# The Reykjavík Grapevine: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

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As of 2026-11-10, The Reykjavík Grapevine has 70,300 subscribers, 16,742,511 total views, and 758 videos. It ranks #926,622 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [The Reykjavík Grapevine](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thereykjavikgrapevine/). 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 The Reykjavík Grapevine is “2026 Iceland Airwaves Opened By The President Of Iceland”, a long-form video published Nov 4, 2026.
- These are The Reykjavík Grapevine’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Mar 18, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026 (47 long-form videos and 1 Short).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 751. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “Gerard Butler, Bubbi, Michael Brook, Björk & more — The Drop-In #19 with Jón E Gústafsson” (2,270 views, Sep 9, 2026). Least viewed: “The Drop-In #E09: The Legacy Of Davíð Oddsson with Haukur Már Helgason” (329 views, Mar 29, 2026).
- Median length: 52:36 for 47 long-form videos.
- In this sample, The Reykjavík Grapevine’s consecutive uploads were a median of 3 days apart (shortest gap 0 days, longest 29 days).
- Views are lifetime totals as of Nov 10, 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [2026 Iceland Airwaves Opened By The President Of Iceland](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thereykjavikgrapevine/videos/P04dFpYOfEA/) | 2026-11-04 | Long-form | 721 | 11:39 | - |
| [Iceland Airwaves, Iron Lady City Politics, Murder In Breiðholt And More](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thereykjavikgrapevine/videos/5gvtOrdHzS4/) | 2026-11-02 | Long-form | 582 | 36:24 | - |
| [Iceland Airwaves, Iron Lady City Politics, Murder In Breiðholt And More](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thereykjavikgrapevine/videos/MO_ikxjt8jY/) | 2026-11-02 | Long-form | 1,446 | 36:23 | 1.42x |
| [Jón Gnarr In Political Limbo, Russophile Tendencies, Police Arrest 13-Year-Old & More](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thereykjavikgrapevine/videos/n_XnBtALTIs/) | 2026-10-20 | Long-form | 1,170 | 57:22 | 1.06x |
| [Jón Gnarr In Political Limbo, Russophile Tendencies, Police Arrest 13-Year-Old & More](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thereykjavikgrapevine/videos/ICC5LGWHu8c/) | 2026-10-19 | Long-form | 931 | 57:22 | - |
| [Did Iceland Win A Nobel Prize? Drunk MPs, Storm, Painkillers, Competition & Unpopularity](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thereykjavikgrapevine/videos/6pxRyz-QqCY/) | 2026-10-17 | Long-form | 1,381 | 58:23 | 1.44x |
| [Did Iceland Win A Nobel Prize? Drunk MPs, Storm, Painkillers, Competition & Unpopularity](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thereykjavikgrapevine/videos/n5cX3jtY0-w/) | 2026-10-16 | Long-form | 1,049 | 58:23 | 1.3x |
| [Marco Rubio In Iceland, 50 Million Chairs, Gender Role Poll, Ireland vs. Israel & More](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thereykjavikgrapevine/videos/uRfeZyBDXqs/) | 2026-10-07 | Long-form | 1,839 | 1:08:37 | 2.27x |
| [Marco Rubio In Iceland, 50 Million Chairs, Gender Role Poll, Ireland vs. Israel & More](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thereykjavikgrapevine/videos/qQfGjhz3G7E/) | 2026-10-07 | Long-form | 875 | 1:08:37 | 1.19x |
| ["Moral Cowards" At The UN, Twitch Star, The Four Seasons, Tourism Tax, Carbon-Neutrality](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thereykjavikgrapevine/videos/Du9lfO1GU58/) | 2026-09-28 | Long-form | 741 | 51:22 | 1.01x |
| ["Moral Cowards" At The UN, Twitch Star, The Four Seasons, Tourism Tax, Carbon-Neutrality](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thereykjavikgrapevine/videos/Lm7cGZ1UiaI/) | 2026-09-28 | Long-form | 1,565 | 51:22 | 1.84x |
| [Icelandair Strike, Unemployment, Mass Arrests, Frozen Housing Market & More](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thereykjavikgrapevine/videos/lWRNXVJSONg/) | 2026-09-25 | Long-form | 590 | 52:36 | - |
| [Icelandair Strike, Unemployment, Mass Arrests, Frozen Housing Market & More](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thereykjavikgrapevine/videos/DB8GjT5hocg/) | 2026-09-25 | Long-form | 2,139 | 52:36 | 2.51x |
| [Drinking With Leonard Cohen, Photographing Legends & Bringing History To Life With G. Scott MacLeod](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thereykjavikgrapevine/videos/8FzcvnYc7pU/) | 2026-09-25 | Long-form | 749 | 54:03 | - |
| [Drinking With Leonard Cohen, Photographing Legends & Bringing History To Life With G. Scott MacLeod](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thereykjavikgrapevine/videos/EoFkeOoKEh0/) | 2026-09-24 | Long-form | 493 | 54:03 | - |
| [Iceland As The 51st State (Again), The ICC, Whaling Ban & Sanctions, AI Police Slop & More](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thereykjavikgrapevine/videos/BasMD97_jVQ/) | 2026-09-15 | Long-form | 668 | 50:01 | - |
| [Iceland As The 51st State (Again), The ICC, Whaling Ban & Sanctions, AI Police Slop & More](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thereykjavikgrapevine/videos/yo0bYWPOn2w/) | 2026-09-15 | Long-form | 1,102 | 50:01 | 1.07x |
| [Gerard Butler, Bubbi, Michael Brook, Björk & more — The Drop-In #19 with Jón E Gústafsson](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thereykjavikgrapevine/videos/JQORbhE_X6E/) | 2026-09-09 | Long-form | 2,270 | 1:23:47 | 2.67x |
| [Gerard Butler, Bubbi, Michael Brook, Björk & more — The Drop-In #19 with Jón E Gústafsson](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thereykjavikgrapevine/videos/K4HZasTPTTE/) | 2026-09-08 | Long-form | 575 | 1:23:47 | - |
| [Iceland Flag Sales, Car Rental Troubles, Media Decline, Cocaine & More — Iceland Roundup #68](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thereykjavikgrapevine/videos/qgbCDW7GPcw/) | 2026-09-07 | Long-form | 963 | 49:10 | 1.37x |
| [Iceland Flag Sales, Car Rental Troubles, Media Decline, Cocaine & More — Iceland Roundup #68](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thereykjavikgrapevine/videos/yLBn9b2qHds/) | 2026-09-07 | Long-form | 2,066 | 49:10 | 2.94x |
| [Iceland Roundup #E67: EU Referendum, Blood & The Economy](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thereykjavikgrapevine/videos/o3clsMFXP-c/) | 2026-09-01 | Long-form | 659 | 58:23 | 1.06x |
| [Iceland Roundup #E67: EU Referendum, Blood & The Economy](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thereykjavikgrapevine/videos/zT7G6u01ovA/) | 2026-09-01 | Long-form | 1,181 | 58:23 | 1.77x |
| [The Drop-In - EU Referendum Results Roundup. YES vs. NO.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thereykjavikgrapevine/videos/JMmB4OfEkow/) | 2026-09-01 | Long-form | 573 | 1:04:01 | - |
| [The Drop-In - EU Referendum Results Roundup. YES vs. NO.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thereykjavikgrapevine/videos/uehB_jU4gwg/) | 2026-09-01 | Long-form | 1,277 | 1:04:01 | 2.05x |
| [The Drop-In #17 Pan Thorarensen & Extreme Chill Festival](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thereykjavikgrapevine/videos/idwnydabWE4/) | 2026-08-27 | Long-form | 594 | 48:58 | - |
| [The Drop-In #17 Pan Thorarensen & Extreme Chill Festival](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thereykjavikgrapevine/videos/D217qWPpw24/) | 2026-08-27 | Long-form | 747 | 48:58 | 1.18x |
| [The Drop-In #16 - Sigtryggur Baldursson On 40 Years Of Bad Taste & So Much More](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thereykjavikgrapevine/videos/gbLvBC5CoFw/) | 2026-08-13 | Long-form | 405 | 48:28 | - |
| [The roads to the #eclipse2026 in Iceland](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thereykjavikgrapevine/videos/6y1Jdp952iM/) | 2026-08-09 | Short | 1,613 | 1:30 | - |
| [The Drop-In #15: The New City Majority & the Dismantling of the Reykjavík Human Rights Office With Þ](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thereykjavikgrapevine/videos/PeYmDvekDX8/) | 2026-08-05 | Long-form | 470 | 51:30 | - |
| [Iceland Roundup #E66 Drugs, Whales, Ivanka Trump & Human Trafficking](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thereykjavikgrapevine/videos/Y3MGjMiUFfw/) | 2026-07-08 | Long-form | 1,015 | 57:29 | 1.22x |
| [The Drop-In #14: Chet Baker & Tómas R. Einarsson Live in Iceland in 1985](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thereykjavikgrapevine/videos/cquJnVa4qTo/) | 2026-06-09 | Long-form | 387 | 47:54 | - |
| [Iceland Roundup #65: Spying, Housing, Farming, Waterfalling & Bubbing](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thereykjavikgrapevine/videos/ugmPf7MbjiE/) | 2026-06-08 | Long-form | 753 | 1:00:26 | - |
| [Iceland Roundup #64: Dead Poet's Bones, Earthquakes, Mr. “Snow” And AI Layoffs](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thereykjavikgrapevine/videos/d96SO9KRrCI/) | 2026-06-02 | Long-form | 650 | 1:01:27 | - |
| [The Drop In #13: What We Talk About When We Talk About Bubbi (with Óli Palli)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thereykjavikgrapevine/videos/1qkDxCxW7CY/) | 2026-06-01 | Long-form | 350 | 48:13 | - |
| [Iceland Roundup #63: North Korea, The Fisheries Own "Everything, Cancelled Flights, Ferris Wheel](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thereykjavikgrapevine/videos/ARbqPY1Zlo0/) | 2026-05-26 | Long-form | 678 | 55:11 | - |
| [An Exclusive Interview With Anti-Whaling Activist Paul Watson](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thereykjavikgrapevine/videos/xLtdUYs0EWk/) | 2026-05-22 | Long-form | 1,027 | 16:18 | - |
| [Drop In #12: Fear of A European Iceland: The EU Referendum Debate](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thereykjavikgrapevine/videos/wgSyYtEeQg0/) | 2026-05-22 | Long-form | 803 | 1:13:54 | - |
| [Iceland Roundup #62: Right Wing Winners In Municipality Elections In Iceland + AMOC + Summer](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thereykjavikgrapevine/videos/vhdOiLWjrVU/) | 2026-05-19 | Long-form | 726 | 55:40 | - |
| [Iceland Roundup #61: EU Debate, Bank “Heist”, Edition Murder, Hunting Minks & Whales](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thereykjavikgrapevine/videos/i7dopuqUGlM/) | 2026-05-11 | Long-form | 854 | 54:21 | 1.15x |
| [The Drop-In #E11: Surviving Iceland On A Boat In Winter](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thereykjavikgrapevine/videos/IXbbMkJvavY/) | 2026-05-11 | Long-form | 359 | 39:01 | - |
| [The Drop-In #E10: Inside The Fight Against Salmon Farming In Iceland](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thereykjavikgrapevine/videos/zf_kjaNflLA/) | 2026-04-28 | Long-form | 554 | 1:10:42 | - |
| [Fish Oligarchy, Hate Speech, Fuel Reserves, Windmills & Counterfeit Cash](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thereykjavikgrapevine/videos/ynz2x_oEH9c/) | 2026-04-21 | Long-form | 710 | 48:35 | - |
| [Iceland Roundup #59: RIP Bo Hall, Elections, Westman Islands Flyover, Grindavík & Inflation](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thereykjavikgrapevine/videos/teBKBoJMujU/) | 2026-04-13 | Long-form | 847 | 54:45 | 1x |
| [The Drop-In #E09: The Legacy Of Davíð Oddsson with Haukur Már Helgason](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thereykjavikgrapevine/videos/zecTekrcEsY/) | 2026-03-29 | Long-form | 329 | 49:30 | - |
| [Iceland Roundup #58: Explosion, Oligarchs, Happiness, Blizzard & Interest Rates](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thereykjavikgrapevine/videos/G1xBh9p0uI8/) | 2026-03-24 | Long-form | 828 | 43:41 | - |
| [The Drop-In #E08: Reykjavík Folk Festival - March 20th-21st 2026](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thereykjavikgrapevine/videos/CsahXTcerzM/) | 2026-03-20 | Long-form | 375 | 16:05 | - |
| [Iceland Roundup #57: Singer Laufey Sets A Record, Snowpocalypse Weekend & EU Debate](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thereykjavikgrapevine/videos/Ie5O4e3-0k8/) | 2026-03-18 | Long-form | 816 | 51:23 | - |

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