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In short
On YouTube, Wall Street Journal Opinion has 159,000 subscribers and 31,839,560 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 3,000 subscribers and 1,406,226 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 4,911 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 122 of 126 in category "News networks and broadcasters".
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
159,000
▲ 3,000 in the last 7 days
▲ 12,000 in the last 30 days
▲ 12,000 in the last 30 days
total views
31,839,560
▲ 1,406,226 in the last 7 days
▲ 6,527,242 in the last 30 days
▲ 6,527,242 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
63,040
on a typical day: 227,524
Videos on the channel
3,765
15+ uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
today
November 11, 2026
Views per subscriber
200
Next milestone
200,000 subscribers
at the current pace: in about 103 days
YouTube: What happened lately
November 8, 2026 23x its usual first day Trump vs. Trump, the Final Act The video opened at a pace of 171,729 views a day, 23 times a normal first day on this channel (7,622). Read the story
Video surging 100x the video's usual pace
Strassel questions Alaska's "yes to repeal" ranked-choice ballot
A Potomac Watch clip revisits the narrowly defeated repeal measure and Strassel's account of voters misunderstanding their choice.
Video surging 58x the video's usual pace
Continetti argues Israelis still trust Netanyahu on security
A Potomac Watch excerpt on Wall Street Journal Opinion draws about 118,000 views in a day, four days after publication.
The video drawing the most views now
Alito and Thomas Can’t Retire Now
- Video published
- November 9, 2026
- Video views so far
- 18,059
- Video views, pace per day
- 12,501
- Views on its first day
- 12,754
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YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category News networks and broadcasters | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 4,911 of 5,393 | 122 of 126 |
| By views gained this week | 2,316 of 5,274 | 93 of 126 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 2,208 of 5,043 | 88 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
- Subscriber growth this week
- 1.9% on this channel, 0.0% on the category's middle channel
Subscribers in the category News networks and broadcasters
Views gained this week in the category News networks and broadcasters
YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 147,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 159,000 subscribers
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 25,312,318 views → November 11, 2026: 31,839,560 views · average: 225,077 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mike Johnson’s Tenure as Speaker of the House | November 11, 2026 | 1:03 short | 999 | - | 999 (4 hours) | 33 | 5 |
 WSJ Opinion: Jim Jordan Is the House GOP's Next Leader / Ca… | November 10, 2026 | 29:30 | 4,047 | - | 4,047 (6 hours) | 71 | 19 |
 Should the Electoral College Be Abolished? / Free Ex | November 10, 2026 | 1:17 short | 1,737 | 2,352 | 1,737 (13 hours) | 72 | 12 |
 Hegseth Impeachment Effort Looks Like a Distraction | November 10, 2026 | 1:09 short | 2,434 | 3,186 | 2,434 (14 hours) | 33 | 11 |
 Trump’s Potential to Broker an Immigration Compromise | November 10, 2026 | 1:13 short | 843 | 554 | 773 | 23 | 5 |
 WSJ Opinion: What Can Congress Get Down in Its Lame-Duck Se… | November 9, 2026 | 28:17 | 8,440 | 3,517 | 8,016 | 99 | 46 |
 Alito and Thomas Can’t Retire Now | November 9, 2026 | 1:14 short | 18,059 | 12,501 | 12,754 | 360 | 18 |
 Democrats Won—Now Don’t Blow It | November 8, 2026 | 1:20 short | 2,586 | 265 | 2,165 | 76 | 14 |
 Republican Party Needs to Be Based on Ideas, not Persona | November 7, 2026 | 1:06 short | 3,244 | 183 | 2,341 | 70 | 6 |
 What Do You Bring to Free Expression? / Free Ex | November 7, 2026 | 0:37 short | 1,205 | 51 | 789 | 24 | 1 |
 Trump Fires Susie Wiles, Schumer Vows No 'Right-winger' Jus… | November 7, 2026 | 23:20 | 23,145 | 397 | 18,446 | 299 | 107 |
 Stephen Miller Is Trump’s New Chief of Staff | November 7, 2026 | 1:13 short | 8,982 | 212 | 6,522 | 122 | 13 |
 Trump vs. Trump, the Final Act | November 6, 2026 | 5:20 | 387,937 | 11,183 | 171,729 | 3,900 | 701 |
 Jon Ossoff Is Now a Top 2028 Presidential Contender / Free … | November 6, 2026 | 1:17 short | 7,509 | 105 | 5,421 | 199 | 31 |
 Trump Mistakenly Thought the Iran War Would Be Over Quickly | November 6, 2026 | 1:02 short | 7,673 | 101 | 5,659 | 70 | 15 |
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 11.4 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
- 2,686 views
- short vs long
- 11 short (up to 3 minutes), 4 long
average views per short video: 5,024
average views per long video: 105,892
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Lessons on Low-Cost Deterrence and Drones From Ukraine | March 12, 2024 | 5:12 | 742,979 |
 'Mission Creep' Surrounds Trump’s Fraud Verdict | September 30, 2024 | 3:37 | 416,027 |
 The Path to Zero: The Withdrawal From Afghanistan | August 26, 2026 | 57:16 | 404,844 |
 Trump’s Best Idea: Unleashing Elon Musk on Government | September 9, 2024 | 5:33 | 398,105 |
 Biden's Secret Emails and the Third Bank Records Memo | WSJ… | September 1, 2023 | 5:50 | 317,150 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Netanyahu Gives Israel One More Surprise | October 29, 2026 | 1:51 | 2,637,410 |
 Young Men Are Abandoning the Workforce / Free Ex | August 20, 2026 | 1:14 | 1,500,637 |
 Justice Alito Explains Recusal in Climate Change Case | October 6, 2026 | 1:16 | 414,323 |
 Israel’s Elections Show Netanyahu is Trusted | October 28, 2026 | 0:53 | 333,653 |
 Is the Church's Liberal Era Ending? / Free Ex | September 29, 2026 | 1:31 | 155,563 |
YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- Video taking offTrump vs. Trump, the Final Act The video opened at a pace of 171,729 views a day, 23 times a normal first day on this channel (7,622).Read the story
- Video people are talking aboutWill Democrats Misread Their Victory? The video drew 202 comments in its first day, 7.8 times a normal first day on this channel (26).
- Video surgingAlaska’s Mistake Approving Ranked Choice Voting The video ran that day at 71,772 views a day, 100 times its usual pace (718).Read the story
- Video surgingIsrael’s Elections Show Netanyahu is Trusted The video ran that day at 65,693 views a day, 4.8 times its usual pace (13,660).
- Video surgingIsrael’s Elections Show Netanyahu is Trusted The video ran that day at 118,260 views a day, 58 times its usual pace (2,038).Read the story
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 1,066,775 views a day, 10 times a normal day (106,015).Read the story
- MilestoneNetanyahu Gives Israel One More Surprise The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Video taking offNetanyahu Gives Israel One More Surprise The video opened at a pace of 318,859 views a day, 155 times a normal first day on this channel (2,054).Read the story
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 437,845 views a day, 2.8 times a normal day (153,796).
- Video taking offFrom Protests to Riots. Why France Is Burning The video opened at a pace of 42,018 views a day, 8.9 times a normal first day on this channel (4,710).
- Video taking offDonald Trump Moves Closer to an Alliance With Rus… The video opened at a pace of 52,550 views a day, 12 times a normal first day on this channel (4,466).Read the story
- Video taking offThe Trump-Zelensky Rift Worsens The video opened at a pace of 123,777 views a day, 30 times a normal first day on this channel (4,128).Read the story
Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube
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 23x its usual first day
Swaim calls Vance pick Trump's most self-defeating move
Wall Street Journal Opinion's post-midterm commentary argues that Trump's personal electoral success has repeatedly come at his party's exp…
Video surging 100x the video's usual pace
Strassel questions Alaska's "yes to repeal" ranked-choice ballot
A Potomac Watch clip revisits the narrowly defeated repeal measure and Strassel's account of voters misunderstanding their choice.
Video surging 58x the video's usual pace
Continetti argues Israelis still trust Netanyahu on security
A Potomac Watch excerpt on Wall Street Journal Opinion draws about 118,000 views in a day, four days after publication.
Views jump 10x the channel's usual pace
Wall Street Journal Opinion tops a million daily views
The channel's sharp rise comes alongside election commentary on Alaska's voting system and Susan Collins's Senate prospects.
Video taking off 155x its usual first day
Netanyahu lost his majority, not his options, Kaufman argues
Wall Street Journal Opinion's widely watched Short lays out three routes through Israel's election deadlock.
Video taking off 12x its usual first day
A summit without Ukraine? WSJ Opinion questions Trump's Russia approach
Potomac Watch's panel argues that sanctions relief and talks excluding Kyiv would strengthen Putin rather than secure peace.
Video taking off 30x its usual first day
Starlink, Russian diesel and a NATO pledge in WSJ Opinion's Trump-Zelensky report
Gen. Alexus Grynkewich answers Europe's worries about American commitment by pointing to himself.
This week on the channel +806K views this week
Rubio in Greece, algorithms at home: WSJ Opinion's varied week
Fifteen uploads ranged from Senate debate analysis to Mary Julia Koch's argument for leaving room for unexpected discoveries.
Video taking off 22x its usual first day
France's protests fuel WSJ Opinion's welfare-state critique
"France's Bonfire of Inanities" draws an unusually large audience for an argument linking school funding to broader public-spending pressur…
Video taking off 244x its usual first day
Justice Alito on why he sat out a climate case, in a WSJ Opinion clip
A short cut from a long Potomac Watch interview drew far more viewers than the full conversation posted the same day.