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Sanders tells Jon Stewart he'd back Van Hollen for leader
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In short
On YouTube, The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart has 931,000 subscribers and 161,454,502 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 23,000 subscribers and 8,178,593 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 2,476 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 72 of 164 in category "Political commentators and debate". On Instagram, @weeklyshowpodcast has 811,846 followers. The account gained 16,966 followers in the last 7 days.
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
931,000
▲ 23,000 in the last 7 days
▲ 49,000 in the last 30 days
▲ 49,000 in the last 30 days
total views
161,454,502
▲ 8,178,593 in the last 7 days
▲ 19,963,432 in the last 30 days
▲ 19,963,432 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
304,386
on a typical day: 826,742
Videos on the channel
698
8 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
yesterday
November 10, 2026
Views per subscriber
173
a new short video usually gets 425,035 views
Next milestone
1,000,000 subscribers
at the current pace: in about 43 days
Instagram: The numbers today
@weeklyshowpodcast · The account on Instagram
Followers
811,846
▲ 1,541 a day, on average over the last 2 days
▲ 16,966 in the last 7 days
▲ 16,966 in the last 7 days
Posts
675
8 new posts in the last 7 days
Views per Reel
341,627
usually, by 13 recent Reels
Likes per post
26,431
usually, by 13 recent posts
3.3% of followers
3.3% of followers
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Political commentators and debate | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 873 of 2,448 | 28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Should Chuck Schumer be the Senate Majority Leader? Sen. Bernie Sanders… | Reel | November 10, 2026 | 366,801 | 23,257 | 979 |
| “People are a weird salad.” Sarah Longwell (sarahlongwell25) says the diversity… | Reel | November 9, 2026 | 36,955 | 2,586 | 48 |
| Does Elon Musk wish he spent just a little more money on the election? | Reel | November 6, 2026 | 623,443 | 46,198 | 1,049 |
| Republican base voters no longer want McCain/Romney style candidates. Sarah… | Reel | November 6, 2026 | 67,527 | 3,205 | 67 |
| MAGA has built its base by wielding a wide ranging “reality distortion machine.”… | Reel | November 5, 2026 | 96,759 | 7,957 | 144 |
| “The American people know a failed experiment when they see one.” Jon and Sarah… | Reel | November 5, 2026 | 184,440 | 14,160 | 236 |
| George Clooney, we’ve got another op-ed for you. Jon weighs in on why it’s time… | Reel | November 5, 2026 | 1,046,009 | 44,292 | 1,354 |
| Voters did what universities, the media, and many other institutions couldn’t or… | Reel | November 4, 2026 | 828,922 | 62,667 | 1,095 |
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: The podcast
The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart · No. 134 today among the top podcasts in the US
YouTube: What happened lately
November 11, 2026 8x its usual first day Bernie On Schumer | The Weekly Show with Jon Stew… The video opened at a pace of 552,592 views a day, 8 times a normal first day on this channel (68,662). Read the story
Video taking off 22x its usual first day
Sarah Longwell tells Jon Stewart why his Santorum interview mattered
Their post-midterm conversation turns personal when Longwell recalls how Stewart's defense of gay marriage helped her find her own voice.
Video taking off 21x its usual first day
Jon Stewart wants a ticker tape parade for voters
Sarah Longwell weighs Democrats' congressional gains while Stewart gives his guest permission to abandon caution: "This is the day to overs…
The video drawing the most views now
Bernie On Schumer | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
- Video published
- November 10, 2026
- Video views so far
- 249,922
- Video views, pace per day
- 552,592
- Views in its first 7 hours
- 249,922
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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 | 2,476 of 5,393 | 72 of 164 |
| By views gained this week | 790 of 5,274 | 41 of 164 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 1,166 of 5,043 | 59 of 164 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 0.8% of all views the category's channels gained this week
- Subscriber growth this week
- 2.5% 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: Trophy cabinet
Trophies on the overall chart
The overall chart ranks the most watched videos of all categories together: every day, every week and every month. A trophy goes to a video that reached No. 1, 2 or 3. To the chart ›
No trophy yet (one of the top three places)
Medals on the category charts
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Each category, such as music, entertainment or sports, has its own chart. A medal goes to a video that reached No. 1, 2 or 3 on it.
- No. 3 · The Money & self-improvement daily chart · October 29, 2026Data Centers, Debt & the Risks of AI’s Finances w/ Ed Zitron | The Weekly Show with Jon StewartThe third most watched video in Money & self-improvement that day.
The daily charts are counted since October 16, 2026.
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 · 931,000 subscribers +2.3% (+21,000)
- Instagram · 811,846 followers +1.7% (+13,482)
From November 5, 2026 to November 11, 2026: on YouTube from 910,000 to 931,000 subscribers (+2.3%), on Instagram from 798,364 to 811,846 followers (+1.7%).
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 | 931,000 | 811,846 |
| November 10, 2026 | 930,000 | - |
| November 9, 2026 | 928,000 | 809,755 |
| November 8, 2026 | 926,000 | 808,341 |
| November 7, 2026 | 923,000 | 806,427 |
| November 6, 2026 | 918,000 | 803,182 |
| November 5, 2026 | 910,000 | 798,364 |
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 141,589,087 views → November 11, 2026: 161,454,502 views · average: 685,014 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bernie On Schumer | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart | November 10, 2026 | 2:25 short | 249,922 | 552,592 | 249,922 (7 hours) | 15,072 | 833 |
 Listening To Voters | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart | November 9, 2026 | 3:00 short | 80,628 | 23,820 | 69,609 | 3,676 | 96 |
 Elon Got Cybertrucked! | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart | November 6, 2026 | 2:02 short | 432,533 | 42,419 | 230,224 | 22,598 | 876 |
 Future Of Never Trumpers | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart | November 6, 2026 | 2:54 short | 292,468 | 5,702 | 208,426 | 9,203 | 356 |
 A Bulwark Against Trump with Sarah Longwell | The Weekly Sh… | November 5, 2026 | 1:22:48 | 2,180,872 | 63,321 | 1,279,157 | 56,352 | 10,347 |
 MAGA Media Meltdown | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart | November 5, 2026 | 2:43 short | 487,906 | 28,294 | 206,329 | 20,968 | 579 |
 Rejecting MAGA | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart | November 5, 2026 | 2:43 short | 239,932 | 4,913 | 185,399 | 8,642 | 332 |
 Fresh Leadership | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart | November 5, 2026 | 1:59 short | 220,003 | 2,963 | 161,011 | 10,252 | 540 |
 Thank You, Voters | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart | November 4, 2026 | 2:58 short | 1,500,086 | 3,549 | 1,075,288 | 66,202 | 2,903 |
 Trump 😍 Butts | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart | October 30, 2026 | 2:56 short | 86,665 | 203 | 37,011 | 2,934 | 62 |
 Anthropic's Valuation | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart | October 30, 2026 | 2:51 short | 482,190 | 1,408 | 238,277 | 10,778 | 458 |
 Election F**kery? | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart | October 29, 2026 | 2:56 short | 103,716 | 127 | 55,938 | 3,854 | 136 |
 Believing The AI BS? | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart | October 29, 2026 | 2:54 short | 367,880 | 657 | 179,935 | 13,616 | 611 |
 Data Centers, Debt & the Risks of AI’s Finances w/ Ed Zitro… | October 28, 2026 | 1:35:56 | 1,621,500 | 18,865 | 488,967 | 25,863 | 3,921 |
 Beavis, Butt-head & AI | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart | October 28, 2026 | 2:49 short | 550,363 | 817 | 227,429 | 15,236 | 343 |
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 32.1 in the category: 40.0
- comments per 1,000 views
- 2.5 in the category: 4.4
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 88,579 views
- short vs long
- 13 short (up to 3 minutes), 2 long
average views per short video: 391,868
average views per long video: 1,901,186
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Mehdi Hasan on the Media, Democrats & The Crisis In Gaza | … | July 31, 2025 | 1:19:01 | 2,707,505 |
 Jon Stewart & Pete Buttigieg on Tariffs, Trump Chaos and th… | April 10, 2025 | 1:14:04 | 2,550,353 |
 Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Socialism, Politics & NYC | The Wee… | July 22, 2026 | 1:14:01 | 2,404,843 |
 Jonathan Swan’s Dive into Trump’s Reality | The Weekly Show… | September 10, 2026 | 1:35:21 | 2,152,686 |
 Jon Stewart & AOC Take On Trump’s Comeback and Rebuilding t… | January 23, 2025 | 1:05:52 | 2,045,002 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Why’s Europe so Mean to Us? | The Weekly Show with Jon Stew… | April 24, 2025 | 2:58 | 2,081,308 |
 Rethinking China? | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart | April 25, 2025 | 3:00 | 1,848,110 |
 "Heritage" Americans & The Civil War | The Weekly Show with… | December 5, 2025 | 2:59 | 1,354,525 |
 Why Not Sue Trump? | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart | February 9, 2026 | 2:17 | 1,283,376 |
 Trump’s 100-Day Jubilee | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart | April 30, 2025 | 3:00 | 1,092,415 |
YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- Video taking offBernie On Schumer | The Weekly Show with Jon Stew… The video opened at a pace of 552,592 views a day, 8 times a normal first day on this channel (68,662).Read the story
- MilestoneA Bulwark Against Trump with Sarah Longwell | The… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Video taking offFuture Of Never Trumpers | The Weekly Show with J… The video opened at a pace of 217,616 views a day, 3.6 times a normal first day on this channel (59,987).
- Video taking offElon Got Cybertrucked! | The Weekly Show with Jon… The video opened at a pace of 225,189 views a day, 3.8 times a normal first day on this channel (59,987).
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 2,158,064 views a day, 2.9 times a normal day (747,480).
- Video taking offA Bulwark Against Trump with Sarah Longwell | The… The video opened at a pace of 1,397,504 views a day, 22 times a normal first day on this channel (63,703).Read the story
- Video taking offRejecting MAGA | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart The video opened at a pace of 219,901 views a day, 4.6 times a normal first day on this channel (47,475).
- MilestoneThank You, Voters | The Weekly Show with Jon Stew… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Subscriber surgeThe channel added subscribers that day at 8,004 a day, 5.7 times a normal day (1,404).
- Video taking offFresh Leadership | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewa… The video opened at a pace of 168,351 views a day, 3.5 times a normal first day on this channel (47,475).
- Video taking offMAGA Media Meltdown | The Weekly Show with Jon St… The video opened at a pace of 154,840 views a day, 3.3 times a normal first day on this channel (47,475).
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 2,155,123 views a day, 3.6 times a normal day (591,076).
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 8x its usual first day
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The conditional pledge gives Stewart's question about replacing Chuck Schumer a specific answer, beyond Sanders's call for greater urgency.
Video taking off 22x its usual first day
Sarah Longwell tells Jon Stewart why his Santorum interview mattered
Their post-midterm conversation turns personal when Longwell recalls how Stewart's defense of gay marriage helped her find her own voice.
Video taking off 21x its usual first day
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Video taking off 15x its usual first day
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Video taking off 7.1x its usual first day
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