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This week on the channel +1.1M views this week
Ali Abdaal's AI experiment gives viewers questions for his editor
Nine uploads include a learn-on-camera editing challenge, with Parth's human-made version becoming part of the conversation.
In short
On YouTube, Ali Abdaal has 6,710,000 subscribers and 571,955,359 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 1,310,300 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 420 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 4 of 29 in category "Self-improvement and productivity". On Instagram, @aliabdaal has 1,165,234 followers. The account gained 778 followers in the last 7 days.
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
6,710,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
▲ 10,000 in the last 30 days
▲ 10,000 in the last 30 days
total views
571,955,359
▲ 1,310,300 in the last 7 days
▲ 5,571,752 in the last 30 days
▲ 5,571,752 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
174,707
on a typical day: 181,658
Videos on the channel
1,512
7 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
yesterday
November 10, 2026
Views per subscriber
85
a new short video usually gets 15,541 views
Next milestone
10,000,000 subscribers
3,290,000 subscribers to go
Instagram: The numbers today
@aliabdaal · The account on Instagram
Followers
1,165,234
▼ 43 since yesterday
▲ 778 in the last 7 days
▲ 778 in the last 7 days
Posts
2,193
Views per Reel
8,845
usually, by 8 recent Reels
Likes per post
114
usually, by 9 recent posts
0.01% of followers
0.01% of followers
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Self-improvement and productivity | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 706 of 2,442 | 11 of 23 |
Ranked among the channels whose Instagram account is on Trari.
Instagram followers: Self-improvement and productivity
Latest posts
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| Post | Type | Posted | Views | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comment MASTERCLASS to join my free live masterclass where I’ll show you how to… | Reel | November 11, 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Would you skip, read or study these books? 👀 | Reel | November 11, 2026 | 13,391 | 252 | 110 |
| Filming a video is only one part of making it. There’s also planning, editing,… | Reel | November 10, 2026 | 32,449 | 536 | 319 |
| Comment MASTERCLASS to save your free spot 👇 | Carousel | November 10, 2026 | - | 693 | 626 |
| You can learn a lot about business for free on YouTube. The question is how much… | Reel | November 10, 2026 | 15,340 | 154 | 21 |
| When I left medicine, I had no idea what I actually wanted to do with my life. | Carousel | November 9, 2026 | - | 3,987 | 480 |
| I’m obsessed with Dungeon Crawler Carl - have you read it? | Reel | November 8, 2026 | 50,774 | 837 | 41 |
| My first five or six business ideas made basically zero money. | Reel | November 6, 2026 | 18,759 | 203 | 27 |
Of the 15 latest posts: 12 Reels and 3 carousels.
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 27, 2026 7.7x its usual first day I Tried Fully Automating My Video Editing With AI… The video opened at a pace of 70,911 views a day, 7.7 times a normal first day on this channel (9,235). Read the story
Video taking off 7.7x its usual first day
Ali Abdaal's AI editing lesson: stop asking for everything at once
His one-day experiment improves when he splits the job into smaller tasks, but a human editor's version sets the standard.
This week on the channel +1.4M views this week
Ali Abdaal's productivity confession: the system can become procrastination
His new advice video strips the routine back to seasonal priorities, calendar time and accountability.
The video drawing the most views now
What I got wrong about freedom in my 20s
- Video published
- November 10, 2026
- Video views so far
- 10,354
- Video views, pace per day
- 11,699
- Views in its first 18 hours
- 10,354
Similar channels
YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Self-improvement and productivity | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 420 of 5,393 | 4 of 29 |
| By views gained this week | 2,397 of 5,274 | 6 of 29 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 2,391 of 5,043 | 7 of 23 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 2.0% of all views the category's channels gained this week
Subscribers in the category Self-improvement and productivity
Views gained this week in the category Self-improvement and productivity
YouTube and Instagram: Subscribers and followers, last 30 days
Growth in percent since November 3, 2026, so both lines start from the same point
- YouTube · 6,710,000 subscribers 0% (0)
- Instagram · 1,165,234 followers +0.07% (+808)
From November 3, 2026 to November 11, 2026: on YouTube from 6,710,000 to 6,710,000 subscribers (0%), on Instagram from 1,164,426 to 1,165,234 followers (+0.07%).
YouTube rounds a large channel's subscriber count, so its line moves in steps.
The numbers by day
| Day | Subscribers (YouTube) | Followers (Instagram) |
|---|---|---|
| November 11, 2026 | 6,710,000 | 1,165,234 |
| November 10, 2026 | 6,710,000 | 1,165,277 |
| November 9, 2026 | 6,710,000 | 1,164,891 |
| November 8, 2026 | 6,710,000 | 1,164,773 |
| November 7, 2026 | 6,710,000 | 1,164,714 |
| November 6, 2026 | 6,710,000 | 1,164,588 |
| November 5, 2026 | 6,710,000 | 1,164,528 |
| November 4, 2026 | 6,710,000 | 1,164,456 |
| November 3, 2026 | 6,710,000 | 1,164,426 |
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 566,478,062 views → November 11, 2026: 571,955,359 views · average: 188,872 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 What I got wrong about freedom in my 20s | November 10, 2026 | 1:30 short | 10,354 | 11,699 | 10,354 (18 hours) | 397 | 5 |
 Top 5 business books for beginners | November 9, 2026 | 0:37 short | 18,259 | 8,354 | 12,168 | 838 | 6 |
 How I made £3,000 a month as a medical student | November 8, 2026 | 1:39 short | 16,138 | 3,311 | 9,513 | 665 | 7 |
 The book series I can't stop recommending | November 7, 2026 | 0:36 short | 16,475 | 751 | 10,394 | 399 | 18 |
 I Ranked Every Productivity Tool From Worst to Best | November 6, 2026 | 25:21 | 103,881 | 7,485 | 56,033 | 1,213 | 96 |
 I got scammed out of £1,000 | November 6, 2026 | 1:07 short | 28,167 | 2,020 | 11,325 | 1,098 | 16 |
 Skip, read or study: business books for new entrepreneurs | November 5, 2026 | 1:58 short | 71,033 | 7,579 | 23,749 | 2,587 | 25 |
 I was 12 years old when I started earning | November 4, 2026 | 1:06 short | 13,956 | 279 | 7,511 | 574 | 14 |
 The Most Valuable Sales Training You’ll Ever Watch | November 3, 2026 | 1:38:57 | 69,924 | 2,173 | 37,245 | 624 | 42 |
 Advice to my younger self | October 31, 2026 | 0:23 short | 18,919 | 132 | 6,638 | 525 | 7 |
 Everything's Changing - 2026 Life Update | October 30, 2026 | 37:29 | 133,667 | 1,587 | 69,116 | 1,426 | 406 |
 People don't want what you're selling | October 30, 2026 | 0:40 short | 10,067 | 93 | 4,209 | 324 | 10 |
 The holy trinity of business | October 29, 2026 | 0:13 short | 17,126 | 123 | 4,974 | 217 | 6 |
 The $2,000 question that changed everything | October 28, 2026 | 0:58 short | 27,271 | 100 | 7,332 | 693 | 34 |
 Making money is just a video game | October 27, 2026 | 0:45 short | 13,057 | 35 | 6,090 | 544 | 26 |
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 21.3 in the category: 36.2
- comments per 1,000 views
- 1.3 in the category: 1.4
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 9,744 views
- short vs long
- 12 short (up to 3 minutes), 3 long
average views per short video: 21,735
average views per long video: 102,490
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 9 Passive Income Ideas - How I Make $27k per Week | April 15, 2021 | 30:01 | 13,964,533 |
 How I Type REALLY Fast (156 Words per Minute) | August 18, 2020 | 15:33 | 11,032,428 |
 How to Invest for Beginners | October 11, 2020 | 29:09 | 9,436,296 |
 How I ranked 1st at Cambridge University - The Essay Memori… | April 9, 2019 | 17:52 | 9,052,294 |
 My Evidence-Based Skincare Routine | June 28, 2022 | 14:05 | 8,926,676 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 What happened to these two brothers? #shorts | November 22, 2022 | 1:00 | 4,377,975 |
 How to Improve Your Focus 🧘 | March 27, 2023 | 0:39 | 3,875,601 |
 The Halo Effect #shorts | February 21, 2023 | 0:58 | 2,990,795 |
 5 Lessons from Atomic Habits in Under 60 Seconds #SHORTS | December 21, 2021 | 0:47 | 2,635,606 |
 The Stockdale Paradox #shorts | December 6, 2022 | 0:59 | 2,509,519 |
YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- Video taking offI Tried Fully Automating My Video Editing With AI… The video opened at a pace of 70,911 views a day, 7.7 times a normal first day on this channel (9,235).Read the story
- Video taking offBrutally Honest Advice About Productivity in 26 M… The video opened at a pace of 67,093 views a day, 4.5 times a normal first day on this channel (14,836).
- Video surgingHow much money do you need to feel financially fr… The video ran that day at 34,719 views a day, 5.1 times its usual pace (6,791).
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 +1.1M views this week
Ali Abdaal's AI experiment gives viewers questions for his editor
Nine uploads include a learn-on-camera editing challenge, with Parth's human-made version becoming part of the conversation.
Video taking off 7.7x its usual first day
Ali Abdaal's AI editing lesson: stop asking for everything at once
His one-day experiment improves when he splits the job into smaller tasks, but a human editor's version sets the standard.
This week on the channel +1.4M views this week
Ali Abdaal's productivity confession: the system can become procrastination
His new advice video strips the routine back to seasonal priorities, calendar time and accountability.
This week on the channel +1.5M views this week
Ali Abdaal turns a home-security project into AI learning lessons
A tiny Linux computer supplies the practical example behind his new guide to using AI as a tutor.
This week on the channel 2 videos this week
Ali Abdaal's 'ambitious but inconsistent' video outpaces his new uploads
An 18-day-old video is drawing views about twice as fast as the newest of his two uploads, on a channel moving at exactly its usual pace.