Nelson Lopez launches a principles-based series alongside live games and a three-hour coaching challenge.
On YouTube, Chess Vibes has 670,000 subscribers and 210,439,030 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 507,548 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 2,914 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 3 of 16 in category "Chess, poker and card games".
YouTube: The numbers today
▲ 1,000 in the last 30 days
▲ 2,385,649 in the last 30 days
YouTube: What happened lately
October 22, 2026 2.2x the channel's usual pace The whole channel ran that day at 189,163 views a day, 2.2 times a normal day (85,182).
Nelson's six-day-old rapid stream passed 75,000 views, and two of the players he faced in it stopped by to say hello.
The video drawing the most views now
Don't Panic When They Bring Out The Queen | Ep. 2
- Video published
- November 9, 2026
- Video views so far
- 28,349
- Video views, pace per day
- 12,423
- Views on its first day
- 20,513
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YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Chess, poker and card games | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 2,914 of 5,393 | 3 of 16 |
| By views gained this week | 3,371 of 5,274 | 9 of 16 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 3,274 of 5,043 | 10 of 16 |
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 Chess, poker and card games
Views gained this week in the category Chess, poker and card games
YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 669,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 670,000 subscribers
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 208,096,850 views → November 11, 2026: 210,439,030 views · average: 80,764 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Don't Panic When They Bring Out The Queen | Ep. 2 | November 9, 2026 | 1:11:35 | 28,349 | 12,423 | 20,513 | 512 | 52 |
🔴 I Spin the Wheel, Then Coach a Viewer to a NEW Chess Rat… | November 8, 2026 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 (24 hours) | 0 | 0 |
🔴 I Spin the Wheel, Then Coach a Viewer to a NEW Chess Rat… | November 8, 2026 | - | 36,822 | 4,057 | 23,648 | 456 | 104 |
8 Mistakes That Separate 400 from 2200 ELO | November 6, 2026 | 9:46 | 16,991 | 766 | 11,412 | 375 | 47 |
🔴 Can I Coach a 950 to 1000 in Just 3 Hours?? (LIVE) | November 4, 2026 | - | 47,659 | 877 | 33,243 | 483 | 96 |
100 Chess Principles Rating Climb | Ep. 1 | November 2, 2026 | 1:07:20 | 46,934 | 1,493 | 19,551 | 1,033 | 175 |
🔴 ONCE IN A LIFETIME ENDGAME!!!! | November 1, 2026 | - | 61,773 | 918 | 33,886 | 555 | 71 |
9 Positions That Stump Most Players | October 30, 2026 | 20:06 | 18,114 | 196 | 10,950 | 429 | 59 |
How Strong Players Find Difficult Tactics | October 29, 2026 | 35:24 | 20,225 | 178 | 12,005 | 536 | 48 |
🔴 Chess Master Recovering From Tilt | October 28, 2026 | - | 57,828 | 803 | 31,587 | 493 | 68 |
71.8 Million Players Fell For This Trap 😮 | October 27, 2026 | 12:19 | 29,285 | 87 | 17,187 | 515 | 38 |
🔴 I Don't Know If I Can Do It | October 25, 2026 | - | 52,876 | 324 | 26,623 | 474 | 43 |
28 Crucial Tactics You Need To Know | October 23, 2026 | 28:48 | 33,880 | 284 | 15,447 | 824 | 50 |
Chess but the bot gets stronger each move | October 22, 2026 | 18:55 | 27,818 | 50 | 18,681 | 520 | 74 |
I've NEVER Seen a Magnus Carlsen Game Like This... | October 20, 2026 | 11:41 | 34,610 | 55 | 20,770 | 681 | 52 |
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 15.4 in the category: 25.4
- comments per 1,000 views
- 1.9 in the category: 0.3
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 21,307 views
- short vs long
- 0 short (up to 3 minutes), 9 long
average views per long video: 28,467
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
35 Vital Chess Principles | Opening, Middlegame, and Endgam… | February 4, 2021 | 18:51 | 7,564,681 |
347,995 Players Fell For This Trap 😮 | June 1, 2023 | 9:36 | 5,606,182 |
How To PUNISH Early Queen Attacks | December 9, 2022 | 11:35 | 3,867,200 |
I Gave Martin 39 Rooks 😮 | October 19, 2022 | 22:55 | 2,490,786 |
10 Ways To Save The Game In Chess | June 16, 2022 | 16:26 | 2,474,983 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
Just Wait For Level 100 😮 | January 24, 2023 | 0:51 | 4,071,702 |
Win At Chess In 4 Moves | January 18, 2023 | 0:44 | 3,353,121 |
That's Checkmate! | February 7, 2023 | 0:24 | 1,289,396 |
🤔 A Brilliant Trick! 🤔 | February 9, 2023 | 0:59 | 926,821 |
❓ Can White Win? ❓ | January 23, 2023 | 0:59 | 498,530 |
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 189,163 views a day, 2.2 times a normal day (85,182).
Stories
Nelson Lopez launches a principles-based series alongside live games and a three-hour coaching challenge.
Nelson's six-day-old rapid stream passed 75,000 views, and two of the players he faced in it stopped by to say hello.

























