The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age

YouTube: The numbers today

YouTube: What happened lately

November 6, 2026 20x its usual first day Is Trumpism dead? What the Democrats sweep to pow… The video opened at a pace of 55,872 views a day, 20 times a normal first day on this channel (2,748). Read the story

This week on the channel +716K views this week

Francis Fukuyama brings the longer view to SMH and Age

The political scientist joins a post-midterm week that also features Peter Hartcher's analysis and David Jones' administration.

Channel: The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age · Story of November 9, 2026

Video taking off 20x its usual first day

"Is Trumpism dead?" Hartcher looks beyond the congressional defeat

The Morning Edition examines the limits on Trump's power, the failure of billionaire-backed campaigns and the choices facing victorious Dem…

Channel: The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age · Story of November 6, 2026

Video taking off 16x its usual first day

Obama links Trump's White House renovations to a prices critique

The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age's rally clip drew about 61,000 views in its first day, far beyond the channel's usual Shorts audience.

Channel: The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age · Story of October 26, 2026

The video drawing the most views now

Russell brand sentences in London court

Video published

November 9, 2026

Video views so far

9,769

Video views, pace per day

9,243

Views on its first day

7,152

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

0.0% of all views the category's channels gained this week

Subscriber growth this week

0.4% 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
Remembrance Day 2026: Flag stitched by Australian POWs in W…	November 10, 2026	0:56 short	593	1,323	593 (7 hours)	7	0
Behind the downfall of David Jones	November 10, 2026	17:47	807	1,361	807 (10 hours)	13	0
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said a rapid review into th…	November 10, 2026	1:02 short	985	969	976	10	0
US Republican congressman files resolution to impeach Pete …	November 10, 2026	0:27 short	2,663	2,499	2,525	80	0
Russell brand sentences in London court	November 9, 2026	1:21 short	9,769	9,243	7,152	27	-
Inside Nick McKenzie's investigation into the ‘darker corne…	November 9, 2026	20:47	4,255	1,466	3,781	74	0
Michael Paynter on playing legendary Australian singer John…	November 9, 2026	1:50 short	6,816	3,118	3,790	14	0
Woeful Wallabies smashed by England in record 45-22 defeat …	November 8, 2026	1:21 short	1,100	217	771	8	0
Francis Fukuyama predicted Trump as a threat to democracy 3…	November 8, 2026	23:59	7,677	396	6,460	121	0
One Nation turmoil, Rinehart influence claims exposed in co…	November 8, 2026	1:12 short	13,378	4,504	4,761	373	0
Pia Miranda on food, fame – and life after Looking for Alib…	November 6, 2026	28:36	324	199	248	1	0
Pia Miranda on food, fame – and life after Looking for Alib…	November 6, 2026	27:22	1,037	54	550	3	0
What Australians think about their democracy, government an…	November 5, 2026	23:04	4,740	372	1,442	33	0
Beau Lamarre-Condon denies spying on TV presenter during dr…	November 5, 2026	1:51 short	3,507	339	1,935	48	-
Russell Brand faces ‘significant’ jail term after guilty ve…	November 5, 2026	2:53 short	3,940	82	2,719	26	-

Audience engagement

likes per 1,000 views

13.6 in the category: 18.7

comments per 1,000 views

0.0 in the category: 2.3

a video's usual first day on this channel

3,547 views

short vs long

9 short (up to 3 minutes), 6 long
average views per short video: 4,750
average views per long video: 3,140

YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
9/11, 2001 as it happened	September 9, 2021	10:33	21,490,435
Security remove passenger from plane in Melbourne	May 31, 2017	1:27	2,903,161
50 runs in nine balls: Dipendra Singh Airee's record T20 ha…	September 28, 2023	1:35	2,065,735
Glenn Maxwell hits double-century in Cricket World Cup	November 8, 2023	1:30	1,313,899
A day in the life of a forensic cleaning team	October 7, 2019	9:41	1,310,447

YouTube: Most watched Shorts

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
Prince William pays homage to King Charles	May 6, 2023	0:28	13,022,902
How did Queen Elizabeth and King Charles' coronations compa…	May 8, 2023	0:55	4,482,985
"I'm going to go to bed" - Biden	September 12, 2023	0:50	2,063,595
Joe Biden says Donald Trump called veterans "losers and suc…	June 28, 2024	0:55	1,606,767
Simon Baker on The Mentalist having a comeback	August 17, 2026	0:58	1,543,156

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

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

1. November 6, 2026Video taking offIs Trumpism dead? What the Democrats sweep to pow… The video opened at a pace of 55,872 views a day, 20 times a normal first day on this channel (2,748).Read the story
2. October 26, 2026Video taking offUS midterms: Barack Obama has attacked Trump’s ad… The video opened at a pace of 61,359 views a day, 16 times a normal first day on this channel (3,719).Read the story
3. October 24, 2026Video surgingDonald Trump is not only coddling Vladimir Putin.… The video ran that day at 30,224 views a day, 2 times its usual pace (14,887).
4. October 23, 2026Video taking offDonald Trump is becoming Vladimir Putin: Hartcher The video opened at a pace of 82,977 views a day, 33 times a normal first day on this channel (2,546).Read the story
5. October 22, 2026Video taking offIndependent MP Helen Haines loses second leg afte… The video opened at a pace of 55,092 views a day, 15 times a normal first day on this channel (3,719).Read the story
6. October 20, 2026Video taking offIndependent MP Helen Haines in critical condition… The video opened at a pace of 48,561 views a day, 13 times a normal first day on this channel (3,719).Read the story