Akilah Obviously

@akilahobviouslyUShost: Akilah HughesAnalyzed

Social commentaryRace & identityPop culture commentarycomedypodcastsocial-issuespersonal-essaysstorytelling
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Audience and activity

Subscribers142K
Views per video488median of the last 30
Views per subscriber0.00how many actually watch
Comments per video4median
Uploads per month0.1
Last upload5mo ago2026-04-27
Total views7.3M
Total videos137
Long-form / Shorts17% / 36%

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What Akilah Obviously makes

Topics comedy, podcast, social-issues, personal-essays, storytelling

Hi, Youtube, it's Akilah, Obviously! I've been on this site for a long time and this is where I put stuff I make. For collabs, email: [email hidden] --BIO-- Akilah Hughes is a comedian, author, and podcast host currently residing in Los Angeles, CA. She's been a digital correspondent for MTV, HBO, Fusion, Comedy Central and more. A Sundance Labs and USC MacArthur Foundation Civic Media Fellow, Razorbill (an imprint of Penguin Random House) published a collection of her personal essays titled Obviously: Stories from my Timeline in the fall of 2019. Akilah was a founding cohost of the hit "What a Day" podcast at Crooked Media, and her new podcast "Rebel Spirit" from iHeart Podcasts is already critically acclaimed and airing now.

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Recent videos

TitlePublishedViewsLength
Here’s yet another reason Mitch McConnell is probably definitely already dead. #mitchmcconnell2026-07-071.3K2 min
POV: it’s the 250th birthday of the USA and somehow also 2007.2026-07-054991 min
Happy Juneteenth from America’s mayorShort2026-06-212.5K1 min
Preserving history? Let’s start with how Jefferson Davis was a laughing stock. #popularhistory2026-06-151.6K1 min
Boone County High School has a leadership problem. Governor Andy Beshear agrees. 🎧 to Rebel Spirit2026-06-081.5K2 min
Rebel Spirit, the hit podcast, is back for Season 2! Guess we got kick the confederacy’s ass AGAIN.Short2026-05-191.2K0 min
They’re tryna tell me I gotta make one for Wales now. My ancestry says both!Short2026-05-053.3K1 min
If I’m gonna tell it then I gotta tell it all2026-05-016.2K1 min
Explaining the Gap in My Resume2026-04-27307K12 min
How is This Better wins the 2026 Ambie Award for Best Emerging Podcast #ambies #podcastclips2026-02-271.5K1 min

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