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October 16, 2026 3.6x its usual first day The Republican Strategy to Salvage the Midterms The video opened at a pace of 114,638 views a day, 3.6 times a normal first day on this channel (31,411).

This week on the channel +831K views this week

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The video drawing the most views now

The A.I.-Powered Cameras Watching Border Towns, and a Midterms Attack Ad Causes Outrage

Video published

October 23, 2026

Video views so far

22,149

Video views, pace per day

26,103

Views in its first 17 hours

22,149

Position on Trari and in the category

The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.

The channel's share of the category

0.1% of all views the category's channels gained this week

Subscriber growth this week

1.1% on this channel, 0.0% on the category's middle channel

The channel's latest videos

The last 15 videos uploaded to the channel, with today's numbers. Click a video to play it here.

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views	Per day	First day	Likes	Comments
The A.I.-Powered Cameras Watching Border Towns, and a Midte…	October 23, 2026	15:14	22,149	26,103	22,149 (17 hours)	324	19
What to Read This Halloween, According to Two Best-Selling …	October 23, 2026	51:32	2,445	2,711	2,445 (19 hours)	17	0
Is Apple's Foldable iPhone Duo the Future of Smartphones?	October 23, 2026	23:50	4,145	4,592	4,145 (19 hours)	18	11
The Election That Will Define Israel’s Future	October 22, 2026	33:53	59,708	15,729	52,171	384	115
New U.S.-Israeli Plans to Attack Iran, and Trump’s Whistle-…	October 22, 2026	10:10	41,519	2,135	40,235	501	70
Nice to Meet You | Metro: Episode 1	October 22, 2026	16:55	4,990	1,883	2,894	17	3
Special Preview: METRO with Sarah Koenig - Ep. 1	October 22, 2026	17:22	3,301	440	2,612	16	4
Karat and Schtick | Metro: Episode 2	October 22, 2026	40:25	3,259	295	2,703	13	2
Is This Economy as Awful as Voters Think? We Ask Our Expert.	October 21, 2026	32:30	88,725	10,555	64,473	848	226
America’s Utility Bill Crisis, and Trump’s Approval Rating …	October 21, 2026	10:25	50,666	400	48,388	545	159
On Our Third Date, I Asked for a Joint Bank Account (Encore)	October 21, 2026	46:07	6,123	489	4,934	51	42
James Talarico on the Rage Economy, Billionaires and Flippi…	October 20, 2026	35:43	78,696	6,078	51,616	856	103
The Fight to Tax Billionaires, and Why NDAs Are Everywhere …	October 20, 2026	10:28	33,987	460	30,496	389	44
Face Sunscreen For Every Season	October 20, 2026	34:28	3,231	85	2,607	20	1
Inside Putin’s Plan to Cripple Ukraine This Winter	October 19, 2026	29:01	51,156	973	41,631	489	114

Audience engagement

likes per 1,000 views

9.9 in the category: 16.7

comments per 1,000 views

2.0 in the category: 2.5

a video's usual first day on this channel

32,753 views

short vs long

0 short (up to 3 minutes), 15 long
average views per long video: 30,273

What happened on the channel in the last 30 days

The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.

1. October 16, 2026Video taking offThe Republican Strategy to Salvage the Midterms The video opened at a pace of 114,638 views a day, 3.6 times a normal first day on this channel (31,411).
2. October 16, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 284,977 views a day, 3.5 times a normal day (81,999).
3. October 14, 2026Video people are talking aboutThe Israeli Film Directors Pushing for a Reckonin… The video drew 212 comments in its first day, 6.4 times a normal first day on this channel (33).
4. October 9, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 309,084 views a day, 4.4 times a normal day (70,127).
5. October 8, 2026Video taking offThree Vans, a Startled Farmer and an Iranian Plot… The video opened at a pace of 198,299 views a day, 6.5 times a normal first day on this channel (30,354).
6. October 6, 2026Video taking offMidterm Surprise: Democrats Are Surging in Red Am… The video opened at a pace of 97,614 views a day, 4 times a normal first day on this channel (24,204).
7. October 3, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 181,774 views a day, 3.4 times a normal day (53,503).
8. October 2, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 112,194 views a day, 2.4 times a normal day (46,982).
9. September 29, 2026Video taking offPossible Terror Plot Thwarted at U.K. Base, and A… The video opened at a pace of 53,406 views a day, 5.1 times a normal first day on this channel (10,517).