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This week on the channel +791K views this week
The fifth estate investigates how gangs lure boys north
Its only new documentary follows teenage recruitment into drug dealing and asks where protection failed.
In short
On YouTube, the fifth estate has 1,000,000 subscribers and 215,201,707 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 408,342 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "Lured north: How a missing boy vanished 3,000 km from home | the fifth estate", with 616,300 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 2,369 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 28 of 37 in category "Documentaries and journalism". On Instagram, @cbcfifth has 19,073 followers.
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
1,000,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
no significant change in the last month
no significant change in the last month
total views
215,201,707
▲ 408,342 in the last 7 days
▲ 2,251,901 in the last 30 days
▲ 2,251,901 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
40,454
on a typical day: 72,765
Videos on the channel
484
3 uploaded in the last 30 days
Last upload
13 days ago
October 29, 2026
Views per subscriber
215
a new long video usually gets 18,585 views
Next milestone
1,500,000 subscribers
500,000 subscribers to go
Instagram: The numbers today
@cbcfifth · The account on Instagram
Followers
19,073
▼ 1 a day, on average over the last 2 days
Posts
222
Views per Reel
8,774
usually, by 15 recent Reels
Likes per post
180
usually, by 15 recent posts
0.94% of followers
0.94% of followers
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Documentaries and journalism | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 2,215 of 2,442 | 21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The home of the newly elected president of Cricket Canada in Surrey, B.C., was… | Reel | May 21, 2026 | 50,367 | 549 | 0 |
| The fifth estate’s Steven D’Souza shares how the team tracked down Cricket… | Reel | May 19, 2026 | 13,647 | 353 | 0 |
| Terminology and symbols popular among hate groups and flagged by the… | Reel | April 29, 2026 | 3,974 | 98 | 0 |
| Hua Yong, a Chinese artist and prominent critic of the Chinese Communist Party… | Reel | April 29, 2026 | 15,759 | 411 | 0 |
| Cricket Canada, the organization that runs the country’s national cricket team,… | Reel | April 22, 2026 | 855,857 | 23,939 | 0 |
| What started as a plea on social media to save the lives of hundreds of… | Reel | April 15, 2026 | 4,511 | 72 | 0 |
| No one gets rejected more than an investigative journalist. When you’re looking… | Reel | April 13, 2026 | 5,138 | 91 | 0 |
| Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberals have been vocal to foreign investors that… | Reel | March 31, 2026 | 8,774 | 212 | 0 |
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 +289K views this week
Season 52 and the Alberta referendum: the fifth estate is back Oct. 8
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The video drawing the most views now
Lured north: How a missing boy vanished 3,000 km from home | the fifth estate
- Video published
- October 29, 2026
- Video views so far
- 616,300
- Video views, pace per day
- 2,917
- Views on its first day
- 241,390
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YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Documentaries and journalism | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 2,369 of 5,393 | 28 of 37 |
| By views gained this week | 3,566 of 5,274 | 30 of 37 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 3,326 of 5,043 | 27 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
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: 1,000,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 1,000,000 subscribers (no significant change in the last month)
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 212,975,449 views → November 11, 2026: 215,201,707 views · average: 76,767 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
- 5.8 in the category: 19.9
- comments per 1,000 views
- 0.9 in the category: 1.7
- short vs long
- 2 short (up to 3 minutes), 13 long
average views per short video: 461,477
average views per long video: 121,406
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Shafia family murders : House of Shafia (2012) - the fifth … | June 27, 2016 | 45:15 | 7,314,430 |
 Murder in Cottage Country - The Fifth Estate | September 15, 2017 | 35:44 | 4,985,792 |
 The Disappearance of Dylan Koshman - The Fifth Estate | March 25, 2017 | 20:17 | 4,462,830 |
 A knock on the door: How did John Connelly die? (2006) - Th… | January 31, 2020 | 41:45 | 4,262,339 |
 Melissa Ann Shepard : Internet Black Widow (2012) - the fif… | August 3, 2016 | 42:28 | 4,230,965 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Why this small B.C. community is plagued by violence | August 17, 2026 | 1:40 | 872,279 |
 He infiltrated a neo-Nazi hate group and knows how they rec… | January 6, 2022 | 1:00 | 70,564 |
 How an infamous bank robber pulled off his Canadian heists … | November 24, 2024 | 2:32 | 56,195 |
 The rise and fall of a Canadian mafia crime boss | The Fift… | July 12, 2025 | 1:52 | 40,695 |
 How a key convoy protest organizer thinks #shorts | February 24, 2022 | 1:00 | 39,319 |
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 +791K views this week
The fifth estate investigates how gangs lure boys north
Its only new documentary follows teenage recruitment into drug dealing and asks where protection failed.
This week on the channel +289K views this week
Season 52 and the Alberta referendum: the fifth estate is back Oct. 8
Mark Kelley, Steven D'Souza and Ioanna Roumeliotis open the new season with the leaders and influencers trying to reshape Canada.