Serbia's student victory brings hopes of a future at home

Reuters pairs Belgrade's street celebrations with a Student List candidate's hope that young people will no longer need to emigrate.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 227,103 views a day, 26 times a normal first day on this channel (8,760).

Student-led protest movement celebrates election win in Serbia

Radomir Saicic puts a practical hope beside Belgrade's fireworks: young people being able to build their lives in Serbia instead of leaving.

The Student List candidate appears in Reuters' report on celebrations after Aleksandar Vucic conceded election defeat to a student-led movement. After nearly two years of anti-government protests, the footage shows crowds waving flags, lighting red flares and climbing onto a bus in the capital.

Saicic describes the struggle for freedom and justice, then turns to what the victory could mean for those who took part. His hope is that the country will offer young people a future at home, a more personal measure of change than the election result alone.

The minute-long report drew about 220,000 views in its first 23 hours, far beyond the usual first-day audience for Reuters' Shorts. A separate Short reporting the movement's victory also drew an unusually large audience, alongside live coverage of students gathering in Slavija Square.

Reuters' celebration footage is dated October 25. It moves from fireworks above packed streets to people gathered on illuminated building steps, waving flags and making peace signs.

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The numbers

The celebration report drew a much larger early audience than a typical Reuters Short. The channel's separate election-result clip and Slavija Square live coverage also had unusually fast starts.

the video's first day

usual first day here

8,760

this video

227,103

subscribers

4,360,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

2,479,442,249

views per day

1,045,036

typical day: 881,495

the video

views

221,541

likes

581

comments

150

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Global News

4,930,000

CBC News

4,780,000

Associated Press

4,700,000

Reuters

4,360,000

Channel 4 News

4,270,000

Guardian News

4,070,000

As of October 27, 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.