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This week on the channel +2.9M views this week
The News Agents follows the midterms into questions of accountability
Mehdi Hasan and Steve Bannon feature in a busy week spanning Washington's response and the legal barriers facing survivors.
In short
On YouTube, The News Agents has 267,000 subscribers and 87,507,742 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 5,000 subscribers and 2,881,726 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 4,198 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 115 of 164 in category "Political commentators and debate". On Instagram, @thenewsagents has 319,634 followers.
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
267,000
▲ 5,000 in the last 7 days
▲ 11,000 in the last 30 days
▲ 11,000 in the last 30 days
total views
87,507,742
▲ 2,881,726 in the last 7 days
▲ 7,028,226 in the last 30 days
▲ 7,028,226 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
419,605
on a typical day: 273,610
Videos on the channel
2,079
13 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
yesterday
November 10, 2026
Views per subscriber
327
Next milestone
500,000 subscribers
233,000 subscribers to go
Instagram: The numbers today
@thenewsagents · The account on Instagram
Followers
319,634
▲ 2,752 since yesterday
Posts
1,768
Views per Reel
384,551
usually, by 8 recent Reels
Likes per post
2,696
usually, by 8 recent posts
0.84% of followers
0.84% of followers
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Political commentators and debate | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 1,300 of 2,442 | 44 of 94 |
Ranked among the channels whose Instagram account is on Trari.
Instagram followers: Political commentators and debate
Latest posts
Tap a post to see it here
| Post | Type | Posted | Views | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Police want more Brand victims to come forward – but have they been gagged? | Reel | November 10, 2026 | 49,638 | 950 | 56 |
| Do the laws need to change to prevent celebrities silencing those less powerful? | Reel | November 10, 2026 | 30,584 | 747 | 34 |
| 📢 BONUS Q&A 📢 | Reel | November 9, 2026 | 87,130 | 1,163 | 128 |
| “Miller and Bannon helped turn the old-fashioned Republican base into something… | Reel | November 9, 2026 | 124,440 | 1,872 | 37 |
| Emily and Jon on the “harrowing” detail revealed as a judge hands a 10 year… | Reel | November 9, 2026 | 2,121,733 | 30,665 | 1,124 |
| Did Steve Bannon try to help Jeffrey Epstein “whitewash” his image? | Reel | November 9, 2026 | 200,905 | 5,676 | 812 |
| Want more from Maitlis, Jon and Lewis? | Photo | November 9, 2026 | - | 51 | 8 |
| More than half of Americans said data centres and AI were a factor in how they… | Reel | November 6, 2026 | 97,286 | 1,414 | 24 |
Of the 15 latest posts: 14 Reels and 1 photo.
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
November 10, 2026 16x its usual first day “Harrowing” detail revealed as a judge hands a 10… The video opened at a pace of 118,174 views a day, 16 times a normal first day on this channel (7,620). Read the story
Video taking off 16x its usual first day
The News Agents examines lasting harm behind Brand's prison sentence
The podcast's sentencing excerpt focuses on the women's trauma and the judge's remarks about consent and lack of remorse.
Video taking off 20x its usual first day
Emily Maitlis calls her 2017 Brand interview "chilling" to revisit
The News Agents returns to a Newsnight exchange about Brand's past conduct, alongside its coverage of his conviction.
The video drawing the most views now
Allegations of predatory sex: David Walliams unmasked | The News Agents
- Video published
- November 10, 2026
- Video views so far
- 181,048
- Video views, pace per day
- 277,946
- Views in its first 11 hours
- 181,048
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YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Political commentators and debate | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 4,198 of 5,393 | 115 of 164 |
| By views gained this week | 1,579 of 5,274 | 79 of 164 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 2,125 of 5,043 | 102 of 164 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 0.3% of all views the category's channels gained this week
- Subscriber growth this week
- 1.9% on this channel, 0.3% on the category's middle channel
Subscribers in the category Political commentators and debate
Views gained this week in the category Political commentators and debate
YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 257,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 267,000 subscribers
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 80,552,546 views → November 11, 2026: 87,507,742 views · average: 239,834 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
- 12.7 in the category: 39.9
- comments per 1,000 views
- 2.6 in the category: 4.3
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 17,476 views
- short vs long
- 10 short (up to 3 minutes), 5 long
average views per short video: 59,987
average views per long video: 276,616
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Prince Andrew bombshell: Epstein, Escorts, and Royal Scanda… | August 21, 2025 | 31:56 | 1,056,560 |
 The DARK Truth About Prince Andrew - Virginia Giuffre’s Mem… | October 21, 2025 | 43:22 | 988,237 |
 Prince Andrew and the Epstein scandal - Virginia Giuffre in… | October 20, 2025 | 35:07 | 679,002 |
 Ian Hislop on Boris Johnson, Piers Morgan and political sat… | April 8, 2024 | 28:41 | 596,761 |
 Mehdi Hasan Breaks Down His JAW-DROPPING MAGA Debate | July 23, 2025 | 14:51 | 502,060 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Is Trump pushing Europe to a breaking point with the US? | March 17, 2026 | 2:58 | 2,252,007 |
 “This is an attempt to punish someone who spoke the truth."… | June 30, 2026 | 2:52 | 1,151,575 |
 “US could be LOCKED out of China’s market” | April 15, 2025 | 1:45 | 717,938 |
 Emily reads a text a journalist received from Mandelson aft… | February 25, 2026 | 2:58 | 405,907 |
 Is Trump Finally Waking Up to Putin’s Game?! | April 2, 2025 | 1:55 | 364,384 |
YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- Video taking off“Harrowing” detail revealed as a judge hands a 10… The video opened at a pace of 118,174 views a day, 16 times a normal first day on this channel (7,620).Read the story
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 712,325 views a day, 3.1 times a normal day (228,115).
- Video taking offEmily Maitlis looks back at ‘chilling’ 2017 inter… The video opened at a pace of 147,156 views a day, 20 times a normal first day on this channel (7,470).Read the story
- Video taking offRussell Brand the rapist | The News Agents The video opened at a pace of 292,859 views a day, 3.2 times a normal first day on this channel (92,368).
- Video taking offThe Democrats destroy Trump - what happens now? |… The video opened at a pace of 510,504 views a day, 5.8 times a normal first day on this channel (88,359).
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 903,556 views a day, 5.8 times a normal day (155,615).Read the story
- Video taking offThe “full horror” of the White House construction… The video opened at a pace of 36,428 views a day, 5.1 times a normal first day on this channel (7,174).
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 592,210 views a day, 3.6 times a normal day (164,181).
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 418,934 views a day, 2.9 times a normal day (146,290).
- Video taking off“This is what Donald Trump went to bed thinking a… The video opened at a pace of 49,531 views a day, 7.7 times a normal first day on this channel (6,417).Read the story
- Video taking offHas Putin made Trump look like an idiot again? | … The video opened at a pace of 277,764 views a day, 5 times a normal first day on this channel (55,475).
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 +2.9M views this week
The News Agents follows the midterms into questions of accountability
Mehdi Hasan and Steve Bannon feature in a busy week spanning Washington's response and the legal barriers facing survivors.
Video taking off 16x its usual first day
The News Agents examines lasting harm behind Brand's prison sentence
The podcast's sentencing excerpt focuses on the women's trauma and the judge's remarks about consent and lack of remorse.
Video taking off 20x its usual first day
Emily Maitlis calls her 2017 Brand interview "chilling" to revisit
The News Agents returns to a Newsnight exchange about Brand's past conduct, alongside its coverage of his conviction.
Views jump 5.8x the channel's usual pace
Texas cheers, White House darkness: The News Agents' midterm night
Goodall joins the celebrations while Maitlis and Sopel watch Washington, as the podcast turns from election results to MAGA's future.
Video taking off 7.7x its usual first day
Miles Taylor predicts Trump's reaction to Zacharia's briefing
The News Agents' fast-starting Short shifts from an unanswered Ukraine question to the president's sensitivity to coverage.
This week on the channel +643K views this week
Texas hecklers put Trump's midterms on The News Agents' agenda
Jon Sopel and Lewis Goodall discuss Republican prospects, while Emily Maitlis interviews journalist Evan Gershkovich in the same episode.
Video taking off 9.8x its usual first day
A Cornell rape case that 'divided America', examined by The News Agents
The episode looks at a frat house Snapchat group, newly released phone transcripts and the president's part in the debate, and it reached f…
Video taking off 20x its usual first day
Andy Burnham's speech gives The News Agents a second, bigger start
A follow-up episode asking whether the mayor's speech ranks among the greats drew about twenty times a usual first day, nearly double the p…
Video taking off 11x its usual first day
The News Agents' Burnham conference episode starts eleven times brisker
Filed from Labour's gathering in Liverpool, the episode also puts Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander on the spot about a third Heathrow ru…