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This week on the channel +1.1M views this week
Cold Trace follows the microscopic evidence in Libby Squire's case
The documentary brings Lisa Squire's account together with CCTV and forensic work tracing where her daughter entered the water.
In short
On YouTube, Cold Trace - True Crime Stories has 192,000 subscribers and 52,562,649 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 2,000 subscribers and 1,082,934 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "A Case So Chilling You Won’t Believe It’s Real… The Murder of Libby Squire", with 176,764 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 4,684 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 54 of 59 in category "True crime and courts".
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
192,000
▲ 2,000 in the last 7 days
▲ 7,000 in the last 30 days
▲ 7,000 in the last 30 days
total views
52,562,649
▲ 1,082,934 in the last 7 days
▲ 5,442,516 in the last 30 days
▲ 5,442,516 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
102,034
on a typical day: 158,909
Videos on the channel
303
3 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
2 days ago
November 9, 2026
Views per subscriber
273
a new long video usually gets 69,398 views
Next milestone
200,000 subscribers
at the current pace: in about 35 days
YouTube: What happened lately
October 22, 2026 2.3x the channel's usual pace The whole channel ran that day at 463,309 views a day, 2.3 times a normal day (202,498).
This week on the channel +1.7M views this week
Cold Trace examines a school-run murder and staged house fire
Two new uploads center on Aliny Godinho's death and the investigation into Kirsty's murder in 999 Killer On The Line.
Video surging 6.4x the video's usual pace
Cold Trace revisits a lockdown family killing and the shotgun license behind it
A week after it went up, the documentary has pulled ahead of every other recent upload on the British true crime channel.
The video drawing the most views now
A Case So Chilling You Won’t Believe It’s Real… The Murder of Libby Squire
- Video published
- November 6, 2026
- Video views so far
- 176,764
- Video views, pace per day
- 48,731
- Views on its first day
- 31,536
Similar channels
YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category True crime and courts | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 4,684 of 5,393 | 54 of 59 |
| By views gained this week | 2,613 of 5,274 | 30 of 59 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 2,417 of 5,043 | 28 of 58 |
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
- 1.1% on this channel, 0.0% on the category's middle channel
Subscribers in the category True crime and courts
Views gained this week in the category True crime and courts
YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 186,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 192,000 subscribers
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 47,210,156 views → November 11, 2026: 52,562,649 views · average: 184,568 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
- 8.0 in the category: 17.7
- comments per 1,000 views
- 0.6 in the category: 1.7
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 9,478 views
- short vs long
- 0 short (up to 3 minutes), 15 long
average views per long video: 87,870
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Piers Morgan Meets America's Most Notorious Child Psychopath | June 19, 2026 | 45:38 | 9,751,576 |
 Trevor McDonald Meets America's Most Dangerous Death Row Ki… | July 24, 2026 | 44:20 | 9,022,268 |
 Face to Face With Cartel Killers | The Brutal Reality of Me… | December 22, 2025 | 42:04 | 2,700,885 |
 Piers Morgan Meets America's Most Feared Serial Killer | June 29, 2026 | 45:07 | 1,928,951 |
 Trevor Mcdonald Meets Death Rows Most Hated Man | July 31, 2026 | 45:15 | 1,800,654 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 From Children to Hitmen | Cartel Recruitment #shorts #crime… | January 21, 2026 | 1:19 | 6,153 |
 The Most Heart-breaking Moment After the Norway Massacre | July 23, 2026 | 0:33 | 5,101 |
 The Norway Massacre Survivor Who Thought He Had Died | July 22, 2026 | 1:09 | 4,697 |
 Were The Victim's Girlfriend's Family the Honour Killing Pe… | May 29, 2024 | 1:00 | 4,195 |
 Psychological Impact Of Bullying #criminalinvestigation #bu… | December 31, 2024 | 0:36 | 3,027 |
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 463,309 views a day, 2.3 times a normal day (202,498).
Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube
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 +1.1M views this week
Cold Trace follows the microscopic evidence in Libby Squire's case
The documentary brings Lisa Squire's account together with CCTV and forensic work tracing where her daughter entered the water.
This week on the channel +1.7M views this week
Cold Trace examines a school-run murder and staged house fire
Two new uploads center on Aliny Godinho's death and the investigation into Kirsty's murder in 999 Killer On The Line.
Video surging 6.4x the video's usual pace
Cold Trace revisits a lockdown family killing and the shotgun license behind it
A week after it went up, the documentary has pulled ahead of every other recent upload on the British true crime channel.