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In short
On YouTube, The Onion has 3,310,000 subscribers and 1,494,616,724 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 10,000 subscribers and 5,962,893 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 892 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 12 of 36 in category "Talk shows and late night". On Instagram, @theonion has 5,428,239 followers.
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
3,310,000
▲ 10,000 in the last 7 days
▲ 20,000 in the last 30 days
▲ 20,000 in the last 30 days
total views
1,494,616,724
▲ 5,962,893 in the last 7 days
▲ 17,095,392 in the last 30 days
▲ 17,095,392 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
226,958
on a typical day: 667,228
Videos on the channel
2,675
7 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
yesterday
November 10, 2026
Views per subscriber
451
a new short video usually gets 139,603 views
Next milestone
5,000,000 subscribers
1,690,000 subscribers to go
Instagram: The numbers today
@theonion · The account on Instagram
Followers
5,428,239
Posts
20,201
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Talk shows and late night | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 191 of 2,434 | 8 of 29 |
Ranked among the channels whose Instagram account is on Trari.
Instagram followers: Talk shows and late night
Latest posts
Tap a post to see it here
| Post | Type | Posted | Views | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Change your entire life in 5-10 business days with the Onion Store. | Photo | November 9, 2026 | - | 106 | 0 |
| Revealing his openness to disclosing sensitive corporate information if properly… | Photo | November 9, 2026 | - | 18,673 | 132 |
| Admitting that the cherished property had recently become a burden, the nation’s… | Photo | November 9, 2026 | - | 4,198 | 23 |
| This Weeks Onion Weddings: | Carousel | November 9, 2026 | - | 8,371 | 40 |
| Calling it a shortsighted decision that he would come to regret during his final… | Photo | November 9, 2026 | - | 8,005 | 84 |
| Become a member, get the paper at link in bio or membership.theonion.com. | Photo | November 9, 2026 | - | 1,251 | 5 |
| Overweight Penn State University freshman Kyle Norton cleared up any confusion… | Photo | November 9, 2026 | - | 14,886 | 130 |
| Rubbing at his eyes carefully with one hand and murmuring “shit” under his… | Photo | November 9, 2026 | - | 4,207 | 22 |
Of the 15 latest posts: 2 Reels, 1 carousel and 12 photos.
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 11, 2026 10x its usual first day Is Violence Becoming Too Political? The video opened at a pace of 369,880 views a day, 10 times a normal first day on this channel (35,778). Read the story
Video taking off 24x its usual first day
The Onion gives El-Sayed two minutes to deliver his promises
Its mock election panel demands legislation, a bridge and world peace almost as soon as Michigan's Senate result is announced.
This week on the channel +4.1M views this week
The Onion's food-price panel finds a million-view audience
Seven uploads span an emergency Macarena lesson, an app parody and another installment of American Voter.
The video drawing the most views now
Is Violence Becoming Too Political?
- Video published
- November 10, 2026
- Video views so far
- 225,328
- Video views, pace per day
- 369,880
- Views in its first 10 hours
- 225,328
Similar channels
YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Talk shows and late night | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 892 of 5,393 | 12 of 36 |
| By views gained this week | 997 of 5,274 | 13 of 33 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 1,266 of 5,043 | 15 of 34 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 1.3% of all views the category's channels gained this week
- Subscriber growth this week
- 0.3% on this channel, 0.2% on the category's middle channel
Subscribers in the category Talk shows and late night
Views gained this week in the category Talk shows and late night
YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 3,290,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 3,310,000 subscribers
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 1,477,676,937 views → November 11, 2026: 1,494,616,724 views · average: 584,130 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Become a member, get the paper | November 10, 2026 | 0:10 short | 4,165 | - | 4,165 (6 hours) | 646 | 12 |
 Is Violence Becoming Too Political? | November 10, 2026 | 3:43 | 225,328 | 369,880 | 225,328 (10 hours) | 13,356 | 838 |
 Tate McRae Reveals If She Stops Dancing She Dies | November 9, 2026 | 0:41 short | 50,534 | 20,253 | 43,634 | 3,128 | 57 |
 Is Pete Hegseth's Bold Pledge To 'Kill Everyone' By 2028 An… | November 8, 2026 | 0:59 short | 80,551 | 11,647 | 54,043 | 6,487 | 143 |
 Authorities Investigate Collision Between Trains From Chica… | November 7, 2026 | 0:51 short | 288,009 | 15,350 | 201,469 | 16,591 | 378 |
 Why Hasn’t Abdul El-Sayed Accomplished Any Of His Campaign … | November 6, 2026 | 0:46 short | 342,941 | 30,694 | 182,439 | 21,851 | 610 |
 How Do I Get This Turtleneck Off? | November 5, 2026 | 2:01 short | 68,651 | 1,472 | 36,991 | 5,489 | 194 |
 Become an Onion member while it's still optional: | November 4, 2026 | 0:22 short | 76,004 | 962 | 40,861 | 5,724 | 108 |
 Trump Voter Feels Betrayed By President After Reading 800 P… | November 4, 2026 | 1:24 short | 274,869 | 2,799 | 152,148 | 24,867 | 1,007 |
 Why Hasn’t Abdul El-Sayed Accomplished Any Of His Campaign … | November 4, 2026 | 2:46 short | 1,278,467 | 15,582 | 790,306 | 64,252 | 3,486 |
 Free on Steam: The Onion Voting Simulator 3D. Enjoy a super… | November 3, 2026 | 0:31 short | 23,416 | 323 | 13,674 | 1,440 | 36 |
 Neo-Nazi Pulls Off Surprise Victory In Long-Held KKK Distri… | November 3, 2026 | 0:36 short | 113,190 | 2,403 | 49,242 | 8,343 | 273 |
 Conservative Man Proudly Frightened Of Everything | November 2, 2026 | 0:58 short | 166,017 | 1,130 | 89,219 | 15,593 | 517 |
 The One Percent | American Voter | November 1, 2026 | 0:38 short | 293,210 | 1,592 | 118,142 | 17,245 | 473 |
 Prevent further catastrophe. Subscribe to The Onion. | October 31, 2026 | 0:07 short | 50,629 | 611 | 27,496 | 1,521 | 30 |
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 61.9 in the category: 24.6
- comments per 1,000 views
- 2.4 in the category: 1.2
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 35,778 views
- short vs long
- 14 short (up to 3 minutes), 1 long
average views per short video: 222,189
average views per long video: 225,328
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Olympic Village Tour: See Where The Athletes Live, Train An… | February 13, 2014 | 2:48 | 36,227,599 |
 Sex House - Meet The Nymphos - Ep. 1 | July 12, 2012 | 8:12 | 35,299,244 |
 Sexy Truth or Sexy Dare - Sex House - Ep. 2 | July 19, 2012 | 7:14 | 34,501,495 |
 Brain-Dead Teen, Only Capable Of Rolling Eyes And Texting, … | February 13, 2012 | 3:10 | 21,472,234 |
 Back Of Library Smells Like Weed | August 12, 2013 | 1:44 | 19,962,182 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Anonymous Hero Donates Hospital 200 Human Kidneys | May 3, 2025 | 0:42 | 9,349,900 |
 Elon Musk airlifted to the hospital with severe burns after… | January 23, 2025 | 0:59 | 4,804,014 |
 Judge Rules White Girl Will Be Tried As Black Adult | September 23, 2024 | 0:45 | 3,893,700 |
 Finding Masculine Halloween Costumes For Your Effeminate Son | November 3, 2025 | 0:48 | 2,816,104 |
 Scientists Successfully Teach Gorilla It Will Die Someday | March 29, 2025 | 0:58 | 2,304,951 |
YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- Video taking offIs Violence Becoming Too Political? The video opened at a pace of 369,880 views a day, 10 times a normal first day on this channel (35,778).Read the story
- Video taking offAuthorities Investigate Collision Between Trains … The video opened at a pace of 184,484 views a day, 5.3 times a normal first day on this channel (34,603).
- Video taking offWhy Hasn’t Abdul El-Sayed Accomplished Any Of His… The video opened at a pace of 198,452 views a day, 5.9 times a normal first day on this channel (33,666).
- MilestoneFinding Masculine Halloween Costumes For Your Eff… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- MilestoneWhy Hasn’t Abdul El-Sayed Accomplished Any Of His… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 2,043,764 views a day, 3.5 times a normal day (580,421).
- Video taking offWhy Hasn’t Abdul El-Sayed Accomplished Any Of His… The video opened at a pace of 792,657 views a day, 24 times a normal first day on this channel (33,580).Read the story
- Video taking offTrump Voter Feels Betrayed By President After Rea… The video opened at a pace of 147,347 views a day, 4.4 times a normal first day on this channel (33,580).
- Video taking offThe One Percent | American Voter The video opened at a pace of 91,054 views a day, 3.2 times a normal first day on this channel (28,266).
- Video taking offThe Elderly Vote | American Voter The video opened at a pace of 136,100 views a day, 5.3 times a normal first day on this channel (25,783).
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 1,217,268 views a day, 2.6 times a normal day (467,510).
- MilestoneShould Food Cost More? The video passed 1,000,000 views.
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
Video taking off 10x its usual first day
The Onion's panel wants its violence free of politics
In the Know turns a familiar complaint about politicized entertainment into a straight-faced defense of supposedly simpler brutality.
Video taking off 24x its usual first day
The Onion gives El-Sayed two minutes to deliver his promises
Its mock election panel demands legislation, a bridge and world peace almost as soon as Michigan's Senate result is announced.
This week on the channel +4.1M views this week
The Onion's food-price panel finds a million-view audience
Seven uploads span an emergency Macarena lesson, an app parody and another installment of American Voter.
Video taking off 26x its usual first day
The Onion asks "Should Food Cost More?"
Its fictional pundits agree groceries should be less affordable, but one panelist has a different proposal: give people less food.
Video taking off 10x its usual first day
The Onion turns a fake Hegseth pledge into pundit logistics
In The Know's panel treats an invented promise to "kill everyone" as a question of campaign credibility rather than morality.
This week on the channel +2.1M views this week
The Onion reconvenes In The Know for a nonexistent presidency
Seven uploads mix a mock midterm debate with a train investigation written like a math problem.
This week on the channel 7 videos this week
One giant rutabaga becomes The Onion's food-stamp policy
The satirical USDA announcement has passed a quarter million views, far more than anything else the channel posted in seven days.