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Video taking off 5.8x its usual first day
Russell Brand reads prepared denials in police interview footage
PoliticsJOE's upload shows interviews spanning the investigation, from the police caution to Brand declining further answers.
In short
On YouTube, PoliticsJOE has 775,000 subscribers and 427,640,192 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 1,000 subscribers and 881,795 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 2,726 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 83 of 164 in category "Political commentators and debate".
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
775,000
▲ 1,000 in the last 7 days
▲ 2,000 in the last 30 days
▲ 2,000 in the last 30 days
total views
427,640,192
▲ 881,795 in the last 7 days
▲ 3,986,610 in the last 30 days
▲ 3,986,610 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
75,727
on a typical day: 118,916
Videos on the channel
4,337
10 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
2 days ago
November 9, 2026
Views per subscriber
551
a new long video usually gets 35,892 views
Next milestone
1,000,000 subscribers
225,000 subscribers to go
YouTube: What happened lately
November 6, 2026 5.8x its usual first day WATCH: Russell Brand's Police Interviews Before R… The video opened at a pace of 112,852 views a day, 5.8 times a normal first day on this channel (19,592). Read the story
This week on the channel +1.1M views this week
Avi Shlaim brings Britain's Palestine legacy to PoliticsJOE
The Oxford historian's extended analysis was the most watched of thirteen uploads spanning Westminster, US politics and a new generational …
Video taking off 11x its usual first day
PoliticsJOE puts Burnham into a deepfake Brexit exchange
The satirical PMQs edit centers on free movement, trade negotiations and whether Britain should revisit its relationship with the EU.
The video drawing the most views now
WATCH: Russell Brand's Police Interviews Before Rape Charge
- Video published
- November 5, 2026
- Video views so far
- 236,446
- Video views, pace per day
- 20,078
- Views on its first day
- 108,563
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YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Political commentators and debate | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 2,726 of 5,393 | 83 of 164 |
| By views gained this week | 2,815 of 5,274 | 120 of 164 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 2,758 of 5,043 | 120 of 164 |
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
- 0.1% on this channel, 0.3% on the category's middle channel
Subscribers in the category Political commentators and debate
Views gained this week in the category Political commentators and debate
YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 773,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 775,000 subscribers
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 423,694,620 views → November 11, 2026: 427,640,192 views · average: 136,054 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
- 10.5 in the category: 39.9
- comments per 1,000 views
- 8.2 in the category: 4.3
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 11,019 views
- short vs long
- 7 short (up to 3 minutes), 8 long
average views per short video: 10,550
average views per long video: 66,673
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 True cost of US healthcare shocks the British public | December 3, 2019 | 5:05 | 5,437,114 |
 Ian Hislop embarrasses MPs in their own select committee on… | January 25, 2022 | 24:52 | 4,610,340 |
 Rishi Sunak heckled and booed as he stands alone in his fir… | October 25, 2022 | 8:26 | 4,208,683 |
 Hollywood actors absolutely destroy Donald Trump at the Gol… | January 12, 2026 | 8:54 | 3,879,917 |
 Ian Hislop and Private Eye journalist start reading out MPs… | January 25, 2022 | 4:03 | 3,758,733 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Question Time audience member eviscerates Tory party for fa… | March 31, 2023 | 0:59 | 1,493,512 |
 Not hard tbf | February 28, 2025 | 0:27 | 1,278,862 |
 MP absolutely DESTROYS Starmer's Mandelson failures 🔥 #ukp… | April 21, 2026 | 0:58 | 1,198,477 |
 Ian Hislop rips apart the Tory government's demonisation of… | February 17, 2023 | 0:56 | 1,185,816 |
 Andy Burnham DESTROYS years of privatisation in first speec… | September 1, 2026 | 1:52 | 1,169,421 |
YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- Video taking offWATCH: Russell Brand's Police Interviews Before R… The video opened at a pace of 112,852 views a day, 5.8 times a normal first day on this channel (19,592).Read the story
- Video taking offHIGHLIGHTS: Andy Burnham's Deputy makes Tory MP l… The video opened at a pace of 61,378 views a day, 3.2 times a normal first day on this channel (19,366).
- Video taking offAvi Shlaim: Benjamin Netanyahu has changed Israel… The video opened at a pace of 65,429 views a day, 3.4 times a normal first day on this channel (19,366).
- Video taking offHIGHLIGHTS: Andy Burnham HAMMERS Kemi Badenoch ov… The video opened at a pace of 196,078 views a day, 11 times a normal first day on this channel (18,457).Read the story
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 462,022 views a day, 4.1 times a normal day (113,580).
- Video taking offHIGHLIGHTS: Andy Burnham Faces Down Kemi Badenoch… The video opened at a pace of 213,015 views a day, 11 times a normal first day on this channel (19,592).Read the story
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 421,087 views a day, 5.8 times a normal day (73,120).Read the story
- Video taking offHIGHLIGHTS: Andy Burnham Wipes The Floor with Kem… The video opened at a pace of 194,772 views a day, 9.8 times a normal first day on this channel (19,819).Read the story
- Video taking offIs Andy Burnham about to reverse Brexit? The video opened at a pace of 80,372 views a day, 4.1 times a normal first day on this channel (19,819).
- Video taking offAndy Burnham RINSES Reform's Robert Jenrick in im… The video opened at a pace of 51,914 views a day, 7.1 times a normal first day on this channel (7,280).Read the story
Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube
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 5.8x its usual first day
Russell Brand reads prepared denials in police interview footage
PoliticsJOE's upload shows interviews spanning the investigation, from the police caution to Brand declining further answers.
This week on the channel +1.1M views this week
Avi Shlaim brings Britain's Palestine legacy to PoliticsJOE
The Oxford historian's extended analysis was the most watched of thirteen uploads spanning Westminster, US politics and a new generational …
Video taking off 11x its usual first day
PoliticsJOE puts Burnham into a deepfake Brexit exchange
The satirical PMQs edit centers on free movement, trade negotiations and whether Britain should revisit its relationship with the EU.
Video taking off 11x its usual first day
Burnham defends Jackdaw approval as Badenoch demands more gas licenses
PoliticsJOE's PMQs highlights follow the North Sea decision into questions about energy security, borrowing and welfare spending.
Views jump 5.8x the channel's usual pace
PoliticsJOE puts the Greens' Zionism motion under scrutiny
An interview with conference attendee NoJusticeMTG joins the channel's lineup as daily views climb to nearly six times their usual level.
Video taking off 9.8x its usual first day
Badenoch presses Burnham on North Sea drilling and defense spending
PoliticsJOE's fast-starting PMQs excerpt moves from Russian interference to oil-field approvals, welfare and the budget.
Video taking off 7.1x its usual first day
Andy Burnham answers Jenrick's Channel proposal with his ministerial record
PoliticsJOE's Commons clip is starting unusually fast, alongside a longer upload about Burnham's proposed closer ties with the EU.
This week on the channel +978K views this week
Holborn, a new book and Zack Polanski, live with Ava on PoliticsJOE
The Green Party leader joined author Russell Warfield on the launch night of The Green Socialist, a day after Jeremy Corbyn called for Man …
Video taking off 22x its usual first day
After Miliband, Andy Burnham's turn to carry PoliticsJOE
A second Labour speech in two days took off, this one framed as a question about whether the Greater Manchester figure just changed the cou…
Video taking off 16x its usual first day
Ed Miliband's Palestine speech outruns all of PoliticsJOE
Over twenty minutes of a Labour conference address, from Sudan to his mother's death, opened at about sixteen times a usual PoliticsJOE deb…