YouTube channel

IdolsSA

Talent, reality and game shows

In short

On YouTube, IdolsSA has 443,000 subscribers and 180,498,806 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 2,000 subscribers and 1,380,067 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "She FAINTS In Front Of The Judges!? 😱", with 2,536,045 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 3,511 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 46 of 62 in category "Talent, reality and game shows". On Instagram, @idolssa has 806,485 followers.

YouTube: The numbers today

subscribers

443,000

▲ 2,000 in the last 7 days
▲ 9,000 in the last 30 days

total views

180,498,806

▲ 1,380,067 in the last 7 days
▲ 5,838,154 in the last 30 days

views a day (current pace)

83,889

on a typical day: 202,806

Videos on the channel

1,590

2 uploaded in the last 7 days

Last upload

5 days ago

November 6, 2026

Views per subscriber

407

a new long video usually gets 62,778 views
a new short video usually gets 63,155 views

Next milestone

500,000 subscribers

at the current pace: in about 190 days

Instagram: The numbers today

@idolssa · The account on Instagram

Followers

806,485

▼ 46 since yesterday

Posts

4,238

Likes per post

429

usually, by 15 recent posts
0.05% of followers

Place on Instagram

	Among all channels on Trari	In the category Talent, reality and game shows
By Instagram followers	873 of 2,442	16 of 34

Ranked among the channels whose Instagram account is on Trari.

Instagram followers: Talent, reality and game shows

1Wild 'N Out

7,604,714

2America's Got Talent

4,396,944

3Love Island

4,392,392

4RuPaul's Drag Race

3,730,229

5Dancing With The Stars

3,553,250

6The Voice

3,043,393

7Love & Hip Hop

3,041,403

8American Idol

2,843,973

9American Ninja Warrior

2,463,045

10Family Feud

2,072,719

11I'm A Celebrity... Get …

1,957,481

12Britain's Got Talent

1,604,699

13Ink Master

1,498,712

14Big Brother

1,033,354

16IdolsSA

806,485

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Latest posts

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Post	Type	Posted	Views	Likes	Comments
And it's a wrap Mzansi! 💙 #IdolsSA	Photo	November 6, 2023	-	429	22
A WINNER 💙 thabo_m_ndlovu #IdolsSA	Photo	November 6, 2023	-	1,875	16
Celebrating the iconic legacy of #IdolsSA at the link in the bio! 💙	Photo	November 6, 2023	-	89	0
#IdolsSA forever 💙	Photo	November 6, 2023	-	99	0
Congratulations to the last man standing, thabo_m_ndlovu! 💙🥳 #IdolsSA	Photo	November 6, 2023	-	342	2
Congratulations to the last man standing, thabo_m_ndlovu! 💙🥳 #IdolsSA	Photo	November 6, 2023	-	121	0
#IdolsSA forever 💙	Photo	November 6, 2023	-	120	1
One last time 💙 #IdolsSA	Photo	November 6, 2023	-	326	7

Of the 15 latest posts: 1 Reel, 2 carousels and 12 photos.

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

October 30, 2026 2.8x the channel's usual pace The whole channel ran that day at 436,425 views a day, 2.8 times a normal day (154,766).

This week on the channel +2.1M views this week

Original-song auditions give IdolsSA an international throwback week

Larry Platt and Vhudi Mamphwe feature in a compilation spanning American Idol and Idols South Africa.

Channel: IdolsSA · Story of November 7, 2026

This week on the channel +474K views this week

Paxton Fielies, a friend's audition and a song picked the night before

The Season 13 clip of the Cape Town singer who came along only to support someone else is past 116,000 views in two weeks.

Channel: IdolsSA · Story of October 8, 2026

The video drawing the most views now

She FAINTS In Front Of The Judges!? 😱

Video published: October 21, 2026
Video views so far: 2,536,045
Video views, pace per day: 28,874
Views on its first day: 48,014

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YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category

	Among all channels on Trari	In the category Talent, reality and game shows
By subscribers	3,511 of 5,393	46 of 62
By views gained this week	2,340 of 5,274	30 of 60
By views gained in the last 30 days	2,345 of 5,043	34 of 58

The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.

The channel's share of the category: 0.5% of all views the category's channels gained this week
Subscriber growth this week: 0.5% on this channel, 0.0% on the category's middle channel

Subscribers in the category Talent, reality and game shows

1America's Got Talent

31,800,000

2Britain's Got Talent

21,400,000

15,400,000

14,700,000

13,600,000

11,700,000

9,500,000

9,230,000

6,750,000

10Magician's Got Talent

5,330,000

5,270,000

4,830,000

4,540,000

3,930,000

46IdolsSA

443,000

Views gained this week in the category Talent, reality and game shows

1Top 10 Talent

100,277,498

2Taskmaster

23,304,055

3America's Got Talent

17,624,653

4Talent Recap

15,041,821

5Family Feud

13,205,958

6Top Talent

10,646,870

7Magician's Got Talent

10,173,102

10,038,208

9,742,764

8,892,833

8,297,900

6,310,657

6,065,940

4,986,724

30IdolsSA

1,380,067

YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days

October 13, 2026: 434,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 443,000 subscribers

YouTube: Total views, last 30 days

October 13, 2026: 174,726,031 views → November 11, 2026: 180,498,806 views · average: 199,061 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
He Rehearsed For DAYS But Couldn't Get Past The First Line.…	November 6, 2026	2:02 short	4,883	370	2,726	141	11
A Live Snake. A Green Mankini. An UNFORGETTABLE Audition! �…	November 5, 2026	6:07	20,797	2,166	5,491	145	12
The Judges' JAWS Dropped... But For All The Wrong Reasons! …	October 31, 2026	28:45	134,496	6,355	14,140	700	41
She FAINTED In Front Of The Judges... Then Made The Top 8??	October 29, 2026	14:35	383,889	10,993	42,715	2,443	89
"OMG I Thought You Were a WOMAN!" - The Blind Audition That…	October 23, 2026	1:25 short	75,425	1,243	6,536	1,158	22
This Gospel Audition Has The Judges Sweating in the Pews!	October 22, 2026	3:37	39,723	563	3,250	320	7
She FAINTS In Front Of The Judges!? 😱	October 21, 2026	1:08 short	2,536,045	28,874	48,014	51,601	478
The Judges BEGGED Him to End the Season on a HIGH... Then T…	October 17, 2026	3:29	19,927	273	2,152	220	21
She's The Same Age As The Show She's Auditioning On!?	October 15, 2026	4:02	5,170	79	673	76	3
He Sings "Hello" And Is That ADELE On The PHONE?? #idolssa	October 14, 2026	1:04 short	11,708	126	947	244	12
What's This Judge's Problem With Ray Charles? Will The Othe…	October 10, 2026	4:20	20,290	328	-	158	11
A Returning Champion... of the WOODEN MIC Variety 🎤🪵😂	October 8, 2026	5:03	183,215	3,729	-	1,338	43
Her Style Had the Judges Saying YES Before She Even Sang a …	October 3, 2026	4:31	85,833	841	-	642	16
He Made The Judges CRY 😭 #idolssa	September 29, 2026	3:00 short	30,311	91	-	871	20
The Personality Was BIG…Then That Voice Came Out 🔥 #idolssa	September 28, 2026	1:01 short	63,155	808	-	2,249	28

Audience engagement

likes per 1,000 views: 17.2 in the category: 21.6
comments per 1,000 views: 0.2 in the category: 0.7
a video's usual first day on this channel: 1,716 views
short vs long: 6 short (up to 3 minutes), 9 long
average views per short video: 453,587
average views per long video: 99,260

YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
Top 10 reveal show: Master KG & Nomcebo – ‘Jerusalema’ – Id…	October 7, 2020	3:47	26,626,367
Top 7 Showstopper: Yanga - ‘Not Yet Uhuru’ – Idols SA \| Mz…	October 8, 2018	4:01	3,754,942
Top 5 Reveal: Botlhale bears his soul	October 23, 2017	3:28	3,688,403
Top 4 Reveal: Yanga - 'Avulekile Amasango / One Love' – Ido…	October 29, 2018	2:56	2,744,372
Top 4 Reveal: Thando - 'Ke Na Le Modisa' – Idols SA \| Mzans…	October 29, 2018	3:09	2,464,849

YouTube: Most watched Shorts

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
She FAINTS In Front Of The Judges!? 😱	October 21, 2026	1:08	2,380,831
Leon Gumede is "Idolistically" PRANKED by Somizi #idolssa	August 29, 2026	1:52	514,036
She Wasn’t Even Planning to Audition…Then THIS Happened 😳 …	September 24, 2026	1:00	462,281
Nobody Knew This Audition Would Produce the WINNER 👀 #idol…	September 25, 2026	1:00	302,005
She Turned A Gospel Classic Into Pure Magic 🙌 #idolssa	July 15, 2026	2:14	245,862

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

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

October 30, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 436,425 views a day, 2.8 times a normal day (154,766).
October 29, 2026MilestoneShe FAINTS In Front Of The Judges!? 😱 The video passed 1,000,000 views.
October 29, 2026Video surgingShe FAINTS In Front Of The Judges!? 😱 The video ran that day at 351,848 views a day, 2.9 times its usual pace (122,023).
October 28, 2026Video surgingShe FAINTS In Front Of The Judges!? 😱 The video ran that day at 231,087 views a day, 2.1 times its usual pace (109,905).
October 27, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 394,112 views a day, 3.3 times a normal day (118,834).
October 23, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 301,602 views a day, 4.2 times a normal day (71,689).
October 16, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 143,647 views a day, 2.2 times a normal day (63,929).

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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