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October 23, 2026 3.5x its usual first day Why California’s $33B Bullet Train Is Now a $231B… The video opened at a pace of 451,997 views a day, 3.5 times a normal first day on this channel (130,258).

News 619K views since yesterday

WSJ asks why California's bullet train still has no finished track

Eighteen years after voters approved it, the Journal's report traces a price tag that began at $33 billion and visits the Central Valley si…

Channel: The Wall Street Journal · Story of October 24, 2026

This week on the channel +8.8M views this week

Greenwich's donor class gets a hometown visit from WSJ

Annie Linskey returns to Connecticut for Rooted In, exploring suburban political shifts ahead of the midterms.

Channel: The Wall Street Journal · Story of October 23, 2026

Video taking off 15x its usual first day

Undercover buyers and DNA tests follow Driscoll's blueberries into China

Jon Emont's report traces how a company built a Chinese taste for blueberries, then went to court over who was growing its plants.

Channel: The Wall Street Journal · Story of October 22, 2026

The video drawing the most views now

Why California’s $33B Bullet Train Is Now a $231B Problem | WSJ

Video published

October 22, 2026

Video views so far

858,872

Video views, pace per day

619,211

Views on its first day

640,830

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

0.7% of all views the category's channels gained this week

Subscriber growth this week

0.1% 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
I Went Home to Greenwich to Find Out What the Wealthy Want …	October 23, 2026	2:48 short	3,726	6,855	3,726 (9 hours)	124	5
Why California’s $33B Bullet Train Is Now a $231B Problem |…	October 22, 2026	13:26	858,872	619,211	640,830	5,461	2,007
Is Apple’s iPhone Duo Worth $2,000?	October 21, 2026	2:16 short	36,432	7,025	23,366	682	31
Why Is SpaceX’s Spending $16.4B on AI and Computing?	October 21, 2026	1:11 short	29,194	2,293	22,801	441	15
I Tested Apple’s iPhone Duo for a Week. Is It Worth $2K? | …	October 21, 2026	5:00	397,096	145,348	157,751	3,292	317
How China Stole Driscoll's Secret for Blueberries	October 21, 2026	1:54 short	358,642	54,790	194,085	7,235	852
What the Ultrarich Want From the Midterms	October 20, 2026	2:41 short	16,054	647	11,237	379	16
How WSJ Stress Tests Its Journalism	October 20, 2026	1:18 short	11,770	453	8,357	396	14
Trump Remade the GOP. How Do the Ultrarich Feel? | WSJ	October 20, 2026	13:10	405,401	44,784	205,371	2,768	276
Former OpenAI Worker Accused of Bugging Held Without Bail	October 20, 2026	1:06 short	25,504	766	14,209	621	28
Congress Is Broken. Here’s How Seven Candidates Would Fix I…	October 19, 2026	2:55 short	11,032	178	7,353	529	27
The Space Force Showed Us Its Weapons Used in Iran and Vene…	October 19, 2026	2:21 short	22,434	705	16,434	399	25
What Do Young Voters Think About Trump and the Economy?	October 19, 2026	2:35 short	11,408	494	7,432	259	25
Here’s Why Treasury Yields Have Defied Hotter-Than-Expected…	October 16, 2026	1:20 short	15,834	74	9,771	300	6
Aboard a U.S. Carrier Preparing for Potential Operations Ag…	October 15, 2026	2:43 short	120,756	1,781	54,661	2,686	242

Audience engagement

likes per 1,000 views

11.0 in the category: 16.8

comments per 1,000 views

1.7 in the category: 2.5

a video's usual first day on this channel

19,615 views

short vs long

12 short (up to 3 minutes), 3 long
average views per short video: 55,232
average views per long video: 553,789

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Most watched Shorts

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Why Russia’s Kerch Bridge in Crimea Is a Key Target for Ukr…	July 18, 2023	1:00	8,059,284
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Why Costco's CEO Said 'No' to the Kirkland Signature Bacon-…	April 29, 2025	0:40	5,501,632
Why Might These Iranian Weapons Be Sent to Ukraine to Fight…	February 17, 2023	1:00	4,655,380
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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 offWhy California’s $33B Bullet Train Is Now a $231B… The video opened at a pace of 451,997 views a day, 3.5 times a normal first day on this channel (130,258).
2. October 23, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 3,134,705 views a day, 3.2 times a normal day (991,010).
3. October 22, 2026Video taking offHow China Stole Driscoll's Secret for Blueberries The video opened at a pace of 164,984 views a day, 15 times a normal first day on this channel (11,253).Read the story
4. October 14, 2026Video taking offHow We Verified Our Exclusive Reporting on Kimber… The video opened at a pace of 57,256 views a day, 5 times a normal first day on this channel (11,518).
5. October 14, 2026Video surgingHow to Actually Fix the Colorado River Crisis | W… The video ran that day at 175,624 views a day, 3.6 times its usual pace (49,335).
6. October 9, 2026MilestoneWhy Warner Bros. Is Being Sold for $81B | WSJ Wha… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
7. October 8, 2026MilestoneHow Arc’teryx Became a $2B+ Luxury Brand Without … The video passed 1,000,000 views.
8. October 7, 2026Video taking offWhy Warner Bros. Is Being Sold for $81B | WSJ Wha… The video opened at a pace of 356,515 views a day, 14 times a normal first day on this channel (24,710).Read the story
9. October 7, 2026Video taking offWhat’s at Stake in Brazil’s Bitter Presidential R… The video opened at a pace of 106,912 views a day, 4.3 times a normal first day on this channel (24,710).
10. October 7, 2026Video taking offWhy the Kushner-Trump $1.4B Albania Resort Is in … The video opened at a pace of 94,876 views a day, 3.8 times a normal first day on this channel (24,710).
11. October 3, 2026Video people are talking aboutWhat to Know About the New AI-Powered Government … The video drew 218 comments in its first day, 12 times a normal first day on this channel (18).
12. October 1, 2026Video taking offHow Arc’teryx Became a $2B+ Luxury Brand Without … The video opened at a pace of 128,442 views a day, 5.2 times a normal first day on this channel (24,710).