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Green eyes complicate Be Smart's question about green mammals
Joe Hanson's only new upload explores fur pigments, sloth algae and the unusually colorful turaco.
In short
On YouTube, Be Smart has 5,890,000 subscribers and 865,291,728 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 1,696,907 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "Why are there no green mammals?", with 1,413,133 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 499 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 14 of 87 in category "Science and experiments". On Instagram, @okaytobesmart has 139,832 followers. The account gained 2,068 followers in the last 7 days.
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
5,890,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
no significant change in the last month
no significant change in the last month
total views
865,291,728
▲ 1,696,907 in the last 7 days
▲ 7,475,640 in the last 30 days
▲ 7,475,640 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
148,703
on a typical day: 257,553
Videos on the channel
566
4 uploaded in the last 30 days
Last upload
9 days ago
November 2, 2026
Views per subscriber
146
a new long video usually gets 1,164,789 views
a new short video usually gets 491,058 views
a new short video usually gets 491,058 views
Next milestone
10,000,000 subscribers
4,110,000 subscribers to go
Instagram: The numbers today
@okaytobesmart · The account on Instagram
Followers
139,832
▲ 61 since yesterday
▲ 2,068 in the last 7 days
▲ 2,068 in the last 7 days
Posts
349
Likes per post
1,731
usually, by 15 recent posts
1.2% of followers
1.2% of followers
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Science and experiments | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 1,675 of 2,442 | 28 of 43 |
Ranked among the channels whose Instagram account is on Trari.
Instagram followers: Science and experiments
Latest posts
Tap a post to see it here
| Post | Type | Posted | Views | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Your mom‘s cells are still inside of you… and that’s not the weirdest part | Reel | November 3, 2026 | - | 49,501 | 635 |
| Why are there no green mammals? Is this not weird to anyone else?! Seriously | Reel | October 28, 2026 | - | 23,320 | 272 |
| What is the true cost of AI when it comes to our planet and our communities? Me… | Reel | October 22, 2026 | - | 173 | 1 |
| Is there anywhere on Earth humans HAVEN’T been? | Reel | October 15, 2026 | - | 1,380 | 9 |
| Your blood is never blue? | Reel | October 8, 2026 | - | 2,817 | 26 |
| Why can’t you feel your clothes? | Reel | October 3, 2026 | - | 1,731 | 24 |
| Did you know you go blind every few seconds…?! | Reel | September 25, 2026 | - | 20,998 | 145 |
| Why don’t humans have tails? | Reel | September 10, 2026 | - | 4,197 | 53 |
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
November 6, 2026 passed 1M views Your mom's cells are still inside you The video passed 1,000,000 views.
This week on the channel +1.4M views this week
Who pays for AI? Be Smart looks beyond the chatbot
Joe Hanson brings energy and sustainability researchers into an investigation of electricity, cooling water and life beside data centers.
This week on the channel +1M views this week
Be Smart asks which places remain beyond human footsteps
Joe Hanson's only new upload turns exploration into a question about where people cannot, or should not, go.
The video drawing the most views now
Your mom's cells are still inside you
- Video published
- November 2, 2026
- Video views so far
- 1,247,031
- Video views, pace per day
- 42,304
- Views on its first day
- 597,140
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YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Science and experiments | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 499 of 5,393 | 14 of 87 |
| By views gained this week | 2,106 of 5,274 | 25 of 87 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 2,053 of 5,043 | 29 of 81 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 0.4% of all views the category's channels gained this week
Subscribers in the category Science and experiments
Views gained this week in the category Science and experiments
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 · 5,890,000 subscribers 0% (0)
- Instagram · 139,832 followers +1.5% (+2,068)
From November 3, 2026 to November 11, 2026: on YouTube from 5,890,000 to 5,890,000 subscribers (0%), on Instagram from 137,764 to 139,832 followers (+1.5%).
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 | 5,890,000 | - |
| November 10, 2026 | 5,890,000 | 139,832 |
| November 9, 2026 | 5,890,000 | 139,771 |
| November 8, 2026 | 5,890,000 | 139,684 |
| November 7, 2026 | 5,890,000 | 139,562 |
| November 6, 2026 | 5,890,000 | 139,360 |
| November 5, 2026 | 5,890,000 | 138,835 |
| November 4, 2026 | 5,890,000 | 138,278 |
| November 3, 2026 | 5,890,000 | 137,764 |
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 857,904,046 views → November 11, 2026: 865,291,728 views · average: 254,747 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Your mom's cells are still inside you | November 2, 2026 | 2:03 short | 1,247,031 | 42,304 | 597,140 | 89,629 | 1,419 |
 Why are there no green mammals? | October 27, 2026 | 2:00 short | 1,413,133 | 10,932 | 291,965 | 73,527 | 2,284 |
 The Real Cost of AI Will Shock You | October 22, 2026 | 42:43 | 919,986 | 7,380 | 241,757 | 17,264 | 2,267 |
 Where have humans never been? | October 15, 2026 | 1:43 short | 615,374 | 1,592 | 134,642 | 31,289 | 543 |
 Your blood is never blue? | October 8, 2026 | 1:52 short | 369,021 | 1,172 | - | 22,773 | 306 |
 Why don’t you feel your clothes? | October 1, 2026 | 1:51 short | 312,912 | 1,548 | - | 19,748 | 1,094 |
 Do you go blind every time you blink? | September 24, 2026 | 1:34 short | 291,811 | 104 | - | 19,039 | 477 |
 This Weird Pattern Will Let Us Reshape Matter | September 15, 2026 | 24:54 | 1,361,112 | 415 | - | 22,068 | 1,052 |
 Why don’t humans have tails? | September 10, 2026 | 2:33 short | 2,707,446 | 4,996 | - | 179,602 | 4,559 |
 Why don't you remember being a baby? | September 3, 2026 | 2:20 short | 613,095 | 1,437 | - | 36,791 | 2,349 |
 You shrink every day | August 27, 2026 | 2:04 short | 156,614 | 118 | - | 10,133 | 235 |
 The Very Weird Reason Hot Water Freezes Faster | August 18, 2026 | 17:14 | 1,164,789 | 352 | - | 27,946 | 2,183 |
 New INSANE Images of the Sun's Surface! | August 11, 2026 | 1:38 short | 144,768 | 37 | - | 10,934 | 174 |
 Why has no one cured hiccups yet? | July 30, 2026 | 1:55 short | 1,693,318 | 78 | - | 198,645 | 5,562 |
 Is this mammal actually an insect? | July 23, 2026 | 2:30 short | 346,873 | 275 | - | 27,904 | 482 |
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 58.9 in the category: 29.8
- comments per 1,000 views
- 1.9 in the category: 1.1
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 178,393 views
- short vs long
- 12 short (up to 3 minutes), 3 long
average views per short video: 825,949
average views per long video: 1,148,629
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Why Is Blue So Rare In Nature? | January 9, 2018 | 8:21 | 26,588,167 |
 How An Igloo Keeps You Warm | January 9, 2017 | 5:14 | 22,594,039 |
 What Is Fire? | August 3, 2015 | 3:39 | 12,803,482 |
 Are We All Related? | May 9, 2017 | 6:26 | 12,318,790 |
 Why Are We The Only Humans Left? | April 25, 2017 | 7:32 | 8,211,776 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 What does NASA keep inside this armored vault? 🤔 | March 21, 2023 | 0:40 | 38,452,703 |
 How Spaghetti Stumped Physicists For a Century | September 19, 2025 | 2:09 | 13,937,778 |
 The Secret Discovery in Da Vinci’s Notebook… | May 25, 2023 | 0:57 | 7,696,652 |
 The Law of Urination | January 18, 2024 | 0:57 | 7,351,476 |
 You’re wrong about the world’s fastest animal | June 26, 2025 | 1:53 | 6,904,851 |
YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- MilestoneYour mom's cells are still inside you The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 674,322 views a day, 2.3 times a normal day (298,353).
- Video taking offYour mom's cells are still inside you The video opened at a pace of 441,983 views a day, 3.6 times a normal first day on this channel (123,875).
- MilestoneWhy are there no green mammals? The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 581,116 views a day, 2.4 times a normal day (241,841).
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.
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