Video taking off 11x its usual first day
Indonesia's oxygen remark deepens the regional haze dispute
BBC World Service's Asia Specific examines why smoke keeps crossing borders, and what leverage Singapore has over the businesses involved.
BBC World Service has 2,250,000 subscribers and 391,083,339 views in all, as of October 24, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 10,000 subscribers and 5,107,897 views. By subscribers it is No. 1,268 of the 5,387 channels on Trari, and No. 48 of 126 in News networks and broadcasters.
The numbers today
subscribers
2,250,000
▲ 10,000 in the last 7 days
total views
391,083,339
▲ 5,107,897 in the last 7 days
views a day (current pace)
242,942
on a typical day: 625,482
Videos on the channel
3,212
15+ uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
yesterday
October 23, 2026
Views per subscriber
173
Next milestone
3,000,000 subscribers
750,000 subscribers to go
What happened lately
October 24, 2026 passed 1M views Finding Nazi photos of Auschwitz - BBC World Serv… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
Video taking off 20x its usual first day
Can a Russian saboteur called Ivan be trusted? "Shadowmen" tests his story
Marcin Mamon follows him from Astana to Istanbul to a polygraph in Georgia, then puts the question to his Ukrainian handler.
Video taking off 21x its usual first day
Pakistan's voters ask what their ballots can change
BBC World Service's World Questions brings government, opposition and journalism voices together over fuel costs, electoral trust and press…
The video drawing the most views now
Why a comment about haze fired up Indonesia’s neighbours - Asia Specific podcast, BBC World Service
- Video published
- October 20, 2026
- Video views so far
- 160,817
- Video views, pace per day
- 22,712
- Views on its first day
- 87,407
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Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category News networks and broadcasters | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 1,268 of 5,387 | 48 of 126 |
| By views gained this week | 1,175 of 5,295 | 58 of 123 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 0.4% of all views the category's channels gained this week
- Subscriber growth this week
- 0.4% on this channel, 0.0% on the category's middle channel
Subscribers in the category News networks and broadcasters
Views gained this week in the category News networks and broadcasters
Subscribers, last 30 days
September 26, 2026: 2,210,000 subscribers → October 24, 2026: 2,250,000 subscribers
Total views, last 30 days
September 26, 2026: 375,759,947 views → October 24, 2026: 391,083,339 views · average: 547,264 views a day
The channel's latest videos
The last 15 videos uploaded to the channel, with today's numbers. Click a video to play it here.
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 8.6 in the category: 16.7
- comments per 1,000 views
- 2.1 in the category: 2.5
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 4,621 views
- short vs long
- 4 short (up to 3 minutes), 11 long
average views per short video: 6,632
average views per long video: 27,441
Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Inside the world of Radhe Maa: India's 'Godwoman' - BBC Wor… | March 19, 2025 | 15:56 | 27,595,105 |
 AI2027: Is this how AI might destroy humanity? - BBC World … | August 1, 2025 | 8:09 | 11,618,555 |
 Burning Sun: Exposing the secret K-pop chat groups - BBC Wo… | May 18, 2024 | 59:29 | 10,427,219 |
 The hidden lives of sex workers in Brazil's illegal gold mi… | December 22, 2024 | 24:42 | 6,858,043 |
 How Nepal is saving its tigers - BBC World Service Document… | August 24, 2022 | 23:17 | 6,656,421 |
Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 This science experiment has been going on for 144 years 🤯 … | March 13, 2024 | 0:58 | 3,598,307 |
 Should Morocco's family law outlaw child marriage entirely?… | July 5, 2026 | 1:40 | 2,761,769 |
 How one brick helped end years of child sexual abuse - BBC … | February 20, 2026 | 1:29 | 2,628,866 |
 What does Turkmenistan's 'gates of hell' crater look like? … | January 5, 2025 | 0:30 | 2,517,134 |
 'Banksy's latest mural is in my garden!' - BBC World Servic… | April 2, 2024 | 1:00 | 1,884,247 |
What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- MilestoneFinding Nazi photos of Auschwitz - BBC World Serv… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 1,808,203 views a day, 3.3 times a normal day (541,295).
- Video taking offWhy a comment about haze fired up Indonesia’s nei… The video opened at a pace of 87,407 views a day, 11 times a normal first day on this channel (7,927).Read the story
- Video taking offShadowmen: Russian operatives who say they're sab… The video opened at a pace of 165,191 views a day, 20 times a normal first day on this channel (8,217).Read the story
- Video taking offPakistan: Politics, petrol prices and free speech… The video opened at a pace of 165,775 views a day, 21 times a normal first day on this channel (7,927).Read the story
- Video surgingFinding Nazi photos of Auschwitz - BBC World Serv… The video ran that day at 404,998 views a day, 3.2 times its usual pace (125,728).
- Video surgingFinding Nazi photos of Auschwitz - BBC World Serv… The video ran that day at 286,785 views a day, 2.7 times its usual pace (107,833).
- Video taking offWhy Japanese in Okinawa are furious - Asia Specif… The video opened at a pace of 45,253 views a day, 5.7 times a normal first day on this channel (7,927).
- Video taking offWhy batteries are key to our future - The Climate… The video opened at a pace of 42,619 views a day, 9.8 times a normal first day on this channel (4,357).
- Video taking offHas the world lost the fight against heat? - The … The video opened at a pace of 101,454 views a day, 15 times a normal first day on this channel (6,938).Read the story
Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube
Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.
Stories
Video taking off 11x its usual first day
Indonesia's oxygen remark deepens the regional haze dispute
BBC World Service's Asia Specific examines why smoke keeps crossing borders, and what leverage Singapore has over the businesses involved.
Video taking off 20x its usual first day
Can a Russian saboteur called Ivan be trusted? "Shadowmen" tests his story
Marcin Mamon follows him from Astana to Istanbul to a polygraph in Georgia, then puts the question to his Ukrainian handler.
Video taking off 21x its usual first day
Pakistan's voters ask what their ballots can change
BBC World Service's World Questions brings government, opposition and journalism voices together over fuel costs, electoral trust and press…
This week on the channel +3.9M views this week
Airport security gets the BBC World Service podcast treatment
Hannah Gelbart and science journalist Caroline Steel tackle body scanners, liquid limits and the journey of checked luggage.
This week on the channel 15 videos this week
Heat, Gen Z spirituality and a Malta murder fill BBC World Service
Fifteen podcast episodes went up, from The Climate Question to a cricket debate over Zaheer Khan and Chennai Super Kings.
Video taking off 15x its usual first day
Johan Rockström on missing 1.5C lifts The Climate Question
A day-old episode of the BBC World Service podcast, built around the climate scientist's warnings about tipping points, started at nearly f…
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