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Dr Ben Miles

@drbenmiles · The channel on YouTube

Website: linktr.ee

In short

On YouTube, Dr Ben Miles has 2,670,000 subscribers and 1,084,756,551 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 10,000 subscribers and 6,314,886 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "Scientists Discover Brain-Eating Fungi Infecting Humans", with 5,486,373 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 1,087 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 35 of 87 in category "Science and experiments". On Instagram, @drbenmiles has 512,423 followers. The account lost 60 followers in the last 7 days.

YouTube: On the charts now

  1. Dr Ben Miles explores a thorium reactor's cheaper-than-coal ambitionNo. 10 on the Science chart

YouTube: The numbers today

subscribers
2,670,000
▲ 10,000 in the last 7 days
▲ 60,000 in the last 30 days
total views
1,084,756,551
▲ 6,314,886 in the last 7 days
▲ 50,948,411 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
420,407
on a typical day: 1,339,119
Videos on the channel
436
2 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
yesterday
November 10, 2026
Views per subscriber
406
a new short video usually gets 1,667,416 views
Next milestone
3,000,000 subscribers
at the current pace: in about 165 days

Instagram: The numbers today

@drbenmiles · The account on Instagram

Followers
512,423
▼ 43 a day, on average over the last 2 days
▼ 60 in the last 7 days
Posts
275
1 new post in the last 7 days
Views per Reel
38,560
usually, by 13 recent Reels
Likes per post
1,601
usually, by 14 recent posts
0.31% of followers

Place on Instagram

Among all channels on TrariIn the category Science and experiments
By Instagram followers1,094 of 2,44215 of 43

Ranked among the channels whose Instagram account is on Trari.

Instagram followers: Science and experiments

1ElectroBOOM
3,428,039
2Cleo Abram
3,285,434
3Mark Rober
3,080,374
4Vsauce
2,715,659
5Hank Green
2,226,895
8Reed Timmer
1,364,275
9NileRed
1,236,136
10Miwu Science
1,221,896
11TheDadLab
1,109,234
12AsapSCIENCE
636,870
13Physics Girl
572,597
15Dr Ben Miles
512,423

Full Instagram ranking ›

Latest posts

Tap a post to see it here

PostTypePostedViewsLikesComments
This Fusion Company Just Ordered 10,000km of Magnetic Tape⁣ReelNovember 9, 202649,6482,29914
Scientists Discover Gut Bacteria Stops Heart Disease ⁣ReelNovember 2, 2026152,2957,44885
Scientists Discover Brain-Eating Fungi Infecting Humans⁣ReelOctober 29, 2026111,7557,219183
Why This Volcano Keeps Erupting⁣ReelOctober 23, 202650,4301,73911
Scientists Just Created Superfast Healing Gel⁣ReelOctober 18, 202639,3751,99231
Physicist Wins Nobel Prize For Detecting Ghost Particles⁣ReelOctober 15, 202618,3911,33018
Engineers Build World's Tallest Wind Turbine⁣ReelOctober 13, 202628,7551,52257
Hiker Discovers Mystery Ice Noise⁣ReelOctober 11, 202630,7531,0032

Of the 15 latest posts: 14 Reels and 1 carousel.

As of November 11, 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.

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YouTube: What happened lately

November 1, 2026 2.2x the video's usual pace Scientists Create Perfect Urinal, Win Ig Nobel Pr… The video ran that day at 251,564 views a day, 2.2 times its usual pace (114,510).

The video drawing the most views now

This Nuclear Reactor Runs on Thorium and Could Be Cheaper Than Coal?This Nuclear Reactor Runs on Thorium and Could Be Cheaper Than Coal?
Video published
November 10, 2026
Video views so far
313,828
Video views, pace per day
457,175
Views in its first 12 hours
313,828

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YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category

Among all channels on TrariIn the category Science and experiments
By subscribers1,087 of 5,39335 of 87
By views gained this week955 of 5,27411 of 87
By views gained in the last 30 days559 of 5,0435 of 81

The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.

The channel's share of the category
1.4% of all views the category's channels gained this week
Subscriber growth this week
0.4% on this channel, 0.0% on the category's middle channel

Subscribers in the category Science and experiments

1Mark Rober
86,100,000
3Vsauce
25,300,000
4Veritasium
21,400,000
5The Slow Mo Guys
15,000,000
6SmarterEveryDay
11,900,000
7NileRed
11,000,000
8AsapSCIENCE
10,800,000
9Cleo Abram
8,950,000
10ElectroBOOM
8,930,000
11SciShow
8,420,000
12Miwu Science
6,000,000
13minutephysics
5,990,000
14Be Smart
5,890,000
35Dr Ben Miles
2,670,000

Views gained this week in the category Science and experiments

1Mark Rober
253,756,180
2Veritasium
30,119,022
3Vsauce
19,377,496
4Cleo Abram
14,510,250
5NileBlue
11,802,197
10KLT
6,922,831
11Dr Ben Miles
6,314,886
12NileRed
5,667,230
13Hank Green
5,411,892
14ElectroBOOM
5,051,438
15CrunchLabs
4,528,541

YouTube: Trophy cabinet

Trophies on the overall chart

The overall chart ranks the most watched videos of all categories together: every day, every week and every month. A trophy goes to a video that reached No. 1, 2 or 3. To the chart ›

No trophy yet (one of the top three places)

Medals on the category chartsGold medal2Bronze medal3

Each category, such as music, entertainment or sports, has its own chart. A medal goes to a video that reached No. 1, 2 or 3 on it.

  1. Gold medalNo. 1 · The Lifestyle, beauty & fitness daily chart - Shorts · October 23, 2026Scientists Discover Brain-Eating Fungi Infecting HumansThe most watched Short in Lifestyle, beauty & fitness that day.
  2. Gold medalNo. 1 · The Science & learning daily chart - Shorts · October 22, 2026Scientists Discover Brain-Eating Fungi Infecting HumansThe most watched Short in Science & learning that day.
  3. Bronze medalNo. 3 · The Science & learning daily chart - Shorts · October 18, 2026Scientists Just Created Superfast Healing GelThe third most watched Short in Science & learning that day.
  4. Bronze medalNo. 3 · The Science & learning daily chart - Shorts · October 17, 2026Scientists Just Created Superfast Healing GelThe third most watched Short in Science & learning that day.
  5. Bronze medalNo. 3 · The Science & learning daily chart - Shorts · October 16, 2026Scientists Just Created Superfast Healing GelThe third most watched Short in Science & learning that day.

The daily charts are counted since October 16, 2026.

The chart place picture for sharing

YouTube and Instagram: Subscribers and followers, last 30 days

Growth in percent since November 4, 2026, so both lines start from the same point

+0.38% 0% November 4, 2026: 2,660,000 subscribers (0%) November 5, 2026: 2,660,000 subscribers (0%) November 6, 2026: 2,660,000 subscribers (0%) November 7, 2026: 2,660,000 subscribers (0%) November 8, 2026: 2,660,000 subscribers (0%) November 9, 2026: 2,670,000 subscribers (+0.38%) November 10, 2026: 2,670,000 subscribers (+0.38%) November 11, 2026: 2,670,000 subscribers (+0.38%) November 4, 2026: 512,483 followers (0%) November 5, 2026: 512,516 followers (+0.01%) November 6, 2026: 512,457 followers (-0.01%) November 7, 2026: 512,423 followers (-0.01%) November 8, 2026: 512,438 followers (-0.01%) November 9, 2026: 512,482 followers (0%) November 11, 2026: 512,423 followers (-0.01%) +0.38% -0.01% November 4, 2026 November 11, 2026

From November 4, 2026 to November 11, 2026: on YouTube from 2,660,000 to 2,670,000 subscribers (+0.38%), on Instagram from 512,483 to 512,423 followers (-0.01%).

YouTube rounds a large channel's subscriber count, so its line moves in steps.

The numbers by day
DaySubscribers (YouTube)Followers (Instagram)
November 11, 20262,670,000512,423
November 10, 20262,670,000-
November 9, 20262,670,000512,482
November 8, 20262,660,000512,438
November 7, 20262,660,000512,423
November 6, 20262,660,000512,457
November 5, 20262,660,000512,516
November 4, 20262,660,000512,483

YouTube: Total views, last 30 days

1,084,756,551 1,059,562,547 1,034,368,543 November 11, 2026: 1,084,756,551 1,084,756,551 October 13, 2026: 1,034,368,543 1,034,368,543 October 13, 2026 November 11, 2026

October 13, 2026: 1,034,368,543 views → November 11, 2026: 1,084,756,551 views · average: 1,737,517 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.

VideoUploadedLengthViewsPer dayFirst dayLikesComments
This Nuclear Reactor Runs on Thorium and Could Be Cheaper T…November 10, 202628:27313,828457,175313,828 (12 hours)6,296647
Scientists Detect Cancer 475 Days EarlyNovember 5, 20262:08 short545,47916,022377,62029,421764
Scientists Just Cured Paranoia with UltrasoundNovember 3, 20261:43 short608,31710,815-34,3271,216
This Startup Just Raised $200M to Build Military Super-DogsNovember 1, 20261:32 short203,3101,320105,15710,692751
This Fusion Company Just Ordered 10,000km of Magnetic TapeOctober 29, 20261:55 short1,943,23119,1971,089,875101,3542,262
Scientists Discover Gut Bacteria Stops Heart DiseaseOctober 27, 20261:53 short1,865,50510,360887,869110,0652,172
This Fusion Startup Is Building an “Impossible” ReactorOctober 26, 20260:55 short613,1481,327299,61520,612772
Scientists Discover Brain-Eating Fungi Infecting HumansOctober 22, 20262:13 short5,486,37383,9801,606,882270,85510,128
Why This Volcano Keeps EruptingOctober 20, 20261:30 short321,649486145,60016,009356
Scientists Just Created Superfast Healing GelOctober 16, 20262:23 short4,741,01940,2421,468,811258,4143,956
The Secret to Mind Control - Nobel Prize 2026 EXPLAINEDOctober 14, 202620:322,115,42611,244256,80824,5422,490
Physicist Wins Nobel Prize For Detecting Ghost ParticlesOctober 8, 20262:08 short2,369,56117,460-107,0762,300
A 100% Fatal Disease Just Found a TreatmentOctober 6, 202622:042,582,53310,355-43,4293,452
Engineers Build World's Tallest Wind TurbineOctober 4, 20262:00 short1,667,4161,954-93,8143,497
Hiker Discovers Mystery Ice NoiseSeptember 29, 20261:09 short135,633178-7,55694

Audience engagement

likes per 1,000 views
44.5 in the category: 29.8
comments per 1,000 views
1.4 in the category: 1.1
a video's usual first day on this channel
437,236 views
short vs long
12 short (up to 3 minutes), 3 long
average views per short video: 1,708,386
average views per long video: 1,670,595

YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)

YouTube: Most watched Shorts

VideoUploadedLengthViews
The True Story of the Demon CoreApril 3, 20252:5048,453,918
The Tragic Story of Karen WetterhahnMay 29, 20252:1828,956,562
The True Story of the Byford Dolphin IncidentApril 15, 20252:5428,312,848
Scientists Discover Why Bats Don't Get CancerJuly 3, 20251:4020,938,386
What Color is Gold? #shortSeptember 1, 20231:0020,721,686

YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days

The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.

  1. Video surgingScientists Create Perfect Urinal, Win Ig Nobel Pr… The video ran that day at 251,564 views a day, 2.2 times its usual pace (114,510).
  2. MilestoneThis Fusion Company Just Ordered 10,000km of Magn… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
  3. MilestoneScientists Discover Gut Bacteria Stops Heart Dise… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
  4. Video surgingHuawei Launches Impossible Chip Inside Folding Ph… The video ran that day at 41,435 views a day, 2.1 times its usual pace (20,174).
  5. Video surgingScientists Create Perfect Urinal, Win Ig Nobel Pr… The video ran that day at 241,067 views a day, 2.7 times its usual pace (89,808).
  6. Video surgingHuawei Launches Impossible Chip Inside Folding Ph… The video ran that day at 37,376 views a day, 2 times its usual pace (18,262).
  7. Video surgingScientists Create Perfect Urinal, Win Ig Nobel Pr… The video ran that day at 237,020 views a day, 3.2 times its usual pace (73,451).
  8. MilestoneScientists Discover Brain-Eating Fungi Infecting … The video passed 1,000,000 views.
  9. Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 3,808,389 views a day, 2.3 times a normal day (1,669,344).
  10. Video taking offScientists Discover Brain-Eating Fungi Infecting … The video opened at a pace of 1,277,908 views a day, 3.4 times a normal first day on this channel (380,273).
  11. Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 3,444,598 views a day, 2.3 times a normal day (1,494,563).
  12. MilestoneThe Secret to Mind Control - Nobel Prize 2026 EXP… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
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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