Trending benchmarks for breaking news, political content, and current events
Avg. Views
390.3K
Per video
Avg. Likes
5.4K
Per video
Comments
455
Per video
Days
5.3
In Top 50
News & Politics videos on YouTube's trending list typically achieve 390.3K views and 5.4K likes on average. Videos in this category tend to stay on the trending list for approximately 5.3 days.
The engagement rate (likes per view) for News & Politics videos is approximately 1.38%, while the comment rate is 0.117%. These benchmarks can help creators understand the typical performance needed to reach trending status in this category.