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IrelandThis week on the channel +1.9M views this week
Dat Van's whole-carp bait comes with a ripped-pants detour
Four uploads brought oversized bait and a tiny-creek search, with the whole-carp Short reaching about 365,000 views.
In short
On YouTube, Dat Van has 812,000 subscribers and 680,178,202 views in all, as of November 14, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 1,000 subscribers and 2,322,151 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "Using A WHOLE Invasive Fish As Bait GONE WRONG😳", with 1,063,484 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 2,667 of the 5,392 channels on Trari, and No. 56 of 163 in category "Outdoors, fishing and homesteading". On Instagram, @datvantv has 91,945 followers. The account gained 32 followers in the last 7 days.
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
812,000
▲ 1,000 in the last 7 days
▲ 3,000 in the last 30 days
▲ 3,000 in the last 30 days
total views
680,178,202
▲ 2,322,151 in the last 7 days
▲ 7,640,322 in the last 30 days
▲ 7,640,322 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
465,032
on a typical day: 299,200
Videos on the channel
487
2 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
4 days ago
November 10, 2026
Views per subscriber
837
a new long video usually gets 13,915 views
a new short video usually gets 88,523 views
a new short video usually gets 88,523 views
Next milestone
1,000,000 subscribers
188,000 subscribers to go
Instagram: The numbers today
@datvantv · The account on Instagram
Followers
91,945
▼ 12 a day, on average over the last 3 days
▲ 32 in the last 7 days
▲ 32 in the last 7 days
Posts
44
2 new posts in the last 7 days
Views per Reel
62,511
usually, by 14 recent Reels
Likes per post
2,802
usually, by 14 recent posts
3.0% of followers
3.0% of followers
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Outdoors, fishing and homesteading | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 2,134 of 2,839 | 43 of 77 |
Ranked among the channels whose Instagram account is on Trari.
Instagram followers: Outdoors, fishing and homesteading
Latest posts
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| Post | Type | Posted | Views | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| He Wanted To Leave...Then This Happened😳#fish #bassfishing #fishing #bigbass… | Reel | November 10, 2026 | 12,534 | 490 | 6 |
| I Found The Creek Monster GONE WRONG😳#fish #fishing #bigfish #texas #carp | Reel | November 9, 2026 | 18,081 | 373 | 12 |
| Using A WHOLE Invasive Fish As Bait GONE WRONG😳#fish #bigfish #dinosaur… | Reel | November 1, 2026 | 162,438 | 5,706 | 34 |
| Using HUGE Baits For RIVER MONSTERS🤯#fish #fishing #dinosaur #rivermonster… | Reel | October 31, 2026 | 78,728 | 4,788 | 14 |
| Using A MASSIVE Half of A Fish As Bait For Monsters...#fish #dinosaur… | Reel | October 30, 2026 | 1,125,755 | 77,827 | 111 |
| I Found A MONSTER Lurking In TINY Creek🤯#fish #fishing #carp #invasive #bigfish | Reel | October 29, 2026 | 15,888 | 536 | 7 |
| Tiny INDESTRUCTBLE Fishing Rod Vs Worlds Biggest Fish #fish #rivermonster… | Reel | October 27, 2026 | 77,275 | 3,391 | 18 |
| I Had To Do A RESCUE And It Paid Off😳#fish #fishing #bassfishing #bigfish… | Reel | October 26, 2026 | 111,568 | 6,500 | 25 |
As of November 13, 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 12, 2026 passed 1M views Using A WHOLE Invasive Fish As Bait GONE WRONG😳 The video passed 1,000,000 views.
This week on the channel one video this week
A spillway, a gar and a flathead: Dat Van goes looking for river monsters
His one new video answered a viewer's request for flathead catfish, and the comments are mostly asking where the spot is.
The video drawing the most views now
I Found The Creek Monster GONE WRONG😳
- Video published
- November 9, 2026
- Video views so far
- 176,460
- Video views, pace per day
- 36,219
- Views on its first day
- 48,575
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YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Outdoors, fishing and homesteading | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 2,667 of 5,392 | 56 of 163 |
| By views gained this week | 1,799 of 5,236 | 29 of 163 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 2,119 of 5,183 | 37 of 162 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 0.8% of all views the category's channels gained this week
- Subscriber growth this week
- 0.1% on this channel, 0.0% on the category's middle channel
Subscribers in the category Outdoors, fishing and homesteading
Views gained this week in the category Outdoors, fishing and homesteading
YouTube and Instagram: Subscribers and followers, last 30 days
Growth in percent since November 5, 2026, so both lines start from the same point
- YouTube · 812,000 subscribers +0.12% (+1,000)
- Instagram · 91,945 followers +0.03% (+32)
From November 5, 2026 to November 14, 2026: on YouTube from 811,000 to 812,000 subscribers (+0.12%), on Instagram from 91,913 to 91,945 followers (+0.03%).
YouTube rounds a large channel's subscriber count, so its line moves in steps.
The numbers by day
| Day | Subscribers (YouTube) | Followers (Instagram) |
|---|---|---|
| November 14, 2026 | 812,000 | - |
| November 13, 2026 | 812,000 | 91,945 |
| November 12, 2026 | 812,000 | - |
| November 11, 2026 | 812,000 | - |
| November 10, 2026 | 812,000 | 91,978 |
| November 9, 2026 | 812,000 | - |
| November 8, 2026 | 812,000 | 91,978 |
| November 7, 2026 | 811,000 | 91,974 |
| November 6, 2026 | 811,000 | - |
| November 5, 2026 | 811,000 | 91,913 |
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 16, 2026: 672,709,205 views → November 14, 2026: 680,178,202 views · average: 257,551 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 He Wanted To Leave...Then This Happened😳 | November 10, 2026 | 1:01 short | 27,939 | 1,313 | 20,826 | 1,093 | 43 |
 I Found The Creek Monster GONE WRONG😳 | November 9, 2026 | 1:01 short | 176,460 | 36,219 | 48,575 | 1,894 | 14 |
 I Tried Fishing The DEADLIEST River! | November 7, 2026 | 10:15 | 13,068 | 668 | 5,308 | 92 | 44 |
 Using A WHOLE Invasive Fish As Bait GONE WRONG😳 | November 1, 2026 | 1:01 short | 1,063,484 | 32,099 | 170,962 | 15,456 | 217 |
 Using HUGE Baits For RIVER MONSTERS🤯 | October 31, 2026 | 1:01 short | 44,824 | 931 | 22,300 | 1,384 | 23 |
 Using A MASSIVE Half of A Fish As Bait For Monsters... | October 30, 2026 | 1:02 short | 102,531 | 4,679 | 42,962 | 1,963 | 50 |
 I Found A MONSTER Lurking In TINY Creek🤯 | October 29, 2026 | 1:01 short | 37,748 | 293 | 25,509 | 909 | 32 |
 Tiny INDESTRUCTBLE Fishing Rod Vs Worlds Biggest Fish | October 27, 2026 | 1:13 short | 549,882 | 14,275 | 100,572 | 9,725 | 99 |
 I Had To Do A RESCUE And It Paid Off😳 | October 26, 2026 | 1:01 short | 38,788 | 217 | 24,010 | 1,307 | 40 |
 INDESTRUCTIBLE Mini Rod Vs World's Biggest Fish! | October 23, 2026 | 12:30 | 35,465 | 89 | 13,165 | 140 | 49 |
 I Fished In A Place No One Would Think To Try… | October 17, 2026 | 10:42 | 13,915 | 15 | 3,910 | 76 | 25 |
 How To HACK Your Fishing Reel In SECONDS❗️ | October 14, 2026 | 0:29 short | 188,064 | 1,668 | - | 2,395 | 44 |
 Alligator Encounter While Fishing GONE WRONG | October 13, 2026 | 1:01 short | 15,891 | 198 | - | 464 | 16 |
 I Hooked Into Something STRANGE And Had To SAVE It😳 | October 7, 2026 | 1:01 short | 74,516 | 194 | - | 1,352 | 63 |
 I Hooked The UNEXPECTED Spillway Monster🤯 | October 6, 2026 | 1:01 short | 116,782 | 837 | - | 2,315 | 74 |
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 16.2 in the category: 19.0
- comments per 1,000 views
- 0.3 in the category: 0.6
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 25,402 views
- short vs long
- 12 short (up to 3 minutes), 3 long
average views per short video: 203,075
average views per long video: 20,816
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Every Time I Catch A Fish My Bait Gets DRASTICALLY Bigger | September 25, 2026 | 17:29 | 349,418 |
 IMPOSSIBLE Fishing Challenge from Level 1 to Level 100! | May 3, 2026 | 10:28 | 117,287 |
 TEXAS River Monster Fishing GONE WRONG... (I Got DRAGGED) | July 18, 2025 | 14:58 | 101,321 |
 I Tried Fishing The MOST Polluted Spot For A MONSTER... (TE… | July 15, 2026 | 10:16 | 74,425 |
 I Tested An INDESTRUCTIBLE Rod On A River Monster | July 24, 2026 | 10:36 | 69,446 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 River MONSTER DRAGS ME Into The WATER…(SCARY😳) | July 15, 2023 | 0:58 | 81,203,764 |
 Does BIG Bait EQUAL Big FISH⁉️(Find Out)(Personal BEST❓) | June 9, 2023 | 0:30 | 36,598,818 |
 River Monster TRIES To DRAG ME Into The WATER...(SCARY❗️) | June 23, 2023 | 0:40 | 29,079,957 |
 Random KID Takes My FISH And RUNS Off... | June 3, 2025 | 1:29 | 22,599,953 |
 WORLD’S MOST REALISTIC MASSIVE Fishing Lure 😳(GONE WRONG) | April 1, 2023 | 0:25 | 22,512,009 |
YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- MilestoneUsing A WHOLE Invasive Fish As Bait GONE WRONG😳 The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 547,075 views a day, 2.3 times a normal day (236,468).
- Video taking offUsing A WHOLE Invasive Fish As Bait GONE WRONG😳 The video opened at a pace of 133,304 views a day, 4.8 times a normal first day on this channel (27,863).
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 459,965 views a day, 2.3 times a normal day (199,685).
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 387,630 views a day, 2.4 times a normal day (164,674).
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 +1.9M views this week
Dat Van's whole-carp bait comes with a ripped-pants detour
Four uploads brought oversized bait and a tiny-creek search, with the whole-carp Short reaching about 365,000 views.
This week on the channel one video this week
A spillway, a gar and a flathead: Dat Van goes looking for river monsters
His one new video answered a viewer's request for flathead catfish, and the comments are mostly asking where the spot is.