Moscow and a Russian defector occupy Business Basics' upload slate

The clips channel posted twice, with Ukraine-war coverage accounting for both new releases.

Channel: Business Basics Story of October 18, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

Putin FLEES Moscow As Ukraine Takes Revenge

Business Basics finished close to The Armchair Historian and TAOFLEDERMAUS in weekly views, each adding roughly half a million. The Military Show had a substantially busier week, while Business Basics' subscriber count stayed unchanged.

Both new uploads returned to Russia's war in Ukraine. Monday's "Putin FLEES Moscow As Ukraine Takes Revenge" was the week's most-watched release, reaching about 205,000 views. Its title frames the coverage around Putin's whereabouts and Ukrainian retaliation; the discussion beneath it includes viewers questioning the video's dating of the war's beginning.

Saturday's upload shifts to a Russian defector, with its title asserting that the defector killed Russian soldiers and prompted a reaction from Putin. That newer video is currently drawing the most daily views among the channel's uploads, although Monday's release has the larger accumulated audience.

Across Business Basics as a whole, daily viewing is running at around a third of its usual pace. The two new war-focused releases arrive on a clips channel whose most-watched regular videos have more often centered on China's economy and geopolitical tensions.

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The videos drawing views on Business Basics right now

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The numbers

Here is Business Basics' week in views and subscribers.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

Sellsword Arts

17,283,498

The Military Show

6,674,882

TFB TV

1,177,815

Skallagrim

1,132,011

Iraqveteran8888

585,461

The Armchair Historian

557,659

Business Basics

554,241

TAOFLEDERMAUS

543,299

T.REX ARMS

306,926

subscribers

2,110,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

585,247,554

views per day

28,923

typical day: 85,361

first-day views of each video posted this week

Putin FLEES Moscow As Ukraine Takes Rev…

161,482

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Iraqveteran8888

2,730,000

Sellsword Arts

2,650,000

The Armchair Historian

2,540,000

The Military Show

2,310,000

Business Basics

2,110,000

TAOFLEDERMAUS

1,660,000

T.REX ARMS

1,650,000

Skallagrim

1,630,000

TFB TV

1,590,000

As of October 18, 2026 · 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.