VICE News's Crooked Con report captures the pressure on Democrats to investigate the Trump administration while delivering on everyday cost…
On YouTube, VICE News has 9,300,000 subscribers and 3,508,686,969 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 1,553,533 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "How America Is Committing “Superpower Suicide” ft. Timothy Snyder | Shane Smith Has Questions", with 879,670 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 286 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 10 of 126 in category "News networks and broadcasters". On Instagram, @vicenews has 2,696,200 followers. The account lost 1,625 followers in the last 7 days.
YouTube: The numbers today
no significant change in the last month
▲ 7,791,498 in the last 30 days
a new short video usually gets 9,964 views
Instagram: The numbers today
@vicenews · The account on Instagram
▼ 1,625 in the last 7 days
0.03% of followers
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category News networks and broadcasters | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 358 of 2,442 | 19 of 74 |
Ranked among the channels whose Instagram account is on Trari.
Instagram followers: News networks and broadcasters
Latest posts
Tap a post to see it here
| Post | Type | Posted | Views | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrats won back power. Now their base wants to know how far they’ll go. | Reel | November 10, 2026 | 9,756 | 99 | 23 |
| Shane Smith asks Nate Silver: How do we get back to a system where people vote… | Reel | November 1, 2026 | 25,475 | 123 | 8 |
| “It looks like a pretty favorable blue environment.” | Reel | October 31, 2026 | 41,141 | 184 | 9 |
| “What we have all around the world is a backlash to incumbent parties.” | Reel | October 31, 2026 | 50,196 | 290 | 28 |
| “It’s a pretty easy scam.” | Reel | October 30, 2026 | 59,854 | 239 | 7 |
| “This map kind of looks a little bit like it did in 2016.” | Reel | October 29, 2026 | 79,349 | 426 | 72 |
| Redistricting and gerrymandering get used like they mean the same thing. They… | Reel | October 29, 2026 | 26,235 | 147 | 6 |
| Nate Silver says this midterm is “a hundred percent” about Trump. He told Shane… | Carousel | October 29, 2026 | - | 911 | 47 |
Of the 15 latest posts: 13 Reels and 2 carousels.
As of November 11, 2026
YouTube: What happened lately
October 30, 2026 6.3x its usual first day Everyone Is Rigging Election Maps. It Could Backf… The video opened at a pace of 69,914 views a day, 6.3 times a normal first day on this channel (11,166).
In a VICE News interview excerpt, the analyst argues that moderate Democratic nominees make Republicans' campaign message harder to sustain.
USAFacts' Lauren Woodman separates routine redistricting from partisan gerrymandering, then explains who controls the pen.
The video drawing the most views now
How America Is Committing “Superpower Suicide” ft. Timothy Snyder | Shane Smith Has Questions
- Video published
- October 15, 2026
- Video views so far
- 879,670
- Video views, pace per day
- 1,439
- Views on its first day
- 188,577
Similar channels
YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category News networks and broadcasters | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 286 of 5,393 | 10 of 126 |
| By views gained this week | 2,204 of 5,274 | 89 of 126 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 2,009 of 5,043 | 83 of 121 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 0.1% of all views the category's channels gained this week
Subscribers in the category News networks and broadcasters
Views gained this week in the category News networks and broadcasters
YouTube and Instagram: Subscribers and followers, last 30 days
Growth in percent since November 3, 2026, so both lines start from the same point
- YouTube · 9,300,000 subscribers 0% (0)
- Instagram · 2,696,200 followers -0.06% (-1,688)
From November 3, 2026 to November 11, 2026: on YouTube from 9,300,000 to 9,300,000 subscribers (0%), on Instagram from 2,697,888 to 2,696,200 followers (-0.06%).
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 | 9,300,000 | 2,696,200 |
| November 10, 2026 | 9,300,000 | 2,696,671 |
| November 9, 2026 | 9,300,000 | 2,696,890 |
| November 8, 2026 | 9,300,000 | 2,697,144 |
| November 7, 2026 | 9,300,000 | 2,697,250 |
| November 6, 2026 | 9,300,000 | 2,697,427 |
| November 5, 2026 | 9,300,000 | 2,697,627 |
| November 4, 2026 | 9,300,000 | 2,697,825 |
| November 3, 2026 | 9,300,000 | 2,697,888 |
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 3,501,016,537 views → November 11, 2026: 3,508,686,969 views · average: 264,497 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
- 14.5 in the category: 18.7
- comments per 1,000 views
- 2.1 in the category: 2.3
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 8,788 views
- short vs long
- 12 short (up to 3 minutes), 3 long
average views per short video: 12,604
average views per long video: 369,161
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
What It's Really Like to Fight for the Islamic State | April 27, 2016 | 6:40 | 49,743,389 |
Detroiters Are Waging Paintball Wars As A Way To Stop Gang … | May 10, 2018 | 5:31 | 28,269,944 |
The Madam of the Brothel (Excerpt from 'Sex Slaves of Bangl… | February 17, 2015 | 3:00 | 26,220,746 |
Inside El Chapo’s Escape Tunnel | July 24, 2015 | 11:19 | 24,188,332 |
Latin America’s Deadliest Place to Be a Woman | June 30, 2021 | 15:11 | 20,333,190 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
TikTok CEO Reminds Senator Multiple Times He’s From Singapo… | February 1, 2024 | 0:37 | 18,627,454 |
Did Kim Jong Un’s Daughter Just Get a Massive Promotion? #s… | February 13, 2023 | 0:57 | 11,495,900 |
Incredible Phone Call of Survivor Buried Under Earthquake R… | February 20, 2023 | 0:35 | 9,591,894 |
First Inmates Arrive at ‘Biggest Mega-Prison’ in the Americ… | March 2, 2023 | 0:24 | 9,009,024 |
Israel Just Ordered 1.1 Million People in Gaza to Leave The… | October 13, 2023 | 0:48 | 7,081,309 |
YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- Video taking offEveryone Is Rigging Election Maps. It Could Backf… The video opened at a pace of 69,914 views a day, 6.3 times a normal first day on this channel (11,166).
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 614,027 views a day, 2.3 times a normal day (271,540).
- Video surgingTrump’s Fight to Control the 2026 Midterms w/ Cis… The video ran that day at 26,779 views a day, 7.6 times its usual pace (3,514).
Stories
VICE News's Crooked Con report captures the pressure on Democrats to investigate the Trump administration while delivering on everyday cost…
In a VICE News interview excerpt, the analyst argues that moderate Democratic nominees make Republicans' campaign message harder to sustain.
USAFacts' Lauren Woodman separates routine redistricting from partisan gerrymandering, then explains who controls the pen.
In a VICE News clip, the analyst explains how narrow Democratic leads could disappear if polls systematically overstate the party's support.
Shane Smith's midterm interview includes Lauren Woodman's guide to who draws congressional districts and which rules constrain them.
Three new uploads return to U.S. power and Trump, while the full Shane Smith conversation approaches 800,000 views.
Shane Smith's only new interview ranges from Ukraine and nuclear proliferation to oligarchy, affordability and AI.
Two short election and cyber clips went up, but a Shane Smith Has Questions episode from early September is still drawing views about four …
























