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October 24, 2026 18x its usual first day Shocking moment part of iconic Brighton pier COLL… The video opened at a pace of 87,047 views a day, 18 times a normal first day on this channel (4,857). Read the story

Video taking off 18x its usual first day

Brighton's ruined West Pier loses a section to Storm Austen

The Scottish Sun's footage captures the collapse within seconds, before showing windblown seating and waves battering the coast.

Channel: The Scottish Sun · Story of October 24, 2026

This week on the channel +561K views this week

Professor Hugh Pennington weighs Russia's plague scare for Scottish readers

The Aberdeen bacteriologist's verdict arrived as The Scottish Sun was still covering the death of former Glasgow enforcer Paul Ferris.

Channel: The Scottish Sun · Story of October 9, 2026

Video taking off 13x its usual first day

A friend of Paul Ferris speaks, and 'The Wee Man's' last public images

The Scottish Sun followed its short report on the former Glasgow enforcer's death with a longer one, and the longer one is drawing far more…

Channel: The Scottish Sun · Story of October 8, 2026

The video drawing the most views now

Shocking moment part of iconic Brighton pier COLLAPSES as Storm Austen heads towards Scotland

Video published

October 23, 2026

Video views so far

56,759

Video views, pace per day

87,047

Views in its first 11 hours

56,759

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

0.0% 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
Shock moment iconic Brighton Pier collapses as Storm Austen…	October 23, 2026	0:23 short	6,282	9,723	6,282 (11 hours)	24	7
Shocking moment part of iconic Brighton pier COLLAPSES as S…	October 23, 2026	0:59 short	56,759	87,047	56,759 (11 hours)	216	80
Fake cash thugs behind £500k Ross ‘Miami’ McGill deal arres…	October 23, 2026	2:34 short	8,066	10,911	8,066 (13 hours)	48	15
Shock moment a DOG is spotted running down Scots motorway a…	October 23, 2026	0:18 short	1,626	2,117	1,626 (14 hours)	9	3
Evil Scots killer who lured dad of her unborn child to grim…	October 22, 2026	6:10	3,569	872	3,201	28	16
Police v Halloween & Bonfire Night CHAOS: Cops crackdown as…	October 22, 2026	6:13	4,098	1,104	3,472	28	7
Andy Burnham takes Prime Minister's Questions	October 22, 2026	1:24:20	3,939	263	3,648	6	4
Unfiltered Exhange as Michelle O'Neill Clashes with DUP in …	October 21, 2026	5:09	27,080	7,685	14,456	103	194
Shocking moment e-scooter rider weaves through traffic on S…	October 21, 2026	0:19 short	38,515	1,221	24,435	304	130
Gunman fires shots at house in Scots town during terrifying…	October 21, 2026	0:58 short	5,868	736	4,240	76	8
UK Government APPROVES drilling at Jackdaw gas field in Nor…	October 21, 2026	0:59 short	3,632	104	3,281	58	35
Mobster Jamie ‘Iceman’ Stevenson out of jail carrying loved…	October 20, 2026	3:46	26,352	1,262	21,012	96	31
Dramatic moment car pulled out of sea on Scots beach	October 20, 2026	0:32 short	8,295	193	6,315	47	22
High school burns to ground as rioters and looters clash wi…	October 20, 2026	0:57 short	6,573	375	4,437	55	27
PAUL FERRIS FUNERAL: Hundreds Gather in Glasgow as Gangster…	October 19, 2026	3:47	46,108	2,208	28,091	213	77

Audience engagement

likes per 1,000 views

5.3 in the category: 16.7

comments per 1,000 views

2.7 in the category: 2.5

a video's usual first day on this channel

5,142 views

short vs long

9 short (up to 3 minutes), 6 long
average views per short video: 15,068
average views per long video: 18,524

Most watched videos (not Shorts)

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
Bus driver rams Just Stop Oil protesters blockade nearly ru…	October 19, 2023	2:47	9,196,285
Shocking moment Just Stop Oil protesters risked serious har…	February 10, 2023	1:29	6,267,997
Marjorie Taylor Greene tells Emily Maitlis to 'F***Off!'	March 6, 2024	1:26	1,966,590
Portuguese Just Stop Oil protesters quickly dragged from ro…	October 9, 2023	1:50	1,662,025
Eco protesters pushed along busy road as they cling onto fr…	August 28, 2023	1:24	1,104,482

Most watched Shorts

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
Eco protester hit by car door then knocked over	August 8, 2023	0:14	162,516,037
German police continue to use controversial 'Pain Grip' to …	October 1, 2023	0:59	34,805,641
Eco protester knocked to the floor by car at protest	June 1, 2024	0:29	31,116,879
Police forcibly drag eco protesters from the road in Germany	October 5, 2023	0:18	22,460,361
Moment police riot van RAMS protester	July 18, 2025	0:17	22,042,182

What happened on the channel in the last 30 days

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

1. October 24, 2026Video taking offShocking moment part of iconic Brighton pier COLL… The video opened at a pace of 87,047 views a day, 18 times a normal first day on this channel (4,857).Read the story
2. October 23, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 235,254 views a day, 3.5 times a normal day (68,157).
3. October 12, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 182,898 views a day, 2.3 times a normal day (78,138).
4. October 9, 2026Video taking offShould we PANIC about Russian ‘plague’ outbreak? … The video opened at a pace of 52,733 views a day, 7.4 times a normal first day on this channel (7,170).
5. October 9, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 232,990 views a day, 3.9 times a normal day (59,278).
6. October 8, 2026Video taking offPaul Ferris’ pal breaks silence over sudden death… The video opened at a pace of 89,746 views a day, 13 times a normal first day on this channel (7,170).Read the story
7. October 8, 2026Video taking offPaul Ferris – ex-Glasgow gangland enforcer & auth… The video opened at a pace of 43,706 views a day, 8.3 times a normal first day on this channel (5,266).
8. October 7, 2026Video taking offScottish Greens’ Ross Greer sparks FURY over ‘dan… The video opened at a pace of 42,264 views a day, 8 times a normal first day on this channel (5,266).
9. October 4, 2026Video people are talking aboutFRANCE ON FIRE: Violent Student Riots Explode as … The video drew 200 comments in its first day, 8.7 times a normal first day on this channel (23).