Channels
98
17 far-left · 20 left · 24 center · 9 right · 19 far-right · 9 unknown
Study Statistics
The study, in numbers.
98 channels. 203 videos. 258.5 hours of commentary. 118M views. 8,844 quotes, clustered into 126 themes. Twelve at the top — the rest are how the top twelve break down.
Overview
Videos
203
Quotes
8,844
Themes
126
12 at the top level
Total reach
118M
views
Likes
2.27M
Comments
355K
Hours of content
258.5
Channels
Who's in the room — sliced by audience size and where they sit on the spectrum.
Channels · Political leaning
The study, spectrum-wide
Share of channels at every stop on the spectrum, far left to far right.
19.1%
22.5%
27.0%
10.1%
21.3%
Far LeftLeftCenterRightFar Right
Channel count by political bucket
| Bucket | Channels | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Far left | 17 | 19.1% |
| Left | 20 | 22.5% |
| Center | 24 | 27.0% |
| Right | 9 | 10.1% |
| Far right | 19 | 21.3% |
Channels · Audience size
The study, by audience tier
Who's tiny, who's mega, and how that maps onto the spectrum.
- Far Left
- Left
- Center
- Right
- Far Right
Channels by subscriber-tier and political bucket
| Tier | Far left | Left | Center | Right | Far right | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<10k subs) | 5 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 |
| Medium (10k–100k) | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| Large (100k–1M) | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 |
| Mega (1M+) | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 33 |
Channels · Top voices by spectrum
Top voices, left to right
The biggest audiences in each cohort. Ranked by total views, no thumb on the scale.
Top voices on the left
- The Daily Show
- Views
- 20.6M
- Videos
- 5
- Quotes
- 40
- MSNBC
- Views
- 13.6M
- Videos
- 20
- Quotes
- 473
- Brian Tyler Cohen
- Views
- 7.6M
- Videos
- 5
- Quotes
- 766
- Pod Save America
- Views
- 2.2M
- Videos
- 4
- Quotes
- 203
- The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
- Views
- 511K
- Videos
- 1
- Quotes
- 31
Top voices in the center
- LastWeekTonight
- Views
- 29.0M
- Videos
- 7
- Quotes
- 46
- PA Election HQ
- Views
- 5.6M
- Videos
- 1
- Quotes
- 572
- CNN@CNN
- Views
- 1.5M
- Videos
- 1
- Quotes
- 4
- TThink School
- Views
- 1.4M
- Videos
- 1
- Quotes
- 0
- PBS NewsHour
- Views
- 271K
- Videos
- 1
- Quotes
- 232
Top voices on the right
- Fox News
- Views
- 14.4M
- Videos
- 4
- Quotes
- 241
- The Daily Wire
- Views
- 3.3M
- Videos
- 1
- Quotes
- 686
- Ben Shapiro
- Views
- 2.8M
- Videos
- 2
- Quotes
- 544
- Megyn Kelly
- Views
- 1.9M
- Videos
- 2
- Quotes
- 174
- BASED LIFE GURU
- Views
- 1.3M
- Videos
- 1
- Quotes
- 28
Top 5 channels per cohort by total audience views
| Cohort | Rank | Channel | Subscribers | Total views | Videos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left | 1 | The Daily Show | 13,900,000 | 20,599,673 | 5 |
| Left | 2 | MSNBC | 9,830,000 | 13,574,454 | 20 |
| Left | 3 | Brian Tyler Cohen | 5,190,000 | 7,556,936 | 5 |
| Left | 4 | Pod Save America | 1,260,000 | 2,219,332 | 4 |
| Left | 5 | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart | 790,000 | 511,152 | 1 |
| Center | 1 | LastWeekTonight | 10,200,000 | 28,968,750 | 7 |
| Center | 2 | PA Election HQ | 388,000 | 5,595,263 | 1 |
| Center | 3 | CNN | 19,600,000 | 1,533,962 | 1 |
| Center | 4 | Think School | 0 | 1,384,373 | 1 |
| Center | 5 | PBS NewsHour | 5,280,000 | 270,998 | 1 |
| Right | 1 | Fox News | 15,300,000 | 14,372,822 | 4 |
| Right | 2 | The Daily Wire | 3,250,000 | 3,309,612 | 1 |
| Right | 3 | Ben Shapiro | 7,040,000 | 2,825,809 | 2 |
| Right | 4 | Megyn Kelly | 4,140,000 | 1,905,094 | 2 |
| Right | 5 | BASED LIFE GURU | 20,900 | 1,308,387 | 1 |
Videos
When the commentary went up, how long it ran, and which videos owned the conversation.
Videos · Publishing timeline
The publishing tempo
Daily video output, stacked by political leaning. The line on top is total views per day — the audience volume keeping pace with, or breaking from, the publishing tempo.
Total views
Daily video counts by political bucket, plus total daily views
| Date | Far left | Left | Center | Right | Far right | Videos | Views |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-11-06 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 19,977,488 |
| 2024-11-07 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1,178,493 |
| 2024-11-08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 306,255 |
| 2024-11-09 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 422,545 |
| 2024-11-10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1,525,357 |
| 2024-11-11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1,230,255 |
| 2024-11-13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 336,715 |
| 2024-11-14 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8,475,115 |
| 2024-11-15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1,056,383 |
| 2024-11-16 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1,759,620 |
| 2024-11-18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 456 |
| 2024-11-19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2024-11-21 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 148,260 |
| 2024-11-25 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 240,322 |
| 2024-11-26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 435,477 |
| 2024-11-27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11,142 |
| 2024-11-28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1,812,498 |
| 2024-12-03 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 74,160 |
| 2024-12-05 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10,790 |
| 2024-12-06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 180 |
| 2024-12-07 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1,841,027 |
| 2024-12-11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60 |
| 2024-12-12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 2024-12-13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1,381 |
| 2024-12-16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3,092,398 |
| 2024-12-17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 316,380 |
| 2024-12-18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2,812,636 |
| 2024-12-19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 70 |
| 2024-12-20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 317,956 |
| 2024-12-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| 2024-12-24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1,816 |
| 2024-12-26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 951,110 |
| 2024-12-31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 174,604 |
| 2025-01-15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 560,484 |
| 2025-01-17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 595 |
| 2025-01-20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| 2025-01-21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10,443,695 |
| 2025-01-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 40 |
| 2025-01-27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1,026 |
| 2025-01-28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6,151,298 |
| 2025-02-01 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 302,787 |
| 2025-02-05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 411,450 |
| 2025-02-11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1,532 |
| 2025-02-13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 339 |
| 2025-02-14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2025-02-16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 527 |
| 2025-02-17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10,593 |
| 2025-02-18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 264 |
| 2025-02-19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36,521 |
| 2025-02-20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 281 |
| 2025-02-22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43,415 |
| 2025-02-24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 438 |
| 2025-02-25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 74,451 |
| 2025-02-26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2,326,143 |
| 2025-02-28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 55,209 |
| 2025-03-03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 610 |
| 2025-03-04 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 471,264 |
| 2025-03-05 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 269,201 |
| 2025-03-06 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 323 |
| 2025-03-10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 164 |
| 2025-03-12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2,619 |
| 2025-03-16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 305 |
| 2025-03-18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 47 |
| 2025-03-19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4,551 |
| 2025-03-20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 471,106 |
| 2025-03-21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 265 |
| 2025-03-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 460 |
| 2025-03-24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 161,926 |
| 2025-03-25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 191,103 |
| 2025-03-26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 |
| 2025-03-27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11,049,087 |
| 2025-04-02 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2,653 |
| 2025-04-07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 327 |
| 2025-04-08 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 156,275 |
| 2025-04-09 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 22,745 |
| 2025-04-13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 405 |
| 2025-04-14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13,791,349 |
| 2025-04-15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 2025-04-16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1,705 |
| 2025-04-17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 234 |
| 2025-04-23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 849 |
| 2025-04-24 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 989 |
| 2025-04-25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 129 |
| 2025-04-30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 760,818 |
| 2025-05-01 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 835 |
| 2025-05-02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4,406 |
| 2025-05-03 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 187 |
| 2025-05-04 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 62,875 |
| 2025-05-06 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 115,939 |
| 2025-05-10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21,733 |
| 2025-06-06 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5,857,571 |
| 2025-06-13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12,251 |
| 2025-06-16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 589,290 |
| 2025-06-17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 991,922 |
| 2025-06-25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 162,739 |
| 2025-07-02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11,463 |
| 2025-07-15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1,606,676 |
| 2025-07-19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37,464 |
| 2025-07-20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 498,493 |
| 2025-07-21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 439,101 |
| 2025-07-22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 205,698 |
Videos · Length distribution
Videos by length
Shorts, standard uploads, long-form. How the study breaks down by format.
- Shorts10.5%
- 1–10m11757.6%
- 10–30m00.0%
- 30–60m7436.5%
- 60m+ / Live115.4%
Video count by duration bucket
| Bucket | Videos | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Shorts (<60s) | 1 | 0.5% |
| Short (1–5m) | 117 | 57.6% |
| Medium (5–20m) | 0 | 0.0% |
| Long (20m+) | 74 | 36.5% |
| Live | 11 | 5.4% |
Where videos came from
Videos · Top by views
What got watched
The six videos that owned the most attention across the study.
Trump & Tariffs: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)LastWeekTonight- Views
- 13,791,349
- Likes
- 196,717
- Comments
- 13,995
Elon Musk and DOGE team give behind the scenes look at their missionFox News- Views
- 11,049,087
- Likes
- 191,403
- Comments
- 31,996
Jon Stewart on Trump’s Inauguration and Elon Musk's Nazi Salute | The Daily ShowThe Daily Show- Views
- 10,443,695
- Likes
- 239,413
- Comments
- 24,566
Trump’s Reelection: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)LastWeekTonight- Views
- 8,473,613
- Likes
- 173,502
- Comments
- 23,812
Lawrence: Trump humiliated globally while Musk live-tweets Trump's Oval Office 'stupidity festival'MSNBC- Views
- 5,857,571
- Likes
- 107,793
- Comments
- 17,444
Jon Stewart On Whether Dems' "Trump Is a Fascist" Accusations Are Warranted | The Daily ShowThe Daily Show- Views
- 5,693,919
- Likes
- 149,084
- Comments
- 16,465
Top 6 videos by view count
| Rank | Video | Channel | Views | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trump & Tariffs: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) | LastWeekTonight | 13,791,349 | 196,717 | 13,995 |
| 2 | Elon Musk and DOGE team give behind the scenes look at their mission | Fox News | 11,049,087 | 191,403 | 31,996 |
| 3 | Jon Stewart on Trump’s Inauguration and Elon Musk's Nazi Salute | The Daily Show | The Daily Show | 10,443,695 | 239,413 | 24,566 |
| 4 | Trump’s Reelection: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) | LastWeekTonight | 8,473,613 | 173,502 | 23,812 |
| 5 | Lawrence: Trump humiliated globally while Musk live-tweets Trump's Oval Office 'stupidity festival' | MSNBC | 5,857,571 | 107,793 | 17,444 |
| 6 | Jon Stewart On Whether Dems' "Trump Is a Fascist" Accusations Are Warranted | The Daily Show | The Daily Show | 5,693,919 | 149,084 | 16,465 |
Engagement
Daily views, likes, and comments, Far Left to Far Right. The skew tells you who actually showed up — not who got covered.
Engagement · Daily by spectrum
Who showed up
Views, likes, comments — daily, each stacked across the five-stop spectrum. Volume tells one story. The lean of the volume tells another.
Views
- Total
- 106,912,288
- Max
- 13,791,349
- Avg
- 581,045
- Median
- 22,163
Likes
- Total
- 2,001,804
- Max
- 239,413
- Avg
- 10,879
- Median
- 861
Comments
- Total
- 319,110
- Max
- 31,996
- Avg
- 1,734
- Median
- 107
Engagement totals and per-video distribution (max / average / median)
| Metric | Total | Max (single video) | Average / video | Median / video |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Views | 106,912,288 | 13,791,349 | 581,045 | 22,163 |
| Likes | 2,001,804 | 239,413 | 10,879 | 861 |
| Comments | 319,110 | 31,996 | 1,734 | 107 |