Per-tab counts come from YouTube's public statistics. Only Videos and Playlists have exact public totals. Shorts is estimated from the most recent 25 uploads. Live, Podcasts, Courses, Posts and Store are shown when the tab exists — YouTube does not publish a public count for those.
Copy the Subscribe URL on this page (it includes sub_confirmation=1 on BBC Stories's channel link) or use the Open button to confirm on YouTube.
No — YoutubeSubHub reads the same public HTML and RSS your browser can see. Studio analytics can differ or hide subscriber totals.
Yes. It is a handy link-in-bio style snapshot for BBC Stories with subscribe URL, About text and per-tab counts. Always follow YouTube’s terms.
YouTube only publishes exact public totals for Videos and Playlists. For Shorts we estimate from the latest 25 uploads. For Live, Podcasts, Courses, Posts and Store there is no public count — we surface the tab when it exists so you can open it on YouTube.
