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This week on the channel +3.1M views this week
Coe and Cram take on Cambridge's clock on BBC Archive
The 1988 Great Court Run joins Patrick Stewart's Wogan interview and a furniture-making lesson in an eleven-upload week.
In short
On YouTube, BBC Archive has 805,000 subscribers and 251,027,904 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 3,000 subscribers and 2,180,180 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 2,684 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 63 of 131 in category "TV networks and streaming services". On Instagram, @bbc_archive has 780,017 followers.
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
805,000
▲ 3,000 in the last 7 days
▲ 13,000 in the last 30 days
▲ 13,000 in the last 30 days
total views
251,027,904
▲ 2,180,180 in the last 7 days
▲ 11,169,894 in the last 30 days
▲ 11,169,894 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
165,006
on a typical day: 344,679
Videos on the channel
1,972
8 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
yesterday
November 10, 2026
Views per subscriber
311
a new long video usually gets 27,563 views
Next milestone
1,000,000 subscribers
195,000 subscribers to go
Instagram: The numbers today
@bbc_archive · The account on Instagram
Followers
780,017
Posts
3,658
7 new posts in the last 7 days
Views per Reel
76,478
usually, by 10 recent Reels
Likes per post
1,292
usually, by 12 recent posts
0.17% of followers
0.17% of followers
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category TV networks and streaming services | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 898 of 2,442 | 45 of 80 |
Ranked among the channels whose Instagram account is on Trari.
Instagram followers: TV networks and streaming services
Latest posts
Tap a post to see it here
| Post | Type | Posted | Views | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982: Leicester’s Best-Loved Loo Lady | Reel | November 10, 2026 | 43,482 | 1,213 | 52 |
| 1964: A Very British Bullfight | Reel | November 9, 2026 | 40,345 | 844 | 12 |
| 2000: Gordon Ramsay on life beyond the kitchen | Reel | November 8, 2026 | 91,393 | 1,840 | 35 |
| 1972: Is Bette Midler the female David Bowie? | Reel | November 7, 2026 | 84,723 | 3,580 | 122 |
| 1977: Frank Carson – It’s the way he tells 'em | Reel | November 6, 2026 | 40,374 | 1,184 | 16 |
| 1987: Can a computer cook the perfect chip? | Reel | November 5, 2026 | 68,233 | 1,300 | 23 |
| 1975: Could this be the world’s most elaborate one-man band? | Reel | November 4, 2026 | 49,171 | 1,007 | 24 |
| 1987: What would your dream outfit look like? | Reel | November 3, 2026 | 169,733 | 6,877 | 285 |
Of the 15 latest posts: 13 Reels and 2 carousels.
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
October 31, 2026 55x its usual first day 1988: Sir Patrick Stewart on becoming Star Trek's… The video opened at a pace of 330,859 views a day, 55 times a normal first day on this channel (6,052). Read the story
Video taking off 55x its usual first day
Patrick Stewart recalls how a UCLA reading led to Picard
BBC Archive's Wogan interview captures the actor discovering both his new role and the expectations of Star Trek's devoted audience.
This week on the channel +2.6M views this week
Can a computer produce art? Sally Gray put the question to Harold Cohen in 1996
The It'll Never Work clip, filmed at the University of California, San Diego, passed 390,000 views in four days, one of ten uploads in a we…
The video drawing the most views now
1978: Living in Tipi Valley | Nationwide | BBC Archive
- Video published
- November 10, 2026
- Video views so far
- 13,319
- Video views, pace per day
- 16,078
- Views in its first 16 hours
- 13,319
Similar channels
YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category TV networks and streaming services | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 2,684 of 5,393 | 63 of 131 |
| By views gained this week | 1,833 of 5,274 | 47 of 129 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 1,663 of 5,043 | 43 of 122 |
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 TV networks and streaming services
Views gained this week in the category TV networks and streaming services
YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 793,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 805,000 subscribers
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 240,175,320 views → November 11, 2026: 251,027,904 views · average: 374,227 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
- 13.2 in the category: 18.6
- comments per 1,000 views
- 2.5 in the category: 0.7
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 17,905 views
- short vs long
- 4 short (up to 3 minutes), 11 long
average views per short video: 18,694
average views per long video: 32,463
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 1979: Steeplejack FRED DIBNAH takes down a MASSIVE chimney … | February 10, 2022 | 11:59 | 5,145,847 |
 1989 thought houses would look like this by 2020 | Tomorrow… | January 14, 2022 | 4:51 | 4,792,520 |
 1982: FRED DIBNAH shows HOW to erect a CHIMNEY SCAFFOLD at … | September 27, 2023 | 11:50 | 3,919,663 |
 1976: BIG JIM's Big BOOZY Bike Trip to Braemar | Nationwide… | May 19, 2025 | 7:05 | 3,791,483 |
 1986: How to Spot the Upper Class | That's Life! | BBC Arch… | March 26, 2026 | 5:24 | 3,066,163 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 The BEST TIMED Shot in TV HISTORY? | October 19, 2022 | 0:42 | 7,322,951 |
 Dolly Parton on doing what makes her happy | BBC Archive | August 26, 2026 | 3:00 | 3,287,495 |
 1977: ROCKY without STALLONE? | July 6, 2022 | 0:47 | 2,610,301 |
 1982: JACK NICHOLSON on declining THE GODFATHER lead role | December 16, 2023 | 0:55 | 2,443,871 |
 1979: FRED DIBNAH narrowly avoids COLLAPSING CHIMNEY | September 27, 2023 | 1:00 | 1,761,035 |
YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- Video taking off1988: Sir Patrick Stewart on becoming Star Trek's… The video opened at a pace of 330,859 views a day, 55 times a normal first day on this channel (6,052).Read the story
- Video taking off1988: Patrick Stewart on Becoming Jean-Luc Picard… The video opened at a pace of 137,902 views a day, 6 times a normal first day on this channel (23,120).
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 807,786 views a day, 2.3 times a normal day (349,987).
- Video taking off1980: The Mini Metro - Is British Leyland on to a… The video opened at a pace of 86,915 views a day, 3.7 times a normal first day on this channel (23,503).
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 818,521 views a day, 2.3 times a normal day (348,599).
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 +3.1M views this week
Coe and Cram take on Cambridge's clock on BBC Archive
The 1988 Great Court Run joins Patrick Stewart's Wogan interview and a furniture-making lesson in an eleven-upload week.
Video taking off 55x its usual first day
Patrick Stewart recalls how a UCLA reading led to Picard
BBC Archive's Wogan interview captures the actor discovering both his new role and the expectations of Star Trek's devoted audience.
This week on the channel +2.6M views this week
Can a computer produce art? Sally Gray put the question to Harold Cohen in 1996
The It'll Never Work clip, filmed at the University of California, San Diego, passed 390,000 views in four days, one of ten uploads in a we…