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Captain Disillusion's old hoaxes refuse to retire
His archive-only week brings renewed attention to a Short about the exhausting afterlife of already-debunked videos.
In short
On YouTube, Captain Disillusion has 2,510,000 subscribers and 280,663,397 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 62,101 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 1,145 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 36 of 87 in category "Science and experiments". On Instagram, @captaindisillusion has 51,480 followers.
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
2,510,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
no significant change in the last month
no significant change in the last month
total views
280,663,397
▲ 62,101 in the last 7 days
▲ 259,233 in the last 30 days
▲ 259,233 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
4,533
on a typical day: 8,519
Videos on the channel
117
Last upload
113 days ago
July 21, 2026
Views per subscriber
111
a new long video usually gets 1,490,624 views
a new short video usually gets 804,512 views
a new short video usually gets 804,512 views
Next milestone
3,000,000 subscribers
490,000 subscribers to go
Instagram: The numbers
@captaindisillusion · The account on Instagram
Followers
51,480
▲ 11 a day, on average over the last 2 days
Posts
354
1 new post in the last 7 days
Views per Reel
35,460
usually, by 5 recent Reels
Likes per post
2,280
usually, by 14 recent posts
4.4% of followers
4.4% of followers
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Science and experiments | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 1,989 of 2,442 | 35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I can't believe it's been 34 years since my sitcom wrapped. | Reel | November 8, 2026 | 12,250 | 806 | 9 |
| Undead Intern Performs Copyright-safe Thriller Vincent Price Rap Flawlessly | Reel | November 1, 2026 | 15,074 | 1,018 | 15 |
| I told him not to spend his life savings on a “flying car” but does he listen? | Photo | September 29, 2026 | - | 1,382 | 18 |
| Good face day / bad face day | Carousel | September 6, 2026 | - | 3,211 | 30 |
| The little set I hacked together for that movie club promo | Carousel | August 14, 2026 | - | 664 | 9 |
| Choose your sleep paralysis demon | Photo | July 28, 2026 | - | 7,330 | 153 |
| Vanquished the opensaucelive robot as a team. | Photo | July 24, 2026 | - | 1,122 | 6 |
| MOVIE CLUB LIVESTREAM THIS SUNDAY (link in bio) | Reel | July 21, 2026 | 33,533 | 2,270 | 27 |
Of the 15 latest posts: 6 Reels, 4 carousels and 5 photos.
As of November 9, 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
'CD / Blur' and Ami Yamato keep Captain Disillusion company
A debunk from well over a year ago, with a cameo by the virtual vlogger, is the channel's busiest video while no new uploads arrive.
The video drawing the most views now
CD / Blur
- Video published
- May 22, 2025
- Video views so far
- 1,422,206
- Video views, pace per day
- 730
Similar channels
YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Science and experiments | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 1,145 of 5,393 | 36 of 87 |
| By views gained this week | 4,785 of 5,274 | 81 of 87 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 4,677 of 5,043 | 79 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: 2,510,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 2,510,000 subscribers (no significant change in the last month)
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 280,412,157 views → November 11, 2026: 280,663,397 views · average: 8,663 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Captain's Alan's Digital Spaghetti's Movie Club | July 21, 2026 | 1:04 short | 287,443 | 149 | - | 17,752 | 537 |
 Find me at OpenSauce... before Captain Disillusion does! | July 9, 2025 | 1:26 short | 398,250 | 121 | - | 26,501 | 588 |
 CD / Blur | May 22, 2025 | 9:43 | 1,422,206 | 730 | - | 102,897 | 6,672 |
 something funny right now | December 29, 2024 | 4:41 | 493,213 | 83 | - | 43,542 | 4,417 |
 SNL VFX Mystery | Quick D | December 20, 2024 | 9:47 | 1,302,313 | 229 | - | 96,890 | 5,071 |
 Beckham Beach Kicks DEBUNK | August 2, 2024 | 17:20 | 1,975,398 | 173 | - | 161,617 | 6,738 |
 CD / Shutter Speed | January 28, 2024 | 12:06 | 1,289,404 | 225 | - | 77,468 | 3,059 |
 Surviving Feedback - Live at the Blender Conference 2023 | November 2, 2023 | 6:14 | 282,856 | 40 | - | 25,884 | 893 |
 Coming clean about the wrench | October 6, 2023 | 0:40 short | 804,512 | 58 | - | 59,334 | 746 |
 AlBot #vfx #animation #shorts | September 30, 2023 | 1:00 short | 5,208,049 | 132 | - | 305,604 | 2,753 |
 Empty World | Quick D | August 8, 2023 | 5:38 | 1,559,043 | 216 | - | 144,533 | 4,384 |
 Orangutan Card Trick DEBUNK | May 2, 2023 | 16:42 | 2,455,897 | 130 | - | 204,835 | 8,226 |
 Why No Debunks? #shorts | December 5, 2022 | 1:00 short | 7,535,897 | 349 | - | 459,293 | 5,726 |
 CD / The Horrors of the Alpha Channel | October 22, 2022 | 6:58 | 2,039,016 | 269 | - | 118,850 | 4,178 |
 Music Video VFX Magic With ATARASHII GAKKO! | July 26, 2022 | 22:01 | 2,685,633 | 129 | - | 234,433 | 12,195 |
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 69.9 in the category: 29.2
- comments per 1,000 views
- 2.2 in the category: 1.1
- short vs long
- 5 short (up to 3 minutes), 10 long
average views per short video: 2,846,830
average views per long video: 1,550,497
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Cicret Bracelet DEBUNK | September 24, 2016 | 13:26 | 12,172,792 |
 Laminar Flow DISAMBIGUATION | February 14, 2019 | 9:18 | 10,102,197 |
 Escherian Stairwell Deconstruction | August 19, 2018 | 15:42 | 9,145,900 |
 Superhuman Tape Measure Skills DEBUNK | May 31, 2017 | 11:59 | 8,325,911 |
 Captain D's Definitive Guide to TRICK SHOTS | August 4, 2017 | 7:52 | 7,560,776 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
| Why No Debunks? #shorts | December 5, 2022 | 1:00 | 7,520,551 |
| AlBot #vfx #animation #shorts | September 30, 2023 | 1:00 | 5,204,335 |
| Coming clean about the wrench | October 6, 2023 | 0:40 | 803,349 |
| Find me at OpenSauce... before Captain Disillusion does! | July 9, 2025 | 1:26 | 395,658 |
| Captain's Alan's Digital Spaghetti's Movie Club | July 21, 2026 | 1:04 | 283,963 |
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 +52K views this week
Captain Disillusion's old hoaxes refuse to retire
His archive-only week brings renewed attention to a Short about the exhausting afterlife of already-debunked videos.
This week on the channel
'CD / Blur' and Ami Yamato keep Captain Disillusion company
A debunk from well over a year ago, with a cameo by the virtual vlogger, is the channel's busiest video while no new uploads arrive.