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Video taking off 21x its usual first day
A crowded star field hid a possible dwarf planet
NOVA follows the Rubin Observatory team's discovery of 2026 ED138, a bright object beyond Pluto whose status still needs confirmation.
In short
On YouTube, NOVA PBS Official has 1,550,000 subscribers and 290,520,551 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 1,619,509 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 1,728 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 19 of 37 in category "Documentaries and journalism". On Instagram, @novapbs has 170,278 followers. The account gained 2,301 followers in the last 7 days.
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
1,550,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
▲ 20,000 in the last 30 days
▲ 20,000 in the last 30 days
total views
290,520,551
▲ 1,619,509 in the last 7 days
▲ 6,895,321 in the last 30 days
▲ 6,895,321 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
149,789
on a typical day: 274,387
Videos on the channel
1,615
6 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
yesterday
November 10, 2026
Views per subscriber
187
a new long video usually gets 243,974 views
a new short video usually gets 13,689 views
a new short video usually gets 13,689 views
Next milestone
2,000,000 subscribers
450,000 subscribers to go
Instagram: The numbers today
@novapbs · The account on Instagram
Followers
170,278
▲ 248 since yesterday
▲ 2,301 in the last 7 days
▲ 2,301 in the last 7 days
Posts
1,556
3 new posts in the last 7 days
Views per Reel
80,935
usually, by 14 recent Reels
Likes per post
867
usually, by 15 recent posts
0.51% of followers
0.51% of followers
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Documentaries and journalism | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 1,582 of 2,448 | 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honor a dinosaur today and shake a tail feather. | Reel | November 5, 2026 | 27,275 | 422 | 8 |
| Maybe we should retire the phrase “quiet as a mouse.” | Reel | November 4, 2026 | 23,096 | 206 | 2 |
| Bundle up — this tech needs to be REALLY cold. | Reel | November 3, 2026 | 34,866 | 403 | 10 |
| Rule number 1: Don’t mess with ants. | Reel | October 29, 2026 | 23,825 | 147 | 1 |
| Spoiler alert: We talk about Pluto too. | Reel | October 28, 2026 | 104,353 | 1,960 | 166 |
| Cool space news alert: Scientists might have found a new dwarf planet! Meet 2026… | Reel | October 28, 2026 | 20,526 | 1,328 | 23 |
| Something to ponder while you’re leaf peeping. | Reel | October 24, 2026 | 159,944 | 1,532 | 12 |
| Around 550 million years ago, the end was just the beginning. | Reel | October 23, 2026 | 1,888,083 | 65,274 | 1,749 |
Of the 15 latest posts: 14 Reels and 1 carousel.
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 4.9x its usual first day The Arctic Has a Hidden Leak | NOVA | PBS The video opened at a pace of 206,320 views a day, 4.9 times a normal first day on this channel (41,688).
This week on the channel +1.6M views this week
Dolphin intelligence takes NOVA back to the first light-sensing cells
Sanjay Gupta and evolutionary researchers trace the brain's history, while a separate physics episode revisits an electrical experiment inv…
Views jump 13x the channel's usual pace
Three million views in a day for NOVA, and not from its new Chauvet film
The week's uploads, from a cystic fibrosis treatment before birth to a short asking whether dogs tell jokes, account for only a small slice…
The video drawing the most views now
Have We Been Fighting the Wrong Germs? | NOVA | PBS
- Video published
- November 10, 2026
- Video views so far
- 36,976
- Video views, pace per day
- 50,830
- Views in its first 13 hours
- 36,976
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YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Documentaries and journalism | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 1,728 of 5,393 | 19 of 37 |
| By views gained this week | 2,150 of 5,274 | 14 of 37 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 2,150 of 5,043 | 15 of 35 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 1.7% of all views the category's channels gained this week
Subscribers in the category Documentaries and journalism
Views gained this week in the category Documentaries and journalism
YouTube: Trophy cabinet
Trophies on the overall chart
The overall chart ranks the most watched videos of all categories together: every day, every week and every month. A trophy goes to a video that reached No. 1, 2 or 3. To the chart ›
No trophy yet (one of the top three places)
Medals on the category charts
2
Each category, such as music, entertainment or sports, has its own chart. A medal goes to a video that reached No. 1, 2 or 3 on it.
- No. 3 · The Science & learning daily chart · October 29, 2026New Dwarf Planet Hiding in Our Solar System? | NOVA | PBSThe third most watched video in Science & learning that day.
- No. 3 · The Science & learning daily chart · October 28, 2026New Dwarf Planet Hiding in Our Solar System? | NOVA | PBSThe third most watched video in Science & learning that day.
The daily charts are counted since October 16, 2026.
YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 1,530,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 1,550,000 subscribers
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 283,735,150 views → November 11, 2026: 290,520,551 views · average: 233,979 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.
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 12.1 in the category: 19.9
- comments per 1,000 views
- 0.8 in the category: 1.7
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 9,893 views
- short vs long
- 7 short (up to 3 minutes), 7 long
average views per short video: 17,988
average views per long video: 513,677
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Arctic Sinkholes I Full Documentary I NOVA I PBS | February 3, 2022 | 53:28 | 15,288,845 |
 Your Brain: Who's in Control? | Full Documentary | NOVA | P… | June 1, 2023 | 53:33 | 11,519,558 |
 Looking for Life on Mars | Full Documentary I NOVA | PBS | February 25, 2021 | 54:03 | 9,386,117 |
 Decoding the Universe: Quantum | Full Documentary | NOVA | … | November 7, 2024 | 53:58 | 8,874,598 |
 Decoding da Vinci | Full Documentary | NOVA | PBS | March 15, 2023 | 53:36 | 8,651,868 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 What would you do if you stumbled upon this on your hike? #… | September 28, 2023 | 0:35 | 20,082,471 |
 Genius dog knows more than 1,000 words #dogs #shorts #smart… | November 15, 2025 | 1:57 | 3,749,940 |
 What is the endocannabinoid system? #brain #neuroscience | June 15, 2026 | 2:44 | 1,135,545 |
 How did Ötzi the Iceman die? #mummy #iceman | October 10, 2023 | 0:43 | 1,087,896 |
 Giant exploding sinkholes? #sinkhole #crater #geology | September 18, 2026 | 2:57 | 805,126 |
YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- Video taking offThe Arctic Has a Hidden Leak | NOVA | PBS The video opened at a pace of 206,320 views a day, 4.9 times a normal first day on this channel (41,688).
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 1,138,905 views a day, 3.3 times a normal day (347,277).
- MilestoneNew Dwarf Planet Hiding in Our Solar System? | NO… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 932,510 views a day, 3.3 times a normal day (282,251).
- Video taking offNew Dwarf Planet Hiding in Our Solar System? | NO… The video opened at a pace of 749,373 views a day, 21 times a normal first day on this channel (36,228).Read the story
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.
Stories
Video taking off 21x its usual first day
A crowded star field hid a possible dwarf planet
NOVA follows the Rubin Observatory team's discovery of 2026 ED138, a bright object beyond Pluto whose status still needs confirmation.
This week on the channel +1.6M views this week
Dolphin intelligence takes NOVA back to the first light-sensing cells
Sanjay Gupta and evolutionary researchers trace the brain's history, while a separate physics episode revisits an electrical experiment inv…
Views jump 13x the channel's usual pace
Three million views in a day for NOVA, and not from its new Chauvet film
The week's uploads, from a cystic fibrosis treatment before birth to a short asking whether dogs tell jokes, account for only a small slice…
This week on the channel +1.5M views this week
Notre Dame's lost sound, rebuilt after the fire, returns to What the Physics?!
Athena Brensberger's January episode on the cathedral's acoustics got a second outing, alongside a NOVA story about treating cystic fibrosi…
Video surging 101x the video's usual pace
Lions on a cave wall lift NOVA's Chauvet documentary a hundredfold
A week after its release, NOVA's full film on the painted cave in southern France had its biggest day, and the comments filled with viewers…