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November 11, 2026 15x its usual first day Jaily Waily: Ian Hislop and Private Eye on Russel… The video opened at a pace of 908,017 views a day, 15 times a normal first day on this channel (62,162). Read the story

Video taking off 15x its usual first day

Hislop examines how the media embraced Brand before his conviction

Private Eye's panel credits the women who testified and examines the legal pressure that can prevent investigative reporting.

Channel: Private Eye Magazine · Story of November 11, 2026

This week on the channel +218K views this week

Trump becomes the media in Private Eye's latest satire

The magazine's only new upload shares the viewing shelf with Page 94 discussions of social care and press disputes.

Channel: Private Eye Magazine · Story of October 12, 2026

The video drawing the most views now

Jaily Waily: Ian Hislop and Private Eye on Russell Brand's prison sentence

Video published

November 10, 2026

Video views so far

602,962

Video views, pace per day

908,017

Views in its first 11 hours

602,962

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

4.3% 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
Russell Brand’s lawyer Ian Winter KC	November 10, 2026	1:22 short	10,518	-	10,518 (6 hours)	478	21
Jaily Waily: Ian Hislop and Private Eye on Russell Brand's …	November 10, 2026	39:35	602,962	908,017	602,962 (11 hours)	8,820	2,070
Piers Moron, Andrew Neill, Carter Fuck. Some of the words i…	November 10, 2026	1:55 short	17,411	18,971	17,411 (20 hours)	1,267	28
Funny Old World is the column compiled from peculiar newspa…	November 8, 2026	1:46 short	40,810	7,110	24,510	1,112	59
Trump: Nobody likes a loser! If I had been on the ballot th…	November 5, 2026	2:24 short	232,610	38,512	77,404	5,538	129
Pedant’s? Pedants’? Pedantry.	November 2, 2026	2:03 short	30,260	528	16,902	990	37
Why does a national magazine cover local government? (Clue:…	October 30, 2026	1:41 short	37,003	813	16,906	1,170	38
"AI Has Scraped The Worst Movies Ever" - Private Eye on Gro…	October 30, 2026	2:02 short	120,972	1,617	60,869	1,014	119
Would Ian have made a good Traitor?	October 30, 2026	1:14 short	32,348	1,102	15,403	720	19
Everything is a potential cyberattack vector	October 29, 2026	1:23 short	8,038	130	3,655	329	9
These days, Trump is all about the hot dudes.	October 28, 2026	0:50 short	6,390	113	2,334	246	7
Private Eye on the "well known individual" who wants to muz…	October 28, 2026	18:35	1,137,605	32,277	221,209	9,047	-
Why is Donald Trump now beefing with Norway?	October 28, 2026	0:40 short	18,924	119	8,134	576	25
Is the internet broken? Private Eye on the AI hacking threat	October 28, 2026	12:14	31,294	526	16,957	320	52
Hot Cheeks and Cheesecake: Private Eye on the U.S. midterm …	October 27, 2026	46:28	411,828	3,845	183,223	5,083	658

Audience engagement

likes per 1,000 views

13.4 in the category: 18.8

comments per 1,000 views

1.2 in the category: 2.4

a video's usual first day on this channel

16,165 views

short vs long

11 short (up to 3 minutes), 4 long
average views per short video: 50,480
average views per long video: 545,922

YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
Private Eye on the "well known individual" who wants to muz…	October 28, 2026	18:35	1,137,983
Mandy Lifeboats! Private Eye on Peter Mandelson, Epstein & …	February 10, 2026	43:22	790,740
Aya-Tollad You So: Private Eye on Trump's War With Iran	March 10, 2026	19:33	571,903
Highlight: Just Call Me Mystic Ian - how Private Eye predic…	February 24, 2026	19:16	566,608
Mad King Donald - Private Eye on President Trump's Peace Ta…	March 24, 2026	41:58	550,302

YouTube: Most watched Shorts

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
President Trump announces details of his new Ukraine peace …	December 26, 2025	2:54	6,596,881
Trump: I Would Have Been the Best Super Bowl Halftime Act E…	February 19, 2026	2:25	753,282
The BBC has been lambasted for its negative portrayal of th…	December 16, 2025	1:32	501,532
Donald Trump has threatened to sue Rupert Murdoch. The Eye …	January 29, 2026	2:14	479,025
Liz Truss tried to use legal action to defend her reputatio…	January 6, 2026	2:27	400,164

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

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

1. November 11, 2026Video taking offJaily Waily: Ian Hislop and Private Eye on Russel… The video opened at a pace of 908,017 views a day, 15 times a normal first day on this channel (62,162).Read the story
2. November 9, 2026MilestonePrivate Eye on the "well known individual" who wa… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
3. November 6, 2026Video taking offTrump: Nobody likes a loser! If I had been on the… The video opened at a pace of 58,894 views a day, 5.2 times a normal first day on this channel (11,281).
4. October 31, 2026Video taking off"AI Has Scraped The Worst Movies Ever" - Private … The video opened at a pace of 60,367 views a day, 7.3 times a normal first day on this channel (8,265).
5. October 31, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 465,705 views a day, 4.3 times a normal day (109,427).
6. October 30, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 376,714 views a day, 4.7 times a normal day (79,728).
7. October 29, 2026Video taking offPrivate Eye on the "well known individual" who wa… The video opened at a pace of 215,596 views a day, 3.5 times a normal first day on this channel (62,162).
8. October 29, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 158,893 views a day, 2.2 times a normal day (70,932).
9. October 28, 2026Video taking offHot Cheeks and Cheesecake: Private Eye on the U.S… The video opened at a pace of 168,291 views a day, 4.3 times a normal first day on this channel (39,142).
10. October 17, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 240,304 views a day, 5.3 times a normal day (45,567).
11. October 15, 2026Video taking offIan Hislop reveals Lord Archer's true legacy | Pr… The video opened at a pace of 85,182 views a day, 6.9 times a normal first day on this channel (12,307).
12. October 15, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 150,966 views a day, 4.4 times a normal day (34,577).