The Academy

YouTube: The numbers today

YouTube: What happened lately

October 23, 2026 9x the channel's usual pace The whole channel ran that day at 1,086,660 views a day, 9 times a normal day (120,074).

This week on the channel +1.1M views this week

Gaston's handsome makeover gets a second look at The Academy

Animator Andreas Deja recalls why a mustache and a villainous jaw gave way to a face the whole town could admire.

Channel: The Academy · Story of November 11, 2026

Video taking off 89x its usual first day

Conan O'Brien hands the Academy Museum Gala stage to Taylor Swift

A two-minute Short moves from "Blank Space" to "Style" to "Love Story," and nearly every comment asks for the rest.

Channel: The Academy · Story of October 21, 2026

This week on the channel +418K views this week

Eggsy's transformation and Streep's cloak open The Academy's filmmaking week

Tom Rand explains a costume choice in The French Lieutenant's Woman, while Taron Egerton revisits landing Kingsman.

Channel: The Academy · Story of October 12, 2026

The video drawing the most views now

Why Disney’s First Gaston “Wasn’t Handsome Enough”!

Video published

November 4, 2026

Video views so far

696,956

Video views, pace per day

65,065

Views on its first day

87,504

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

0.4% of all views the category's channels gained this week

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
The Single Image That Inspired 'Kung Fu Panda 2'	November 9, 2026	0:31 short	4,249	1,145	3,831	219	0
Jamie Lee Curtis Still Remembers Every Line from 'Halloween…	November 6, 2026	0:55 short	38,531	164	17,147	1,097	32
Why Disney’s First Gaston “Wasn’t Handsome Enough”!	November 4, 2026	1:15 short	696,956	65,065	87,504	32,514	405
Horror Was Hollywood’s “Ugly Stepchild”... But Not Anymore!	November 2, 2026	1:49 short	2,364	28	1,201	116	0
Inde Navarrette REACTS To Iconic Horror Movie Props Inside …	October 31, 2026	4:02	168,955	9,170	28,436	3,616	129
How Star Trek’s Klingon Language Was Created!	October 28, 2026	0:51 short	3,787	45	1,751	86	0
Sean Baker Shot 'Tangerine' on Three iPhones... Then Sold O…	October 26, 2026	0:39 short	3,067	14	1,814	72	0
Some of our favorite moments happened between the flashes. …	October 23, 2026	1:01 short	197,898	163	13,675	5,793	42
Why Sofia Coppola Couldn’t Believe She Got to Film 'Marie A…	October 23, 2026	0:43 short	41,706	57	13,384	1,101	12
Taylor Swift Performs At The 2026 #AcademyMuseumGala	October 20, 2026	1:54 short	249,694	238	107,906	3,293	108
Taylor Swift Performs At The 2026 Academy Museum Gala	October 20, 2026	1:54 short	516,415	1,575	158,038	14,108	485
the Kendall Jenner #academymuseumgala entrance was flawless…	October 20, 2026	0:14 short	21,376	49	6,939	258	9
red carpet perfection captured by Jacob Elordi at the #acad…	October 20, 2026	0:14 short	9,405	6	918	43	1
seeing Gold at the #academymuseumgala with Alysa Liu	October 20, 2026	0:13 short	10,885	32	3,665	130	3
need the number of Dakota Fanning's #academymuseumgala styl…	October 20, 2026	0:10 short	3,319	3	516	17	0

Audience engagement

likes per 1,000 views

31.7 in the category: 8.1

comments per 1,000 views

0.6 in the category: 0.5

a video's usual first day on this channel

1,556 views

short vs long

14 short (up to 3 minutes), 1 long
average views per short video: 128,546
average views per long video: 168,955

YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
Tim Curry Breaks Down His Most Iconic Roles	February 5, 2026	13:48	3,849,753
Credited As: Stop Motion Animator	December 21, 2015	7:10	2,215,367
Moments That Changed The Movies: Up In Smoke	June 1, 2015	6:02	2,140,131
Credited As: Head of Puppetry	April 18, 2016	6:21	1,263,663
The Disney Artform That’s Almost Extinct (Only 4 Artists St…	July 3, 2025	4:26	1,242,460

YouTube: Most watched Shorts

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
How ‘Sinners’ Pulled Off Its Mind-Blowing Twin Effect #movi…	May 7, 2025	0:35	13,350,425
The CGI Magic Behind Margot Robbie’s Triple Axel in ‘I, Ton…	December 13, 2024	0:52	10,298,891
Greta Gerwig’s Filming Style Challenged Florence Pugh in ‘L…	January 17, 2025	0:46	5,558,974
The Original Ending of "The Shawshank Redemption" Revealed!	June 11, 2024	0:40	4,602,279
Rosamund Pike’s Extreme Prep for ‘Gone Girl’ #movies	July 25, 2025	0:29	4,564,351

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

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

1. October 23, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 1,086,660 views a day, 9 times a normal day (120,074).
2. October 22, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 406,753 views a day, 4.6 times a normal day (88,221).
3. October 21, 2026Video taking offTaylor Swift Performs At The 2026 Academy Museum … The video opened at a pace of 84,632 views a day, 89 times a normal first day on this channel (949).Read the story
4. October 21, 2026Video taking offTaylor Swift Performs At The 2026 #AcademyMuseumG… The video opened at a pace of 46,323 views a day, 49 times a normal first day on this channel (949).
5. October 21, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 229,727 views a day, 3.2 times a normal day (72,498).
6. October 20, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 161,726 views a day, 2.6 times a normal day (62,584).
7. October 15, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 130,127 views a day, 2.3 times a normal day (57,638).