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November 8, 2026 8x its usual first day Vance Was Wrong About Ossoff’s Campaign | The Ezr… The video opened at a pace of 171,905 views a day, 8 times a normal first day on this channel (21,403). Read the story

Video taking off 8x its usual first day

Ezra Klein revisits Vance's prediction that Ossoff would embrace Trump

Michelle Goldberg argues that Ossoff's Georgia victory came from confronting Trump, not presenting himself as an ally.

Channel: The Ezra Klein Show · Story of November 8, 2026

This week on the channel +3.8M views this week

Ezra Klein asks what Musk wants beyond election victories

Historian Quinn Slobodian examines technological dependency, while Aaron Retica joins Klein for the post-midterm reckoning.

Channel: The Ezra Klein Show · Story of November 6, 2026

A video worth knowing

Sarah Longwell tells Ezra Klein what "America First" voters wanted

Her focus-group account connects disappointment over prices with a broader sense that Trump's administration has misplaced its priorities.

Channel: The Ezra Klein Show · Story of October 29, 2026

The video drawing the most views now

Thinking Like a Supermajority | The Ezra Klein Show

Video published

November 10, 2026

Video views so far

137,143

Video views, pace per day

199,001

Views in its first 12 hours

137,143

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

0.4% of all views the category's channels gained this week

Subscriber growth this week

1.2% on this channel, 0.3% 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
End the Filibuster. Then Democrats Can Govern. | The Ezra K…	November 10, 2026	2:36 short	8,977	20,793	8,977 (7 hours)	177	8
Thinking Like a Supermajority | The Ezra Klein Show	November 10, 2026	55:42	137,143	199,001	137,143 (12 hours)	1,378	457
Americans Aren’t Left or Right. They’re Heterodox. | The Ez…	November 10, 2026	1:45 short	21,145	30,679	21,145 (12 hours)	402	50
The Trump Voters Democrats Can Win | The Ezra Klein Show	November 9, 2026	1:33 short	16,925	6,286	14,240	440	16
Talarico’s Politics of Love | The Ezra Klein Show	November 8, 2026	2:16 short	52,126	6,341	34,482	1,798	49
How the Democrats Did It | The Ezra Klein Show	November 7, 2026	1:08:23	565,608	28,070	371,973	6,371	1,101
Vance Was Wrong About Ossoff’s Campaign | The Ezra Klein Sh…	November 7, 2026	2:18 short	335,181	41,584	178,026	5,999	154
This Is What the Big Tent Looks Like | The Ezra Klein Show	November 5, 2026	2:59 short	169,259	3,932	106,355	5,496	224
Is This the End of Trumpism? | The Ezra Klein Show	November 5, 2026	2:17 short	93,790	2,518	66,744	1,604	89
Blue Wave, Big Tent | The Ezra Klein Show	November 5, 2026	51:15	829,084	6,702	593,742	8,229	2,277
Abdul El-Sayed on ’Speaking Truth to Pain’ | The Ezra Klein…	November 4, 2026	1:32 short	125,221	4,083	34,219	4,492	101
What America Means to Abdul El-Sayed | The Ezra Klein Show	November 4, 2026	2:39 short	217,147	17,250	21,554	9,627	187
James Talarico’s ‘Love My Neighbor’ Politics | The Ezra Kle…	November 4, 2026	2:20 short	97,671	5,141	21,573	3,780	101
The Story Behind Musk’s ‘Woke Mind Virus’ Theory | The Ezra…	November 1, 2026	2:25 short	66,442	133	37,819	1,038	91
Elon Musk’s $450 Million Political Gamble | The Ezra Klein …	October 31, 2026	1:44 short	34,556	81	20,981	434	46

Audience engagement

likes per 1,000 views

18.5 in the category: 39.9

comments per 1,000 views

1.8 in the category: 4.4

a video's usual first day on this channel

30,497 views

short vs long

12 short (up to 3 minutes), 3 long
average views per short video: 103,203
average views per long video: 510,611

YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
Don't Believe Him | The Ezra Klein Show	February 4, 2025	13:21	1,968,455
Bill Gates: A.I. ‘Makes Nuclear Weapons Look Like Nothing’ …	September 29, 2026	1:13:50	1,806,488
Why Trump Could Lose His Trade War With China | The Ezra Kl…	April 15, 2025	1:05:46	1,767,382
Kara Swisher on the Radicalization of Elon Musk | The Ezra …	February 8, 2025	1:07:14	1,617,291
Tim Walz Is Kamala Harris’ V.P. Pick. Watch Our Interview W…	August 2, 2024	59:22	1,322,588

YouTube: Most watched Shorts

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota has a message for Republican…	August 7, 2024	0:57	1,915,923
‘Salaries Are for Suckers’ | The Ezra Klein Show	April 18, 2026	1:43	1,458,553
The Trump Administration's 'Ridiculous' View on the Dollar …	May 3, 2025	2:03	1,392,720
James Talarico Gives JD Vance a Bible Lesson | The Ezra Kle…	February 18, 2026	2:23	1,287,057
Kamala Harris’s V.P. Pick Tim Walz on Understanding Loved O…	August 7, 2024	0:57	1,254,395

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

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

1. November 8, 2026Video taking offVance Was Wrong About Ossoff’s Campaign | The Ezr… The video opened at a pace of 171,905 views a day, 8 times a normal first day on this channel (21,403).Read the story
2. November 6, 2026Video taking offThis Is What the Big Tent Looks Like | The Ezra K… The video opened at a pace of 82,958 views a day, 4 times a normal first day on this channel (20,872).
3. November 6, 2026Video taking offIs This the End of Trumpism? | The Ezra Klein Show The video opened at a pace of 66,744 views a day, 3.2 times a normal first day on this channel (20,872).
4. October 29, 2026Video taking offDemocrats Are in Their Elder Millennial Era | The… The video opened at a pace of 74,311 views a day, 5.1 times a normal first day on this channel (14,705).
5. October 29, 2026MilestoneNate Silver On What the Polls Say — And What His … The video passed 1,000,000 views.
6. October 29, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 1,028,573 views a day, 2.6 times a normal day (400,564).
7. October 28, 2026Video taking offNate Silver On What the Polls Say — And What His … The video opened at a pace of 876,168 views a day, 4.6 times a normal first day on this channel (191,214).
8. October 28, 2026Video taking offNate Silver’s Predictions for the Midterms | The … The video opened at a pace of 122,333 views a day, 8.5 times a normal first day on this channel (14,460).Read the story
9. October 28, 2026MilestoneWhat Hundreds of Focus Groups With Trump Voters R… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
10. October 25, 2026Video taking offHow Jon Ossoff Broke Through Trump’s ‘White Noise… The video opened at a pace of 75,112 views a day, 5.3 times a normal first day on this channel (14,216).
11. October 25, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 849,660 views a day, 3 times a normal day (287,937).
12. October 23, 2026Video taking offTrump’s Trade-War Miscalculation | The Ezra Klein… The video opened at a pace of 49,009 views a day, 3.4 times a normal first day on this channel (14,460).