# RootsAndTales: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

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As of 2026-11-05, RootsAndTales has 46,600 subscribers, 7,363,495 total views, and 16 videos. It ranks #1,273,387 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [RootsAndTales](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rootandtales/). 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 RootsAndTales is “THE WATER GIRL 💧 \| FINAL EPISODE ❤️ \| A Powerful African Movie \| ROOTSANDTALES”, a long-form video published Sep 3, 2026.
- These are RootsAndTales’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Feb 27, 2026 and Sep 3, 2026 (22 long-form videos and 26 Shorts).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 948. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “The Water Girl (Part 1) \| She Didn’t Know the Rich Man Was Secretly Saving Her Mother” (1,863,274 views, Aug 5, 2026). Least viewed: “The Covenant Episode 8” (29 views, May 4, 2026).
- Median length: 23:28 for 22 long-form videos; 1:39 for 26 Shorts.
- In this sample, RootsAndTales’s consecutive uploads were a median of 2 days apart (shortest gap 0 days, longest 17 days).
- Views are lifetime totals as of Sep 7, 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 WATER GIRL 💧 \| FINAL EPISODE ❤️ \| A Powerful African Movie \| ROOTSANDTALES](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rootandtales/videos/EYLpktV7g7Y/) | 2026-09-03 | Long-form | 129,056 | 49:58 | 25.3x |
| [SHE WAS LOCKED INSIDE THE OLD STORE ROOM 😱 \| THE WATER GIRL – PART 2](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rootandtales/videos/EYk8xkJZR1U/) | 2026-08-17 | Long-form | 801,853 | 30:47 | 66.41x |
| [The Water Girl (Part 1) \| She Didn’t Know the Rich Man Was Secretly Saving Her Mother](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rootandtales/videos/uf18vM83EZo/) | 2026-08-05 | Long-form | 1,863,274 | 42:47 | >100x |
| [WHEN HEARTS BETRAY – FULL MOVIE \| A Heartbreaking African Love Story \| Romance & Family Drama (4K)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rootandtales/videos/J8KhAezNr40/) | 2026-07-23 | Long-form | 42,959 | 1:19:59 | 9.59x |
| [She Sacrificed Everything for Her Sister 💔 \| When Hearts Betray Ep. 3](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rootandtales/videos/3Ko6cyHBNzI/) | 2026-07-18 | Long-form | 2,759 | 21:30 | - |
| [WHEN HEARTS BETRAY Episode 2\| Kelvin Begins to Suspect Kofi \| African Drama Series](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rootandtales/videos/53yROyQ-YcI/) | 2026-07-13 | Long-form | 2,471 | 19:35 | 1.31x |
| [Her Aunt Betrayed Her 😢 \| African Drama #Shorts](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rootandtales/videos/igbwhxjvfAo/) | 2026-07-12 | Short | 452 | 0:31 | 2.34x |
| [WHEN HEARTS BETRAY PART 1 \| Husband Fell for His Wife’s Sister \| African Drama](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rootandtales/videos/qZN3Yz8wSCg/) | 2026-07-08 | Long-form | 3,593 | 29:36 | 2.22x |
| [CITY PROMISE PART 2 (FULL MOVIE) \| Emotional African Drama](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rootandtales/videos/puFpUgD6Zhk/) | 2026-07-01 | Long-form | 60,600 | 38:37 | 2.78x |
| [A Mother’s Worst Nightmare 💔 \| African Drama #Shorts](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rootandtales/videos/ut9f7FGm1rA/) | 2026-06-25 | Short | 576 | 0:18 | 2.77x |
| [💔 She Hid This Secret for One Year… \| CITY PROMISE part 1😱](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rootandtales/videos/Gfi22g0-gGQ/) | 2026-06-19 | Long-form | 18,432 | 48:52 | 1.88x |
| [THE COVENANT FULL MOVIE 💔 \| African Love Story of Secrets, Betrayal & Consequences](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rootandtales/videos/-4S1kqUaXEA/) | 2026-06-12 | Long-form | 1,780 | 26:05 | 2.94x |
| [LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT (FULL MOVIE) ❤️ \| African Love Story 2026 \| Romance, Forgiveness & Second Chance](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rootandtales/videos/hH_X0xi_vaM/) | 2026-05-30 | Long-form | 22,137 | 1:03:56 | 1.71x |
| [LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT EPISODE 1 ❤️ \| African Love Story Series \| Emotional Romance Drama](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rootandtales/videos/YmxvidihtLA/) | 2026-05-25 | Long-form | 1,783 | 9:38 | - |
| [THE COVENANT – She Finally Asked The Truth 😳Ep 11](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rootandtales/videos/UEJL5T6fyvY/) | 2026-05-14 | Short | 59 | 1:58 | - |
| [THE COVENANT – He Lied About Everything 💔Ep10](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rootandtales/videos/u7oPciNra4U/) | 2026-05-13 | Short | 102 | 1:13 | - |
| [The covenant Ep 9 #movie #africanfilms #africandrama](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rootandtales/videos/H0iGVEiZHFA/) | 2026-05-07 | Short | 820 | 1:44 | - |
| [The Covenant Ep8 #africanstories #movie #africanfilms](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rootandtales/videos/9O8Y0PIN1VE/) | 2026-05-06 | Short | 970 | 0:59 | - |
| [The Covenant Episode 8](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rootandtales/videos/jj0asfd21bA/) | 2026-05-04 | Long-form | 29 | 3:11 | - |
| [The Covenant “SHE TRUSTED HIM… UNTIL NOW 💔” #africanstories #movie #africanfilms](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rootandtales/videos/ufgzxCm2rWU/) | 2026-05-03 | Short | 926 | 2:43 | - |
| [“They made a promise… but the truth is already breaking everything 💔”](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rootandtales/videos/ma4uRXoaB8Y/) | 2026-05-03 | Long-form | 102 | 9:59 | - |
| [The Covenant Ep6 #africanstories #africanfilms](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rootandtales/videos/QnK3aBY7JhI/) | 2026-04-30 | Short | 1,157 | 2:52 | - |
| [THE COVENANT EPISODE 3: The Truth Starts Destroying Everything 💔](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rootandtales/videos/mjHGwP72Ncs/) | 2026-04-30 | Long-form | 60 | 8:38 | - |
| [The covenant Episode 5 #africanstories #africanfilms](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rootandtales/videos/MhVIN6R2iuk/) | 2026-04-26 | Short | 1,706 | 1:47 | - |
| [The Covenant Ep 2](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rootandtales/videos/7WWx5gcYSbU/) | 2026-04-24 | Long-form | 105 | 6:07 | - |
| [The covenant episode 4 #africanstories #africanfilms](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rootandtales/videos/AHgIY3knlLw/) | 2026-04-24 | Short | 1,408 | 1:29 | - |
| [The Covenant Episode 3 #africanstories #africanfilms](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rootandtales/videos/LquI9VgXMpA/) | 2026-04-23 | Short | 1,312 | 1:50 | - |
| [14 April 2026](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rootandtales/videos/0EKAIhBh0OE/) | 2026-04-14 | Short | 836 | 1:37 | - |
| [8 April 2026](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rootandtales/videos/EV1OOuy50B0/) | 2026-04-09 | Long-form | 90 | 3:25 | - |
| [They made a promise… they can’t take TheCovenant #Shorts #AfricanStories](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rootandtales/videos/EeDSiuRfvh0/) | 2026-04-09 | Short | 2,881 | 0:27 | - |
| [The heartbeat episode 8 #africanstories](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rootandtales/videos/BrGjzN-li94/) | 2026-04-05 | Short | 357 | 1:27 | - |
| [The heartbeat episode 7 #africanstories #africanfilms #shortfilm](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rootandtales/videos/WSffYaoJ9Ws/) | 2026-04-03 | Short | 398 | 1:41 | - |
| [2 April 2026](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rootandtales/videos/Wwh0YHAVozM/) | 2026-04-02 | Long-form | 233 | 26:55 | - |
| [27 March 2026](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rootandtales/videos/j0DCqTLwBZM/) | 2026-03-28 | Long-form | 156 | 18:39 | - |
| [👉 HEARTBEAT episode 6#shortfilm](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rootandtales/videos/i0AP4UQoZu8/) | 2026-03-24 | Short | 123 | 1:54 | - |
| [Love. Secrets. A truth no one expected… 💔 #shorts](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rootandtales/videos/P09Vybrgx5Q/) | 2026-03-23 | Short | 693 | 2:13 | - |
| [Heartbeat episode 3 #africanstories](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rootandtales/videos/Hjbi8HZpTr4/) | 2026-03-22 | Short | 473 | 1:16 | - |
| [She Didn’t Expect This… 😳 \| Heartbeat Ep 2 #shorts](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rootandtales/videos/_WUCia2WyaM/) | 2026-03-21 | Short | 1,079 | 1:44 | - |
| [HEARTBEAT – FULL MOVIE \| African Love Story, Betrayal & Family Secrets (Emotional Drama)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rootandtales/videos/GqcMX_JnChA/) | 2026-03-18 | Long-form | 5,728 | 25:26 | - |
| [Heartbeat episode 1 #africanstories #movie](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rootandtales/videos/XjhxnXRgxDM/) | 2026-03-17 | Short | 1,676 | 2:11 | - |
| [Two Hearts,One Lie #africanstories #shortfilm](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rootandtales/videos/2q2RqL_qbks/) | 2026-03-15 | Short | 1,244 | 1:22 | - |
| [She Trusted the Wrong People \| The Price of Trust (Full African Movie)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rootandtales/videos/14L0jeGOx1Y/) | 2026-03-14 | Long-form | 433 | 9:51 | - |
| [Two Hearts,One lie episode 5 #africanstories #shorts](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rootandtales/videos/KAXZMhSBHX0/) | 2026-03-11 | Short | 392 | 1:47 | - |
| [She Saw Her Husband With Her Best Friend… But Said Nothing](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rootandtales/videos/GuFy0JcfeOI/) | 2026-03-09 | Long-form | 303 | 9:01 | - |
| [7 March 2026](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rootandtales/videos/f99D2G1v9Zk/) | 2026-03-08 | Short | 290 | 1:53 | - |
| [Two Hearts One Lie episode 3 #africanstories #movie](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rootandtales/videos/YBxjcfSYDFY/) | 2026-03-02 | Short | 133 | 1:14 | - |
| [Episode 2 Two hearts,One lie #africanstories](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rootandtales/videos/WyJ6ysoB6SE/) | 2026-03-01 | Short | 1,243 | 1:30 | - |
| [Two Heart one lie episode 1#africanstories](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@rootandtales/videos/359KTORpYGc/) | 2026-02-27 | Short | 975 | 1:25 | - |

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