Video taking off 43x its usual first day
Chelsea v Arsenal gives the WSL channel a forty-times start
The league's official channel usually opens new uploads quietly, but its London derby video is running at close to a hundred thousand views a day.
Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 99,812 views a day, 43 times a normal first day on this channel (2,304).
Star Studded London Derby | Chelsea v Arsenal | Barclays WSL 25/26
Barely a day old, "Star Studded London Derby | Chelsea v Arsenal | Barclays WSL 25/26" is already the video carrying the Barclays Women's Super League channel.
A new upload here usually has a modest first day. This one is moving more than forty times faster, the kind of opening the league's own channel rarely sees.
The matchup explains some of the pull without any help. Chelsea and Arsenal are two of the biggest names in the English women's game. Chelsea won six straight league titles up to 2025, and Arsenal were crowned European champions that same spring. When those two London clubs meet, the title promises a lot. On the channel's showing so far, this is the video people chose to watch.
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The facts
Subscribers 419,000
Channel views, pace per day 269,102
Video published September 27, 2026
Video views so far 41,784 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day 99,812
The numbers
Here is how the derby's opening compares with an ordinary first day on the league's channel.
the video's first day
usual first day here 2,304
the video
compared with similar channels (subscribers)
Barclays Women's Super Le… 419,000
George Benson Football Ch… 401,000
Fulham Football Club 396,000
As of September 28, 2026 · 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.
Where next?
More from Barclays Women's Super League Video surging 202,101 views per day Chelsea v Arsenal, in full, finds its audience four days late The complete WSL match sat almost untouched after its Thursday upload, then gathered more than 200,000 views in a single day. Channel: Barclays Women's Super League · Story of September 28, 2026
Also in Football clubs, leagues and media Video taking off 12x its usual first day Craig Burley's three-word City verdict leaves ESPN FC's routine behind The former Chelsea midfielder's reaction to Manchester City's guilty findings has drawn almost as many comments as likes. Channel: ESPN FC · Story of September 28, 2026
A different discovery today Video surging 382,002 views per day Cloud9's Finals Qualifier with TLAW nears 400,000 views for LCS The match has drawn thousands of likes but only a couple of dozen comments, and on its own it is running at about two-thirds of the whole channel's daily pace. Channel: LCS · Story of September 28, 2026
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