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The Rational National

@therationalnational · The channel on YouTube

Political commentators and debate

In short

The Rational National has 782,000 subscribers and 292,124,705 views in all, as of October 24, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 1,000 subscribers and 882,741 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "More Revealed From Abdul El-Sayed's Viral Town Hall Moment", with 448,863 views. By subscribers it is No. 2,706 of the 5,387 channels on Trari, and No. 81 of 164 in category "Political commentators and debate".

The numbers today

subscribers

782,000

▲ 1,000 in the last 7 days

total views

292,124,705

▲ 882,741 in the last 7 days

views a day (current pace)

26,594

on a typical day: 102,703

Videos on the channel

4,073

4 uploaded in the last 7 days

Last upload

yesterday

October 23, 2026

Views per subscriber

373

a new long video usually gets 104,549 views

Next milestone

1,000,000 subscribers

218,000 subscribers to go

What happened lately

October 22, 2026 3.9x the channel's usual pace The whole channel ran that day at 284,151 views a day, 3.9 times a normal day (73,655).

This week on the channel +553K views this week

Avi Lewis, the National Post and a word in quotes: David Doel's three uploads

A column the description says calls to 'deal' with the NDP leader drew David's attention, between a concert shirt in Massachusetts and a hi…

Channel: The Rational National · Story of October 6, 2026

Views jump 12x the channel's usual pace

Zach Bryan's 'Free Palestine' shirt at Robert Kraft's stadium, on The Rational National

David Doel's take on the country star's Gillette Stadium concert is the most watched of his latest uploads, on a day his channel drew nearl…

Channel: The Rational National · Story of October 5, 2026

The video drawing the most views now

Trump Randomly Blurts Out Weird Noises As Cognitive Decline Worsens

Video published: October 23, 2026
Video views so far: 103,352
Video views, pace per day: 193,931
Views in its first 9 hours: 103,352

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Position on Trari and in the category

	Among all channels on Trari	In the category Political commentators and debate
By subscribers	2,706 of 5,387	81 of 164
By views gained this week	2,948 of 5,295	126 of 164

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: 0.1% on this channel, 0.2% on the category's middle channel

Subscribers in the category Political commentators and debate

11,000,000

7,160,000

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6,100,000

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5,290,000

12Piers Morgan Uncensored

4,490,000

13Megyn Kelly

4,170,000

14More Perfect Union

4,110,000

81The Rational National

782,000

Views gained this week in the category Political commentators and debate

57,395,214

30,881,011

28,125,201

27,866,511

25,480,774

25,267,549

24,280,184

22,455,436

21,166,675

10Hawk's Podcasts / mdg65…

20,037,048

11Jack Cocchiarella

19,818,915

12The Bulwark

18,758,119

13DeFranco News Clips

17,261,625

14Breaking Points

15,057,329

126The Rational National

882,741

Subscribers, last 30 days

September 26, 2026: 781,000 subscribers → October 24, 2026: 782,000 subscribers

Total views, last 30 days

September 26, 2026: 289,697,916 views → October 24, 2026: 292,124,705 views · average: 86,671 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.

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views	Per day	First day	Likes	Comments
Trump Randomly Blurts Out Weird Noises As Cognitive Decline…	October 23, 2026	13:49	103,352	193,931	103,352 (9 hours)	3,835	1,018
Alberta Referendum: What This Dumb Vote Was Really About	October 21, 2026	18:20	83,965	7,683	66,198	3,514	911
More Revealed From Abdul El-Sayed's Viral Town Hall Moment	October 19, 2026	17:05	448,863	11,131	331,333	14,190	2,057
Explosion & Fire At Canadian Forces Base: What We Know So F…	October 18, 2026	9:15	131,704	379	119,970	3,452	595
The Stelco Problem: Avi Lewis Offers A Solution While Pierr…	October 15, 2026	15:21	74,968	348	53,869	3,141	663
Visibly Intoxicated Candidate Goes Viral Over Phenomenal In…	October 14, 2026	16:16	344,098	1,345	190,147	14,524	2,690
Strike On Russian Data Center Leads To Massive Drop In ‘Bot…	October 12, 2026	12:20	153,110	206	102,191	6,332	992
Please Democrats Stop Doing This \| TLM Podcast	October 11, 2026	24:38	44,512	59	36,507	1,971	447
What A Debate! Reacting To Clips From The Michigan Senate D…	October 9, 2026	41:35	127,746	111	102,535	5,238	527
Zohran Mamdani’s Oct. 7th Anniversary Statement Causes Unwa…	October 7, 2026	15:26	80,310	19	61,054	3,940	505
Trump Crashes Out After Abdul El-Sayed Dominates Fox News I…	October 6, 2026	14:45	104,549	36	75,104	5,266	464
Country Star Zach Bryan Wears ‘Free Palestine’ Shirt At Bil…	October 3, 2026	10:18	260,411	21	221,195	10,226	1,072
Media Hijacking: Netanyahu Basks In Pre-Election Propaganda…	October 2, 2026	17:41	53,553	19	36,056	2,513	616
National Post Calls To 'Deal' With Avi Lewis In Dangerous P…	September 30, 2026	18:23	102,579	32	66,034	5,268	1,095
Flock CEO’s Home Marked ‘Public Toilet’ As Company Faces Sc…	September 28, 2026	20:23	149,003	48	77,910	4,678	1,048

Audience engagement

likes per 1,000 views: 38.9 in the category: 42.3
comments per 1,000 views: 6.5 in the category: 4.9
a video's usual first day on this channel: 86,238 views
short vs long: 0 short (up to 3 minutes), 15 long
average views per long video: 150,848

What happened on the channel in the last 30 days

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

October 22, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 284,151 views a day, 3.9 times a normal day (73,655).
October 20, 2026Video taking offMore Revealed From Abdul El-Sayed's Viral Town Ha… The video opened at a pace of 415,451 views a day, 4.8 times a normal first day on this channel (86,238).
October 17, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 234,926 views a day, 4.4 times a normal day (53,107).
October 5, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 289,926 views a day, 12 times a normal day (24,587).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.

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