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In short
On YouTube, FRONTLINE PBS | Official has 4,860,000 subscribers and 1,027,330,850 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 30,000 subscribers and 5,105,960 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 616 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 8 of 37 in category "Documentaries and journalism". On Instagram, @frontlinepbs has 185,060 followers. The account gained 1,555 followers in the last 7 days.
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
4,860,000
▲ 30,000 in the last 7 days
▲ 180,000 in the last 30 days
▲ 180,000 in the last 30 days
total views
1,027,330,850
▲ 5,105,960 in the last 7 days
▲ 16,528,205 in the last 30 days
▲ 16,528,205 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
689,234
on a typical day: 635,255
Videos on the channel
1,290
5 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
today
November 11, 2026
Views per subscriber
211
a new long video usually gets 175,142 views
a new short video usually gets 18,139 views
a new short video usually gets 18,139 views
Next milestone
5,000,000 subscribers
at the current pace: in about 24 days
Instagram: The numbers today
@frontlinepbs · The account on Instagram
Followers
185,060
▲ 214 since yesterday
▲ 1,555 in the last 7 days
▲ 1,555 in the last 7 days
Posts
2,260
8 new posts in the last 7 days
Views per Reel
10,431
usually, by 7 recent Reels
Likes per post
315
usually, by 13 recent posts
0.17% of followers
0.17% of followers
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Documentaries and journalism | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 1,547 of 2,448 | 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In 2019, we investigated the rise of severe black lung in coal miner populations… | Carousel | November 10, 2026 | - | 29 | 1 |
| A decade ago, Donald Trump won the Nov. 8, 2016 presidential election with 304… | Carousel | November 8, 2026 | - | 252 | 91 |
| Stephen Miller is Trump’s new White House chief of staff, replacing Susie Wiles.… | Reel | November 7, 2026 | 85,432 | 1,663 | 274 |
| The spectacular collapse of the energy company Enron in the early 2000s was then… | Carousel | November 7, 2026 | - | 240 | 4 |
| Susie Wiles is out as White House chief of staff. President Trump announced… | Reel | November 6, 2026 | 107,808 | 1,970 | 101 |
| Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison… | Reel | November 6, 2026 | 6,090 | 213 | 3 |
| Working veteran underground coal miners are suffering from an incurable lung… | Reel | November 6, 2026 | 13,875 | 525 | 5 |
| American voters have spoken as this intense midterm election season comes to a… | Carousel | November 4, 2026 | - | 315 | 12 |
Of the 15 latest posts: 7 Reels and 8 carousels.
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
November 5, 2026 4.3x its usual first day Inside the Deadly 1993 Firefight in Somalia | Amb… The video opened at a pace of 36,014 views a day, 4.3 times a normal first day on this channel (8,374).
This week on the channel +3.1M views this week
FRONTLINE opens its 2002 accounting archive to a new audience
"Bigger Than Enron" arrives on YouTube for the first time, alongside shorter reports on Haiti and Israel's election.
Video taking off 24x its usual first day
Who was watching the books? FRONTLINE revisits "Bigger Than Enron"
Hedrick Smith's 2002 investigation makes its YouTube debut, examining how accounting watchdogs became entangled with the companies they scr…
The video drawing the most views now
Inside the Deadly 1993 Firefight in Somalia | Ambush in Mogadishu (full documentary) | FRONTLINE
- Video published
- November 4, 2026
- Video views so far
- 238,255
- Video views, pace per day
- 18,286
- Views on its first day
- 36,014
Similar channels
YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Documentaries and journalism | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 616 of 5,393 | 8 of 37 |
| By views gained this week | 1,104 of 5,274 | 6 of 37 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 1,293 of 5,043 | 7 of 35 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 5.5% of all views the category's channels gained this week
- Subscriber growth this week
- 0.6% on this channel, 0.0% on the category's middle channel
Subscribers in the category Documentaries and journalism
Views gained this week in the category Documentaries and journalism
YouTube and Instagram: Subscribers and followers, last 30 days
Growth in percent since November 4, 2026, so both lines start from the same point
- YouTube · 4,860,000 subscribers +0.62% (+30,000)
- Instagram · 185,060 followers +0.85% (+1,555)
From November 4, 2026 to November 11, 2026: on YouTube from 4,830,000 to 4,860,000 subscribers (+0.62%), on Instagram from 183,505 to 185,060 followers (+0.85%).
YouTube rounds a large channel's subscriber count, so its line moves in steps.
The numbers by day
| Day | Subscribers (YouTube) | Followers (Instagram) |
|---|---|---|
| November 11, 2026 | 4,860,000 | - |
| November 10, 2026 | 4,860,000 | 185,060 |
| November 9, 2026 | 4,860,000 | 184,846 |
| November 8, 2026 | 4,850,000 | 184,712 |
| November 7, 2026 | 4,850,000 | 184,287 |
| November 6, 2026 | 4,840,000 | 183,708 |
| November 5, 2026 | 4,840,000 | 183,559 |
| November 4, 2026 | 4,830,000 | 183,505 |
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 1,010,931,594 views → November 11, 2026: 1,027,330,850 views · average: 565,491 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Black Lung Disease Rises in Appalachia | Coal’s Human Cost … | November 11, 2026 | 53:21 | 1,374 | - | 1,374 (1 hour) | 100 | 17 |
 How Pete Hegseth formed his views on war | November 10, 2026 | 1:07 short | 10,461 | - | 10,461 (5 hours) | 299 | 27 |
 How an Effort to Shield Coal Miners From Black Lung Fell Ap… | November 10, 2026 | 11:24 | 4,044 | 5,073 | 4,044 (15 hours) | 32 | 11 |
 Before Chief of Staff: Stephen Miller’s Rise in Trump’s Wor… | November 7, 2026 | 0:41 short | 38,821 | 2,806 | 24,685 | 763 | 99 |
 Susie Wiles Is Out. Here’s How She Navigated Trump’s White … | November 6, 2026 | 0:46 short | 25,790 | 1,924 | 14,512 | 388 | 39 |
 Inside the Deadly 1993 Firefight in Somalia | Ambush in Mog… | November 4, 2026 | 53:25 | 238,255 | 18,286 | 36,014 | 1,827 | 256 |
 Has Our America Gotten Better? | November 2, 2026 | 1:15 short | 14,157 | 140 | 8,758 | 323 | 28 |
 DOC MARATHON: The Price of the American Dream | FRONTLINE | November 2, 2026 | 10:10:22 | 49,795 | 336 | 39,868 | 233 | 10 |
 Israeli Election, Explained | October 31, 2026 | 1:33 short | 730,112 | 492 | 706,948 (36 hours) | 3,393 | 245 |
 DOC MARATHON: 6 Films on The Rise of Netanyahu & The Road t… | October 30, 2026 | 8:00:04 | 45,122 | 581 | 29,644 | 279 | 41 |
 Inside Major Corporate Accounting Scandals | Bigger Than En… | October 27, 2026 | 54:20 | 571,510 | 17,801 | 141,452 | 3,987 | 403 |
 What’s at Stake in Israel’s Consequential Election? | October 26, 2026 | 1:22 short | 13,808 | 39 | 6,235 | 316 | 34 |
 How did Haiti's Gangs Become so Powerful? | October 23, 2026 | 1:19 short | 22,121 | 320 | 7,535 | 358 | 20 |
 What TPS’ End Means for Haitians | Haiti Deportation Crisis… | October 21, 2026 | 53:25 | 616,160 | 2,941 | 94,759 | 7,932 | 4,473 |
 The Kenscoff Massacre: What a Gang Attack Reveals About Hai… | October 20, 2026 | 7:03 | 112,030 | 949 | 13,501 | 531 | 96 |
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 8.3 in the category: 19.9
- comments per 1,000 views
- 2.3 in the category: 1.7
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 8,522 views
- short vs long
- 7 short (up to 3 minutes), 8 long
average views per short video: 122,181
average views per long video: 204,786
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos (full docum… | February 19, 2020 | 1:53:17 | 43,539,465 |
 The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia (full documentary) | FRONT… | September 28, 2019 | 1:54:48 | 28,126,493 |
 In the Age of AI (full documentary) | FRONTLINE | December 2, 2019 | 1:54:17 | 27,169,375 |
 Age of Easy Money (full documentary) | FRONTLINE | March 15, 2023 | 1:53:18 | 23,641,776 |
 From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians, Part One (full … | December 23, 2020 | 1:49:43 | 20,385,681 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Why did President Trump want to fire this Federal Reserve o… | June 29, 2026 | 1:40 | 370,461 |
 How much did the U.S. government know about Osama bin Laden… | September 8, 2026 | 1:10 | 249,422 |
 Breaking down a scene from “Afghanistan Undercover” 🎥 | June 8, 2023 | 1:00 | 211,432 |
 Honoring the Dead at Ground Zero After 9/11 | September 11, 2026 | 0:48 | 191,230 |
 Watch the Oscar-winning documentary ‘20 Days in Mariupol’ | March 18, 2024 | 0:57 | 71,415 |
YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- Video taking offInside the Deadly 1993 Firefight in Somalia | Amb… The video opened at a pace of 36,014 views a day, 4.3 times a normal first day on this channel (8,374).
- Video taking offDOC MARATHON: The Price of the American Dream | F… The video opened at a pace of 39,868 views a day, 5.5 times a normal first day on this channel (7,276).
- Video taking offIsraeli Election, Explained The video opened at a pace of 606,732 views a day, 105 times a normal first day on this channel (5,778).Read the story
- Video taking offInside Major Corporate Accounting Scandals | Bigg… The video opened at a pace of 141,452 views a day, 24 times a normal first day on this channel (5,978).Read the story
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 1,264,939 views a day, 3.3 times a normal day (383,646).
- Video taking offWhat TPS’ End Means for Haitians | Haiti Deportat… The video opened at a pace of 94,759 views a day, 17 times a normal first day on this channel (5,438).Read the story
- MilestoneInvestigating the Online Scam Epidemic | Scammed … The video passed 1,000,000 views.
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.
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