial advice.
Perun channel stats
lifetime totalsOutlier videos
breakouts ≥1.5× recent median
Top videos
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Perun is a highly successful, specialized channel delivering long-form, slide-based defense economics and military strategy analyses. It achieves massive view counts and exceptional audience retention without high-production-value video editing, relying instead on deep expertise, structured data, and a calm, authoritative delivery.
Niche & positioning
Deep-dive, data-driven military strategy and defense procurement analysis presented via structured slideshow briefings.
Content strategy
Analyses of ongoing global conflicts (primarily Ukraine and Iran) are blended with timeless, structural deep dives into military procurement, logistics, and defense manufacturing.
Outlier playbook
the repeatable breakout formulaPerun breaks out when the normal defence-economics slide lecture is upgraded into an insider-access or expert-backed audit of how major militaries are preparing for the next war, then tied directly to Ukraine/NATO lessons. The clearest version is "I Wargamed with NATO - Inside the Cross-Domain Command Wargame (2025)": first-person participation, NATO credibility, closed-door wargaming access, cross-domain/future-war stakes, and 2025 timing. The same engine also appears in "China's New Stealth Aircraft - J-36... with Justin Bronk", "Next Generation Fighter Programs... with Justin Bronk", "Inside the DSEI Arms Exhibition", "How NATO Learns from Ukraine", and "Korea & The Changing Global Arms M
First-person/inside-access hook + prestige military actor/event + specific future-war subject + year: "I [did the rare defence thing] with [NATO/major military actor] - Inside the [specific wargame/exercise/exhibition/program] ([year])". For expert-access variants: "[Major new capability/program] -
- 1Pick a normally inaccessible defence setting, not just a news topic: a NATO wargame, NATO innovation event, DSEI, KADEX, a next-gen fighter briefing, or a procurement/force-design process. The winning
- 2Anchor it to a current strategic anxiety already proven on the channel: Ukraine lessons for NATO, China challenging U.S. air power, Europe defending itself without the U.S., Russian equipment reserves
- 3Use Perun's trusted format: structured slide briefing with caveats, order of battle/capability context, economics and production constraints, what the exercise/event revealed, what it did not reveal,
- 4Add credibility access: first-person participation if possible, or a named specialist guest for air/armor topics such as Justin Bronk for fighters/air war or The Chieftain for vehicle/armor questions.
- 5Time the upload to a trigger: immediately after the wargame/exhibition, a major NATO spending/rearmament announcement, a new Chinese platform reveal like J-36, a Ukraine strike/offensive, or a U.S./Eu
Performance drivers
Topic clusters
The audience is highly concentrated around defense procurement, military history, macroeconomic analysis, and geopolitical strategy, with very little interest in generic entertainment.
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Frequently asked questions about Perun
- How many subscribers does Perun have?
- Perun has 635.0K subscribers and 136.7M total views.
- What is Perun's most popular video?
- “How Corruption Destroys Armies - Theft, Graft, and Russian failure in Ukraine”, with 2.6M views.
- What kind of content does Perun make?
- Defense Economics & Geopolitics — Deep-dive, data-driven military strategy and defense procurement analysis presented via structured slideshow briefings.
- What channels are similar to Perun?
- Megaprojects, Carnegie Endowment, Drachinifel, Not A Pound For Air To Ground, Jake Broe.
- How often does Perun post?
- Perun posts about 1.2 videos per week (~4.9 per month).
- How long has Perun been on YouTube?
- Perun has been active on YouTube for about 14.3 years.
How this analysis was made
- Source: public YouTube channel & video data (120 recent videos sampled).
- Outlier videos: uploads with ≥1.5× the channel's recent median views.
- Last updated: 7/8/2026.