This week on the channel +7.5M views this week
Alberta's referendum and Wainwright shape The National's week
CBC's coverage moves from Carney and Smith's unity rally to emergency response and mourning after four soldiers die.
CBC News: The National has 2,200,000 subscribers and 1,584,273,254 views in all, as of October 24, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 6,535,283 views. By subscribers it is No. 1,295 of the 5,387 channels on Trari, and No. 50 of 126 in News networks and broadcasters.
Trophy cabinet
Trophies on the overall chart
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Medals on the category charts
1
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- No. 2 · The News & politics daily chart - Shorts · October 17, 2026Trump cans Zacharia as press secretary just 5 days into the jobThe second most watched Short in News & politics that day.
The daily charts are counted since October 16, 2026.
The numbers today
subscribers
2,200,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
total views
1,584,273,254
▲ 6,535,283 in the last 7 days
views a day (current pace)
722,577
on a typical day: 918,531
Videos on the channel
38,571
15+ uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
today
October 24, 2026
Views per subscriber
720
Next milestone
3,000,000 subscribers
800,000 subscribers to go
What happened lately
October 24, 2026 3.1x its usual first day Carney hails new trade, defence pact with 'except… The video opened at a pace of 42,136 views a day, 3.1 times a normal first day on this channel (13,643).
Video taking off 11x its usual first day
Carney calls Wainwright fire one of forces' worst peacetime tragedies
CBC News: The National's briefing clip confirms four service members died and dozens more were seriously wounded.
Video taking off 47x its usual first day
Katie Zacharia's five days, from a podium slip to a firing
Katie Simpson's Washington report for The National links a 14-minute briefing, Fox News questions about the bar exam and Trump's public adv…
The video drawing the most views now
CBC News: The National | Military reveals cause of CFB Wainwright fire
- Video published
- October 23, 2026
- Video views so far
- 132,336
- Video views, pace per day
- 142,082
- Views in its first 20 hours
- 132,336
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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 | 1,295 of 5,387 | 50 of 126 |
| By views gained this week | 990 of 5,295 | 51 of 123 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 0.5% of all views the category's channels gained this week
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: 2,200,000 subscribers → October 24, 2026: 2,200,000 subscribers (no significant change in the last month)
Total views, last 30 days
September 26, 2026: 1,558,991,175 views → October 24, 2026: 1,584,273,254 views · average: 902,931 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
- 4.8 in the category: 16.7
- comments per 1,000 views
- 0.0 in the category: 2.5
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 35,886 views
- short vs long
- 13 short (up to 3 minutes), 1 long
average views per short video: 8,392
average views per long video: 132,336
Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 CBC News: The National | Meghan and Harry’s Oprah interview… | March 8, 2021 | 45:51 | 24,100,416 |
 Palestinian militants fire hundreds of missiles at Israel a… | May 12, 2021 | 2:33 | 11,421,976 |
 Princess Anne’s take on the monarchy under King Charles | May 2, 2023 | 24:33 | 8,952,090 |
 New restaurant staffed with deaf waiters | July 30, 2014 | 2:34 | 7,894,051 |
 President Donald Trump's border wall with Mexico takes shape | December 5, 2017 | 9:29 | 7,468,561 |
Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Ford slaps 25% surcharge on U.S.-bound electricity | March 10, 2025 | 1:00 | 12,068,052 |
 Car stolen from Toronto tracked down to Ghana #shorts | September 5, 2023 | 0:42 | 10,548,947 |
 Biden says 'welcome home' as Trumps arrive at White House | January 20, 2025 | 0:37 | 7,953,844 |
 War arrives on Putin’s doorstep | June 30, 2026 | 2:48 | 7,926,952 |
 Céline Dion says ‘I will sing again’ | June 13, 2024 | 0:20 | 3,094,980 |
What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- Video taking offCarney hails new trade, defence pact with 'except… The video opened at a pace of 42,136 views a day, 3.1 times a normal first day on this channel (13,643).
- Video taking offDanielle Smith says Alberta separatist UCP member… The video opened at a pace of 53,398 views a day, 3.4 times a normal first day on this channel (15,527).
- Video taking offPremier Smith praises CFB Wainwright fire emergen… The video opened at a pace of 67,771 views a day, 4.4 times a normal first day on this channel (15,527).
- Video taking offMilitary says grass fire ignited during CFB Wainw… The video opened at a pace of 80,229 views a day, 5.2 times a normal first day on this channel (15,527).
- Video taking offCarney speaks about deadly fire at CFB Wainwright The video opened at a pace of 148,005 views a day, 11 times a normal first day on this channel (13,643).Read the story
- Video taking offOregon teacher battled school shooter before loca… The video opened at a pace of 231,993 views a day, 17 times a normal first day on this channel (13,643).
- Video taking offTrump cans Zacharia as press secretary just 5 day… The video opened at a pace of 638,601 views a day, 47 times a normal first day on this channel (13,643).Read the story
- Video taking offCanada races to secure free-trade agreement with … The video opened at a pace of 52,288 views a day, 4.4 times a normal first day on this channel (11,970).
- Video taking offNew drone-defence technology put to the test at C… The video opened at a pace of 58,353 views a day, 4.9 times a normal first day on this channel (11,970).
- Video taking offWill separating put money in the pockets of Alber… The video opened at a pace of 66,238 views a day, 7 times a normal first day on this channel (9,514).
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 3,085,923 views a day, 4.5 times a normal day (683,170).
- Video taking offPentagon’s plan to livestream execution sparks ou… The video opened at a pace of 106,994 views a day, 11 times a normal first day on this channel (9,514).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
This week on the channel +7.5M views this week
Alberta's referendum and Wainwright shape The National's week
CBC's coverage moves from Carney and Smith's unity rally to emergency response and mourning after four soldiers die.
Video taking off 11x its usual first day
Carney calls Wainwright fire one of forces' worst peacetime tragedies
CBC News: The National's briefing clip confirms four service members died and dozens more were seriously wounded.
Video taking off 47x its usual first day
Katie Zacharia's five days, from a podium slip to a firing
Katie Simpson's Washington report for The National links a 14-minute briefing, Fox News questions about the bar exam and Trump's public adv…
Video taking off 11x its usual first day
Pentagon's execution livestream plan prompts backlash, CBC reports
The National's brief report drew an unusually large audience alongside its coverage of Alberta's separation referendum.
Video taking off 11x its usual first day
Michael J. Fox reaches Companion, the Order of Canada's top rung, on The National
A short cut from Friday's newscast went much further than the full broadcast it came from, and its likes climbed far faster than its views.
Video taking off 22x its usual first day
A cockpit attack opens The National's Truth and Reconciliation night, and half a million tune in
The September 30 broadcast led with the flydubai flight, gave most of its hour to residential school survivors, and closed on an astronaut …
This week on the channel 15 videos this week
White nationalist alarm in B.C. tops The National's newest broadcast
Mark Carney's $33 billion Kitimat LNG expansion and a Trump adviser's midterm warning to Canada also filled the fifteen uploads.
Video taking off 10x its usual first day
Kyiv, Fernandez and a Fairford plot lift The National tenfold
The full Sept. 27 broadcast, not a single clip, carried viewers from a U.K. airbase to a revived '90s boy band mall tour and a champion tow…
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