The Rest Is Politics: Leading

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YouTube: What happened lately

November 3, 2026 22x its usual first day How Xi Jinping Really Thinks | China Expert Kevin… The video opened at a pace of 223,501 views a day, 22 times a normal first day on this channel (10,247). Read the story

This week on the channel +520K views this week

Paul van Zyl imagines stadiums beyond match day on Leading

Alastair Campbell's interview moves from South Africa's reckoning with apartheid to making better use of Britain's social infrastructure.

Channel: The Rest Is Politics: Leading · Story of November 11, 2026

Podcast chart #71 on the podcast chart

Paul van Zyl brings South Africa's truth process to Leading

The Goalhanger podcast climbs Apple's Australian chart as Alastair Campbell asks what rebuilding trust requires after deep political divisi…

Channel: The Rest Is Politics: Leading · Story of November 10, 2026

Video taking off 22x its usual first day

Kevin Rudd sees no security substitute for America in Asia

The former Australian prime minister explains China's ambitions and defends diplomatic restraint in a fast-starting Leading interview.

Channel: The Rest Is Politics: Leading · Story of November 3, 2026

The video drawing the most views now

What Can The UK Learn From How South Africa Ended Apartheid? | Paul van Zyl

Video published

November 9, 2026

Video views so far

46,918

Video views, pace per day

20,507

Views on its first day

39,758

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

0.1% of all views the category's channels gained this week

Subscriber growth this week

0.5% on this channel, 0.1% 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
What Can The UK Learn From How South Africa Ended Apartheid…	November 9, 2026	55:26	46,918	20,507	39,758	598	105
What happens if Taiwan falls?	November 3, 2026	1:04 short	30,175	137	12,776	378	29
How Xi Jinping Really Thinks | China Expert Kevin Rudd	November 2, 2026	59:36	495,649	15,652	226,739	5,372	1,874
What happens when the world stops trusting Trump?	October 28, 2026	2:05 short	12,282	27	5,198	257	5
Serbian President’s 12-year rule ends in student-backed ele…	October 27, 2026	1:31 short	3,119	24	2,155	51	6
Why did Elon Musk really go to Washington?	October 27, 2026	1:02 short	31,244	29	9,222	401	15
Why the Man Behind ‘The Big Short’ Thinks America Could Bec…	October 26, 2026	55:31	430,270	3,114	163,000	5,622	837
Is Trump showing up on the gaydar?	October 20, 2026	1:16 short	8,264	20	4,831	143	10
Why My Uncle Is On Putin's Side | Mary Trump	October 19, 2026	51:24	1,248,477	1,783	358,832	20,831	2,731
"When Iran does it, or Afghanistan does it, we condemn it a…	October 13, 2026	0:51 short	27,649	22	20,908	393	59
"It's propaganda that's being used against us."	October 13, 2026	0:57 short	10,894	11	5,824	276	35
Burnham promises "whole government change in the way we sup…	October 12, 2026	0:43 short	16,527	5	-	284	65
Burnham will publish details of his meetings with Man City …	October 12, 2026	1:18 short	11,652	4	-	131	22
Burnham says US plans for public executions are 'abhorrent'	October 12, 2026	1:11 short	56,368	54	-	809	182
What went wrong for Starmer?	October 12, 2026	0:52 short	51,776	17	-	613	233

Audience engagement

likes per 1,000 views

14.6 in the category: 20.8

comments per 1,000 views

2.5 in the category: 1.6

a video's usual first day on this channel

12,828 views

short vs long

11 short (up to 3 minutes), 4 long
average views per short video: 23,631
average views per long video: 555,328

YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
The Man Who Gets Under Trump's Skin: Michael Wolff	March 10, 2025	50:29	1,625,345
الرئيس السوري الجديد : أحمد الشرع	February 10, 2025	48:23	1,335,219
Why My Uncle Is On Putin's Side | Mary Trump	October 19, 2026	51:24	1,248,537
Gary's Economics: I Made Millions Betting You Would Stay Po…	July 27, 2025	1:09:32	1,129,804
Rory Stewart and Alastair Campbell Interview Count Binface.	August 3, 2026	38:50	1,027,329

YouTube: Most watched Shorts

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
Rachel Reeves standing her ground against Rory and Alastair	May 31, 2024	0:59	429,173
Andy Burnham confirms Russian interference in Brexit refere…	October 11, 2026	1:01	185,052
"[Gary Stevenson] has never thought about how a wealth tax …	September 14, 2026	1:23	174,918
Is there a rupture between America and Europe? #politics #t…	August 12, 2025	2:10	172,477
One of our most requested guests EVER. Gary Stevenson joins…	July 28, 2025	1:13	110,796

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

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

1. November 3, 2026Video taking offHow Xi Jinping Really Thinks | China Expert Kevin… The video opened at a pace of 223,501 views a day, 22 times a normal first day on this channel (10,247).Read the story
2. October 27, 2026Video taking offWhy the Man Behind ‘The Big Short’ Thinks America… The video opened at a pace of 168,413 views a day, 9.9 times a normal first day on this channel (16,948).Read the story
3. October 26, 2026MilestoneWhy My Uncle Is On Putin's Side | Mary Trump The video passed 1,000,000 views.
4. October 22, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 503,343 views a day, 4.3 times a normal day (116,953).
5. October 20, 2026Video taking offWhy My Uncle Is On Putin's Side | Mary Trump The video opened at a pace of 286,862 views a day, 17 times a normal first day on this channel (16,948).Read the story
6. October 14, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 754,517 views a day, 15 times a normal day (49,003).Read the story
7. October 13, 2026Video taking offRory Stewart & Alastair Campbell Interview Prime … The video opened at a pace of 388,648 views a day, 16 times a normal first day on this channel (24,016).Read the story
8. October 13, 2026Video taking offWhat went wrong for Starmer? The video opened at a pace of 35,902 views a day, 6.2 times a normal first day on this channel (5,796).
9. October 13, 2026Video taking offBurnham says US plans for public executions are '… The video opened at a pace of 35,658 views a day, 6.2 times a normal first day on this channel (5,796).
10. October 13, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 102,929 views a day, 2.4 times a normal day (43,011).