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This week on the channel +758K views this week
A close satellite encounter brings orbital security to RFE/RL
Mike Eckel examines a Russian military satellite's approach to a Finnish spacecraft supplying radar imagery to Ukraine.
In short
On YouTube, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty has 878,000 subscribers and 611,683,497 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 369,507 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 2,547 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 79 of 126 in category "News networks and broadcasters". On Instagram, @rfe.rl has 113,908 followers.
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
878,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
▲ 1,000 in the last 30 days
▲ 1,000 in the last 30 days
total views
611,683,497
▲ 369,507 in the last 7 days
▲ 2,991,533 in the last 30 days
▲ 2,991,533 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
32,155
on a typical day: 94,736
Videos on the channel
10,616
7 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
yesterday
November 10, 2026
Views per subscriber
696
a new short video usually gets 6,243 views
Next milestone
1,000,000 subscribers
122,000 subscribers to go
Instagram: The numbers today
@rfe.rl · The account on Instagram
Followers
113,908
Posts
3,984
12 new posts in the last 7 days
Views per Reel
9,041
usually, by 3 recent Reels
Likes per post
246
usually, by 9 recent posts
0.22% of followers
0.22% of followers
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category News networks and broadcasters | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 1,760 of 2,442 | 62 of 74 |
Ranked among the channels whose Instagram account is on Trari.
Instagram followers: News networks and broadcasters
Latest posts
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| Post | Type | Posted | Views | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The French government has said that Shahid Kaveh, an Iranian hacking group, was… | Reel | November 10, 2026 | 3,754 | 103 | 15 |
| Moscow mass raid: Around 200 young people, including children, were detained.… | Reel | November 10, 2026 | 24,805 | 688 | 69 |
| How Russia's War Recruitment Machine Became Big Business | Carousel | November 9, 2026 | - | 112 | 4 |
| A Ukrainian drone attack sparked a fire at Russia's second-largest oil refinery… | Reel | November 9, 2026 | 63,292 | 678 | 52 |
| Recent satellite imagery captures the reshaping of air bases throughout Russia… | Carousel | November 8, 2026 | - | 326 | 16 |
| Sanctions and growing international isolation are cutting key pathways for young… | Reel | November 8, 2026 | 6,728 | 96 | 3 |
| Two tigers are now prowling the Kazakh wilderness, nearly eighty years after the… | Carousel | November 7, 2026 | - | 1,705 | 63 |
| A wave of bomb threats has disrupted flights across Europe. Now, a shadowy… | Carousel | November 6, 2026 | - | 257 | 16 |
Of the 15 latest posts: 7 Reels and 8 carousels.
As of November 10, 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 28, 2026 4.2x its usual first day Life In The 'Kill Zone': Inside Occupied Oleshky,… The video opened at a pace of 205,056 views a day, 4.2 times a normal first day on this channel (48,460).
Video taking off 17x its usual first day
Drones interrupt a wounded soldier's evacuation on the road to Druzhkivka
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's embedded report follows Ukrainian troops past destroyed delivery vehicles and into a city devastated by a…
Video taking off 14x its usual first day
Putin's Valdai neighbors live "in completely parallel worlds"
A library director, a teacher and an investigative journalist describe the fences, air defenses and wartime losses around the presidential …
The video drawing the most views now
Ukraine’s Secret Counteroffensive: How It Took Back 277 Square Kilometers From Russia
- Video published
- November 6, 2026
- Video views so far
- 89,420
- Video views, pace per day
- 13,835
- Views on its first day
- 38,269
Similar channels
YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category News networks and broadcasters | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 2,547 of 5,393 | 79 of 126 |
| By views gained this week | 3,656 of 5,274 | 115 of 126 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 3,035 of 5,043 | 105 of 121 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 0.0% of all views the category's channels gained this week
Subscribers in the category News networks and broadcasters
Views gained this week in the category News networks and broadcasters
YouTube: Trophy cabinet
Trophies on the overall chart
The overall chart ranks the most watched videos of all categories together: every day, every week and every month. A trophy goes to a video that reached No. 1, 2 or 3. To the chart ›
No trophy yet (one of the top three places)
Medals on the category charts
1
Each category, such as music, entertainment or sports, has its own chart. A medal goes to a video that reached No. 1, 2 or 3 on it.
- No. 2 · The News & politics monthly chart · September 2026What You Need To Know About Russia's New Geran-4 DroneThe second most watched video in News & politics that month.
The daily charts are counted since October 16, 2026.
YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 877,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 878,000 subscribers
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 608,720,787 views → November 11, 2026: 611,683,497 views · average: 102,162 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
- 16.0 in the category: 18.7
- comments per 1,000 views
- 1.7 in the category: 2.3
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 3,447 views
- short vs long
- 10 short (up to 3 minutes), 5 long
average views per short video: 5,634
average views per long video: 32,567
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Russian POWs Say They Were Tricked, Threatened During Invas… | February 27, 2022 | 1:34 | 13,961,515 |
 Phone Video Shows Russian Troops Firing In Kharkiv | February 27, 2022 | 1:18 | 11,433,400 |
 Car Barely Dodges Attack In Kharkiv | February 25, 2022 | 0:32 | 11,143,763 |
 Russian Missiles, Air Strikes Hit Ukrainian Targets | February 24, 2022 | 2:43 | 9,504,288 |
 How Russians Reacted When We Showed Them Pictures From Ukra… | March 4, 2022 | 2:33 | 7,724,308 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Capturing A Drone In Moscow | August 12, 2019 | 0:36 | 11,209,288 |
 Drones Hit High-Rises In Russia, Moscow Blames Ukraine | December 21, 2024 | 0:37 | 4,147,888 |
 Moscow Terror Attack Suspects Shown In Court | March 25, 2024 | 0:44 | 2,945,554 |
 Russia's Petrol Collapse Has Citizens Desperate #breaking #… | June 30, 2026 | 2:09 | 1,569,324 |
 Why Was There A Shoot-Out In Kyiv Between Ukraine’s Governm… | September 3, 2026 | 1:33 | 995,641 |
YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- Video taking offLife In The 'Kill Zone': Inside Occupied Oleshky,… The video opened at a pace of 205,056 views a day, 4.2 times a normal first day on this channel (48,460).
- Video taking offThis Is What It Takes To Reach A Frontline City I… The video opened at a pace of 48,460 views a day, 17 times a normal first day on this channel (2,790).Read the story
- Video taking offVladimir Putin's Neighbors: Two Parallel Worlds O… The video opened at a pace of 40,390 views a day, 14 times a normal first day on this channel (2,790).Read the story
- Video taking offUkraine Retakes 26 Settlements. This Is What’s Le… The video opened at a pace of 87,192 views a day, 38 times a normal first day on this channel (2,299).Read the story
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 +758K views this week
A close satellite encounter brings orbital security to RFE/RL
Mike Eckel examines a Russian military satellite's approach to a Finnish spacecraft supplying radar imagery to Ukraine.
Video taking off 17x its usual first day
Drones interrupt a wounded soldier's evacuation on the road to Druzhkivka
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's embedded report follows Ukrainian troops past destroyed delivery vehicles and into a city devastated by a…
Video taking off 14x its usual first day
Putin's Valdai neighbors live "in completely parallel worlds"
A library director, a teacher and an investigative journalist describe the fences, air defenses and wartime losses around the presidential …
Video taking off 38x its usual first day
"Everything is dead": the villages Ukraine took back in Dnipropetrovsk
Maryan Kushnir's short front-line report finds 26 reclaimed settlements in ruins, and soldiers who must race along the roads to stay ahead …
This week on the channel +5M views this week
A Russian Geran-4 drone, taken apart, passes five million views
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's teardown traces the jet drone's turbojet engine, camera and foreign-made navigation parts, while armed Ch…
Video taking off 45x its usual first day
An 'apocalyptic' road to Druzhkivka with Ukraine's 24th Brigade
Current Time's Andriy Kuzakov rides toward a frontline city where Russian drones watch the supply routes, and the report found a far larger…