SBS The Feed revisits Australia's secret Lolita fashion community

A documentary first aired in 2015 returns alongside a debate about parenthood and traditional gender roles.

Channel: SBS The Feed Story of November 8, 2026Trari Newsroom

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.

‘People think we’re freaks’: Inside a secret Lolita community

The archive supplies the variety. SBS The Feed's three uploads bring a Japanese fashion subculture, a parenthood debate and an unusual personal story back into view, with the Lolita documentary drawing the largest audience of the new releases.

"'People think we're freaks': Inside a secret Lolita community" meets Australian women and men who wear the elaborate Japanese-inspired fashion, but often keep that part of their lives private. The documentary explores secrecy, men taking part in the subculture and finding love within the community. It first aired in 2015, so this is a return to that world rather than a fresh account of it.

The parenthood excerpt asks whether traditional gender roles would encourage people to have more children. It comes from a broader discussion featuring Ellie Gonsalves, George Mamalis, Stephanie Bastiaan, Dita, Elspeth McKellar and Andrew Lewis. The other upload, "I woke up from a coma speaking Mandarin", revisits Ben's story from 2013.

The strongest viewing momentum, though, belongs to another archive return: "Australia vs Japan: Are Aussie kids too coddled?" Its comparison of children's independence is attracting around 5,000 views a day, substantially more than any of the week's new uploads.

Subscribers held steady at 406,000 over the week, while the channel's current daily viewing is below its usual level. Fellow SBS documentary channel SBS Dateline also has a slower-than-usual daily pace. For The Feed, the most active conversation starter remains that older parenting question: how much independence should children have?

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The videos drawing views on SBS The Feed right now

Would we have more kids if we want back to traditional gender roles? …1,616 views · 2026-11-05 I woke up from a coma speaking Mandarin1,600 views · 2026-11-02 Australia vs Japan: Are Aussie kids too coddled?64,285 views Man wakes from coma speaking Mandarin | SBS The Feed56,896 views

The numbers

Here is how SBS The Feed's week looks in views and subscribers.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

The Atlantic

2,859,449

American Experience | PBS

842,768

Chronicle - Medieval Hist…

839,408

the fifth estate

555,103

SBS Dateline

528,208

PBS Documentaries

461,882

American Masters PBS

386,046

SBS The Feed

215,825

Royalty TV

172,460

subscribers

406,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

209,925,701

views per day

22,625

typical day: 29,053

first-day views of each video posted this week

‘People think we’re freaks’: Inside a s…

1,584

Would we have more kids if we want back…

1,441

I woke up from a coma speaking Mandarin

1,385

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

the fifth estate

1,000,000

The Atlantic

996,000

Chronicle - Medieval Hist…

899,000

SBS Dateline

794,000

American Experience | PBS

586,000

PBS Documentaries

450,000

SBS The Feed

406,000

American Masters PBS

271,000

Royalty TV

234,000

As of November 8, 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.