Toronto Star

YouTube: The numbers today

YouTube: What happened lately

October 22, 2026 3x the channel's usual pace The whole channel ran that day at 114,586 views a day, 3 times a normal day (38,503).

Video taking off 97x its usual first day

"For now, Alberta stays": Toronto Star's wordless referendum Short

Signs, polling stations and Mark Carney under a "Forever Canada" banner tell the early result, while Danielle Smith's response is still to …

Channel: Toronto Star · Story of October 21, 2026

Video taking off 122x its usual first day

Toronto bike lane protests stop crews for a night

The Toronto Star reports from Bloor West, where removal work resumed the next morning despite continued sit-in protests.

Channel: Toronto Star · Story of October 16, 2026

This week on the channel +313K views this week

Beyond the debate, Toronto Star tries Scarborough's new busway

Reporter Gabriel Hilty travels from Kennedy Station to Ellesmere, while the channel also visits an installation recalling old Toronto landm…

Channel: Toronto Star · Story of October 13, 2026

The video drawing the most views now

Who's paying the price? Ontario's private college OSAP freeze explained

Video published

November 10, 2026

Video views so far

2,387

Video views, pace per day

6,015

Views in its first 6 hours

2,387

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

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
Federal budget 2026: Will investment incentives make life b…	November 10, 2026	2:04 short	252	-	252 (4 hours)	4	2
Who's paying the price? Ontario's private college OSAP free…	November 10, 2026	8:01	2,387	6,015	2,387 (6 hours)	35	10
Otherworldly alt-rock duo Angine de Poitrine debut third me…	November 10, 2026	2:49 short	579	654	579 (18 hours)	10	0
Which ‘Canadians will see themselves in this budget’?	November 9, 2026	22:43	1,537	409	1,458	19	18
Will Canadians ‘see themselves in this budget’?	November 9, 2026	2:20 short	1,146	146	1,119	20	7
Local gamer hosts tournaments outside family salon to save …	November 9, 2026	2:21 short	602	342	410	10	1
Meta’s methods of moderation: ‘Human exploitation’ or a jus…	November 6, 2026	10:57	470	24	229	4	3
Canada Post to stop door-to-door delivery as early as next …	November 6, 2026	2:23 short	1,099	31	772	14	5
Federal Budget 2026 explained	November 5, 2026	2:58 short	3,749	86	2,060	40	34
The undisputed goats of the GO train	November 5, 2026	0:47 short	343	17	239	8	1
From first-to-worst performances, a Blue Jays year-in-revie…	November 5, 2026	1:06:33	202	19	114	1	0
Americans send Trump a message, handing Democrats control o…	November 4, 2026	21:04	2,384	52	1,645	22	2
Democrats humiliate Trump in historic midterm sweep	November 4, 2026	1:29 short	1,933	10	1,795	31	3
A blue tsunami	November 4, 2026	1:37 short	1,139	11	852	45	3
Smart glasses are showing up in Toronto nightclubs. Not eve…	November 3, 2026	1:18 short	288	0	154	2	1

Audience engagement

likes per 1,000 views

14.6 in the category: 18.7

comments per 1,000 views

5.0 in the category: 2.3

a video's usual first day on this channel

462 views

short vs long

10 short (up to 3 minutes), 5 long
average views per short video: 1,113
average views per long video: 1,396

YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
Charles Bradley performs soulful cover of Black Sabbath's '…	September 28, 2016	6:25	31,572,768
NHL to NBA in 3 minutes! Timelapse transformation of Toront…	January 26, 2017	2:56	6,394,801
Sounds of a Glass Armonica	April 9, 2013	2:18	4,479,351
Compare Melania Trump to Michelle Obama's White House Chris…	November 27, 2017	1:02	3,301,895
Backyard Roller Coaster	July 26, 2014	1:36	2,036,476

YouTube: Most watched Shorts

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
Carney's exit: why most Canadians say he made the right call	August 28, 2026	2:24	1,362,883
Prime Minister Mark Carney calls out Trump administration a…	August 22, 2026	2:54	1,362,647
Lake America? Trump wants to rename Lake Ontario. We asked …	August 25, 2026	2:44	578,993
U.S. businesses are getting crushed by their own trade war	September 10, 2026	3:00	248,699
What went wrong with the U.S.-Canada trade talks?	August 23, 2026	2:51	206,859

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

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

1. October 22, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 114,586 views a day, 3 times a normal day (38,503).
2. October 21, 2026Video taking offAlberta Referendum Results: Albertans voted to st… The video opened at a pace of 64,702 views a day, 97 times a normal first day on this channel (666).Read the story
3. October 18, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 109,345 views a day, 2.9 times a normal day (38,237).
4. October 16, 2026Video taking offToronto's bike lane battle: protests erupt as For… The video opened at a pace of 93,558 views a day, 122 times a normal first day on this channel (768).Read the story