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YouTube: What happened lately

November 5, 2026 14x its usual first day What Does This Mean for America? The video opened at a pace of 208,571 views a day, 14 times a normal first day on this channel (14,725). Read the story

This week on the channel +825K views this week

Election questions and a mother's search at New York Times Opinion

Leona Cauklija's anonymous Op-Docs portrait brings a different kind of uncertainty to a three-upload week.

Channel: New York Times Opinion · Story of November 11, 2026

Video taking off 14x its usual first day

Can MAGA outlast Trump? Times columnists weigh what comes next

New York Times Opinion brings eight voices to the question of what Democrats should deliver after their midterm victories.

Channel: New York Times Opinion · Story of November 5, 2026

This week on the channel +555K views this week

At the U.N., Joseph Gordon-Levitt considers A.I.'s human stakes

New York Times Opinion pairs the actor's questions about technology with an Op-Docs portrait of artists staying in Cuba.

Channel: New York Times Opinion · Story of October 12, 2026

The video drawing the most views now

A Mother Searches for Her Son, One Graffiti Tag at a Time | Op-Docs

Video published

November 6, 2026

Video views so far

60,239

Video views, pace per day

14,259

Views on its first day

8,176

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

1.9% on this channel, 0.0% 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
A Mother Searches for Her Son, One Graffiti Tag at a Time |…	November 6, 2026	12:39	60,239	14,259	8,176	1,405	32
What to Expect From Lame-Duck Trump	November 5, 2026	2:30 short	61,858	3,548	32,946	2,211	84
What Does This Mean for America?	November 4, 2026	5:12	205,218	402	177,178	3,606	482
The Trouble With This Popular Progressive Idea | 'The Opini…	October 30, 2026	8:00	109,205	3,537	23,069	1,679	646
It’s Clear. Trump Is Siding With Russia.	October 29, 2026	2:57 short	14,755	42	7,069	535	100
Worried About A.I. Taking Your Job? This Is for You.	October 28, 2026	5:14	103,245	1,740	31,534	1,038	92
Is That Campaign Ad Real?	October 27, 2026	4:40	18,241	80	10,264	205	13
In Cuba, Where So Many Have Left, They Have Stayed	October 26, 2026	1:53 short	6,519	40	3,172	148	4
Tom Friedman: We Just Set Off the Second Big Bang | NYT Opi…	October 25, 2026	6:41	213,432	445	72,648	3,991	485
Why Did Texas Middle Schoolers Put on a Play About a Ruthle…	October 23, 2026	1:08 short	13,707	16	5,589	340	13
Trump’s Pursuit of Ilhan Omar Is an Abuse of Power	October 23, 2026	2:48 short	8,159	26	4,232	222	67
Meet the Middle School Kids Trying to Make Sense of Tyranny…	October 23, 2026	21:24	59,653	699	9,371	757	56
Why You Should Care About Iowa’s Race for Governor	October 20, 2026	6:44	409,675	5,590	98,116	4,625	421
Why the Rio Grande Valley is Rethinking the Midterms	October 16, 2026	8:18	76,960	23	42,760	824	159
What America Risks Forgetting About Civil Rights	October 15, 2026	1:42 short	2,805	19	1,605	176	4

Audience engagement

likes per 1,000 views

16.0 in the category: 18.7

comments per 1,000 views

1.9 in the category: 2.3

a video's usual first day on this channel

7,559 views

short vs long

6 short (up to 3 minutes), 9 long
average views per short video: 17,967
average views per long video: 139,540

YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
I Was the Fastest Girl in America, Until I Joined Nike | NY…	November 7, 2019	7:00	20,593,983
What if He Falls? The Terrifying Reality Behind Filming “Fr…	November 2, 2018	10:12	20,024,867
Iraq War Veterans, 20 Years Later: ‘I Don’t Know How to Exp…	March 20, 2023	17:17	14,334,853
Liberal Hypocrisy is Fueling American Inequality. Here’s Ho…	November 9, 2021	14:21	11,757,671
Who Was the Umbrella Man? | JFK Assassination Documentary |…	November 21, 2013	6:37	11,397,949

YouTube: Most watched Shorts

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
Presidential Debates Weren’t Always This Awful | NYT Opinio…	November 7, 2023	0:57	2,478,834
How Trump is Profiting from the Presidency	January 30, 2026	2:54	2,322,040
4 Typhoons in 10 Days | NYT Opinion #climatechange	November 19, 2024	1:05	651,710
Hank Azaria Does Nine Simpsons Characters in 70 Seconds | N…	February 10, 2025	1:09	408,625
The Two-State Platitude | NYT Opinion #shorts #israel #pale…	November 13, 2023	0:57	403,443

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

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

1. November 5, 2026Video taking offWhat Does This Mean for America? The video opened at a pace of 208,571 views a day, 14 times a normal first day on this channel (14,725).Read the story
2. November 1, 2026Video people are talking aboutThe Trouble With This Popular Progressive Idea | … The video drew 205 comments in its first day, 12 times a normal first day on this channel (17).
3. October 26, 2026Video taking offTom Friedman: We Just Set Off the Second Big Bang… The video opened at a pace of 64,509 views a day, 7.3 times a normal first day on this channel (8,824).
4. October 23, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 450,819 views a day, 5.2 times a normal day (86,395).
5. October 21, 2026Video taking offWhy You Should Care About Iowa’s Race for Governor The video opened at a pace of 69,749 views a day, 8.9 times a normal first day on this channel (7,880).
6. October 17, 2026Video taking offWhy the Rio Grande Valley is Rethinking the Midte… The video opened at a pace of 45,791 views a day, 6.1 times a normal first day on this channel (7,512).