# Defense Digest: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

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As of 2026-10-28, Defense Digest has 534,000 subscribers, 570,926,457 total views, and 1,460 videos. It ranks #142,923 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [Defense Digest](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@defensedigest/). 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 Defense Digest is “Ukrainian MiG-29 Hunts Jet Powered Shahed Drone!”, a Short published Oct 25, 2026.
- These are Defense Digest’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between May 9, 2026 and Oct 25, 2026 (48 Shorts).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 26,302. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “Kyiv Rocked by 90+ Russian Missiles!” (348,822 views, May 24, 2026). Least viewed: “Ukrainian MiG-29 Hunts Jet Powered Shahed Drone!” (7,124 views, Oct 25, 2026).
- Median length: 0:26 for 48 Shorts.
- In this sample, Defense Digest’s consecutive uploads were a median of 0 days apart (shortest gap 0 days, longest 38 days).
- Views are lifetime totals as of Oct 29, 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Ukrainian MiG-29 Hunts Jet Powered Shahed Drone!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@defensedigest/videos/wnZF9PQc3-o/) | 2026-10-25 | Short | 7,124 | 0:24 | - |
| [Russian Igla MANPADS Shoots Down Ukrainian Liutyi Drone](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@defensedigest/videos/CyCxyt0CNP0/) | 2026-10-07 | Short | 54,596 | 0:20 | 5.97x |
| [Ukraine Captures 250+ Russian Soldiers in Operation Vivaldi!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@defensedigest/videos/iUOp0pPi5dA/) | 2026-09-28 | Short | 24,696 | 0:30 | - |
| [Russian Drone Strikes Near Poland Border!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@defensedigest/videos/SWEg_mvvei4/) | 2026-09-28 | Short | 10,278 | 0:21 | - |
| [Houthi Drone Hits Saudi Abrams Tank!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@defensedigest/videos/wQtaWZql-T0/) | 2026-08-21 | Short | 24,292 | 0:24 | - |
| [High-Speed Morok Drone Hits 800 km Inside Russia!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@defensedigest/videos/rWWmEB2zp_U/) | 2026-08-03 | Short | 35,826 | 0:34 | - |
| [Ukrainian Drones Burn Russian Fuel Convoy!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@defensedigest/videos/3ezSRTNPcH0/) | 2026-08-02 | Short | 63,223 | 0:30 | 1.35x |
| [Russian Motorcycle with a Bathtub Goes Viral!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@defensedigest/videos/ckT2WSLhbsE/) | 2026-08-02 | Short | 25,120 | 0:26 | - |
| [Ukrainian Drones Strike Russian Wildberries Warehouse \| Massive Fire Near Samara!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@defensedigest/videos/UF9ftR5Hgj8/) | 2026-08-02 | Short | 22,312 | 0:34 | - |
| [Ukrainian Naval Drones Sink Russian Cargo Ship Yanina in Black Sea!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@defensedigest/videos/-aW-H7819yA/) | 2026-08-01 | Short | 131,808 | 0:26 | 2.69x |
| [Pantsir-S1 Shoots Down Ukrainian FP-2 Drone Seconds Before Impact!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@defensedigest/videos/FGxoZmMtYJs/) | 2026-07-25 | Short | 45,448 | 0:17 | 1.19x |
| [Russian Gunner Loses Control of YakB-12.7 Helicopter Gun on Truck!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@defensedigest/videos/m7r-PRUnbM8/) | 2026-07-12 | Short | 60,922 | 0:24 | 1.67x |
| [Patriot Fails to Stop Zircon Missile Attack on Kyiv!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@defensedigest/videos/FS8gDO-NEts/) | 2026-06-15 | Short | 22,028 | 0:23 | - |
| [Tragic Indian Air Force Plane Crash!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@defensedigest/videos/eQh5xTEKJ5s/) | 2026-06-15 | Short | 52,519 | 0:24 | 1.55x |
| [Ukraine's Long-Range BLOWS UP Russian Oil Facility!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@defensedigest/videos/beA3-9nZ-7g/) | 2026-06-14 | Short | 152,136 | 0:26 | 4.67x |
| [Hezbollah Shoots Down Israeli Heron Drone Over Lebanon!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@defensedigest/videos/uPFQJVEuLyk/) | 2026-06-14 | Short | 34,269 | 0:28 | 1.05x |
| [Poland's FIRST F-35s Fly Over Warsaw!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@defensedigest/videos/NDsqHJYFuwE/) | 2026-06-14 | Short | 57,563 | 0:26 | 2.14x |
| [Iranian Air Defense Site Destroyed in Israeli Airstrike](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@defensedigest/videos/6jWhzYW9okk/) | 2026-06-08 | Short | 17,708 | 0:21 | - |
| [Iran Launches Retaliatory Strike on Haifa, Israel!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@defensedigest/videos/VY8bwtzBc80/) | 2026-06-08 | Short | 28,049 | 0:26 | 1.08x |
| [Deadly Iranian Mine Floating in Strait of Hormuz!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@defensedigest/videos/05kG5WZ10v4/) | 2026-06-01 | Short | 30,821 | 0:25 | 1.12x |
| [Ukraine Destroys Rare Russian Radar!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@defensedigest/videos/yxLFvKwbVpo/) | 2026-05-26 | Short | 16,059 | 0:48 | - |
| [Ukraine STRIKES Russian Military Convoy on Key Supply Route!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@defensedigest/videos/V4ETM-0dLYw/) | 2026-05-26 | Short | 95,005 | 0:30 | 3.45x |
| [Russian FPV Drone Destroys German Leopard 1A5 Tank!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@defensedigest/videos/sy73rRDmZfw/) | 2026-05-26 | Short | 16,614 | 0:27 | - |
| [Stork Outsmarts Russian Drone!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@defensedigest/videos/Is6gaUA8dLc/) | 2026-05-26 | Short | 158,233 | 0:22 | 6.44x |
| [US Fires Ballistic Missiles from HIMARS at Iran!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@defensedigest/videos/c7dsN80WWjk/) | 2026-05-26 | Short | 19,127 | 0:19 | - |
| [Russian Kh-101 Missile Shot Down Over Kyiv!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@defensedigest/videos/iWuskloBnRc/) | 2026-05-26 | Short | 24,289 | 0:20 | - |
| [Russian Strike Hits Decoy Bohdana self-propelled howitzer!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@defensedigest/videos/gJGe5S9X2y0/) | 2026-05-25 | Short | 82,946 | 0:22 | 2.98x |
| [Ukraine's NEW Trizub Anti Drone Laser System!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@defensedigest/videos/2CptI8EssxQ/) | 2026-05-25 | Short | 23,541 | 0:35 | - |
| [Ukraine Tests Rocket Boosted STRILA Interceptor Drone!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@defensedigest/videos/D-S1sPo0ggI/) | 2026-05-25 | Short | 200,279 | 0:27 | 7.65x |
| [Russian FPV Drone Hits Sumy Substation!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@defensedigest/videos/3OhzQxQBM1c/) | 2026-05-25 | Short | 30,845 | 0:40 | 1.19x |
| [Unexploded Russian Kh-101 Missile Warhead Recovered in Kyiv!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@defensedigest/videos/-ks8NQIp9IM/) | 2026-05-25 | Short | 15,757 | 0:27 | - |
| [Kh-101 Missiles Deploy Decoys Over Kyiv!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@defensedigest/videos/aWeqBL1EwaA/) | 2026-05-25 | Short | 24,851 | 0:22 | - |
| [Ukraine Destroys Vital Russian S-400 Command Post!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@defensedigest/videos/zYTx11oRoBo/) | 2026-05-24 | Short | 21,329 | 0:25 | - |
| [Russian PKT Guns Down FP-2 Drone!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@defensedigest/videos/xvWHho9zOtw/) | 2026-05-24 | Short | 21,924 | 0:23 | - |
| [Oreshnik Missile Rains Over Kyiv!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@defensedigest/videos/zqsLhH8gK5w/) | 2026-05-24 | Short | 98,490 | 0:29 | 4.01x |
| [Kyiv Rocked by 90+ Russian Missiles!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@defensedigest/videos/tGgVeBAmsl4/) | 2026-05-24 | Short | 348,822 | 0:31 | 14.21x |
| [Russian Military Truck Escapes FPV Drone Strike!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@defensedigest/videos/qmcIYJZXr74/) | 2026-05-22 | Short | 16,345 | 0:23 | - |
| [Drone Strike Hits Ukrainian Troops Exiting MRAP!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@defensedigest/videos/WqqYVGrdCmI/) | 2026-05-22 | Short | 27,484 | 0:20 | 1.32x |
| [Ukraine Unveils NEW Domestic Glide Bomb!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@defensedigest/videos/yeppjc1-05I/) | 2026-05-18 | Short | 38,670 | 0:21 | 1.81x |
| [Two U.S. Navy Growlers Crash Mid-Air at Idaho Air Show!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@defensedigest/videos/0Yp-zF1vwQ8/) | 2026-05-18 | Short | 20,780 | 0:43 | - |
| [Ukrainian Drone Boat with Thermobaric Launchers Eliminated!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@defensedigest/videos/kD9G-QhfuBM/) | 2026-05-17 | Short | 69,508 | 0:26 | 2.53x |
| [Ukraine’s FP-2 Drone Fires Rockets on Russian Targets!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@defensedigest/videos/8RR7TIyrgBU/) | 2026-05-17 | Short | 21,617 | 0:36 | - |
| [Hezbollah FPV Drone Targets Israeli Soldier!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@defensedigest/videos/hJKenIwZFjg/) | 2026-05-13 | Short | 16,708 | 0:28 | - |
| [Hezbollah FPV Drone Strikes Israeli D9 Bulldozer in South Lebanon!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@defensedigest/videos/JIYTElkwPz4/) | 2026-05-13 | Short | 7,350 | 0:26 | - |
| [Ukrainian Vampire Drone Armed With Massive ZAL-14 Bunker Buster Bomb!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@defensedigest/videos/nxqQyAd6YMg/) | 2026-05-12 | Short | 63,175 | 0:17 | 1.24x |
| [Polish supplied Warmate 3 Drone Destroys Russian vehicle! #Shorts](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@defensedigest/videos/wWYPJ7-Q9KQ/) | 2026-05-10 | Short | 8,261 | 0:30 | - |
| [Hezbollah FPV Drone Hits Iron Dome Launcher!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@defensedigest/videos/stRFEG9pMAE/) | 2026-05-10 | Short | 20,297 | 0:29 | - |
| [US Navy DEBUNKS Iranian Attack Claims!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@defensedigest/videos/1tDr_OoP_ro/) | 2026-05-09 | Short | 167,761 | 0:29 | 3.73x |

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