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November 11, 2026 25x its usual first day The Model Trap: Exposing Jeffrey Epstein's Networ… The video opened at a pace of 196,029 views a day, 25 times a normal first day on this channel (7,860). Read the story

Video taking off 25x its usual first day

The Model Trap follows modelling promises into Epstein's abuse network

BBC World Service's investigation combines survivors' testimony with newly released files to examine how recruitment continued after his co…

Channel: BBC World Service · Story of November 11, 2026

Video taking off 33x its usual first day

Jackie Kennedy's White House restoration brought the past back

A fast-spreading BBC World Service Short revisits the televised tour that made historic furniture and preservation a national attraction.

Channel: BBC World Service · Story of November 9, 2026

This week on the channel +4.6M views this week

Japan's gender gap brings a role reversal to Asia Specific

Mariko Oi takes the questions as Tokyo councillor Risa Kamio connects political representation with childcare and late-night council sessio…

Channel: BBC World Service · Story of November 1, 2026

The video drawing the most views now

The Model Trap: Exposing Jeffrey Epstein's Network - BBC World Service Documentaries

Video published

November 10, 2026

Video views so far

258,034

Video views, pace per day

249,340

Views on its first day

196,029

YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category

The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.

The channel's share of the category

0.3% 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

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
The power struggle behind the Jensen Huang scandal - Asia S…	November 11, 2026	20:01	9,195	-	9,195 (4 hours)	164	40
Ash Dykes on his Congo Basin mission - BBC World Service	November 10, 2026	12:53	1,641	2,381	1,641 (12 hours)	16	0
Angola’s Critical Minerals: Who Wins From the New Trade Cor…	November 10, 2026	6:09	12,217	16,782	12,217 (13 hours)	58	25
Ash Dykes on his Congo Basin mission - What in the World po…	November 10, 2026	19:19	4,201	5,282	4,201 (15 hours)	32	2
Why climate change impacts women more than men - BBC World …	November 10, 2026	1:10 short	3,152	3,882	3,152 (16 hours)	216	12
The Model Trap: Exposing Jeffrey Epstein's Network - BBC Wo…	November 10, 2026	56:46	258,034	249,340	196,029	2,765	317
Should film-makers be using AI? - BBC World Service	November 9, 2026	11:17	3,759	1,153	3,287	21	0
How climate change impacts men and women differently - The …	November 9, 2026	22:47	50,588	29,454	32,377	470	35
Is Takaichi progressing women in Japan? - BBC World Service…	November 9, 2026	0:56 short	4,155	1,387	3,342	113	1
White House renovations: Jackie Kennedy style 🇺🇸🏛️ - BB…	November 8, 2026	1:21 short	367,776	93,245	147,206	17,296	551
The PHP emergency: How AI has changed hacking forever - BBC…	November 8, 2026	5:38	233,890	8,864	155,807	1,012	103
Why did Republicans lose heavily in the midterms? - The Pre…	November 7, 2026	25:24	28,577	974	16,045	195	20
Should politicians be paid more? - BBC World Service #shorts	November 7, 2026	0:51 short	5,129	695	2,354	133	5
Is surgery the answer for people who want to be taller? - A…	November 7, 2026	20:17	33,290	2,765	15,456	195	34
The downfall of Russell Brand - BBC World Service	November 6, 2026	8:58	4,856	219	2,943	36	0

Audience engagement

likes per 1,000 views

22.3 in the category: 18.6

comments per 1,000 views

1.1 in the category: 2.3

a video's usual first day on this channel

4,486 views

short vs long

4 short (up to 3 minutes), 11 long
average views per short video: 95,053
average views per long video: 58,204

YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
Inside the world of Radhe Maa: India's 'Godwoman' - BBC Wor…	March 19, 2025	15:56	27,761,360
AI2027: Is this how AI might destroy humanity? - BBC World …	August 1, 2025	8:09	11,656,051
Burning Sun: Exposing the secret K-pop chat groups - BBC Wo…	May 18, 2024	59:29	10,497,564
The hidden lives of sex workers in Brazil's illegal gold mi…	December 22, 2024	24:42	6,895,750
How Nepal is saving its tigers - BBC World Service Document…	August 24, 2022	23:17	6,659,220

YouTube: Most watched Shorts

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
This science experiment has been going on for 144 years 🤯 …	March 13, 2024	0:58	3,598,487
Should Morocco's family law outlaw child marriage entirely?…	July 5, 2026	1:40	2,764,045
How one brick helped end years of child sexual abuse - BBC …	February 20, 2026	1:29	2,629,964
What does Turkmenistan's 'gates of hell' crater look like? …	January 5, 2025	0:30	2,517,291
'Banksy's latest mural is in my garden!' - BBC World Servic…	April 2, 2024	1:00	1,887,260

YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days

The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.

1. November 11, 2026Video taking offThe Model Trap: Exposing Jeffrey Epstein's Networ… The video opened at a pace of 196,029 views a day, 25 times a normal first day on this channel (7,860).Read the story
2. November 9, 2026Video taking offWhite House renovations: Jackie Kennedy style 🇺… The video opened at a pace of 105,706 views a day, 33 times a normal first day on this channel (3,212).Read the story
3. November 9, 2026Video taking offThe PHP emergency: How AI has changed hacking for… The video opened at a pace of 155,807 views a day, 20 times a normal first day on this channel (7,860).
4. November 6, 2026Video surging'I sing in Quechua as a form of resistance' - BBC… The video ran that day at 51,688 views a day, 6.2 times its usual pace (8,283).
5. November 5, 2026Video surging'I sing in Quechua as a form of resistance' - BBC… The video ran that day at 44,126 views a day, 10 times its usual pace (4,301).
6. November 3, 2026Video taking offA deep freeze? How changes to AMOC could reshape … The video opened at a pace of 35,750 views a day, 4.7 times a normal first day on this channel (7,637).
7. October 29, 2026Video taking offHow can Japan rank so low for gender equality? - … The video opened at a pace of 41,481 views a day, 5.2 times a normal first day on this channel (7,927).
8. October 28, 2026Video taking offTrapped under Houthi siege in Yemen’s city of sni… The video opened at a pace of 72,830 views a day, 9.2 times a normal first day on this channel (7,927).
9. October 25, 2026Video taking offAre human interpreters still necessary? - Asia Sp… The video opened at a pace of 43,362 views a day, 5.7 times a normal first day on this channel (7,637).
10. October 24, 2026MilestoneFinding Nazi photos of Auschwitz - BBC World Serv… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
11. October 23, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 1,808,203 views a day, 3.3 times a normal day (541,295).
12. October 22, 2026Video taking offWhy a comment about haze fired up Indonesia’s nei… The video opened at a pace of 87,407 views a day, 11 times a normal first day on this channel (7,927).Read the story