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October 24, 2026 passed 1M views 61-year-old woman sets new planking world record The video passed 1,000,000 views.

Video taking off 29x its usual first day

El-Sayed defends religious freedom as Rogers questions his loyalty

Washington Post's excerpt from Michigan's final Senate debate draws an unusually large audience for the channel's Shorts.

Channel: Washington Post · Story of October 23, 2026

Video taking off 10x its usual first day

A homecoming crown changes hands in a Pennsylvania school gym

Washington Post's fast-starting Short shows Keny Cedanio Ramirez sharing his sash and crown with runner-up Axton Kuhla.

Channel: Washington Post · Story of October 21, 2026

This week on the channel +1.8M views this week

Pilates for a retriever joins Washington Post's rocket-car week

Weasel's studio sessions and New York bridal collections share an upload schedule with reporting from France and Southern California.

Channel: Washington Post · Story of October 20, 2026

The video drawing the most views now

El-Sayed, Rogers clash in close race for pivotal Michigan Senate seat

Video published

October 22, 2026

Video views so far

109,115

Video views, pace per day

12,032

Views on its first day

104,993

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

0.2% 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
I cut off my parents after a lifetime of being treated wors…	October 24, 2026	2:19 short	801	-	801 (3 hours)	52	3
3 minutes of this activity is linked to lower risk of 13 ca…	October 23, 2026	0:45 short	1,041	2,222	1,041 (8 hours)	51	0
'The media is an extended arm of the Modi machinery'	October 23, 2026	0:52 short	578	726	578 (15 hours)	22	1
At 95 years old, he finally got his dream trip to Hawaii	October 22, 2026	0:39 short	9,992	7,975	8,571	653	12
Four white rhinos find a new home in Mexico as part of a gl…	October 22, 2026	0:49 short	6,203	5,375	5,040	326	7
Thousands of bikers show up in costume for annual Zombie Bi…	October 22, 2026	0:34 short	7,117	5,001	5,691	224	4
Inflation, not a stock market crash, is the biggest threat …	October 22, 2026	1:48 short	1,490	824	1,222	72	0
El-Sayed, Rogers clash in close race for pivotal Michigan S…	October 22, 2026	1:18 short	109,115	12,032	104,993	608	332
We're helping pay for our daughter's wedding. Can we ask he…	October 22, 2026	1:57 short	6,595	2,375	4,898	289	20
I think my daughter's best friend is why she's still single	October 22, 2026	33:22	4,330	1,168	3,512	50	7
For amputees affected by Congo's conflict, soccer offers co…	October 22, 2026	0:48 short	2,118	62	1,891	27	1
Trump and Vance face hecklers as student activism takes cen…	October 21, 2026	0:56 short	26,160	3,873	18,151	716	135
‘Thanks be to God’: Pope Leo XIV rides popemobile for first…	October 21, 2026	0:56 short	5,414	1,131	3,429	577	7
Spotted lanternflies are invasive pests. These dogs work to…	October 21, 2026	0:59 short	15,542	1,505	9,457	1,319	24
Modi's government calls journalists "presstitutes"	October 21, 2026	0:41 short	1,639	315	1,109	77	1

Audience engagement

likes per 1,000 views

25.6 in the category: 16.7

comments per 1,000 views

2.8 in the category: 2.5

a video's usual first day on this channel

4,673 views

short vs long

14 short (up to 3 minutes), 1 long
average views per short video: 13,843
average views per long video: 4,330

Most watched videos (not Shorts)

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
Watch the full, on-camera shouting match between Trump, Pel…	December 11, 2018	10:31	30,390,276
Trump's most awkward moments of 2018 | The Washington Post	December 19, 2018	3:33	19,859,873
We tried Amazon Key. The strangers it let in our door wasn'…	December 7, 2017	3:47	13,543,394
Joshua Bell's 'Stop and Hear the Music' metro experiment | …	April 11, 2007	2:37	8,914,194
Trump's most awkward moments of 2017 | The Washington Post	December 28, 2017	2:54	8,718,424

Most watched Shorts

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
Russian and Ukrainian delegates fight for flag at conference	May 5, 2023	0:31	116,665,414
Millions watched this firefighter conquer his fear	September 24, 2025	1:28	20,476,147
Glen Canyon Dam releases water	May 12, 2023	0:35	17,227,406
U.S. pilot ejects from fighter jet after slow-moving crash	December 16, 2022	0:37	16,717,723
Car slams into Biden's motorcade	December 18, 2023	0:35	13,753,949

What happened on the channel in the last 30 days

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

1. October 24, 2026Milestone61-year-old woman sets new planking world record The video passed 1,000,000 views.
2. October 23, 2026Video taking offEl-Sayed, Rogers clash in close race for pivotal … The video opened at a pace of 147,467 views a day, 29 times a normal first day on this channel (5,071).Read the story
3. October 21, 2026Video taking offHomecoming King gives crown to classmate with Dow… The video opened at a pace of 50,057 views a day, 10 times a normal first day on this channel (4,928).Read the story
4. October 21, 2026Video taking off‘How are we going to survive?’: French shop owner… The video opened at a pace of 47,668 views a day, 9.7 times a normal first day on this channel (4,928).
5. October 19, 2026Video taking off'It's like a war zone': France left reeling after… The video opened at a pace of 85,535 views a day, 17 times a normal first day on this channel (4,931).Read the story
6. October 18, 2026Video taking offTesla unveils flying Roadster powered by SpaceX r… The video opened at a pace of 73,549 views a day, 15 times a normal first day on this channel (4,928).Read the story
7. October 17, 2026Video taking offWashington Post photographer attacked in West Bank The video opened at a pace of 324,644 views a day, 66 times a normal first day on this channel (4,928).Read the story
8. October 12, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 1,153,808 views a day, 3.4 times a normal day (340,558).
9. October 11, 2026Video taking offNobel Peace Prize winner jokes: ‘I may share this… The video opened at a pace of 281,597 views a day, 58 times a normal first day on this channel (4,841).Read the story
10. October 9, 2026Video taking off61-year-old woman sets new planking world record The video opened at a pace of 47,557 views a day, 10 times a normal first day on this channel (4,757).
11. October 8, 2026Video surgingRingo Starr is still rocking at 86 The video ran that day at 47,355 views a day, 3.5 times its usual pace (13,666).
12. October 6, 2026Video surgingWill Texas turn blue this November? The video ran that day at 100,833 views a day, 3 times its usual pace (33,869).