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This week on the channel +1.6M views this week
Absolute History finds a palace-sized problem in visitor dust
A Tales from the Palaces documentary follows tapestry conservation, cracked royal flooring and Stuart cooking at Hampton Court.
In short
On YouTube, Absolute History has 3,700,000 subscribers and 1,325,665,083 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 1,483,592 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 806 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 12 of 37 in category "Documentaries and journalism". On Instagram, @absolutehistory has 28,575 followers.
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
3,700,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
no significant change in the last month
no significant change in the last month
total views
1,325,665,083
▲ 1,483,592 in the last 7 days
▲ 9,007,082 in the last 30 days
▲ 9,007,082 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
98,879
on a typical day: 239,890
Videos on the channel
1,146
7 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
yesterday
November 10, 2026
Views per subscriber
358
a new long video usually gets 23,918 views
Next milestone
5,000,000 subscribers
1,300,000 subscribers to go
Instagram: The numbers today
@absolutehistory · The account on Instagram
Followers
28,575
Posts
460
Views per Reel
3,502
usually, by 15 recent Reels
Likes per post
92
usually, by 15 recent posts
0.32% of followers
0.32% of followers
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Documentaries and journalism | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 2,135 of 2,442 | 19 of 24 |
Ranked among the channels whose Instagram account is on Trari.
Instagram followers: Documentaries and journalism
Latest posts
Tap a post to see it here
| Post | Type | Posted | Views | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| More president facts! | Reel | October 24, 2025 | 1,833 | 54 | 4 |
| President facts part 5! | Reel | October 10, 2025 | 27,251 | 73 | 0 |
| President facts part 4! #crazyhistory #interesting #interestinghistory… | Reel | September 19, 2025 | 6,282 | 160 | 1 |
| President facts, part 3! #interestinghistory #edutok #history #didyouknow… | Reel | September 12, 2025 | 3,213 | 92 | 0 |
| Facts about every US president, part 2! #interestinghistory #history… | Reel | September 5, 2025 | 1,366 | 44 | 0 |
| president facts part 1! #interesting #crazyhistory #didyouknow… | Reel | August 29, 2025 | 3,235 | 132 | 1 |
| this is medieval surgery! chalkehistoryfestival | Reel | August 22, 2025 | 1,623 | 44 | 0 |
| the building at the centre of the world 🌎 #history #didyouknow #interesting… | Reel | August 15, 2025 | 2,503 | 59 | 1 |
As of November 11, 2026
Follower, post, like, comment and view counts in this part are Instagram's. The changes and the "usually" figures are Trari's own calculations.
YouTube: What happened lately
October 21, 2026 passed 1M views Even More Crazy Facts About British Kings & Queen… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
This week on the channel +3.7M views this week
Cold War flashpoints and Paris painters share Absolute History's week
Four uploads span Soviet-era tensions, artistic rebellion, royal upbringing and a Tudor television preview.
This week on the channel 4 videos this week
What lies beneath Anne Boleyn's portrait draws Absolute History's crowd
Four uploads ran from a Tudor painting to Marines in Helmand, Soviet factories moved east and the Venona codebreakers.
The video drawing the most views now
How Mary Won: Navy Mutiny and the Nine Days of Lady Jane Grey
- Video published
- November 10, 2026
- Video views so far
- 5,310
- Video views, pace per day
- 8,075
- Views in its first 11 hours
- 5,310
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YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Documentaries and journalism | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 806 of 5,393 | 12 of 37 |
| By views gained this week | 2,257 of 5,274 | 15 of 37 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 1,870 of 5,043 | 11 of 35 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 1.6% of all views the category's channels gained this week
Subscribers in the category Documentaries and journalism
Views gained this week in the category Documentaries and journalism
YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 3,700,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 3,700,000 subscribers (no significant change in the last month)
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 1,317,214,179 views → November 11, 2026: 1,325,665,083 views · average: 291,410 views a day
YouTube: The channel's latest videos
The last 15 videos uploaded to the channel, with today's numbers. Click a video to play it here.
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 5.8 in the category: 19.8
- comments per 1,000 views
- 0.4 in the category: 1.7
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 12,616 views
- short vs long
- 0 short (up to 3 minutes), 15 long
average views per long video: 19,712
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Death By Wallpaper: The Hidden Killers In The Victorian Hom… | February 6, 2019 | 58:59 | 7,159,764 |
 Why Did These Strange 1950s Inventions Kill So Many People?… | March 15, 2019 | 58:37 | 6,636,081 |
 How The Opium Trade Destroyed China’s Greatest Empire | Emp… | November 22, 2023 | 58:33 | 4,680,192 |
 The Deadly Secrets Of The Tudor Home | Hidden Killers | Abs… | February 27, 2019 | 58:54 | 4,044,129 |
 The Spicy Sex Life Of Louis XIV | Rise And Fall Of Versaill… | July 8, 2022 | 59:10 | 3,786,269 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 This medieval surgical device was invented to remove an arr… | August 5, 2023 | 1:00 | 75,439,967 |
 This Victorian Invention Saved Thousands In WW1 #Shorts | February 2, 2022 | 0:35 | 62,752,052 |
 Bizarre punishments from Ancient Rome (Part three) | September 8, 2023 | 1:00 | 43,665,942 |
 Bizarre punishments from The Aztec Empire (part two) | September 1, 2023 | 1:00 | 43,603,747 |
 This is how amputation was performed in 1805 | September 16, 2023 | 1:00 | 37,937,600 |
YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- MilestoneEven More Crazy Facts About British Kings & Queen… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube, Meta Instagram
Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.
Stories
This week on the channel +1.6M views this week
Absolute History finds a palace-sized problem in visitor dust
A Tales from the Palaces documentary follows tapestry conservation, cracked royal flooring and Stuart cooking at Hampton Court.
This week on the channel +3.7M views this week
Cold War flashpoints and Paris painters share Absolute History's week
Four uploads span Soviet-era tensions, artistic rebellion, royal upbringing and a Tudor television preview.
This week on the channel 4 videos this week
What lies beneath Anne Boleyn's portrait draws Absolute History's crowd
Four uploads ran from a Tudor painting to Marines in Helmand, Soviet factories moved east and the Venona codebreakers.