November 6 on the menu: Skepta's '#TheForkAndKnife' sets a date

The short teaser arrived as 'Innocent Smile,' his song with Suggs and Chase & Status, closed in on 850,000 views.

Channel: SKEPTAStory of October 4, 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.

#TheForkAndKnife - NOVEMBER 6TH 2026

Skepta posted once this week, and the title did most of the talking: "#TheForkAndKnife - NOVEMBER 6TH 2026." The upload gives a date and little else, but the comment section has decided what it means. Most of the talk is about an album, and a few viewers bring JME into it, Skepta's younger brother and longtime partner in the Boy Better Know crew.

The teaser drew about 3,400 views in its first day, a modest start for a channel with more than a million subscribers. Its comments are livelier. A "shut up blud" line has become a running joke, and one viewer remembers a Glasgow club night years ago, with Skepta tapping lyrics into his phone mid-party.

The heavier lifting comes from September. "Skepta feat. Suggs and Chase & Status - Innocent Smile" is seventeen days old and nearing 850,000 views. The pairing is unusual: Suggs, the voice of the ska band Madness, alongside the drum and bass duo Chase & Status. The song is about growing up as an immigrant child in Britain, from Nigerian roots to north London, and the description credits Aidan Zamiri as director. A separate upload titled "Innocent Smile." is drawing almost exactly as many views each day.

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The videos drawing views on SKEPTA right now

Innocent Smile.90,055 views Skepta feat. Suggs and Chase & Status - Innocent Smile846,323 views

The numbers

Here are Skepta's numbers for the week, from the new teaser to his September single.

views gained this week, compared with similar channels

Hunxho

3,614,348

ImDavisss

2,063,596

SKEPTA

0

Yeat

0

Digga

0

D Block Europe

0

subscribers

1,010,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

560,135,130

this week's videos (first-day views)

#TheForkAndKnife - NOVEMBER 6TH 2026

3,419

compared with similar channels (subscribers)

Yeat

1,700,000

Aitch

1,140,000

SKEPTA

1,010,000

Tion Wayne

879,000

ImDavisss

840,000

ArrDee

712,000

Digga

675,000

D Block Europe

660,000

Hunxho

650,000

As of October 4, 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.

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