Brooks and Capehart on Xi's welcome lead PBS NewsHour's fifteen
A Syrian dancer's story of escaping ISIS through ballet is moving faster than the full Sept. 25 episode.
Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.
Brooks and Capehart on Trump's warm welcome for China's Xi Jinping
Three days old, the Friday conversation with David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart about Trump's warm welcome for China's Xi Jinping is still the busiest thing on PBS NewsHour. It has passed a third of a million views and keeps drawing them at roughly twice the pace of anything else from the week.
Fifteen uploads went up, most of them on the same Friday, and the second spot belongs to a gentler story. "Syrian dancer reflects on escaping ISIS and finding freedom through ballet" has a smaller total than the full Sept. 25 episode, yet it is now moving a little faster. A report on the GOP's bet on Texas Latino voters is close behind. The livestream of Day 4 at the UN General Assembly gathered a solid crowd and has since gone quiet.
The channel as a whole ran at exactly its usual daily pace. Among news broadcasters of its size, PBS NewsHour sits third by subscribers. CBC News and Forbes Breaking News draw the most daily views in that group, well ahead of The New York Times.
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The videos drawing views on PBS NewsHour right now
PBS News Hour full episode, Sept. 25, 2026174,642 views · 2026-09-25
GOP's big bet on Texas Latino voters could backfire in midterms128,794 views · 2026-09-25
WATCH LIVE: Day 4 of the 2026 United Nations General Assembly128,159 views · 2026-09-26
Syrian dancer reflects on escaping ISIS and finding freedom through b…125,893 views · 2026-09-25
Russia tests NATO with increasingly aggressive tactics in Europe77,464 views · 2026-09-25
- Channel
- PBS NewsHour
- Subscribers
- 5,380,000
- Videos published this week
- 15
- Video published
- September 25, 2026
- Video views so far
- 388,179
The numbers
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