Bill Long's auctioneer interruption returns on NowThis Impact

A 2018 hearing clip became the biggest new upload in a fifteen-video week.

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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.

Laura Loomer Gets Outbid

The archive supplied the standout. NowThis Impact's most-watched new upload, "Laura Loomer Gets Outbid," revisits a congressional hearing where an unusual professional skill came in handy.

When Laura Loomer disrupted the hearing in 2018, then-Missouri Rep. Bill Long began calling a pretend auction, drowning her out until she was escorted away. Long was an actual auctioneer, which gives the clip its particular twist: this wasn't simply a politician trying out a funny voice. The upload reached about 140,000 views in its first ten hours.

Viewers are discussing the rapid delivery, the people trying not to laugh and the abrupt return to congressional procedure with "I yield back." Some say they initially mistook the audio for a voiceover.

Across fifteen new uploads, the channel also made room for Pete Buttigieg's response to Fox over inflation and a construction-failure clip titled "Reflecting Liner Failed 85 Places." That infrastructure post is among its busiest videos by daily views, alongside Long's hearing interruption. "Canada Is Trolling Us Again" currently has the strongest daily momentum of the three.

NowThis Impact added subscribers over the week and drew roughly 17 million views. Only LiveNOW from FOX had a larger weekly viewing total among its nearby broadcaster peers; PBS NewsHour also has daily viewing well above its usual level. NowThis's own daily views are moderately above normal, with an old hearing providing its most distinctive new-upload moment.

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The videos drawing views on NowThis Impact right now

Canada Is Trolling Us Again107,047 views · 2026-10-15 Caught On Camera45,666 views · 2026-10-15 Reflecting Liner Failed 85 Places42,965 views · 2026-10-15 Jamie West Sparks Confusion39,172 views · 2026-10-15 Buttigieg Hits Back At Fox26,939 views · 2026-10-15

The numbers

Here is how NowThis Impact's uploads and audience moved over the week.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

LiveNOW from FOX

24,098,667

NowThis Impact

17,342,935

Forbes Breaking News

15,615,000

CBC News

14,298,423

Global News

11,283,044

PBS NewsHour

9,003,197

The New York Times

6,422,915

TMZ

6,194,426

Daily Mail World

3,396,980

subscribers

5,250,000

▲ 10,000 in the last 7 days

total views

5,281,397,610

views per day

3,026,140

typical day: 2,623,112

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

LiveNOW from FOX

5,630,000

Forbes Breaking News

5,620,000

PBS NewsHour

5,390,000

The New York Times

5,300,000

NowThis Impact

5,250,000

TMZ

5,190,000

Daily Mail World

5,030,000

Global News

4,920,000

CBC News

4,770,000

As of October 16, 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.