Douglas Carter, out on bail after 41 years, leads The Root
A report on DNA evidence and his release pulled far ahead of a normal opening, while the rest of the channel ran at well under half its usual daily pace.
The RootStory of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 46,430 views a day, 12 times a normal first day on this channel (3,982).
41 Years Lost: DNA Evidence Releases Douglas Carter on Bail | The Root
"41 Years Lost: DNA Evidence Releases Douglas Carter on Bail | The Root" is a news report on The Root's channel. Its title tells the story plainly. DNA evidence has led to Douglas Carter's release on bail, after 41 years the title calls lost.
Ten hours after it went up, the report had close to 30,000 views. That puts it on course for a first day roughly twelve times what a new upload here usually gathers. The rest of the channel was moving slowly, drawing well under half its normal daily views, and it was a soft stretch for other news channels its size too, Washington Week PBS among them. Hundreds of people liked the report, and a few dozen left comments.
The Root is an online outlet devoted to Black news, politics and culture. On a quiet day for the channel, this was the story that found its audience.
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- Channel
- The Root
- Subscribers
- 249,000
- Channel views, pace per day
- 106,574 (on a normal day: 251,165)
- Video published
- September 29, 2026
- Video views so far
- 28,489 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 46,430
The numbers
The figures show one report running far ahead of the channel's usual start, on a day when The Root as a whole was well below its normal pace.
