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The Atlantic host argues that maps designed to secure Republican majorities became a liability when voters swung away from the party.
In short
On YouTube, The Atlantic has 998,000 subscribers and 253,584,870 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 6,000 subscribers and 3,534,364 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 2,385 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 29 of 37 in category "Documentaries and journalism". On Instagram, @theatlantic has 2,180,603 followers. The account gained 17,181 followers in the last 7 days.
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
998,000
▲ 6,000 in the last 7 days
▲ 15,000 in the last 30 days
▲ 15,000 in the last 30 days
total views
253,584,870
▲ 3,534,364 in the last 7 days
▲ 8,008,302 in the last 30 days
▲ 8,008,302 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
519,689
on a typical day: 368,371
Videos on the channel
2,295
15+ uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
yesterday
November 10, 2026
Views per subscriber
254
Next milestone
1,000,000 subscribers
at the current pace: in about 4 days
Instagram: The numbers today
@theatlantic · The account on Instagram
Followers
2,180,603
▲ 1,034 since yesterday
▲ 17,181 in the last 7 days
▲ 17,181 in the last 7 days
Posts
10,799
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Documentaries and journalism | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 437 of 2,448 | 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tens of thousands of Mississippi voters were marked as inactive—and now a Senate… | Carousel | November 11, 2026 | - | 1,255 | 45 |
| Congress could use public criminal trials to hold ICE officers accountable, the… | Reel | November 10, 2026 | 17,466 | 465 | 17 |
| Stephen Miller will no longer recuse himself from matters of AI and space policy… | Carousel | November 10, 2026 | - | 683 | 64 |
| Yesterday, Representative Thomas Massie, a Republican, introduced articles of… | Carousel | November 10, 2026 | - | 319 | 22 |
| Today, parents have access to apps that can track when their infant breathes,… | Carousel | November 10, 2026 | - | 1,005 | 9 |
| JetBlue has long found itself in the mushy middle of the airline industry,… | Carousel | November 10, 2026 | - | 578 | 39 |
| President Trump rallied his base around releasing the Epstein files, only to… | Carousel | November 10, 2026 | - | 951 | 35 |
| Hindus, Buddhists, Jains, Sikhs, and others around the world are celebrating the… | Carousel | November 9, 2026 | - | 5,167 | 18 |
Of the 15 latest posts: 3 Reels, 11 carousels and 1 photo.
As of November 11, 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.
Apple Podcasts: Podcasts
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YouTube: What happened lately
November 11, 2026 4.7x its usual first day How the Democratic Congress Stops ICE The video opened at a pace of 96,076 views a day, 4.7 times a normal first day on this channel (20,410).
Video taking off 25x its usual first day
Trump's "Orbán lesson" is electoral defeat, Tom Nichols argues
The Atlantic's fast-starting Short compares Hungary's change of government with the loss of Trump's congressional backing.
Video taking off 116x its usual first day
Frum warns of subpoena defiance after Trump's midterm defeat
The Atlantic's widely watched Short looks beyond Democratic victories to the limits of congressional scrutiny.
The video drawing the most views now
Things Are Going to Get Ugly
- Video published
- November 5, 2026
- Video views so far
- 1,206,955
- Video views, pace per day
- 160,789
- Views on its first day
- 432,091
Similar channels
YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Documentaries and journalism | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 2,385 of 5,393 | 29 of 37 |
| By views gained this week | 1,386 of 5,274 | 10 of 37 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 1,979 of 5,043 | 13 of 35 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 3.8% of all views the category's channels gained this week
- Subscriber growth this week
- 0.6% on this channel, 0.0% on the category's middle channel
Subscribers in the category Documentaries and journalism
Views gained this week in the category Documentaries and journalism
YouTube and Instagram: Subscribers and followers, last 30 days
Growth in percent since November 5, 2026, so both lines start from the same point
- YouTube · 998,000 subscribers +0.50% (+5,000)
- Instagram · 2,180,603 followers +0.66% (+14,217)
From November 5, 2026 to November 11, 2026: on YouTube from 993,000 to 998,000 subscribers (+0.50%), on Instagram from 2,166,386 to 2,180,603 followers (+0.66%).
YouTube rounds a large channel's subscriber count, so its line moves in steps.
The numbers by day
| Day | Subscribers (YouTube) | Followers (Instagram) |
|---|---|---|
| November 11, 2026 | 998,000 | 2,180,603 |
| November 10, 2026 | 997,000 | 2,179,569 |
| November 9, 2026 | 996,000 | 2,178,394 |
| November 8, 2026 | 996,000 | 2,177,014 |
| November 7, 2026 | 994,000 | 2,175,742 |
| November 6, 2026 | 994,000 | 2,171,818 |
| November 5, 2026 | 993,000 | 2,166,386 |
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 245,719,723 views → November 11, 2026: 253,584,870 views · average: 271,211 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.
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views | Per day | First day | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 How Could Congress Hold ICE Officers Accountable? | November 10, 2026 | 1:55 short | 2,397 | 6,040 | 2,397 (6 hours) | 168 | 12 |
 How the Democratic Congress Stops ICE | November 10, 2026 | 27:33 | 67,143 | 96,076 | 67,143 (12 hours) | 2,148 | 245 |
 Congress vs. Hegseth | November 9, 2026 | 25:09 | 51,572 | 27,808 | 46,872 | 1,087 | 81 |
 The Democrats’ Fight Over Israel Is Just Beginning | November 9, 2026 | 1:55 short | 7,731 | 4,262 | 6,905 | 382 | 60 |
 Is The U.S. Entering a ‘Post-Musk’ Era of Politics? | November 9, 2026 | 1:28 short | 8,263 | 1,663 | 7,637 | 259 | 21 |
 The One Constant in the Variations of Beauty | November 8, 2026 | 1:30 short | 4,497 | 607 | 3,197 | 131 | 10 |
 Can Beauty Make Us Good? | November 8, 2026 | 1:14:36 | 21,049 | 3,089 | 14,175 | 304 | 36 |
 How Republicans Lost Their Grip on Power | The David Frum S… | November 7, 2026 | 8:37 | 456,422 | 19,862 | 272,188 | 7,817 | 697 |
 What Do the Tech Overlords Do Now? | November 6, 2026 | 45:23 | 27,590 | 1,459 | 11,742 | 339 | 54 |
 Trump Learns His Orbán Lesson | November 6, 2026 | 1:18 short | 111,149 | 3,544 | 79,352 | 3,963 | 211 |
 What Voters May Be Expecting From Democrats | November 6, 2026 | 0:53 short | 4,614 | 120 | 2,674 | 145 | 10 |
 Things Are Going to Get Ugly | November 5, 2026 | 1:29 short | 1,206,955 | 160,789 | 432,091 | 34,088 | 3,441 |
 The Limits of Elon Musk’s Fortune | November 5, 2026 | 9:33 | 64,740 | 1,987 | 26,724 | 948 | 155 |
 The Repudiation of Donald Trump | November 5, 2026 | 1:20 short | 39,328 | 269 | 29,557 | 1,600 | 93 |
 Did Democrats Win—Or Did Trump Lose? | November 5, 2026 | 33:58 | 18,366 | 161 | 13,979 | 273 | 100 |
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 25.6 in the category: 19.7
- comments per 1,000 views
- 2.5 in the category: 1.7
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 8,213 views
- short vs long
- 8 short (up to 3 minutes), 7 long
average views per short video: 173,116
average views per long video: 100,983
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 The Doomed Cleveland Balloonfest of '86 | June 12, 2018 | 6:35 | 12,605,399 |
 The World’s Tallest Water Slide Was a Terrible, Tragic Idea | August 13, 2019 | 9:10 | 11,972,547 |
 Adult Twins, Separated at Birth, Have Emotional Reunion | October 3, 2018 | 7:53 | 7,736,812 |
 A 97-Year-Old Philosopher Faces His Own Death | January 14, 2020 | 18:13 | 5,852,166 |
 Why Are Millions of Chinese Kids Parenting Themselves? | February 22, 2018 | 14:34 | 4,909,058 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 This Is What Presidential Panic Looks Like | December 19, 2025 | 1:17 | 3,894,002 |
 What You Can't Do Without Your Smartphone | May 11, 2026 | 1:03 | 1,200,232 |
 Why Allies Aren't Helping Trump in the Strait of Hormuz | March 18, 2026 | 1:28 | 1,122,194 |
 Why Dad’s Side of the Family Tends to Miss Out | May 6, 2026 | 0:17 | 1,092,258 |
 The Tragedy of the Tradwife | May 7, 2026 | 0:59 | 570,875 |
YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- Video taking offHow the Democratic Congress Stops ICE The video opened at a pace of 96,076 views a day, 4.7 times a normal first day on this channel (20,410).
- MilestoneThings Are Going to Get Ugly The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Video taking offHow Republicans Lost Their Grip on Power | The Da… The video opened at a pace of 276,534 views a day, 14 times a normal first day on this channel (20,410).Read the story
- Video taking offTrump Learns His Orbán Lesson The video opened at a pace of 79,352 views a day, 25 times a normal first day on this channel (3,218).Read the story
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 872,620 views a day, 3.4 times a normal day (254,831).
- Video taking offThings Are Going to Get Ugly The video opened at a pace of 348,702 views a day, 116 times a normal first day on this channel (3,000).Read the story
- Video taking offThe Unlikeliest Democratic Win of All The video opened at a pace of 89,263 views a day, 30 times a normal first day on this channel (3,000).
- Video taking offSusan Collins Didn’t Stand a Chance The video opened at a pace of 113,676 views a day, 38 times a normal first day on this channel (3,000).
- Video taking offAnne Applebaum on the Future of American Democracy The video opened at a pace of 81,175 views a day, 4.1 times a normal first day on this channel (19,606).
- Video taking offCan Democrats Hold Trump Accountable? | The David… The video opened at a pace of 141,947 views a day, 7.2 times a normal first day on this channel (19,606).
- Video taking offELECTION NIGHT LIVE: Tom Nichols, David Frum, Ann… The video opened at a pace of 98,463 views a day, 5 times a normal first day on this channel (19,606).
- Video taking offAmerica’s Most Useless Congress Faces the Midterm… The video opened at a pace of 175,706 views a day, 9.3 times a normal first day on this channel (18,865).
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.
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The Atlantic host argues that maps designed to secure Republican majorities became a liability when voters swung away from the party.
Video taking off 25x its usual first day
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The Atlantic's fast-starting Short compares Hungary's change of government with the loss of Trump's congressional backing.
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