Alastair Crooke discusses "How Saudi Arabia Is Collapsing" with Napolitano

The full conversation draws an unusually large early audience, alongside a fast-starting Short about Saudi oil infrastructure.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 204,132 views a day, 11 times a normal first day on this channel (19,247).

Alastair Crooke : How Saudi Arabia Is Collapsing

Andrew Napolitano's Saudi Arabia coverage has moved from a short warning to an extended conversation with Alastair Crooke, the former British diplomat known for his Middle East commentary.

The interview, titled "Alastair Crooke : How Saudi Arabia Is Collapsing", reached about 166,000 views in 16 hours. That is already far beyond the channel's usual full-day audience for a regular video. Its comment section is also nearly nine times as busy as a typical first day, with some viewers asking Napolitano to give Crooke longer conversations.

Saudi Arabia is a recurring subject across the channel's latest interviews, not just this guest's appearance. Chas Freeman's title asks whether the country is collapsing, while Matt Hoh's asks whether its leadership can survive. Those are the questions and arguments the channel is presenting, rather than announcements of an established outcome.

A separate Short, "Saudi Arabia's 2-Year Oil Crisis: Can They Afford It? #shorts", is drawing an unusually large audience too. Its description attributes financial pressure to damaged oil infrastructure and lengthy repairs. Meanwhile, Napolitano's conversations with Scott Ritter about Trump and Putin, and Jeffrey Sachs about Trump's political prospects, have also opened well above the channel's usual pace.

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The numbers

Crooke's interview and the Saudi oil Short both stand out against the channel's usual starts for their respective formats.

the video's first day

usual first day here

19,247

this video

204,132

subscribers

790,000

▲ 1,000 in the last 7 days

total views

400,530,266

the video

views

165,847

likes

10,013

comments

563

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

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813,000

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790,000

Dan Wootton Outspoken

784,000

The Rational National

781,000

PoliticsJOE

773,000

Valuetainment Short Clips

772,000

As of October 13, 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.