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This week on the channel +1.6M views this week
Cartel pilots describe the cost of flying on Real Stories
A VICE documentary anchors five new uploads spanning Russian journalism, an MMA career change and a crypto-funded film.
In short
On YouTube, Real Stories has 6,770,000 subscribers and 1,068,260,136 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 1,338,320 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 408 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 6 of 37 in category "Documentaries and journalism". On Instagram, @realstoriesdocs has 40,950 followers.
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
6,770,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
no significant change in the last month
no significant change in the last month
total views
1,068,260,136
▲ 1,338,320 in the last 7 days
▲ 7,231,969 in the last 30 days
▲ 7,231,969 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
100,739
on a typical day: 211,662
Videos on the channel
1,405
4 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
yesterday
November 10, 2026
Views per subscriber
157
a new long video usually gets 15,122 views
Next milestone
10,000,000 subscribers
3,230,000 subscribers to go
Instagram: The numbers
@realstoriesdocs · The account on Instagram
Followers
40,950
Posts
836
Views per Reel
3,474
usually, by 15 recent Reels
Likes per post
19
usually, by 15 recent posts
0.05% of followers
0.05% of followers
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Documentaries and journalism | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 2,055 of 2,442 | 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Instead of saying "If we catch you, we are going to bang you up", they should… | Reel | May 12, 2024 | 6,914 | 67 | 8 |
| He is attracted to five-year-olds but also to women. #paedophile #attraction… | Reel | May 7, 2024 | 9,260 | 64 | 8 |
| Are all paedophiles child sex offenders? #paedophile #offenders #realstories | Reel | May 3, 2024 | 3,522 | 24 | 4 |
| Pat went to the bank to get a loan to lend money to his online lover Morgan… | Reel | April 30, 2024 | 2,332 | 1 | 1 |
| He logged into a chat room pretending to be a 13-year-old girl. Look at the… | Reel | April 26, 2024 | 2,805 | 15 | 0 |
| How can you tell that Morgan Giovanni's passport was fake? #scam #datingapps… | Reel | April 23, 2024 | 3,809 | 19 | 1 |
| Girls tend to underestimate how clever they are while boys struggle to express… | Reel | April 19, 2024 | 2,770 | 25 | 0 |
| Morgan started asking Pat for money through WhatsApp. The first amount was £6000… | Reel | April 16, 2024 | 2,510 | 9 | 1 |
As of November 9, 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
This week on the channel +2.2M views this week
Speech brings songwriting into jail on Real Stories
The Arrested Development artist works with men in Richmond's voluntary REAL Program, connecting music with recovery and life after release.
This week on the channel +2.3M views this week
Holding on to home in Acre on Real Stories
The channel's five new documentaries range from Palestinian residents' testimonies to Mike Tyson and the collapse of QuadrigaCX.
The video drawing the most views now
The Most Shocking Land Grab in Papua New Guinea’s History
- Video published
- November 10, 2026
- Video views so far
- 5,236
- Video views, pace per day
- 8,577
- Views in its first 10 hours
- 5,236
Similar channels
YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Documentaries and journalism | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 408 of 5,393 | 6 of 37 |
| By views gained this week | 2,376 of 5,274 | 16 of 37 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 2,094 of 5,043 | 14 of 35 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 1.4% 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: Subscribers, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 6,770,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 6,770,000 subscribers (no significant change in the last month)
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 1,061,173,123 views → November 11, 2026: 1,068,260,136 views · average: 244,379 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
- 6.6 in the category: 19.8
- comments per 1,000 views
- 1.6 in the category: 1.7
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 11,186 views
- short vs long
- 0 short (up to 3 minutes), 15 long
average views per long video: 23,285
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Sir Trevor McDonald: Inside America's Most Notorious Prison… | August 28, 2017 | 45:15 | 29,932,311 |
 The Un-Perfect Crime: America’s Dumbest Heist | Real Stories | November 21, 2019 | 1:40:41 | 21,886,279 |
 Life On Death Row: Inside Indiana State Maximum Security Pr… | August 30, 2017 | 45:21 | 18,127,948 |
 Women In Indiana's Maximum Security Prison Meet Sir Trevor … | July 19, 2018 | 45:50 | 16,410,122 |
 The Almost Perfect Murder (True Crime Documentary) | Real S… | July 15, 2017 | 47:14 | 14,695,376 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 No-One But Kids See Ghosts In Haunted House 👻 #shorts | October 31, 2022 | 0:50 | 54,410 |
 51st Annual Grierson Awards 🏆 | November 9, 2023 | 0:11 | 9,482 |
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 +1.6M views this week
Cartel pilots describe the cost of flying on Real Stories
A VICE documentary anchors five new uploads spanning Russian journalism, an MMA career change and a crypto-funded film.
This week on the channel +2.2M views this week
Speech brings songwriting into jail on Real Stories
The Arrested Development artist works with men in Richmond's voluntary REAL Program, connecting music with recovery and life after release.
This week on the channel +2.3M views this week
Holding on to home in Acre on Real Stories
The channel's five new documentaries range from Palestinian residents' testimonies to Mike Tyson and the collapse of QuadrigaCX.
Video taking off 10x its usual first day
A Ukrainian in a Russian uniform, met on a train, leads Real Stories to the Bakhmut front
The film was shot without press accreditation, and its comment section keeps returning to the faces of the men in it.
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