Drew Durnil

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October 30, 2026 3.7x its usual first day Is 95% of World History Really About Just a FEW C… The video opened at a pace of 130,780 views a day, 3.7 times a normal first day on this channel (35,418).

This week on the channel +3M views this week

Drew Durnil puts America's regional boundaries up for debate

A dozen uploads take in Balkan borders, Eiffel Tower copies and the historical exceptions behind a colonial-era map.

Channel: Drew Durnil · Story of October 20, 2026

Video taking off 6.2x its usual first day

Drew Durnil questions which countries were really never colonized

His fast-starting map Short turns a tidy historical label into a question about buffer states, occupation and empires of their own.

Channel: Drew Durnil · Story of October 14, 2026

Video taking off 7x its usual first day

Drew Durnil asks how much of the map memory keeps

His border-drawing Short has viewers taking attendance for island nations and considering what thousands of imperfect maps might add up to.

Channel: Drew Durnil · Story of October 11, 2026

The video drawing the most views now

Driving 8 Hours In America VS Europe Is VERY Different...

Video published

November 10, 2026

Video views so far

22,491

Video views, pace per day

24,307

Views in its first 20 hours

22,491

YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category

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

The channel's share of the category

0.9% of all views the category's channels gained this week

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
The Problem With Everyone's Idea of WORLD PEACE...	November 10, 2026	23:40	14,457	21,974	14,457 (11 hours)	430	54
Driving 8 Hours In America VS Europe Is VERY Different...	November 10, 2026	1:47 short	22,491	24,307	22,491 (20 hours)	808	51
This Reversed Map Of Europe Is Disturbing...	November 9, 2026	1:33 short	63,246	17,284	49,403	2,212	96
How Are COUNTRYBALLS Better At Explaining WW1 Than Teachers…	November 8, 2026	36:50	46,469	7,723	33,208	919	96
Why Would Anyone Scale a Map Like THIS?! (Romania)	November 8, 2026	0:55 short	66,867	11,543	41,910	1,622	63
Simulating a Hyper-Realistic Alien Invasion We Couldn't STO…	November 7, 2026	38:14	19,982	1,381	12,881	450	70
The WORST Sports Franchises Of All Time?!	November 7, 2026	1:11 short	11,270	558	7,582	298	18
The "Irish Goodbye" Isn't Actually IRISH?!	November 6, 2026	1:23 short	14,796	418	8,726	562	35
How We Could Have PREVENTED WW2 With ONE Treaty?!	November 5, 2026	43:43	40,542	1,349	24,555	763	101
Who Was The Last Country To Invade You?	November 5, 2026	1:13 short	116,260	12,915	38,457	3,355	208
Geography Gets REALLY Weird When You Go Deep Enough...	November 4, 2026	10:56	135,638	2,930	69,242	2,129	386
These Islands Have MILLIONS of People... But Nobody Talks A…	November 4, 2026	1:30 short	116,594	12,199	31,337	3,423	150
The Rise and Fall of Internet Memes Is Actually Depressing.…	November 3, 2026	27:36	35,298	540	22,020	596	72
Countries With The Biggest Tourist Economies?	November 3, 2026	2:09 short	18,571	134	11,687	461	25
These Are the Most Imperialist Countries?! REALLY?	November 2, 2026	2:09 short	57,122	207	19,100	2,777	258

Audience engagement

likes per 1,000 views

26.7 in the category: 19.7

comments per 1,000 views

2.2 in the category: 1.2

a video's usual first day on this channel

27,537 views

short vs long

9 short (up to 3 minutes), 6 long
average views per short video: 54,135
average views per long video: 48,731

YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
I Changed World History Using 7 Strategy Games (CK3, EU4, V…	September 13, 2020	1:32:58	5,923,993
What Are War Flags?	February 13, 2021	14:41	5,897,027
Mr Incredible Becoming Uncanny (Meme Compilation)	January 5, 2022	18:22	5,572,453
aCcUrAtE mApS tHaT yOu nEeD tO lEaRn aBoUt iN sChOol...	February 3, 2021	16:46	4,794,540
A New Millennium of History | EU4 - Vic 2 - HOI4 - Stellari…	September 8, 2018	43:14	3,969,305

YouTube: Most watched Shorts

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
How Presidential Approval Has Changed Over Time	January 27, 2026	2:58	2,626,714
What Language Do Europeans Use at the UN? 🇺🇳	December 10, 2025	1:14	1,904,166
The Most Mentioned Country By The New York Times In the Las…	December 26, 2025	2:55	1,457,470
The World Map According to North Korea?!	May 14, 2026	2:00	1,138,137
Were These Countries REALLY Never Colonized by Europeans?!	October 13, 2026	1:16	849,264

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

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

1. October 30, 2026Video taking offIs 95% of World History Really About Just a FEW C… The video opened at a pace of 130,780 views a day, 3.7 times a normal first day on this channel (35,418).
2. October 29, 2026Video taking offWhich Countries Produced the Most STEEL Throughou… The video opened at a pace of 128,477 views a day, 4 times a normal first day on this channel (31,723).
3. October 20, 2026Video taking offIs This Really the Most PERFECT Regional Map of t… The video opened at a pace of 126,602 views a day, 3 times a normal first day on this channel (41,515).
4. October 16, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 755,219 views a day, 2.9 times a normal day (258,888).
5. October 14, 2026Video taking offWere These Countries REALLY Never Colonized by Eu… The video opened at a pace of 257,251 views a day, 6.2 times a normal first day on this channel (41,515).Read the story