# BBC Politics: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

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As of 2026-10-27, BBC Politics has 901,000 subscribers, 411,468,428 total views, and 4,477 videos. It ranks #82,518 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [BBC Politics](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbcpolitics/). 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 Politics is “Burnham open to 'honest dicussion' on EU free movement \| BBC Politics Live”, a long-form video published Oct 26, 2026.
- These are BBC Politics’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Oct 14, 2026 and Oct 26, 2026 (29 long-form videos and 19 Shorts).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 22,870. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “Slavoj Žižek: "Only when you are really desperate, you act"” (421,252 views, Oct 22, 2026). Least viewed: “Could rough sleepers in England be off the streets by Christmas? #BBCNews” (2,507 views, Oct 26, 2026).
- Median length: 13:47 for 29 long-form videos; 0:44 for 19 Shorts.
- In this sample, BBC Politics’s consecutive uploads were a median of 0 days apart (shortest gap 0 days, longest 1 day).
- Views are lifetime totals as of Oct 27, 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Burnham open to 'honest dicussion' on EU free movement \| BBC Politics Live](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbcpolitics/videos/S62fi3VU6OI/) | 2026-10-26 | Long-form | 9,313 | 12:59 | - |
| [Could rough sleepers in England be off the streets by Christmas? #BBCNews](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbcpolitics/videos/ylaYrgT_gCA/) | 2026-10-26 | Short | 2,507 | 0:54 | - |
| [Irvine Welsh reacts to Sally Rooney’s books being withdrawn in the UK \| BBC Politics Live](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbcpolitics/videos/YfKfBPxsaZI/) | 2026-10-26 | Long-form | 14,469 | 13:54 | - |
| [We need an "honest discussion" about Brexit, Andy Burnham says. #Brexit #BBCNews](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbcpolitics/videos/tsvrKEGX3ks/) | 2026-10-26 | Short | 58,448 | 0:44 | 10.69x |
| [Rayner: "honest conversation" needed on EU \| BBC Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbcpolitics/videos/PXflHvbD1eo/) | 2026-10-25 | Long-form | 35,654 | 16:43 | - |
| [Michael Lewis on presidential power, Trump, Musk and the Midterms](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbcpolitics/videos/0Ywsg1Y7Z7E/) | 2026-10-24 | Long-form | 9,131 | 14:41 | - |
| ["I still agonise about all this" \| Alastair Campbell on Blair, Burnham & political "killer instinct"](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbcpolitics/videos/2Z5u1Aa5GIQ/) | 2026-10-23 | Long-form | 88,923 | 29:45 | 1.49x |
| [Wes Streeting pressed on crisis preparedness and how the deal with Putin](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbcpolitics/videos/v8gAwFo9NOk/) | 2026-10-23 | Long-form | 10,307 | 9:30 | - |
| [Andy Burnham says he’s going on Gogglebox to ‘give the country a lift’\| BBC News](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbcpolitics/videos/hCWTxUCxvN8/) | 2026-10-23 | Long-form | 53,161 | 13:47 | 1.3x |
| ['How's the PM got time to go on Gogglebox?', asks Tory leader Kemi Badenoch. #BBCPolitics #BBCNews](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbcpolitics/videos/XQth3v4QVrc/) | 2026-10-23 | Short | 15,030 | 0:33 | - |
| [Clean alternative to gas and oil isn't there yet, says Badenoch. #BBCPolitics #BBCNews](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbcpolitics/videos/K_gMlSBBiVc/) | 2026-10-23 | Short | 10,346 | 0:39 | - |
| [Are we already at war? \| BBC Question Time](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbcpolitics/videos/TN87Mzm6xSs/) | 2026-10-22 | Long-form | 114,245 | 17:59 | 4x |
| [Slavoj Žižek: "Only when you are really desperate, you act"](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbcpolitics/videos/_0LSqRzpxhU/) | 2026-10-22 | Long-form | 421,252 | 20:29 | 13.88x |
| [Christiane Amanpour and Alastair Campbell debate Trump envoy calling Putin a "humanitarian"](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbcpolitics/videos/kWzcBacBFgU/) | 2026-10-22 | Long-form | 168,716 | 20:28 | 5.88x |
| [What's so controversial about the Rosebank oil field? #Rosebank #Jackdaw #Oil #BBCNews](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbcpolitics/videos/rq0ZkinCH08/) | 2026-10-22 | Short | 31,736 | 1:09 | 1.43x |
| [Will Healey's first Budget sort out the shape of the state? \| BBC Radio 4 World at One & PM](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbcpolitics/videos/hTqeaiNC67A/) | 2026-10-21 | Long-form | 17,028 | 13:46 | - |
| [Labour MP Stella Creasy debates the reasons behind the unrest in France \| BBC Politics Live](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbcpolitics/videos/tl3sXYruORg/) | 2026-10-21 | Long-form | 31,866 | 13:57 | 1.09x |
| [PMQs top moments: Jackdaw, £3tn of public debt, and Sally Rooney? \| BBC News](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbcpolitics/videos/5GTEGWm7EZ8/) | 2026-10-21 | Long-form | 26,245 | 8:20 | 1.07x |
| [Aberfan survivors: 60 years on](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbcpolitics/videos/HtBtm5GNlnA/) | 2026-10-21 | Long-form | 83,664 | 30:43 | 2.92x |
| [LIVE: Covid Inquiry report on care sector \| BBC News](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbcpolitics/videos/lNJ6MbZk944/) | 2026-10-21 | Long-form | 7,474 | 1:03:01 | - |
| ["I'm warning you, things are fracturing and they're turning nasty"](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbcpolitics/videos/38hSaWZoEU0/) | 2026-10-20 | Short | 83,774 | 0:48 | 4.25x |
| [UK to deploy jets to defend Saudi Arabia from Houthi attacks. #BBCNews](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbcpolitics/videos/z7ARV5lWiUs/) | 2026-10-20 | Short | 22,253 | 0:48 | 1.51x |
| [Tory MP calls on Matt Hancock to apologise for decisions made during pandemic \| BBC Politics Live](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbcpolitics/videos/ZurZihKIPjI/) | 2026-10-20 | Long-form | 8,517 | 5:23 | - |
| ["If you're 21 watching this now - when are you going to help them?"](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbcpolitics/videos/U0xCg8LWqmI/) | 2026-10-20 | Short | 10,351 | 1:21 | - |
| ['Jewish community feel betrayed' by Green Party, says Rachel Cunliffe \| BBC Politics Live](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbcpolitics/videos/_mT_4hrAehM/) | 2026-10-19 | Long-form | 21,700 | 14:31 | - |
| [Jo Coburn, Dale Vince and Nadine Dorries respond to Zack Polanski and Zionism row](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbcpolitics/videos/aj3LanWUsq0/) | 2026-10-19 | Long-form | 23,413 | 4:52 | - |
| [Ending hospital corridor care for children a priority says health secretary #BBCNews](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbcpolitics/videos/e451Q3T_EXY/) | 2026-10-18 | Short | 3,621 | 1:26 | - |
| [Polanski says he will not overturn Green Party's 'Zionism is racism' motion. #BBCNews](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbcpolitics/videos/1syUuPH0LxU/) | 2026-10-18 | Short | 12,561 | 0:35 | - |
| [Finlay Roberts' parents: "What will it take" to end corridor care? \| Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbcpolitics/videos/BpWGYuQAIQk/) | 2026-10-18 | Long-form | 32,013 | 2:32 | - |
| [Zack Polanski: "I'm not sorry at all" over Zionism motion \| Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbcpolitics/videos/BKC9mSBFpBA/) | 2026-10-18 | Long-form | 85,540 | 14:41 | 2.3x |
| [Faiza Shaheen, Winston Marshall & Patrick Maguire debate Andy Burnham's Budget plans](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbcpolitics/videos/q36b7kR6L7k/) | 2026-10-17 | Long-form | 35,570 | 9:49 | 1.23x |
| [Scottish Secretary: 'there's no panic on the streets of London' amid SNP calls for second referendum](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbcpolitics/videos/mVOkabsHAvY/) | 2026-10-16 | Long-form | 9,005 | 8:54 | - |
| [PM Andy Burnham urges Scottish First Minister John Swinney to work with him on devolution. #BBCNews](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbcpolitics/videos/C8ed955Gwr0/) | 2026-10-16 | Short | 36,588 | 0:40 | 1.79x |
| [All political parties have 'bad apples', Robert Jenrick says \| BBC Radio 4 Today](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbcpolitics/videos/fjpbL6E8Kcg/) | 2026-10-16 | Long-form | 22,462 | 9:14 | 1.04x |
| [Are young people just lazy? #QuestionTime #BBCNews](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbcpolitics/videos/lTXTFOG2Ygo/) | 2026-10-16 | Short | 17,636 | 1:27 | 1.11x |
| [Should we reconsider Brexit? #QuestionTime #BBCNews](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbcpolitics/videos/hrbSLq-8yYg/) | 2026-10-16 | Short | 23,278 | 1:24 | 1.38x |
| [Is it time to talk about rejoining the EU? \| BBC Question Time](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbcpolitics/videos/EdNOa_8eqA0/) | 2026-10-15 | Long-form | 73,422 | 17:46 | 3.57x |
| [What risks do the Midterms pose to Trump?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbcpolitics/videos/CQWQFQFV80Y/) | 2026-10-15 | Long-form | 59,322 | 4:52 | 2.9x |
| [‘You’ll find unsavoury things said by all parties’ - Nigel Farage](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbcpolitics/videos/m4LeCoHREn4/) | 2026-10-15 | Short | 69,896 | 0:30 | 5.27x |
| [US President Donald Trump criticised for public comments \| BBC Politics Live](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbcpolitics/videos/BF9fZPgwMXY/) | 2026-10-15 | Long-form | 39,400 | 3:09 | 1.92x |
| [UK Chancellor John Healey says he wants "to give people a bit of breathing space". #BBCNews](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbcpolitics/videos/P0LhJR6OldQ/) | 2026-10-15 | Short | 6,118 | 0:31 | - |
| [Reform faces criticism after some councillors were filmed making racist comments. #BBCNews](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbcpolitics/videos/fp8aIMM0ak8/) | 2026-10-15 | Short | 11,236 | 1:48 | - |
| ['I worry... Zelensky is going to really trigger the president'](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbcpolitics/videos/9fg1AgiScxU/) | 2026-10-15 | Short | 12,442 | 0:34 | - |
| [New Trump-Zelensky clash could "trigger" the US President and what does it mean for Musk?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbcpolitics/videos/tbGYzvJi8wY/) | 2026-10-15 | Long-form | 177,798 | 14:18 | 8.96x |
| [Giant poo floated down Thames in protest at water industry. #BBCNews](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbcpolitics/videos/MGHKIKxAS98/) | 2026-10-15 | Short | 14,071 | 0:18 | - |
| [Head of MI5 warns about AI bioweapons risk](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbcpolitics/videos/SIENpy2Xzfs/) | 2026-10-14 | Long-form | 7,910 | 9:16 | - |
| [Andy Burnham says he wants to 'repair bridges' between Ukraine and US. #BBCNews](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbcpolitics/videos/bR8Lynhq2w0/) | 2026-10-14 | Short | 36,520 | 0:39 | 2.4x |
| [Why is Andy Burnham being questioned over this podcast clip at PMQs? \| BBC News](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@bbcpolitics/videos/EldxuNuGY50/) | 2026-10-14 | Long-form | 20,955 | 5:20 | 1.06x |

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