Dwarkesh Patel

YouTube: The numbers today

YouTube: What happened lately

November 10, 2026 passed 1M views Nobody Knows Why the Plague Keeps Coming Back - S… The video passed 1,000,000 views.

This week on the channel +4.6M views this week

Dwarkesh Patel rethinks the road to superintelligence

Five uploads pair a changing view of AI progress with historical lessons about Lyndon Johnson and Robert Moses.

Channel: Dwarkesh Patel · Story of November 14, 2026

This week on the channel +10M views this week

Capturing Cortés becomes Dwarkesh Patel's question for Si Sheppard

Four new uploads explore conquest, Spain's wealth and the company that challenged India's kings.

Channel: Dwarkesh Patel · Story of October 20, 2026

This week on the channel 8 videos this week

Cortés, Pizarro and three Sarah Paine wars fill Dwarkesh Patel's week

Eight uploads moved from World War I to Korea to the fall of the Aztecs, on a channel that has passed a billion views in total.

Channel: Dwarkesh Patel · Story of October 3, 2026

The video drawing the most views now

Recursive self-improvement has started

Video published

November 13, 2026

Video views so far

164,489

Video views, pace per day

288,829

Views in its first 9 hours

164,489

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

1.0% of all views the category's channels gained this week

Subscriber growth this week

0.7% on this channel, 0.1% on the category's middle channel

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
I’ve changed my mind about continual learning	November 13, 2026	2:05 short	8,033	-	8,033 (5 hours)	288	16
Recursive self-improvement has started	November 13, 2026	44:27	164,489	288,829	164,489 (9 hours)	3,620	754
How Robert Moses Got Everything Built	November 12, 2026	1:12 short	12,702	2,402	9,002	369	10
How Robert Moses Ruled New York Without Being Elected	November 9, 2026	1:46 short	27,642	2,553	14,874	961	39
How LBJ Fooled the Segregationists	November 7, 2026	1:02 short	204,080	7,290	75,558	6,457	345
The Man Who Built New York Without Winning a Single Vote	November 6, 2026	1:10 short	31,759	368	16,376	943	16
Which AI is the best liar?	November 5, 2026	18:14	164,158	2,483	88,957	2,577	240
The man who handed out LBJ’s money - Robert Caro	November 4, 2026	1:08 short	22,975	232	12,193	674	13
How Robert Moses Destroyed His Enemies - Robert Caro	November 3, 2026	1:00 short	33,923	398	14,200	918	56
Why Senators Couldn’t Say No to LBJ – Robert Caro	November 2, 2026	1:12 short	118,537	858	38,294	3,328	127
How Japan Accidentally Helped Kill the Tsar - Sarah Paine	November 2, 2026	1:18 short	242,067	1,017	93,152	9,054	168
Why Old Buildings Are More Beautiful Than New Ones - Robert…	October 30, 2026	1:06 short	697,868	12,625	151,571	17,280	796
What Robert Caro learned about power after studying it for …	October 30, 2026	1:01:10	329,161	6,337	103,982	4,466	302
How did tiny Japan beat Russia? - Sarah Paine	October 29, 2026	0:42 short	161,762	1,714	70,659	5,115	78
What Robert Caro’s books taught me about power	October 29, 2026	24:42	263,540	6,735	71,713	3,229	126

Audience engagement

likes per 1,000 views

23.9 in the category: 20.8

comments per 1,000 views

1.2 in the category: 1.7

a video's usual first day on this channel

100,632 views

short vs long

11 short (up to 3 minutes), 4 long
average views per short video: 141,940
average views per long video: 230,337

YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
Sarah Paine — The war for India (Lecture & interview)	January 16, 2025	2:13:31	6,485,880
Sarah C. M. Paine — Why dictators keep making the same fata…	October 4, 2023	2:24:33	5,493,917
Elon Musk – "In 36 months, the cheapest place to put AI wil…	February 5, 2026	2:49:46	2,670,668
Sarah Paine — How Mao conquered China (lecture & interview)	January 30, 2025	1:49:01	2,581,824
Sarah Paine — How Russia sabotaged China's rise	October 31, 2025	1:31:24	2,275,983

YouTube: Most watched Shorts

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
Hitler as a General vs Western Generals in WW2	March 1, 2024	1:00	26,606,943
The Great Leap Forward - Sarah Paine	February 8, 2025	1:42	22,992,464
Building an Elevator to Outer Space – Adam Brown	January 8, 2025	1:01	22,440,974
Identifying garbage history books — Sarah Paine	January 17, 2025	0:46	19,982,554
The caste system transformed Indian genetics - David Reich	September 27, 2024	0:48	19,525,415

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

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

1. November 10, 2026MilestoneNobody Knows Why the Plague Keeps Coming Back - S… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
2. October 24, 2026MilestoneWhy Britain Gave Up America - Sarah Paine The video passed 1,000,000 views.
3. October 22, 2026Video taking offWhy Britain Gave Up America - Sarah Paine The video opened at a pace of 536,894 views a day, 3.9 times a normal first day on this channel (138,168).
4. October 20, 2026MilestoneHow Spain Got Rich and Fell Behind - Si Sheppard The video passed 1,000,000 views.
5. October 19, 2026MilestoneWhy the Aztecs Refused to Kill Cortés - Si Sheppa… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
6. October 17, 2026Video taking offHow Spain Got Rich and Fell Behind - Si Sheppard The video opened at a pace of 382,795 views a day, 3.4 times a normal first day on this channel (113,523).