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Subscribers
2.2M
Total Views
377.3M
Videos
3.1K
Channel age
6 yrs
Known for
1M views
9/11: The Saudi Connection - BBC World Service Documentaries
546.7K views
The Taliban: Coming Out of the Shadows - BBC World Service Documentaries
500K views
How will melting glaciers change Nepal? The Climate Question, BBC World Service
210K views
Why Asia is building so many data centres for AI - Asia Specific podcast, BBC World Service
▶️ Featured Video
1M views
📈 Growth momentum
Growing steadilySubscribers · last 30 days
+40K +1.84%
A steady, established audience.
Last 7 days
+10K
The most recent week — the freshest read on where subscriber growth is heading.
🎯 Reach quality
Subscriber activation · Solid
3.1%
Share of subscribers who watch a typical recent video (avg views ÷ subscribers) — the real reach behind the subscriber count, and a quick check on whether those subscribers are still active rather than a vanity number.
Recent vs all-time
-43%
Recent videos average 68.5K vs an all-time 120.5K/video — recent uploads run below the all-time norm — much of the lifetime views sit in an older catalogue.
Reach consistency · Variable
24/100
How steady views are across recent videos (typically 4.2K–34K) — reach is hit-driven, so results swing from video to video.
📈 Performance
Typical video
4.2K–34K views
Median 10K — the reliable floor a brand can expect, not just the headline average.
Upload rhythm
22.6× / week
Most active on Tuesdays — consistent output keeps an engaged, sponsor-ready audience.
68.5K
Avg views / video
518
Avg likes
109
Avg comments
22.6
Uploads / week
120.5K
Lifetime avg / video
170
Views / subscriber
8%
Shorts (recent views)
15m 7s
Typical video length
🗓️ Posting schedule
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Most uploads land on Tuesdays · about 22.6 / week — time a launch or drop to ride the channel's own rhythm.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined YouTube in 2019 — 6 years ago.
🏆Ranked #2,935 among all influencers on SocialDB.
🎯Top Society influencer — #159 in the niche.
👁️Averages 68.5K views per video.
📤Posts about 22.6× per week.
🚀Gained 10K subscribers in the last 7 days.
🏅Earned the Gold Play Button for passing 1M subscribers.
📍Based in United Kingdom.
💚 Brand affinity
EstimatedBrands BBC World Service's audience is most likely to respond to — from detected sponsorships in this niche.
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About
👋🏽 Welcome to the official BBC World Service YouTube channel.
Whether you are looking for podcasts, documentaries, interviews or explainers, if you are interested in global stories, we hope you will feel at home with us.
Here you can watch your favourite podcasts and look forward to the best of the BBC World Service journalism, from culture and entertainment to undercover investigations, science, history and all the big issues of our time.
All our videos have subtitles that can be translated into the language that suits you best.
We can’t wait to share our stories with you. Come join us!
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21.6K views · 15 days ago
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