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October 23, 2026 14x its usual first day We Asked Putin's Neighbors What It's Like To Live… The video opened at a pace of 40,390 views a day, 14 times a normal first day on this channel (2,790). Read the story

Video taking off 14x its usual first day

Putin's Valdai neighbors live "in completely parallel worlds"

A library director, a teacher and an investigative journalist describe the fences, air defenses and wartime losses around the presidential …

Channel: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty · Story of October 23, 2026

Video taking off 38x its usual first day

"Everything is dead": the villages Ukraine took back in Dnipropetrovsk

Maryan Kushnir's short front-line report finds 26 reclaimed settlements in ruins, and soldiers who must race along the roads to stay ahead …

Channel: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty · Story of October 22, 2026

This week on the channel +5M views this week

A Russian Geran-4 drone, taken apart, passes five million views

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's teardown traces the jet drone's turbojet engine, camera and foreign-made navigation parts, while armed Ch…

Channel: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty · Story of October 5, 2026

The video drawing the most views now

We Asked Putin's Neighbors What It's Like To Live Next Door

Video published

October 22, 2026

Video views so far

55,366

Video views, pace per day

17,145

Views on its first day

40,704

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

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
With A Paintbrush In Her Mouth, Disabled Artist Gives Voice…	October 23, 2026	2:24 short	310	404	310 (14 hours)	33	1
We Asked Putin's Neighbors What It's Like To Live Next Door	October 22, 2026	3:52	55,366	17,145	40,704	587	105
American Stephen Hubbard Freed After More Than 4 Years In R…	October 21, 2026	1:12 short	1,373	142	1,068	44	8
He Strapped Himself To A Drone To Escape The Frontlines #mi…	October 21, 2026	1:21 short	3,232	303	2,570	183	11
Ukraine Retakes 26 Settlements. This Is What’s Left	October 21, 2026	1:40 short	107,892	8,941	84,205	922	124
Funeral Held For Five Children From One Ukrainian Family Ki…	October 20, 2026	1:30 short	4,477	284	2,809	279	31
Why Iran Isn't Collapsing Yet #iran #politics	October 17, 2026	2:59 short	2,850	85	2,002	102	10
Why This Popular Band Refused To Perform #iran #news #palle…	October 16, 2026	1:50 short	2,396	26	1,649	116	10
Ukraine's AI Drone Strikes: A New Era Of Combat	October 15, 2026	2:56 short	28,207	331	16,410	270	23
Girls In Hijabs Turned Away From Azerbaijani Schools Amid P…	October 14, 2026	2:46 short	10,192	202	3,833	311	83
Russia's Ballistic Missile Strike On Kyiv Kills Three Despi…	October 14, 2026	1:43 short	3,070	14	2,000	192	23
Pakistan And The Taliban Are Fighting — But Who's Telling T…	October 13, 2026	2:17 short	4,346	21	1,886	115	4
Series Of Ukraine Strikes On Yandex Disrupt Services In Rus…	October 12, 2026	1:57 short	68,824	81	17,601	466	79
Is Russia Planning To Attack The Baltic States?	October 10, 2026	2:44 short	27,600	191	18,471	368	115
Afghans Desperate To Escape Poverty Sell Kidneys To Survive…	October 10, 2026	2:43 short	1,388	4	739	65	10

Audience engagement

likes per 1,000 views

12.6 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

2,820 views

short vs long

14 short (up to 3 minutes), 1 long
average views per short video: 19,011
average views per long video: 55,366

Most watched videos (not Shorts)

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
Russian POWs Say They Were Tricked, Threatened During Invas…	February 27, 2022	1:34	13,961,515
Phone Video Shows Russian Troops Firing In Kharkiv	February 27, 2022	1:18	11,433,400
Car Barely Dodges Attack In Kharkiv	February 25, 2022	0:32	11,143,763
Russian Missiles, Air Strikes Hit Ukrainian Targets	February 24, 2022	2:43	9,504,288
How Russians Reacted When We Showed Them Pictures From Ukra…	March 4, 2022	2:33	7,724,308

Most watched Shorts

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
Capturing A Drone In Moscow	August 12, 2019	0:36	11,209,288
Drones Hit High-Rises In Russia, Moscow Blames Ukraine	December 21, 2024	0:37	4,147,888
Moscow Terror Attack Suspects Shown In Court	March 25, 2024	0:44	2,945,554
Russia's Petrol Collapse Has Citizens Desperate #breaking #…	June 30, 2026	2:09	1,569,324
Why Was There A Shoot-Out In Kyiv Between Ukraine’s Governm…	September 3, 2026	1:33	995,641

What happened on the channel in the last 30 days

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

1. October 23, 2026Video taking offWe Asked Putin's Neighbors What It's Like To Live… The video opened at a pace of 40,390 views a day, 14 times a normal first day on this channel (2,790).Read the story
2. October 22, 2026Video taking offUkraine Retakes 26 Settlements. This Is What’s Le… The video opened at a pace of 87,192 views a day, 38 times a normal first day on this channel (2,299).Read the story
3. October 3, 2026Video taking offAn 'Apocalyptic' Journey To A Ukrainian Frontline… The video opened at a pace of 224,093 views a day, 45 times a normal first day on this channel (4,977).Read the story