BBC Radio 6 Music's Indie Icons Only pairs Marr with Shaun Keaveny for stories about The Pretenders, Blondie and his musical influences.
On YouTube, BBC Radio 6 Music has 162,000 subscribers and 78,153,883 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 328,537 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 4,893 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 68 of 73 in category "Music labels, platforms and music media".
YouTube: The numbers today
▲ 2,000 in the last 30 days
▲ 1,930,953 in the last 30 days
a new short video usually gets 7,014 views
Apple Podcasts: Podcasts
BBC Music Introducing Mixtape · On the podcast charts by subject
The Rise and Fall of ... · On the podcast charts by subject
YouTube: What happened lately
October 22, 2026 3.3x the channel's usual pace The whole channel ran that day at 217,643 views a day, 3.3 times a normal day (65,840).
The video drawing the most views now
Stevie Wonder in Dublin, sleeping through Céline Dion, and Sam Fender's Christmas ad | Sidetracked
- Video published
- November 5, 2026
- Video views so far
- 12,364
- Video views, pace per day
- 777
- Views on its first day
- 5,441
Similar channels
YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Music labels, platforms and music media | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 4,893 of 5,393 | 68 of 73 |
| By views gained this week | 3,769 of 5,274 | 58 of 73 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 3,443 of 5,043 | 49 of 66 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 0.1% of all views the category's channels gained this week
Subscribers in the category Music labels, platforms and music media
Views gained this week in the category Music labels, platforms and music media
YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 160,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 162,000 subscribers
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 76,272,117 views → November 11, 2026: 78,153,883 views · average: 64,888 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
- 10.1 in the category: 14.9
- comments per 1,000 views
- 0.7 in the category: 0.7
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 4,021 views
- short vs long
- 10 short (up to 3 minutes), 5 long
average views per short video: 12,560
average views per long video: 12,076
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
Pixies - Gouge Away (6 Music Live Room) | September 12, 2019 | 4:20 | 22,618,260 |
Taylor Hawkins Drumming Masterclass | November 6, 2019 | 48:20 | 6,902,055 |
Johnny Marr - Getting Away With It (6 Music Live October 20… | October 7, 2014 | 6:37 | 3,300,210 |
Robert Plant - Whole Lotta Love (6 Music Live) | October 6, 2017 | 5:49 | 2,931,170 |
The National - Nobody Else Will Be There (6 Music Live Room) | September 27, 2017 | 4:14 | 2,496,947 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
Robert Smith in awe of Olivia Rodrigo 😭🎸 #shorts #thecure… | June 9, 2026 | 1:44 | 651,165 |
Why The Cure Never Play the Same Show Twice 😳 #shorts #the… | June 10, 2026 | 1:41 | 435,390 |
The Prodigy lighting up Glastonbury with ‘Firestarter’ 💚 | June 30, 2025 | 0:28 | 368,841 |
Charli XCX, Madonna & a hectic night in Paris 😂🇫🇷 #charl… | June 26, 2026 | 1:48 | 176,678 |
We loved every moment of this: Pulp sings 'Do You Remember … | June 29, 2025 | 0:39 | 157,501 |
YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 217,643 views a day, 3.3 times a normal day (65,840).
Stories
BBC Radio 6 Music's Indie Icons Only pairs Marr with Shaun Keaveny for stories about The Pretenders, Blondie and his musical influences.

























