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Adam Neely's big-band Sungazer brings a human counterpoint to AI
The Blue Note concert film combines sets from two nights, with Neely arranging Sungazer's music for an expanded ensemble.
In short
On YouTube, Adam Neely has 1,830,000 subscribers and 261,895,238 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 664,980 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "Music is Inherently Political", with 675,185 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 1,531 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 4 of 8 in category "Music commentary and analysis". On Instagram, @its_adamneely has 236,086 followers.
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
1,830,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
no significant change in the last month
no significant change in the last month
total views
261,895,238
▲ 664,980 in the last 7 days
▲ 1,227,449 in the last 30 days
▲ 1,227,449 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
60,073
on a typical day: 67,235
Videos on the channel
531
1 uploaded in the last 30 days
Last upload
9 days ago
November 2, 2026
Views per subscriber
143
a new long video usually gets 433,520 views
a new short video usually gets 74,776 views
a new short video usually gets 74,776 views
Next milestone
2,000,000 subscribers
170,000 subscribers to go
Instagram: The numbers today
@its_adamneely · The account on Instagram
Followers
236,086
Posts
644
Views per Reel
111,285
usually, by 11 recent Reels
Likes per post
3,143
usually, by 15 recent posts
1.3% of followers
1.3% of followers
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Music commentary and analysis | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 1,440 of 2,442 | 3 of 5 |
Ranked among the channels whose Instagram account is on Trari.
Instagram followers: Music commentary and analysis
Latest posts
Tap a post to see it here
| Post | Type | Posted | Views | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Day with some added notes | Reel | November 2, 2026 | 2,972 | 106 | 0 |
| Green Day, with more ✨notes✨ | Reel | November 2, 2026 | 232,501 | 11,639 | 189 |
| Times signature square, amirite. | Reel | October 31, 2026 | 164,896 | 8,674 | 53 |
| Mahavishnu mosh pit in Edmonton 🇨🇦 last summer. | Reel | October 27, 2026 | 252,988 | 10,893 | 183 |
| Clip of Jared Schonig big band at Dizzy’s playing a tune that we wrote together.… | Carousel | September 19, 2026 | - | 2,200 | 13 |
| Darkglass Anagram vs HX Stomp | Reel | September 2, 2026 | 125,628 | 3,143 | 81 |
| Sheet music to that 180bpm unison with _buttonmasher on his latest collab with… | Reel | August 6, 2026 | 4,075 | 158 | 1 |
| Shredding a 180bpm unison with _buttonmasher on his latest collab with… | Reel | August 6, 2026 | 111,285 | 5,564 | 74 |
Of the 15 latest posts: 11 Reels, 3 carousels and 1 photo.
As of November 10, 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
This week on the channel
Suno and the 'Bad Future' keeps Adam Neely's AI argument playing
Eight months after it went up, his feature-length look at AI music has passed 1.1 million views, with a Blue Note big band concert behind i…
The video drawing the most views now
Music is Inherently Political
- Video published
- November 2, 2026
- Video views so far
- 675,185
- Video views, pace per day
- 12,462
- Views on its first day
- 340,110
Similar channels
YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Music commentary and analysis | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 1,531 of 5,393 | 4 of 8 |
| By views gained this week | 3,099 of 5,274 | 5 of 8 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 3,801 of 5,043 | - |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 3.2% of all views the category's channels gained this week
Subscribers in the category Music commentary and analysis
Views gained this week in the category Music commentary and analysis
YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 1,830,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 1,830,000 subscribers (no significant change in the last month)
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 260,678,582 views → November 11, 2026: 261,895,238 views · average: 41,953 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.
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views | Per day | First day | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Music is Inherently Political | November 2, 2026 | 46:23 | 675,185 | 12,462 | 340,110 | 24,786 | 5,347 |
 180bpm shred | August 6, 2026 | 0:23 short | 112,795 | 61 | - | 3,337 | 131 |
 Adam Neely steals Jaco’s bassline on River People | June 26, 2026 | 1:20 short | 43,350 | 29 | - | 1,774 | 54 |
 Joshua De La Victoria agrees with Sungazer Plus | June 23, 2026 | 0:41 short | 36,491 | 15 | - | 1,093 | 47 |
 Sungazer Plus Live at the Blue Note (full concert) | June 23, 2026 | 55:21 | 163,658 | 680 | - | 8,207 | 769 |
 They Teach AI Music at Music School Now... | May 28, 2026 | 18:17 | 466,005 | 1,009 | - | 27,584 | 4,474 |
 Alfonsina y El Mar solo bass | March 30, 2026 | 1:06 short | 51,566 | 40 | - | 2,855 | 119 |
 Suno, AI Music, and the Bad Future | February 2, 2026 | 1:29:40 | 1,171,804 | 1,054 | - | 62,369 | 12,617 |
 Irish 🇮🇪 + East African inspired groove | October 8, 2025 | 0:37 short | 74,776 | 21 | - | 3,016 | 72 |
 Cool East African (Tigray) pop groove | October 6, 2025 | 1:04 short | 103,164 | 22 | - | 5,067 | 168 |
 Harmonizing in Tucson (with Lau Noah) | September 6, 2025 | 1:04 short | 78,703 | 14 | - | 4,385 | 121 |
 Sparkly Quintuplets | September 1, 2025 | 0:42 short | 60,557 | 13 | - | 2,629 | 90 |
 The Ludacris song that BROKE my brain | August 6, 2025 | 23:26 | 401,035 | 344 | - | 17,781 | 3,265 |
 The Harmonic Genius of Lau Noah | June 30, 2025 | 19:49 | 367,329 | 190 | - | 17,958 | 1,308 |
 🔒Locked🔒 (sungazer live in Tokyo) | June 25, 2025 | 0:35 short | 86,151 | 9 | - | 2,671 | 91 |
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 47.7 in the category: 25.9
- comments per 1,000 views
- 7.4 in the category: 2.7
- short vs long
- 9 short (up to 3 minutes), 6 long
average views per short video: 71,950
average views per long video: 540,836
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 The most elegant key change in all of pop music | April 16, 2021 | 27:08 | 7,644,643 |
 Whiplash (as reviewed by a jazz musician) | November 20, 2018 | 28:54 | 5,910,063 |
 The Girl From Ipanema is a far weirder song than you thought | July 15, 2020 | 32:17 | 5,475,925 |
 Did Dua Lipa ACTUALLY Plagiarize Levitating? | March 6, 2022 | 9:32 | 5,162,748 |
 The 7 Levels of Jazz Harmony | August 30, 2019 | 13:12 | 5,056,899 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 The true nature of Chechnya’s ban on music | April 11, 2024 | 0:47 | 1,257,648 |
 Attempting a 9/8 unison… | May 26, 2023 | 0:19 | 724,170 |
 wonky Ethiopian bass rhythms | December 11, 2022 | 0:27 | 490,309 |
 4/4 (for nerds) | August 30, 2024 | 0:21 | 412,586 |
 how to solo in 7/16 good | February 1, 2022 | 0:36 | 348,973 |
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 +94K views this week
Adam Neely's big-band Sungazer brings a human counterpoint to AI
The Blue Note concert film combines sets from two nights, with Neely arranging Sungazer's music for an expanded ensemble.
This week on the channel
Suno and the 'Bad Future' keeps Adam Neely's AI argument playing
Eight months after it went up, his feature-length look at AI music has passed 1.1 million views, with a Blue Note big band concert behind i…