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IrelandThis week on the channel +1.7M views this week
Driver61 looks beyond Brawn GP's famous diffuser loophole
Scott Mansell's documentary brings the car's aerodynamicists together with a 3D-printed floor to explain the 2009 championship.
In short
On YouTube, Driver61 has 1,520,000 subscribers and 382,147,216 views in all, as of November 14, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 1,684,153 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "Why This F1 Car Was Impossible to Beat", with 474,032 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 1,763 of the 5,392 channels on Trari, and No. 25 of 73 in category "Motorbikes, off-road and motorsport". On Instagram, @official_driver61 has 200,488 followers.
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
1,520,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
no significant change in the last month
no significant change in the last month
total views
382,147,216
▲ 1,684,153 in the last 7 days
▲ 5,482,272 in the last 30 days
▲ 5,482,272 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
542,213
on a typical day: 214,312
Videos on the channel
390
1 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
3 days ago
November 11, 2026
Views per subscriber
251
a new long video usually gets 2,988,187 views
a new short video usually gets 269,295 views
a new short video usually gets 269,295 views
Next milestone
2,000,000 subscribers
480,000 subscribers to go
Instagram: The numbers today
@official_driver61 · The account on Instagram
Followers
200,488
▼ 12 a day, on average over the last 2 days
Posts
784
Views per Reel
285,537
usually, by 10 recent Reels
Likes per post
1,794
usually, by 15 recent posts
0.89% of followers
0.89% of followers
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Motorbikes, off-road and motorsport | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 1,746 of 2,839 | 29 of 36 |
Ranked among the channels whose Instagram account is on Trari.
Instagram followers: Motorbikes, off-road and motorsport
Latest posts
Tap a post to see it here
| Post | Type | Posted | Views | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The craziest race of the year! | Reel | October 26, 2026 | 5,453 | 136 | 4 |
| Guess the car before you swipe. | Carousel | October 5, 2026 | - | 1,232 | 3 |
| I've coached hundreds of drivers over the years. | Carousel | September 30, 2026 | - | 1,803 | 22 |
| This is the fastest-accelerating car in the world. | Reel | September 16, 2026 | 28,175 | 2,056 | 22 |
| Great to have the opportunity to create further driver coaching content for… | Carousel | September 4, 2026 | - | 239 | 3 |
| An electrician bought an F1 car for less than £5,000. | Carousel | August 13, 2026 | - | 7,851 | 37 |
| For about three milliseconds during every upshift, a modern F1 gearbox has two… | Carousel | August 11, 2026 | - | 7,161 | 43 |
| Getting an inside look at how Scuderia Ferrari HP protects the data and… | Reel | August 10, 2026 | 639,684 | 1,742 | 6 |
Of the 15 latest posts: 10 Reels and 5 carousels.
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 14, 2026 3x the channel's usual pace The whole channel ran that day at 542,213 views a day, 3 times a normal day (177,879).
This week on the channel +1.3M views this week
Ferrari's invisible gearshifts give Driver61 a mechanical puzzle
Scott Mansell's gearbox explainer goes inside Ferrari with Andrea Candelpergher to show how power keeps flowing between gears.
This week on the channel
An upside-down McMurtry hypercar carries Driver61 through a week off
Scott Mansell drove the British startup's fan car himself, and the 22-day-old film has passed three million views.
The video drawing the most views now
Why This F1 Car Was Impossible to Beat
- Video published
- November 11, 2026
- Video views so far
- 474,032
- Video views, pace per day
- 151,966
- Views on its first day
- 220,879
Similar channels
YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Motorbikes, off-road and motorsport | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 1,763 of 5,392 | 25 of 73 |
| By views gained this week | 2,147 of 5,236 | 30 of 72 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 2,490 of 5,183 | 37 of 70 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 0.5% of all views the category's channels gained this week
Subscribers in the category Motorbikes, off-road and motorsport
Views gained this week in the category Motorbikes, off-road and motorsport
YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days
October 16, 2026: 1,520,000 subscribers → November 14, 2026: 1,520,000 subscribers (no significant change in the last month)
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 16, 2026: 376,899,110 views → November 14, 2026: 382,147,216 views · average: 180,969 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Why This F1 Car Was Impossible to Beat | November 11, 2026 | 49:46 | 474,032 | 151,966 | 220,879 | 7,871 | 333 |
 The Insane Engineering of the World's Fastest Car | September 10, 2026 | 27:13 | 3,963,423 | 8,547 | - | 32,431 | 1,953 |
 F1 Cars Have Over 300 Sensors | August 10, 2026 | 0:48 short | 23,409 | 20 | - | 466 | 17 |
 0 to 345mph in 3.7 Seconds | August 2, 2026 | 20:44 | 4,096,814 | 8,243 | - | 48,852 | 2,511 |
 $50 vs $50,000 Piston | July 8, 2026 | 0:52 short | 219,127 | 27 | - | 5,028 | 139 |
 Driving Ferrari's Legendary Circuit | July 3, 2026 | 0:50 short | 20,679 | 12 | - | 798 | 8 |
 $300,000 Formula 1 Gearbox | June 24, 2026 | 1:20 short | 319,463 | 62 | - | 6,447 | 101 |
 I Want To Talk About My Health | June 12, 2026 | 17:59 | 771,097 | 180 | - | 40,782 | 3,045 |
 The Insane Genius of a Formula 1 Gearbox | May 16, 2026 | 19:10 | 5,560,240 | 19,160 | - | 78,905 | 2,080 |
 Man Builds Formula 1 Car at Home | April 23, 2026 | 19:25 | 2,012,951 | 3,851 | - | 26,803 | 1,062 |
 Why This Genius Race Car Was Banned | March 25, 2026 | 22:57 | 6,293,839 | 8,923 | - | 80,567 | 4,664 |
 Formula 1 Has A Braking Problem | February 27, 2026 | 9:59 | 338,558 | 108 | - | 9,869 | 845 |
 The Single Tech That'll Decide F1 in 2026 | February 18, 2026 | 13:47 | 266,927 | 59 | - | 7,799 | 727 |
 Adrian Newey's Design Trick | February 4, 2026 | 0:58 short | 610,357 | 47 | - | 14,139 | 243 |
 F1 Compression Ratio Loophole | February 3, 2026 | 1:09 short | 1,657,154 | 47 | - | 41,162 | 749 |
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 15.1 in the category: 17.0
- comments per 1,000 views
- 0.7 in the category: 0.8
- short vs long
- 6 short (up to 3 minutes), 9 long
average views per short video: 475,031
average views per long video: 2,641,986
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 How Dragster Tyres Accelerate to 335 MPH in 3.6 Seconds | August 1, 2020 | 9:09 | 14,063,074 |
 How NASCAR was FASTER than Ferrari at Le Mans | June 17, 2023 | 10:41 | 7,945,537 |
 What If Formula 1 Had No Rules? | February 10, 2024 | 19:01 | 6,649,742 |
| Why This Genius Race Car Was Banned | March 25, 2026 | 22:57 | 6,294,366 |
| The Insane Genius of a Formula 1 Gearbox | May 16, 2026 | 19:10 | 5,561,767 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Why F1 Drivers IGNORE the Perfect Racing Line | October 17, 2023 | 0:55 | 5,904,494 |
 The Car I'm Going to DRIVE UPSIDE DOWN | October 30, 2023 | 1:00 | 4,880,581 |
 Max Verstappen's BIZARRE Driving Habit | August 17, 2023 | 0:44 | 2,570,185 |
| F1 Compression Ratio Loophole | February 3, 2026 | 1:09 | 1,657,156 |
 Formula 1 is LYING to You! | December 11, 2023 | 0:54 | 1,386,685 |
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 542,213 views a day, 3 times a normal day (177,879).
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 +1.7M views this week
Driver61 looks beyond Brawn GP's famous diffuser loophole
Scott Mansell's documentary brings the car's aerodynamicists together with a 3D-printed floor to explain the 2009 championship.
This week on the channel +1.3M views this week
Ferrari's invisible gearshifts give Driver61 a mechanical puzzle
Scott Mansell's gearbox explainer goes inside Ferrari with Andrea Candelpergher to show how power keeps flowing between gears.
This week on the channel
An upside-down McMurtry hypercar carries Driver61 through a week off
Scott Mansell drove the British startup's fan car himself, and the 22-day-old film has passed three million views.