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This week on the channel +2.7M views this week
PBS brings government closer to home with Ben Sheehan
Civics Made Easy explores state power with Tim Storey and voting-rights advocate Desmond Meade.
In short
On YouTube, PBS has 1,820,000 subscribers and 171,765,500 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 710,760 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 1,540 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 38 of 131 in category "TV networks and streaming services". On Instagram, @pbs has 1,579,926 followers. The account gained 4,663 followers in the last 7 days.
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
1,820,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
▲ 10,000 in the last 30 days
▲ 10,000 in the last 30 days
total views
171,765,500
▲ 710,760 in the last 7 days
▲ 7,251,336 in the last 30 days
▲ 7,251,336 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
201,878
on a typical day: 282,180
Videos on the channel
3,265
4 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
yesterday
November 10, 2026
Views per subscriber
94
a new long video usually gets 28,430 views
Next milestone
2,000,000 subscribers
180,000 subscribers to go
Instagram: The numbers today
@pbs · The account on Instagram
Followers
1,579,926
▲ 547 since yesterday
▲ 4,663 in the last 7 days
▲ 4,663 in the last 7 days
Posts
8,707
11 new posts in the last 7 days
Views per Reel
56,398
usually, by 9 recent Reels
Likes per post
2,621
usually, by 11 recent posts
0.17% of followers
0.17% of followers
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category TV networks and streaming services | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 571 of 2,442 | 29 of 80 |
Ranked among the channels whose Instagram account is on Trari.
Instagram followers: TV networks and streaming services
Latest posts
Tap a post to see it here
| Post | Type | Posted | Views | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brb headed to the moon! 🧑🚀 | Reel | November 11, 2026 | 40,325 | 1,142 | 14 |
| 🦬 Buffalo have always been a sacred and important animal to Native communities.… | Reel | November 10, 2026 | 18,760 | 1,687 | 20 |
| How has the United States defined crime, justice, and punishment throughout its… | Photo | November 9, 2026 | - | 1,035 | 10 |
| We can officially say we took jason.kelce to NEW HEIGHTS this year. | Reel | November 8, 2026 | 300,849 | 13,054 | 67 |
| "We must be true to love — otherwise hate wins." Have you watched Trespasses on… | Carousel | November 7, 2026 | - | 635 | 5 |
| “Everything’s so precise to give the Unknowns the highest honor that they… | Reel | November 6, 2026 | 383,705 | 31,248 | 434 |
| While colonists were declaring independence, Cherokee war chief Dragging Canoe… | Reel | November 6, 2026 | 32,543 | 2,621 | 21 |
| Is AI addiction the new social media addiction? | Reel | November 6, 2026 | 162,932 | 8,911 | 171 |
Of the 15 latest posts: 12 Reels, 2 carousels and 1 photo.
As of November 11, 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 31, 2026 5.1x the channel's usual pace The whole channel ran that day at 1,301,825 views a day, 5.1 times a normal day (257,543).
This week on the channel +1.5M views this week
Freedom Colonies bring a living history of independence to PBS
Richard Orton's decades-long photography project follows descendants of four communities founded after slavery.
This week on the channel 5 videos this week
Jack Maple, the bowtie-wearing subway cop, fronts PBS's five uploads
A clip from the follow-up to Ric Burns's New York documentary tells how CompStat put police where the crime was, beside a dive to Antarctic…
The video drawing the most views now
Retracing the 1779 River Journey to the Founding of Nashville | Full Documentary
- Video published
- November 9, 2026
- Video views so far
- 26,497
- Video views, pace per day
- 19,216
- Views on its first day
- 23,013
Similar channels
YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category TV networks and streaming services | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 1,540 of 5,393 | 38 of 131 |
| By views gained this week | 3,033 of 5,274 | 83 of 129 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 2,091 of 5,043 | 54 of 122 |
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
Subscribers in the category TV networks and streaming services
Views gained this week in the category TV networks and streaming services
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 · 1,820,000 subscribers 0% (0)
- Instagram · 1,579,926 followers +0.27% (+4,302)
From November 4, 2026 to November 11, 2026: on YouTube from 1,820,000 to 1,820,000 subscribers (0%), on Instagram from 1,575,624 to 1,579,926 followers (+0.27%).
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 | 1,820,000 | 1,579,926 |
| November 10, 2026 | 1,820,000 | 1,579,379 |
| November 9, 2026 | 1,820,000 | 1,578,797 |
| November 8, 2026 | 1,820,000 | 1,578,110 |
| November 7, 2026 | 1,820,000 | 1,577,360 |
| November 6, 2026 | 1,820,000 | 1,576,584 |
| November 5, 2026 | 1,820,000 | 1,575,972 |
| November 4, 2026 | 1,820,000 | 1,575,624 |
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 164,652,708 views → November 11, 2026: 171,765,500 views · average: 245,268 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
- 13.8 in the category: 18.6
- comments per 1,000 views
- 1.0 in the category: 0.7
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 9,893 views
- short vs long
- 3 short (up to 3 minutes), 12 long
average views per short video: 5,073
average views per long video: 36,207
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Cynthia Erivo and Joaquina Kalukango Sing 'Killing Me Softl… | January 3, 2024 | 5:32 | 14,465,332 |
 Cynthia Erivo's powerhouse performance of 'Nothing Compares… | January 5, 2024 | 4:47 | 7,038,736 |
 Elton John's “Bennie And The Jets” performed by Jacob Lusk … | April 16, 2024 | 6:12 | 4,720,062 |
 FRONTLINE | "La Alternativa 2012" (full episode, Español) |… | October 10, 2012 | 1:56:49 | 3,891,050 |
 The Ancient Tribes That Settled the Americas | First People… | October 18, 2024 | 55:21 | 3,253,903 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Potato trash talker gets served 🥔🤣 #RecipePBS | July 8, 2024 | 0:55 | 888,750 |
 Being a Roman soldier was an intense job! ⚔️🛡️🎖️ feat. @D… | December 27, 2024 | 0:55 | 790,366 |
 What is halal food? 🥩🥦🥖 #desifood | August 4, 2023 | 0:48 | 307,524 |
 Hear a $15 Million Stradivarius Violin #GreatPerformancesPB… | March 14, 2022 | 1:00 | 83,390 |
 The Betsy Ross story, myth or true? 🇺🇸 #AmericanRevolutio… | February 6, 2026 | 1:10 | 67,793 |
YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 1,301,825 views a day, 5.1 times a normal day (257,543).
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 861,322 views a day, 4.5 times a normal day (190,456).
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 648,070 views a day, 3.6 times a normal day (180,131).
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
This week on the channel +2.7M views this week
PBS brings government closer to home with Ben Sheehan
Civics Made Easy explores state power with Tim Storey and voting-rights advocate Desmond Meade.
This week on the channel +1.5M views this week
Freedom Colonies bring a living history of independence to PBS
Richard Orton's decades-long photography project follows descendants of four communities founded after slavery.
This week on the channel 5 videos this week
Jack Maple, the bowtie-wearing subway cop, fronts PBS's five uploads
A clip from the follow-up to Ric Burns's New York documentary tells how CompStat put police where the crime was, beside a dive to Antarctic…