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Chicago memories anchor F.D Signifier's sprawling "Fallen Idols"
The essay has passed 1.8 million views, connecting Harold Washington's legacy with questions about Black political representation.
In short
On YouTube, F.D Signifier has 1,240,000 subscribers and 93,936,877 views in all, as of November 14, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 242,908 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 2,053 of the 5,392 channels on Trari, and No. 58 of 164 in category "Political commentators and debate".
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
1,240,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
▲ 10,000 in the last 30 days
▲ 10,000 in the last 30 days
total views
93,936,877
▲ 242,908 in the last 7 days
▲ 2,943,580 in the last 30 days
▲ 2,943,580 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
48,484
on a typical day: 52,157
Videos on the channel
90
Last upload
31 days ago
October 14, 2026
Views per subscriber
75
a new long video usually gets 1,563,735 views
Next milestone
1,500,000 subscribers
260,000 subscribers to go
YouTube: What happened lately
October 19, 2026 passed 1M views Fallen Idols : How Black Leaders Fail Us The video passed 1,000,000 views.
Views jump 17x the channel's usual pace
F.D Signifier turns to Black leadership in "Fallen Idols"
His new, hours-long essay arrives alongside a sharp rise in views across the channel.
This week on the channel
Two tables, one Tyler Perry: F.D Signifier's three-hour essay keeps finding readers
With no new upload, the channel ran about a quarter above its usual daily views, carried by long essays on Perry, Charlie Kirk and the righ…
The video drawing the most views now
Fallen Idols : How Black Leaders Fail Us
- Video published
- October 14, 2026
- Video views so far
- 1,961,696
- Video views, pace per day
- 5,785
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YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Political commentators and debate | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 2,053 of 5,392 | 58 of 164 |
| By views gained this week | 4,019 of 5,236 | 148 of 164 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 3,150 of 5,183 | 132 of 164 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 0.0% of all views the category's channels gained this week
- Subscriber growth this week
- 0.0% on this channel, 0.3% on the category's middle channel
Subscribers in the category Political commentators and debate
Views gained this week in the category Political commentators and debate
YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days
October 16, 2026: 1,230,000 subscribers → November 14, 2026: 1,240,000 subscribers
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 16, 2026: 91,001,295 views → November 14, 2026: 93,936,877 views · average: 101,226 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.
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views | Per day | First day | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Fallen Idols : How Black Leaders Fail Us | October 14, 2026 | 4:13:13 | 1,961,696 | 5,785 | - | 57,853 | 7,086 |
 This video is NOT about Candace Owens | July 21, 2026 | 2:36:02 | 1,569,971 | 1,356 | - | 68,099 | 6,127 |
 I'm Afraid of Tyler Perry | February 18, 2026 | 4:08:35 | 3,448,435 | 1,983 | - | 135,878 | 17,171 |
 Why you can(not?) Trust Zohran Mamdani | December 22, 2025 | 48:46 | 811,574 | 537 | - | 35,488 | 3,733 |
 Charlie Kirk and the Conservative Death Cult | December 1, 2025 | 1:56:12 | 2,315,762 | 3,131 | - | 134,571 | 15,163 |
 Sinners and the Death of Black Art | October 27, 2025 | 1:24:11 | 1,563,735 | 1,346 | - | 74,685 | 5,950 |
 Why Black Villains Matter | August 25, 2025 | 1:13:27 | 1,172,263 | 658 | - | 62,985 | 4,679 |
 It's Hard being a Lupe Fan | July 14, 2025 | 1:57:02 | 1,124,806 | 669 | - | 45,255 | 6,318 |
 What's really happening in L.A? (A conversation with a blac… | June 10, 2025 | 25:45 | 313,347 | 29 | - | 18,279 | 1,657 |
 Beyonce is Everything | May 28, 2025 | 2:15:46 | 1,237,994 | 675 | - | 63,498 | 8,230 |
 I might need to update my post election takes... | April 14, 2025 | 48:03 | 942,262 | 59 | - | 51,354 | 6,427 |
 How "Hotep" became a slur | March 5, 2025 | 2:02:55 | 1,830,852 | 1,875 | - | 72,340 | 6,074 |
 How Diddy Ruined Hip Hop | December 16, 2024 | 1:57:42 | 4,125,778 | 746 | - | 136,275 | 10,419 |
 How the F*ck Did Trump Actually Win? | November 27, 2024 | 36:50 | 1,214,738 | 61 | - | 69,840 | 14,551 |
 I Finally Understand Edgelords. | November 9, 2024 | 1:11:19 | 1,884,476 | 274 | - | 81,409 | 10,940 |
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 43.4 in the category: 41.0
- comments per 1,000 views
- 4.9 in the category: 4.5
- short vs long
- 0 short (up to 3 minutes), 15 long
average views per long video: 1,701,179
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 I'm What the Culture Feeling | July 27, 2024 | 3:20:46 | 8,802,808 |
| How Diddy Ruined Hip Hop | December 16, 2024 | 1:57:42 | 4,125,152 |
 The REAL Faces of Black Conservatism | May 10, 2023 | 1:47:49 | 3,711,542 |
| I'm Afraid of Tyler Perry | February 18, 2026 | 4:08:35 | 3,446,800 |
 Bo Burnham's Inside and "White Liberal Performative Art" | August 13, 2021 | 36:24 | 3,217,081 |
YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- MilestoneFallen Idols : How Black Leaders Fail Us The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 651,886 views a day, 17 times a normal day (38,788).Read the story
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 +445K views this week
Chicago memories anchor F.D Signifier's sprawling "Fallen Idols"
The essay has passed 1.8 million views, connecting Harold Washington's legacy with questions about Black political representation.
Views jump 17x the channel's usual pace
F.D Signifier turns to Black leadership in "Fallen Idols"
His new, hours-long essay arrives alongside a sharp rise in views across the channel.
This week on the channel
Two tables, one Tyler Perry: F.D Signifier's three-hour essay keeps finding readers
With no new upload, the channel ran about a quarter above its usual daily views, carried by long essays on Perry, Charlie Kirk and the righ…