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IrelandThis week on the channel +163K views this week
Breaking Taps puts Webb's mirror mechanics into a working replica
The scale model demonstrates how one motor handles both coarse positioning and fine alignment.
In short
On YouTube, Breaking Taps has 581,000 subscribers and 150,323,302 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 70,067 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "I made tiny robot eyes", with 150,720 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 3,130 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 69 of 87 in category "Science and experiments". On Instagram, @breakingtaps has 8,998 followers.
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
581,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
▲ 1,000 in the last 30 days
▲ 1,000 in the last 30 days
total views
150,323,302
▲ 70,067 in the last 7 days
▲ 1,269,443 in the last 30 days
▲ 1,269,443 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
4,716
on a typical day: 25,937
Videos on the channel
107
6 uploaded in the last 30 days
Last upload
20 days ago
October 22, 2026
Views per subscriber
258
a new long video usually gets 170,181 views
a new short video usually gets 42,482 views
a new short video usually gets 42,482 views
Next milestone
750,000 subscribers
169,000 subscribers to go
Instagram: The numbers
@breakingtaps · The account on Instagram
Followers
8,998
▼ 1 a day, on average over the last 3 days
Posts
103
Views per Reel
6,504
usually, by 9 recent Reels
Likes per post
227
usually, by 15 recent posts
2.5% of followers
2.5% of followers
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Science and experiments | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 2,303 of 2,442 | 40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Just some more hinges 😊 | Carousel | March 26, 2025 | - | 271 | 5 |
| Test fit of a little self-latching hinge. Need to tweak a few tolerances and… | Carousel | February 1, 2025 | - | 389 | 8 |
| Hello instagram, it's been a minute. Here are some small parts as an apology for… | Photo | January 30, 2025 | - | 385 | 9 |
| Quick prototype of an externally-wetted microspike emitter. | Reel | October 31, 2024 | 4,182 | 227 | 8 |
| Nylon screws only do this when they are very happy 😊 | Reel | October 25, 2024 | 7,951 | 217 | 8 |
| Test fire of a prototype electric thruster. This uses gallium and ionizes it… | Reel | October 20, 2024 | 4,993 | 144 | 8 |
| One leg's worth of robot parts. This was a lot of work! 🥴 | Photo | October 4, 2024 | - | 208 | 7 |
| Just air cutting a recent part 🙂 This is a joint for a small experimental… | Reel | October 4, 2024 | 6,596 | 295 | 10 |
Of the 15 latest posts: 9 Reels, 4 carousels and 2 photos.
As of November 8, 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 23, 2026 3.5x the channel's usual pace The whole channel ran that day at 178,230 views a day, 3.5 times a normal day (50,307).
This week on the channel +336K views this week
A homemade microprocessor, 'Designing Silicon From Scratch', carries Breaking Taps
No new uploads went out, and the 17-day-old chip video has passed 449,000 views.
The video drawing the most views now
Designing Silicon From Scratch
- Video published
- September 20, 2026
- Video views so far
- 536,260
- Video views, pace per day
- 845
Similar channels
YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Science and experiments | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 3,130 of 5,393 | 69 of 87 |
| By views gained this week | 4,745 of 5,274 | 80 of 87 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 3,772 of 5,043 | 59 of 81 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 0.0% 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: Subscribers, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 580,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 581,000 subscribers
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 149,074,638 views → November 11, 2026: 150,323,302 views · average: 43,057 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 JWST Mirror Actuator | October 22, 2026 | 2:08 short | 149,817 | 33 | 64,832 | 5,761 | 117 |
 Microchips are tricky | October 19, 2026 | 0:19 short | 61,286 | 94 | 35,013 | 1,319 | 17 |
 Microchip Design | October 19, 2026 | 0:28 short | 42,482 | 48 | 22,478 | 1,266 | 26 |
 caffeinated | October 18, 2026 | 0:11 short | 24,857 | 30 | 12,989 | 508 | 16 |
 Why would I deceive you? | October 18, 2026 | 0:20 short | 17,268 | 134 | 8,609 | 386 | 22 |
 I made tiny robot eyes | October 18, 2026 | 26:30 | 150,720 | 125 | 100,701 | 2,895 | 273 |
 Designing Silicon From Scratch | September 20, 2026 | 33:09 | 536,260 | 845 | - | 12,222 | 734 |
 Channel Update: Custom Silicon and Cubesats | March 9, 2026 | 14:31 | 42,346 | 6 | - | 2,878 | 297 |
 Tiny bird leg kicks my butt | October 14, 2025 | 33:39 | 189,643 | 58 | - | 8,067 | 552 |
 DIY Metal-on-Glass traces | May 21, 2025 | 15:30 | 106,608 | 12 | - | 4,907 | 558 |
 Designing Space Hardware is Hard | February 28, 2025 | 35:11 | 873,136 | 96 | - | 23,437 | 1,732 |
 R&D Tour: The engineering behind SLA/SLS Printers | January 29, 2025 | 59:27 | 62,202 | 17 | - | 2,039 | 137 |
 A motor with no moving parts (sorta) | January 16, 2025 | 12:39 | 698,018 | 33 | - | 21,391 | 1,246 |
 I made a liquid metal electric thruster | December 6, 2024 | 28:31 | 864,694 | 126 | - | 22,279 | 1,008 |
 Prototyping on a 5-axis CNC | October 16, 2024 | 23:55 | 102,863 | 5 | - | 5,108 | 334 |
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 29.2 in the category: 30.1
- comments per 1,000 views
- 1.8 in the category: 1.1
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 26,704 views
- short vs long
- 5 short (up to 3 minutes), 10 long
average views per short video: 59,142
average views per long video: 362,649
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Microscopic view of an Intel i486 | August 15, 2021 | 7:09 | 2,670,026 |
 Cutting mirrors with Diamonds | August 28, 2024 | 19:13 | 2,632,054 |
 Cutting Metal inside an Electron Microscope | May 31, 2023 | 13:12 | 1,922,890 |
 Speedrunning 30yrs of lithography technology | July 31, 2024 | 46:07 | 1,918,242 |
 I tried to make a camera sensor | April 30, 2024 | 30:00 | 1,664,122 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Atomic Force Microscope | February 17, 2023 | 0:57 | 30,364,614 |
 Microphone in your Earbud is Amazing Technology | December 20, 2023 | 0:56 | 22,892,945 |
 Making Microscopic Pictures | January 18, 2023 | 1:00 | 12,105,402 |
 Space Shuttle Combustion Chamber | April 27, 2023 | 1:00 | 10,177,162 |
 Making Mirrors with Diamonds | August 17, 2024 | 0:39 | 9,741,965 |
YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 178,230 views a day, 3.5 times a normal day (50,307).
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 122,863 views a day, 3 times a normal day (41,593).
- Video surgingCutting mirrors with Diamonds The video ran that day at 22,495 views a day, 4.2 times its usual pace (5,332).
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 +163K views this week
Breaking Taps puts Webb's mirror mechanics into a working replica
The scale model demonstrates how one motor handles both coarse positioning and fine alignment.
This week on the channel +336K views this week
A homemade microprocessor, 'Designing Silicon From Scratch', carries Breaking Taps
No new uploads went out, and the 17-day-old chip video has passed 449,000 views.