# BBC Global: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

Markdown version of https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbc_global/videos/ from vidIQ YouTube Stats. Link to that page, not to this file.

As of 2026-10-27, BBC Global has 807,000 subscribers, 212,176,689 total views, and 837 videos. It ranks #92,971 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [BBC Global](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbc_global/). Each video links to its own stats page. The page lists the rest of the channel's videos to signed-in vidIQ users.

## About this sample

- The latest upload vidIQ has for BBC Global is “The entrepreneurs reshaping Africa's economic future \| BBC Global”, a long-form video published Oct 27, 2026.
- These are BBC Global’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Jun 15, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026 (40 long-form videos and 8 Shorts).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 16,686. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “The medieval mystery of Greenland's vanished Vikings \| BBC Global” (1,782,056 views, Aug 27, 2026). Least viewed: “'I don't know what I'd do if I couldn't paint' \| BBC Global” (2,039 views, Jun 19, 2026).
- Median length: 9:44 for 40 long-form videos; 1:05 for 8 Shorts.
- In this sample, BBC Global’s consecutive uploads were a median of 2 days apart (shortest gap 0 days, longest 14 days).
- Views are lifetime totals as of Oct 28, 2026, so newer uploads have had less time to collect them. These figures describe only the videos listed here, not the whole channel, and do not show why any video performed as it did. Dates are UTC.

## Recent uploads

| Video | Published (UTC) | Format | Views | Duration | Outlier score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [The entrepreneurs reshaping Africa's economic future \| BBC Global](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbc_global/videos/lOfD3R-CTlg/) | 2026-10-27 | Long-form | 2,336 | 12:09 | - |
| [This reporter dove into mental health data. What he found surprised him.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbc_global/videos/aCiplpVnr4A/) | 2026-10-26 | Long-form | 7,629 | 13:03 | - |
| [The minimalist choreographer who changed dance forever \| BBC Global](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbc_global/videos/r9nRBz6oC20/) | 2026-10-23 | Long-form | 9,934 | 5:30 | - |
| ['Nobody is making films like this' \| BBC Global](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbc_global/videos/ZvR4ccdaDWQ/) | 2026-10-22 | Long-form | 30,200 | 4:44 | 1.78x |
| [The battle to delete your embarrassing online history \| The Interface](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbc_global/videos/qrcGFYt1awQ/) | 2026-10-21 | Long-form | 4,028 | 26:01 | - |
| [Are there about to be a lot more people with dementia?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbc_global/videos/5WsUBJgJ2w8/) | 2026-10-19 | Long-form | 30,450 | 8:37 | 1.14x |
| [Are there about to be a lot more people with dementia? #BBC #health #aging](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbc_global/videos/ks7Kgs54l10/) | 2026-10-19 | Short | 3,309 | 0:54 | - |
| [Should We Ban Being Cruel to Chatbots? \| The Interface](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbc_global/videos/4UOi8GWzpTI/) | 2026-10-14 | Long-form | 4,750 | 28:54 | - |
| [One psychologist’s theory of why life has become less dangerous and less exciting.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbc_global/videos/w3talQ2W8-8/) | 2026-10-13 | Long-form | 112,248 | 9:59 | 4.87x |
| [One of Opera's most talked-about young artists \| BBC Global](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbc_global/videos/P8F7TIH0Hmo/) | 2026-10-09 | Long-form | 162,141 | 5:44 | 10.93x |
| [Our Interview with the Facebook Whistleblower Behind The Social Reckoning \| The Interface](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbc_global/videos/j0ksyP0zOW0/) | 2026-10-07 | Long-form | 8,718 | 26:33 | - |
| [Ethan Hawke: The film role that changed my life #BBC #Culture #EthanHawke #Creativity #BBCClose-Up](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbc_global/videos/COZLMKmZZyw/) | 2026-10-05 | Short | 6,448 | 2:02 | 1.09x |
| [Inside the mind of Karl Ove Knausgård \| BBC Global](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbc_global/videos/MsppYPIw0hg/) | 2026-10-02 | Long-form | 515,668 | 23:10 | 22.06x |
| [I let AI read my inbox. There was a lot in there. \| The Interface](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbc_global/videos/P_V3LFFSVTE/) | 2026-09-30 | Long-form | 8,786 | 32:03 | - |
| [Meet the creative minds behind ballet's bold new direction \| BBC Global](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbc_global/videos/KvjKTQ9APrQ/) | 2026-09-25 | Long-form | 7,858 | 23:14 | - |
| [Inside the first hospitals of the ancient world \| BBC Global](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbc_global/videos/F9XM-3zsNQc/) | 2026-09-23 | Long-form | 26,936 | 7:17 | - |
| [People are talking less every year, but no one’s quite sure why](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbc_global/videos/0Js69hb8pks/) | 2026-09-21 | Long-form | 103,473 | 11:34 | 1.57x |
| [Why Marina Abramović never stops reinventing herself \| BBC Global](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbc_global/videos/Svpi-uzggTY/) | 2026-09-11 | Long-form | 2,916 | 23:20 | - |
| [Why Ann Patchett doesn’t think kind people are boring #bbc #psychology #literature](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbc_global/videos/Xqbae481xlw/) | 2026-09-08 | Short | 5,339 | 0:41 | - |
| [Why Ann Patchett doesn’t think kind people are boring](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbc_global/videos/Fm_LTXjVjw0/) | 2026-09-08 | Long-form | 25,173 | 16:02 | - |
| [Adventures in Conservation: Searching for Snow Leopards \| BBC Global](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbc_global/videos/pJbb25aWN-o/) | 2026-09-04 | Long-form | 8,863 | 23:28 | - |
| [World's Greatest Train Journeys: Japan's New Golden Route \| BBC Global](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbc_global/videos/473X8wQ-Ajk/) | 2026-09-04 | Long-form | 220,132 | 23:16 | 1.54x |
| [World's Ultimate Adventures: The Land of Troy \| BBC Global](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbc_global/videos/O7NdzSx4oHo/) | 2026-09-04 | Long-form | 24,988 | 23:19 | - |
| [Why more planes are now getting stuck on the tarmac](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbc_global/videos/jLY10G84DpI/) | 2026-08-31 | Long-form | 28,406 | 9:37 | 2.01x |
| [You’re not imagining it. More planes are getting stuck on the tarmac. #bbc #travel #aircraft](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbc_global/videos/Xby0Il7pR_Y/) | 2026-08-31 | Short | 16,982 | 1:19 | 2.8x |
| [Cecilia Bartoli: A voice that defies time \| BBC Global](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbc_global/videos/tEl98-sDSjQ/) | 2026-08-28 | Long-form | 243,018 | 23:30 | 3.32x |
| [The medieval mystery of Greenland's vanished Vikings \| BBC Global](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbc_global/videos/I9A3YkI2dbc/) | 2026-08-27 | Long-form | 1,782,056 | 7:26 | 24.34x |
| [Researchers studied why US overdoses plummeted. The answer surprised them #bbc #health](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbc_global/videos/N2ED3Ghk0rY/) | 2026-08-24 | Short | 6,237 | 1:10 | 1.02x |
| [Researchers studied why US overdoses plummeted. The answer surprised them.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbc_global/videos/afQIsMy8m0Y/) | 2026-08-24 | Long-form | 374,574 | 10:53 | 5.12x |
| [Scientists studied perfectionism for 35 years. Here’s why they’re worried.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbc_global/videos/cdJ-lI33ZE4/) | 2026-08-17 | Long-form | 66,445 | 9:28 | 2.03x |
| [Elderly divorce is skyrocketing in the US. Here's what researchers know. #bbc #marriage #divorce](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbc_global/videos/BHVKWyxh4rY/) | 2026-08-10 | Short | 6,462 | 0:52 | 1.14x |
| [Elderly divorce is skyrocketing in the US. Here's what researchers know.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbc_global/videos/XQyZSf6C-ek/) | 2026-08-10 | Long-form | 440,464 | 8:40 | 7.92x |
| [The woman who stowed away on a ship to report on D-Day \| BBC Global](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbc_global/videos/x0m7P_xnslA/) | 2026-08-08 | Long-form | 2,851 | 1:55 | - |
| [Boys and men are obsessing over muscle. Doctors are worried.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbc_global/videos/wqbLigIb81I/) | 2026-08-03 | Long-form | 15,505 | 9:52 | - |
| [The 'divine visions' prophesying the fall of the USSR \| BBC Global](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbc_global/videos/bH_xj5QIiMg/) | 2026-08-01 | Long-form | 14,276 | 5:36 | 2.04x |
| [Lina Ghotmeh: How to design buildings that remember the past \| BBC Global](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbc_global/videos/Uq54sSfMFcA/) | 2026-07-31 | Long-form | 79,983 | 23:01 | 2.2x |
| [The macabre kidnapping of Eva Perón's corpse \| BBC Global](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbc_global/videos/Z5mguVe3a-s/) | 2026-07-29 | Long-form | 3,918 | 2:50 | - |
| [How to experience German beer gardens without looking like a tourist \| BBC Global](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbc_global/videos/jlFwTYxoJ8M/) | 2026-07-27 | Long-form | 108,393 | 4:51 | 2.98x |
| [Inside James Turrell's 100th and most ambitious Skyspace \| BBC Global](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbc_global/videos/RuGb73dMuVI/) | 2026-07-25 | Long-form | 105,028 | 5:08 | 2.89x |
| [The Soviet nuclear submarine wreck that is a 'ticking time bomb' \| BBC Global](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbc_global/videos/YXAVfSKsWQU/) | 2026-07-24 | Long-form | 31,220 | 2:55 | 1.36x |
| [Researchers studied AI layoffs. Here's their warning.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbc_global/videos/O3gYyCB2n9o/) | 2026-07-20 | Long-form | 1,640,816 | 10:18 | 51.94x |
| [People are paying to get locked out of their phones #bbc #tech #psychology](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbc_global/videos/5kniCVgcCMI/) | 2026-07-13 | Short | 2,477 | 1:00 | - |
| [First we paid to get online. Now we're paying to log off](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbc_global/videos/2Qw5tfo8vJk/) | 2026-07-13 | Long-form | 16,390 | 8:38 | 1.03x |
| [Who decides if you sleep well: you or your watch?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbc_global/videos/Br9qNQceP-8/) | 2026-06-29 | Long-form | 7,012 | 8:44 | - |
| [What If We're Wrong About AI Layoffs?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbc_global/videos/BPrwXkuI20U/) | 2026-06-22 | Long-form | 41,498 | 8:18 | 1.97x |
| ['I don't know what I'd do if I couldn't paint' \| BBC Global](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbc_global/videos/eN70k8d6-A8/) | 2026-06-19 | Long-form | 2,039 | 5:41 | - |
| [Is America really becoming more religious? #bbc #US #religion](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbc_global/videos/GgKpbe_LPaU/) | 2026-06-15 | Short | 4,028 | 1:11 | - |
| [The hidden story behind America's religious revival.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbc_global/videos/18DTxCeYNUI/) | 2026-06-15 | Long-form | 65,616 | 9:28 | 1.5x |

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