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How Gen Z are fighting to change India | BBC News
LongNews & Politics
Published Oct 14, 2026
Views
2M
Likes
27K
Speed /h
12K
+24h
+88K
Views over time
Views gained each hour, UTC- Views
- 1.6M
- Best hour
- +66.4K
- At 24 hours
- 700.2K
- At 7 days
- –
24 of 116 hours read. A gap is an hour we didn’t read close enough to say, not an hour without views.
viralshooter analytics
Our calculations on YouTube API data. Not YouTube metrics.
Position
- Speed percentile
- 51 / 100
- Category percentile
- 94 / 100
- ×base
- ×22
- Channel typical
- 73K · median
Dynamics
- Phase
- fading
- Acceleration
- 0.44×
- Momentum
- ×1.20
- Decay
- 0.56
- Speed half-life
- 14d
Engagement
- Like rate
- 1.66%
- Comments per 1k views
- 4.09
- Engagement rate
- 2.07%
- Views per subscriber
- 0.08×
- Crossed a language border
- No
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| Region | Chart | Best rank | First seen |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Arab Emirates | Category chart | #103 | Oct 16 |
| Australia | Category chart | #105 | Oct 15 |
6d
From the YouTube record
Fields of the video as the YouTube API returns them.
- Published
- Oct 14, 2026, 7:30 PM
- Duration
- 26:41
- Category
- News & Politics
- Audio language
- English (en-GB)
- Title language
- English (en)
- Captions
- No
- Definition
- HD
- Format
- 2D
- License
- Standard YouTube
- Licensed content
- Yes
- Embeddable
- Yes
- Made for kids
- No
- Age-restricted
- No
- Paid promotion
- No
- Public stats
- No
Topics
- Politics
- Society
Title and description in 1 languages
- English
Tags (5)
- bbc
- bbc news
- news
- world news
- breaking news
Description
This week tens of thousands of young people have taken to the streets of Delhi, India’s capital, demanding changes to the electoral system and the resignation of the country’s electoral commissioner. Thousands have been detained by police in the process. They represent the ‘cockroach’ movement, a grassroots campaign group started by a Boston University graduate in protest at government policies and high youth unemployment. How did a movement that started as a meme capture the minds of India’s young people, and start to pose a challenge to its long-serving prime minister, Narendra Modi? The BBC’s South Asia correspondent, Azadeh Moshiri, explains. Timecodes: 0:00 Could the Cockroach movement reshape India? 0:51 Introduction to Azadeh Moshiri 1:28 What has been going on in India and how is the CJP involved? 3:05 The Cockroach Janta Party's October demonstration in Delhi 7:34 How many people have been detained? 8:02 Who are the Cockroach Janta Party and their leader Abhijeet Dipke? 10:18 Indian exam leaks and their relevance 14:28 What caused the lull in protesting since summer? 17:01 Why is the CJP so popular? 19:21 Has Narendra Modi lost his political magic? 20:06 What is the justification for Modi's BJP party to detain so many people? 23:04 Has Modi lost touch with the youth?Subscribe to our channel here: https://bbc.in/bbcnews For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com/news #BBCNewsShow all
This week tens of thousands of young people have taken to the streets of Delhi, India’s capital, demanding changes to the electoral system and the resignation of the country’s electoral commissioner. Thousands have been detained by police in the process. They represent the ‘cockroach’ movement, a grassroots campaign group started by a Boston University graduate in protest at government policies and high youth unemployment. How did a movement that started as a meme capture the minds of India’s young people, and start to pose a challenge to its long-serving prime minister, Narendra Modi? The BBC’s South Asia correspondent, Azadeh Moshiri, explains. Timecodes: 0:00 Could the Cockroach movement reshape India? 0:51 Introduction to Azadeh Moshiri 1:28 What has been going on in India and how is the CJP involved? 3:05 The Cockroach Janta Party's October demonstration in Delhi 7:34 How many people have been detained? 8:02 Who are the Cockroach Janta Party and their leader Abhijeet Dipke? 10:18 Indian exam leaks and their relevance 14:28 What caused the lull in protesting since summer? 17:01 Why is the CJP so popular? 19:21 Has Narendra Modi lost his political magic? 20:06 What is the justification for Modi's BJP party to detain so many people? 23:04 Has Modi lost touch with the youth?Subscribe to our channel here: https://bbc.in/bbcnews For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com/news #BBCNews
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