# The Sun: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

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

As of 2026-10-28, The Sun has 6,550,000 subscribers, 5,764,621,333 total views, and 33,086 videos. It ranks #5,939 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [The Sun](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thesun/). 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 Sun is “LIVE: King attends nature and sustainability event in Nassau”, a long-form video published Oct 28, 2026.
- These are The Sun’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Oct 24, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026 (42 long-form videos and 6 Shorts).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 17,180. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “Putin’s presidential jet plant in flames after ruthless Ukraine drone blitz” (852,091 views, Oct 26, 2026). Least viewed: “LIVE: King Charles arrives in the Bahamas at start of Caribbean tour” (4,029 views, Oct 27, 2026).
- Median length: 22:31 for 42 long-form videos; 0:31 for 6 Shorts.
- In this sample, The Sun’s consecutive uploads were a median of 0 days apart (shortest gap 0 days, longest 1 day).
- 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LIVE: King attends nature and sustainability event in Nassau](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thesun/videos/BUdwTAK4AgU/) | 2026-10-28 | Long-form | 6,478 | 6:35:41 | - |
| [LIVE: At least 68 killed after high speed trains crash in Spain & plunge off track](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thesun/videos/4i5B5Zx6NLw/) | 2026-10-28 | Long-form | 18,539 | 10:34:16 | - |
| [How Putin’s peace demands threaten the entire Eastern front \| Jason Jay Smart](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thesun/videos/fqm2_lyukOQ/) | 2026-10-28 | Long-form | 5,465 | 8:02 | - |
| [LIVE: Chancellor John Healey set to deliver the 2026 budget to Parliament](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thesun/videos/K2mlLLIELzo/) | 2026-10-28 | Long-form | 7,833 | 6:35:31 | - |
| [The strategic reason Ukraine is blowing up battery manufacturers in Russia \| Ryan McBeth](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thesun/videos/2jY7XvtYNh4/) | 2026-10-28 | Long-form | 71,166 | 10:03 | - |
| [Spain train crash: over 64 people dead in high-speed collision in Toledo](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thesun/videos/BbBfaTTW22Y/) | 2026-10-28 | Long-form | 71,959 | 8:02 | - |
| [LIVE: Netanyahu & Likud Party watch initial Israeli election results](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thesun/videos/qDccbB4NePA/) | 2026-10-28 | Long-form | 28,450 | 11:54:57 | - |
| [LIVE: Live shot of 10 Downing Street as Chancellor set to deliver Budget](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thesun/videos/IXNGN9lvTwc/) | 2026-10-28 | Long-form | 5,424 | 3:25:33 | - |
| [Ukraine strikes Putin’s major war factories sparking massive blaze](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thesun/videos/cYAyuPKDNGA/) | 2026-10-28 | Long-form | 143,259 | 9:02 | 1.14x |
| [Zelensky: Why Trump and I don't agree on the path to peace](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thesun/videos/7rgjHGErZMY/) | 2026-10-28 | Long-form | 155,537 | 37:15 | 1.19x |
| [LIVE: Russell Brand arrives at court to face rape and sexual assault charges](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thesun/videos/L4lmSPmQ3WQ/) | 2026-10-28 | Long-form | 9,834 | 2:15:21 | - |
| [At least 39 killed after high speed trains crash in Spain & plunge off track](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thesun/videos/uBcT95YGX8s/) | 2026-10-28 | Short | 26,279 | 0:23 | 1.58x |
| [LIVE: Policeman kills knife attacker outside Israel's embassy in Serbia](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thesun/videos/h2CDYGUoOfE/) | 2026-10-28 | Long-form | 7,231 | 1:45:51 | - |
| [Moment huge oil drilling rig sinks into the ocean with 115 on board](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thesun/videos/ON5q225vLiU/) | 2026-10-28 | Short | 49,521 | 0:27 | 2.14x |
| [We'll tell you how the Budget hits your wallet](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thesun/videos/K2bIVILV-M8/) | 2026-10-28 | Short | 11,178 | 0:30 | - |
| [LIVE: Donald Trump attends rally in Lubbock, Texas, ahead of US midterm elections](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thesun/videos/XFmHb1KTiNk/) | 2026-10-28 | Long-form | 10,708 | 6:30:46 | - |
| [LIVE: King Charles attends Bahamian youth rally on Caribbean tour stop](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thesun/videos/lUYHLHi-KTA/) | 2026-10-27 | Long-form | 8,798 | 2:07:36 | - |
| [President Zelensky urges UK Labour government to fund defence NOW](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thesun/videos/O74qa69vgy8/) | 2026-10-27 | Short | 27,935 | 1:30 | 1.62x |
| [LIVE: King Charles arrives in the Bahamas at start of Caribbean tour](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thesun/videos/soB7zZaGPy8/) | 2026-10-27 | Long-form | 9,171 | 15:30 | - |
| [LIVE: Donald Trump holds midterm campaign rally in Corpus Christi, Texas](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thesun/videos/IVG-h4GUH44/) | 2026-10-27 | Long-form | 7,155 | 1:48:26 | - |
| [LIVE: King Charles arrives in the Bahamas at start of Caribbean tour](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thesun/videos/4UyKSEcuN2s/) | 2026-10-27 | Long-form | 4,029 | 11:51 | - |
| [LIVE: Israel holds first general election since Oct 7 attack](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thesun/videos/wtOYkdAWjoY/) | 2026-10-27 | Long-form | 11,699 | 9:45:53 | - |
| [LIVE: House of Commons live proceedings](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thesun/videos/L6joz5X2pF0/) | 2026-10-27 | Long-form | 9,084 | 7:32:01 | - |
| [EXPOSED: Putin’s blown-up dam backfires as Ukraine smashes Zaporizhzhia assault \| Battle Plans](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thesun/videos/JrIvcPc_-g0/) | 2026-10-27 | Long-form | 641,114 | 20:10 | 3.35x |
| [Is Netanyahu's time up? Israeli elections to trigger huge shift in the Middle East](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thesun/videos/PLOP5T7Kn0w/) | 2026-10-27 | Long-form | 12,901 | 11:05 | - |
| [LIVE: Putin hosts leaders of Gas Exporting Countries Forum](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thesun/videos/Kag7sTKpsR0/) | 2026-10-27 | Long-form | 8,371 | 4:21:56 | - |
| [Starving Ukrainians kidnapped & shot dead as Putin turns key city into 'human killing field'](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thesun/videos/HRwUWQj4RVI/) | 2026-10-27 | Long-form | 38,388 | 8:30 | - |
| [Ukraine’s drones strike massive Russian ammo stockpile](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thesun/videos/u9b4Ybg4hMk/) | 2026-10-27 | Long-form | 264,217 | 8:49 | 1.73x |
| [LIVE: UK and Polish defence ministers make statements in Warsaw](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thesun/videos/SqEXuoIi3L0/) | 2026-10-27 | Long-form | 8,781 | 7:27 | - |
| [LIVE: View of Kyiv’s Independence Square as ceasefire in Oleshky comes into effect](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thesun/videos/mgcs_T0LlkU/) | 2026-10-27 | Long-form | 25,460 | 24:53 | - |
| [LIVE: Trump holds rally in Mississippi ahead of US midterm elections](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thesun/videos/6vQJIEV9UTU/) | 2026-10-26 | Long-form | 7,081 | 34:39 | - |
| [LIVE: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney fields media questions](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thesun/videos/MnAnogxBnaE/) | 2026-10-26 | Long-form | 8,679 | 1:25:08 | - |
| [Putin's imperial masterplan to bring down free Europe revealed \| Anthony Glees](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thesun/videos/MMSEFukJQx0/) | 2026-10-26 | Long-form | 51,890 | 11:47 | - |
| [Britain put a drone speedboat in a cargo plane. Then Ukraine used it against Putin \| Wes O'Donnell](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thesun/videos/8VmOfpFHABk/) | 2026-10-26 | Long-form | 157,483 | 13:49 | 0.93x |
| [LIVE: Nigel Farage and Robert Jenrick unveil Reform’s alternative Budget](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thesun/videos/r2euR2vp-9g/) | 2026-10-26 | Long-form | 15,821 | 3:32:55 | - |
| [How Trump plots ‘short, sharp’ 72-hour blitz to cripple Iran as US deploys third attack team](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thesun/videos/OUn2Btwb1bs/) | 2026-10-26 | Long-form | 42,872 | 14:18 | - |
| [Moment Chris Brown batters producer with tequila bottle on packed dancefloor – as he AVOIDS jail](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thesun/videos/5FC2l7A2D7M/) | 2026-10-26 | Short | 14,884 | 0:37 | - |
| [North Korea’s Kim Yo-Jong moves fresh firepower to the border in provocative threat of war](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thesun/videos/vqHvCB9ENZQ/) | 2026-10-26 | Long-form | 275,591 | 9:15 | 1.69x |
| [LIVE: Russell Brand, Tommy Robinson and Chris Brown due for separate cases at Southwark Crown Court](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thesun/videos/rwIbROpIwQ8/) | 2026-10-26 | Long-form | 33,537 | 4:01:35 | - |
| [LIVE: Burnham hosts rough sleeping summit ahead of Budget cash boost](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thesun/videos/5j82NH2DVqU/) | 2026-10-26 | Long-form | 8,595 | 11:10 | - |
| [Putin’s presidential jet plant in flames after ruthless Ukraine drone blitz](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thesun/videos/1481CD4mAg0/) | 2026-10-26 | Long-form | 852,091 | 9:34 | 5.44x |
| [LIVE: Trump expected to host a rally in Michigan](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thesun/videos/FpMpU4pDTZ8/) | 2026-10-25 | Long-form | 14,505 | 3:11:43 | - |
| [Power cut at a major UK airport has seen hundreds of passengers stranded](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thesun/videos/yzAkrCP5PSM/) | 2026-10-25 | Short | 10,427 | 0:32 | - |
| [Ukraine’s 7,000 drone strikes blind Putin’s air defences \| Battle Plans Exposed](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thesun/videos/xp1eJKZrMos/) | 2026-10-25 | Long-form | 681,863 | 8:12 | 4.23x |
| [SAS-style forces gearing up to fight Putin in -30C Finland](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thesun/videos/Mp8o2rsrPMI/) | 2026-10-25 | Long-form | 144,120 | 14:35 | 0.97x |
| [How Putin's hostage traps tricked Trump into sabotaging Ukraine’s strike power \| Bill Browder](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thesun/videos/NEjU41RUxyY/) | 2026-10-25 | Long-form | 95,250 | 9:20 | - |
| [Ukrainian troops kill 100 Russians after sneaking into enemy lines through underground pipes](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thesun/videos/crrH-XjiXT4/) | 2026-10-25 | Long-form | 179,198 | 11:16 | 1.54x |
| [LIVE: Thousands take to streets across France in “Act Two” of last weekend’s disorder](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thesun/videos/I8WxnQjm8KE/) | 2026-10-24 | Long-form | 65,315 | 5:30:21 | - |

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