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This week on the channel +1.5M views this week
Hanna Harper explains the motherhood moment behind "String Cheese"
Her personal songwriting story draws the largest new audience in American Idol's nine-upload week.
In short
On YouTube, American Idol has 3,930,000 subscribers and 711,148,563 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 1,287,247 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 763 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 14 of 62 in category "Talent, reality and game shows". On Instagram, @americanidol has 2,843,973 followers. The account lost 672 followers in the last 7 days.
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
3,930,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
no significant change in the last month
no significant change in the last month
total views
711,148,563
▲ 1,287,247 in the last 7 days
▲ 6,673,691 in the last 30 days
▲ 6,673,691 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
76,142
on a typical day: 196,154
Videos on the channel
3,174
7 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
yesterday
November 10, 2026
Views per subscriber
180
a new short video usually gets 6,165 views
Next milestone
5,000,000 subscribers
1,070,000 subscribers to go
Instagram: The numbers today
@americanidol · The account on Instagram
Followers
2,843,973
▼ 155 since yesterday
▼ 672 in the last 7 days
▼ 672 in the last 7 days
Posts
8,853
6 new posts in the last 7 days
Views per Reel
66,155
usually, by 12 recent Reels
Likes per post
1,169
usually, by 12 recent posts
0.04% of followers
0.04% of followers
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Talent, reality and game shows | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 345 of 2,448 | 8 of 34 |
Ranked among the channels whose Instagram account is on Trari.
Instagram followers: Talent, reality and game shows
Latest posts
Tap a post to see it here
| Post | Type | Posted | Views | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| They helped each other. 💞 | Reel | November 10, 2026 | 25,576 | 431 | 8 |
| "I don't know..." 😆 #americanidol | Reel | November 9, 2026 | 100,578 | 1,102 | 11 |
| Ain't #americanidol great? | Reel | November 8, 2026 | 220,820 | 3,905 | 22 |
| A season like never before... Celebrating 25 star-studded years, the new season… | Reel | November 6, 2026 | 292,967 | 5,360 | 159 |
| One "String Cheese" sure went a long way 🤍 hannahharper #americanidol | Reel | November 5, 2026 | 44,126 | 1,602 | 9 |
| Yup, lukebryan's addicted to TikTok! #americanidol | Reel | November 4, 2026 | 23,516 | 487 | 12 |
| Have you ever awkwardly missed a high five?! #americanidol | Reel | November 3, 2026 | 64,486 | 786 | 17 |
| Luke and Lionel can never break up! #americanidol | Reel | November 2, 2026 | 57,717 | 585 | 15 |
As of November 11, 2026
Follower, post, like, comment and view counts in this part are Instagram's. The changes and the "usually" figures are Trari's own calculations.
YouTube: What happened lately
October 27, 2026 5.2x its usual first day Sometimes a bad word just falls out of your mouth… The video opened at a pace of 43,766 views a day, 5.2 times a normal first day on this channel (8,354).
This week on the channel +2.1M views this week
Carrie Underwood gets a ballroom invitation on American Idol
Sasha Farber shares the upload shelf with Jordan McCullough's Mariah Carey cover and an Alicia Keys performance.
Video taking off 33x its usual first day
Benson Boone, who left Idol early in 2021, leads its week of shorts
A clip that asks whether he was scared or loving every second drew far more viewers than anything else the show posted, with Carrie Underwo…
The video drawing the most views now
"I don't know..." 😆 #americanidol
- Video published
- November 9, 2026
- Video views so far
- 6,439
- Video views, pace per day
- 2,217
- Views on its first day
- 5,297
Similar channels
YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Talent, reality and game shows | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 763 of 5,393 | 14 of 62 |
| By views gained this week | 2,425 of 5,274 | 32 of 60 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 2,183 of 5,043 | 31 of 58 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 0.4% of all views the category's channels gained this week
Subscribers in the category Talent, reality and game shows
Views gained this week in the category Talent, reality and game shows
YouTube and Instagram: Subscribers and followers, last 30 days
Growth in percent since November 4, 2026, so both lines start from the same point
- YouTube · 3,930,000 subscribers 0% (0)
- Instagram · 2,843,973 followers -0.02% (-672)
From November 4, 2026 to November 11, 2026: on YouTube from 3,930,000 to 3,930,000 subscribers (0%), on Instagram from 2,844,645 to 2,843,973 followers (-0.02%).
YouTube rounds a large channel's subscriber count, so its line moves in steps.
The numbers by day
| Day | Subscribers (YouTube) | Followers (Instagram) |
|---|---|---|
| November 11, 2026 | 3,930,000 | 2,843,973 |
| November 10, 2026 | 3,930,000 | 2,844,128 |
| November 9, 2026 | 3,930,000 | 2,844,223 |
| November 8, 2026 | 3,930,000 | 2,844,297 |
| November 7, 2026 | 3,930,000 | 2,844,415 |
| November 6, 2026 | 3,930,000 | 2,844,521 |
| November 5, 2026 | 3,930,000 | 2,844,570 |
| November 4, 2026 | 3,930,000 | 2,844,645 |
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 704,613,474 views → November 11, 2026: 711,148,563 views · average: 225,347 views a day
YouTube: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 They helped each other. 💞 | November 10, 2026 | 0:21 short | 785 | 1,581 | 785 (8 hours) | 66 | 4 |
 "I don't know..." 😆 #americanidol | November 9, 2026 | 0:13 short | 6,439 | 2,217 | 5,297 | 131 | 4 |
 Ain't #americanidol great? | November 8, 2026 | 0:11 short | 5,866 | 1,003 | 3,959 | 208 | 10 |
 That's the magic of a Golden Ticket. ✨ | November 7, 2026 | 0:21 short | 2,884 | 200 | 1,847 | 109 | 2 |
 A season like never before... Celebrating 25 star-studded y… | November 6, 2026 | 0:10 short | 4,297 | 241 | 2,783 | 143 | 15 |
 Make a wish 🎂🤩 Happy Birthday, Jamal!! | November 6, 2026 | 0:14 short | 2,420 | 74 | 1,611 | 98 | 4 |
 One "String Cheese" sure went a long way 🤍 #hannahharper #… | November 5, 2026 | 0:44 short | 3,940 | 67 | 2,319 | 136 | 2 |
 Yup, Luke Bryan's addicted to TikTok! #americanidol | November 4, 2026 | 0:14 short | 4,492 | 84 | 2,949 | 140 | 8 |
 Have you ever awkwardly missed a high five?! #americanidol | November 3, 2026 | 0:11 short | 9,044 | 95 | 5,308 | 175 | 6 |
 Luke and Lionel can never break up! #americanidol | November 2, 2026 | 0:16 short | 32,311 | 43 | 14,322 | 403 | 7 |
 That's one way to get a Golden Ticket! #americanidol | November 1, 2026 | 0:24 short | 7,315 | 28 | 3,543 | 131 | 3 |
 The many faces of Keke on #americanidol! | November 1, 2026 | 0:22 short | 3,748 | 14 | 2,254 | 91 | 3 |
 Happy Halloween! Don't get too scared!! 👻 | October 31, 2026 | 0:22 short | 2,133 | 13 | 1,266 | 89 | 7 |
 Who's ready to scream?! 😱🤘 | October 30, 2026 | 0:30 short | 5,015 | 18 | 3,213 | 128 | 6 |
 Sorry @clayaiken, nostalgia is trendy. 🤣 | October 29, 2026 | 0:11 short | 13,091 | 21 | 5,860 | 145 | 4 |
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 21.1 in the category: 21.4
- comments per 1,000 views
- 0.8 in the category: 0.7
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 5,908 views
- short vs long
- 15 short (up to 3 minutes), 0 long
average views per short video: 6,918
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Iam Tongi Makes The Judges Cry With "Monsters" And His Emot… | February 20, 2023 | 7:28 | 51,953,487 |
 Iam Tongi & James Blunt: Super Emotional Duet of "Monsters"… | May 22, 2023 | 2:57 | 24,761,421 |
 Iam Tongi Brings Island Vibes to Idol with “Hawaiian Roller… | May 13, 2025 | 3:53 | 12,505,577 |
 Abi Carter Stuns With "What Was I Made For?" (From Barbie) … | February 26, 2024 | 5:53 | 7,456,013 |
 Catie Turner Auditions for American Idol With Quirky Origin… | March 12, 2018 | 4:20 | 6,362,965 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 How low can "Frosty The Snowman" go? ⛄️😲 | December 23, 2023 | 0:45 | 34,411,404 |
 Sometimes the trick IS the treat! 🤣🎃 #halloween #shorts | October 31, 2022 | 1:00 | 34,036,280 |
 "Frosty The Snowman" like you've never heard it! ☃️🎶 #shor… | December 22, 2022 | 0:54 | 30,402,735 |
 She's from WHERE? 🔔💙 | November 25, 2023 | 0:25 | 16,496,738 |
 Seeing double! 😻 #KatyPerry #IDOL | February 28, 2024 | 0:17 | 14,414,563 |
YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- Video taking offSometimes a bad word just falls out of your mouth… The video opened at a pace of 43,766 views a day, 5.2 times a normal first day on this channel (8,354).
Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube, Meta Instagram
Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.
Stories
This week on the channel +1.5M views this week
Hanna Harper explains the motherhood moment behind "String Cheese"
Her personal songwriting story draws the largest new audience in American Idol's nine-upload week.
This week on the channel +2.1M views this week
Carrie Underwood gets a ballroom invitation on American Idol
Sasha Farber shares the upload shelf with Jordan McCullough's Mariah Carey cover and an Alicia Keys performance.
Video taking off 33x its usual first day
Benson Boone, who left Idol early in 2021, leads its week of shorts
A clip that asks whether he was scared or loving every second drew far more viewers than anything else the show posted, with Carrie Underwo…
This week on the channel 11 videos this week
American Idol's day-old 'soaring to the moon' short takes the lead
Posted after the announcement that Carrie, Luke, Lionel and Ryan return for season 25, a one-day-old vocal clip is already moving roughly t…