YouTube channel

Erik Johnston

Aviation and machines

In short

On YouTube, Erik Johnston has 313,000 subscribers and 95,897,872 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 1,000 subscribers and 82,444 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "Brad Wursten Flying at Sky Fiesta 2026", with 2,398 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 3,983 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 24 of 35 in category "Aviation and machines".

YouTube: The numbers today

subscribers

313,000

▲ 1,000 in the last 7 days
▲ 1,000 in the last 30 days

total views

95,897,872

▲ 82,444 in the last 7 days
▲ 445,871 in the last 30 days

views a day (current pace)

6,347

on a typical day: 13,277

Videos on the channel

1,269

3 uploaded in the last 30 days

Last upload

21 days ago

October 21, 2026

Views per subscriber

306

a new long video usually gets 3,802 views
a new short video usually gets 2,398 views

Next milestone

500,000 subscribers

187,000 subscribers to go

YouTube: What happened lately

This week on the channel +89K views this week

Erik Johnston's Global 6500 tour goes beyond the cabin

Pilot Travis Jay opens equipment bays and powers up the cockpit in a detailed look beneath the business jet's polished exterior.

Channel: Erik Johnston · Story of November 9, 2026

This week on the channel +169K views this week

Utah airshows give Erik Johnston his first A-26 flight

Roger Woolsey flew him from Dallas to Spanish Fork in the Million Air Invader, while St. George supplied two airborne camera platforms.

Channel: Erik Johnston · Story of October 10, 2026

The video drawing the most views now

Global 6500 Walkaround Tour

Video published: July 1, 2026
Video views so far: 99,338
Video views, pace per day: 165

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YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category

	Among all channels on Trari	In the category Aviation and machines
By subscribers	3,983 of 5,393	24 of 35
By views gained this week	4,671 of 5,274	32 of 35
By views gained in the last 30 days	4,473 of 5,043	31 of 35

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

The channel's share of the category: 0.1% of all views the category's channels gained this week
Subscriber growth this week: 0.3% on this channel, 0.0% on the category's middle channel

Subscribers in the category Aviation and machines

4,060,000

2,540,000

2,440,000

1,540,000

1,360,000

1,290,000

1,220,000

1,110,000

9ALEX THE TRUCKING GUY

1,090,000

10Diesel Creek

1,060,000

11Dorothy Lech

859,000

12Tony 98 - Discovery

856,000

13The Cruise Spotter

784,000

14letsdig18

754,000

24Erik Johnston

313,000

Views gained this week in the category Aviation and machines

20,303,086

16,470,944

13,997,253

11,851,367

7,687,758

6,385,669

5,342,782

5,190,814

4,239,809

10Tony 98 - Discovery

3,262,985

3,157,095

3,157,092

2,569,646

1,876,374

82,444

YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days

October 13, 2026: 312,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 313,000 subscribers

YouTube: Total views, last 30 days

October 13, 2026: 95,461,329 views → November 11, 2026: 95,897,872 views · average: 15,053 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
Sky Fiesta Air To Air Photo Shoot	October 21, 2026	0:38 short	2,173	22	1,252	39	1
Brad Wursten & Undaunted Airshow at Sky Fiesta 2026	October 20, 2026	0:36 short	1,985	3	1,103	19	1
Brad Wursten Flying at Sky Fiesta 2026	October 19, 2026	0:38 short	2,398	1	1,411	24	2
Spanish Fork Airshow Utah 2026	October 9, 2026	52:51	3,030	4	-	31	5
Spanish Fork Airshow Aerial Footage	October 8, 2026	7:51	3,423	6	-	80	9
EPIC Aerial Footage From the St George Fly In.	October 6, 2026	24:45	4,182	8	-	114	25
L-39 taking off from Sulphur Springs TX for a training sort…	September 8, 2026	0:12 short	6,360	9	-	64	0
My friend Brad Donner recently got this J6-5 engine running…	August 30, 2026	0:21 short	2,428	2	-	29	4
Thunder Over Michigan 2026	August 24, 2026	5:02	5,167	4	-	138	9
WWII Airborne Demonstration Team C-47A	August 23, 2026	2:04 short	1,432	1	-	43	7
F-4 Phantom Flight Jive & D-Day	August 13, 2026	20:32	25,269	18	-	607	38
Drunk Kyle Franklin Sun N Fun 2026	August 6, 2026	11:18	2,082	2	-	56	12
PB4Y Privateer at Thunder Over Michigan Airshow	July 20, 2026	0:48 short	322,934	12	-	2,421	294
Outlaw Flight July 3 2026	July 12, 2026	4:49	2,291	1	-	68	4
Global 6500 Walkaround Tour	July 1, 2026	1:23:33	99,338	165	-	2,502	171

Audience engagement

likes per 1,000 views: 12.9 in the category: 22.6
comments per 1,000 views: 1.2 in the category: 1.5
a video's usual first day on this channel: 1,679 views
short vs long: 7 short (up to 3 minutes), 8 long
average views per short video: 48,530
average views per long video: 18,097

YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
F-16 Viper Demo Wings Over Houston 2022	November 5, 2022	50:42	47,320,404
A-10 Last Texas Airshow	September 27, 2024	24:23	3,024,090
SR-71 Pilot Interview Richard Graham Veteran Tales	August 6, 2013	1:18:35	2,550,653
SR-71 Cockpit Checkout	January 24, 2013	19:58	2,209,028
A-10 Thunderbolt Walkaround	July 16, 2020	44:58	1,906,835

YouTube: Most watched Shorts

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
B-25J Devil Dog Take Off	November 21, 2025	0:20	662,505
MiG 15 engine start at Wings Over Houston Airshow	October 20, 2025	0:13	105,674
CH-46’s at Wings Over Houston Airshow	October 23, 2025	0:09	73,865
Junkers Ju 52 3M Military Aviation Museum	December 4, 2025	0:33	50,535
Guess This Plane Military Aviation Museum	December 4, 2025	0:22	43,965

Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

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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