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This week on the channel +344K views this week
Hernan Diaz wants no signature voice on American Masters PBS
The Pulitzer-winning novelist joins Joe Skinner to connect "Ply" with experimental music, sentence-making and American individualism.
In short
On YouTube, American Masters PBS has 272,000 subscribers and 48,530,254 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 1,000 subscribers and 345,440 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin | Full Documentary | Director's Cut | American Masters | PBS", with 263,896 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 4,170 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 35 of 37 in category "Documentaries and journalism". On Instagram, @pbsamericanmasters has 186,018 followers.
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
272,000
▲ 1,000 in the last 7 days
▲ 7,000 in the last 30 days
▲ 7,000 in the last 30 days
total views
48,530,254
▲ 345,440 in the last 7 days
▲ 1,610,906 in the last 30 days
▲ 1,610,906 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
40,349
on a typical day: 55,033
Videos on the channel
773
2 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
yesterday
November 10, 2026
Views per subscriber
178
a new long video usually gets 148,646 views
a new short video usually gets 3,872 views
a new short video usually gets 3,872 views
Next milestone
500,000 subscribers
228,000 subscribers to go
Instagram: The numbers today
@pbsamericanmasters · The account on Instagram
Followers
186,018
▲ 323 since yesterday
Posts
1,254
2 new posts in the last 7 days
Views per Reel
137,759
usually, by 14 recent Reels
Likes per post
10,380
usually, by 15 recent posts
5.6% of followers
5.6% of followers
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Documentaries and journalism | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 1,538 of 2,442 | 10 of 24 |
Ranked among the channels whose Instagram account is on Trari.
Instagram followers: Documentaries and journalism
Latest posts
Tap a post to see it here
| Post | Type | Posted | Views | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hernan Diaz’s goal as a writer is to “never have a voice.” | Reel | November 6, 2026 | 29,544 | 1,093 | 51 |
| "The republic is not a vapid illusion." Writer and political thinker Hannah… | Reel | November 5, 2026 | 85,985 | 5,212 | 70 |
| "Quoth the raven, 'Nevermore'..." | Reel | October 30, 2026 | 216,723 | 18,329 | 133 |
| From New York to Los Angeles, London to Tianjin and beyond, Elizabeth Diller,… | Reel | October 30, 2026 | 156,803 | 13,745 | 63 |
| Adolf Hitler projected his own narrative into his campaign speeches, giving his… | Reel | October 28, 2026 | 118,716 | 10,380 | 336 |
| Would Harry Potter have existed without Ursula K. Le Guin’s "A Wizard of… | Reel | October 26, 2026 | 201,798 | 18,838 | 233 |
| Chris Fleming on the damage "adorkable" did to the culture, the "slur of… | Reel | October 22, 2026 | 527,692 | 21,072 | 426 |
| Raúl Juliá and Meryl Streep go head-to-head in the1978 Shakespeare in the Park… | Reel | October 19, 2026 | 347,820 | 19,276 | 122 |
Of the 15 latest posts: 14 Reels and 1 photo.
As of November 10, 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
This week on the channel +228K views this week
Luis Valdez's stage-to-screen legacy comes to American Masters
Edward James Olmos narrates the full documentary, with Lou Diamond Phillips, Cheech Marin and Linda Ronstadt among its contributors.
The video drawing the most views now
Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin | Full Documentary | Director's Cut | American Masters | PBS
- Video published
- October 23, 2026
- Video views so far
- 263,896
- Video views, pace per day
- 9,232
- Views on its first day
- 22,923
Similar channels
YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Documentaries and journalism | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 4,170 of 5,393 | 35 of 37 |
| By views gained this week | 3,717 of 5,274 | 32 of 37 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 3,600 of 5,043 | 30 of 35 |
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
- Subscriber growth this week
- 0.4% on this channel, 0.0% on the category's middle channel
Subscribers in the category Documentaries and journalism
Views gained this week in the category Documentaries and journalism
YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 266,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 272,000 subscribers
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 46,947,669 views → November 11, 2026: 48,530,254 views · average: 54,571 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.
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 17.2 in the category: 19.8
- comments per 1,000 views
- 0.9 in the category: 1.7
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 2,233 views
- short vs long
- 7 short (up to 3 minutes), 8 long
average views per short video: 6,207
average views per long video: 165,583
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Learn Jacques Pépin's famous omelet techniques | May 16, 2017 | 5:53 | 7,076,314 |
 Jacques Pépin Makes a Delicious Fried Egg | American Master… | September 5, 2020 | 3:22 | 2,286,785 |
 Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive | Full Documentary | American… | October 24, 2025 | 1:24:33 | 1,678,020 |
 Jascha Heifetz Tests Itzhak Perlman's Skills | March 30, 2015 | 2:26 | 1,525,935 |
 Five Easy Egg Recipes with Jacques Pépin | American Masters… | July 28, 2025 | 26:10 | 1,467,318 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Jerry Lewis explains why you should respect your audience | August 14, 2024 | 0:27 | 290,734 |
 Maya Angelou says this is the most important of all the vir… | March 27, 2023 | 0:22 | 261,106 |
 Comedian Paul Mooney says timing is everything | August 23, 2024 | 1:00 | 240,998 |
 How "Liza with a Z" defined the Liza Minnelli many of us kn… | March 24, 2025 | 1:00 | 228,585 |
 Hidden meaning behind Cabaret's Master of Ceremonies | July 25, 2025 | 1:31 | 198,500 |
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 +344K views this week
Hernan Diaz wants no signature voice on American Masters PBS
The Pulitzer-winning novelist joins Joe Skinner to connect "Ply" with experimental music, sentence-making and American individualism.
This week on the channel +228K views this week
Luis Valdez's stage-to-screen legacy comes to American Masters
Edward James Olmos narrates the full documentary, with Lou Diamond Phillips, Cheech Marin and Linda Ronstadt among its contributors.