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This week on the channel +5M views this week
Extra History connects Earth Day's origins to data center pollution
A sponsored environmental-policy Short joins a revised Eleanor of Aquitaine compilation in a two-upload week.
In short
On YouTube, Extra History has 4,630,000 subscribers and 1,786,317,626 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 4,227,255 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "Why Food USED to be Safer | Recently Repeated History", with 2,463,699 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 651 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 19 of 96 in category "Explainers, history and education". On Instagram, @extracredits has 8,534 followers.
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
4,630,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
▲ 10,000 in the last 30 days
▲ 10,000 in the last 30 days
total views
1,786,317,626
▲ 4,227,255 in the last 7 days
▲ 20,279,849 in the last 30 days
▲ 20,279,849 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
236,936
on a typical day: 661,756
Videos on the channel
1,355
1 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
6 days ago
November 5, 2026
Views per subscriber
385
a new long video usually gets 359,244 views
a new short video usually gets 1,678,883 views
a new short video usually gets 1,678,883 views
Next milestone
5,000,000 subscribers
370,000 subscribers to go
Instagram: The numbers
@extracredits · The account on Instagram
Followers
8,534
no change in the last 3 days
Posts
1,034
Likes per post
84
usually, by 15 recent posts
0.98% of followers
0.98% of followers
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Explainers, history and education | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 2,310 of 2,442 | 34 of 38 |
Ranked among the channels whose Instagram account is on Trari.
Instagram followers: Explainers, history and education
Latest posts
Tap a post to see it here
| Post | Type | Posted | Views | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Join us at Gen Con @ 4PM as we talk about “Why Board Games (Mostly) Don’t Make… | Photo | July 31, 2026 | - | 59 | 0 |
| We we only got three spots left for our “Make Your Own History”, tier! Where you… | Photo | July 31, 2026 | - | 38 | 0 |
| Hey Gen Con! Come say hi and take part in this totally regular improv game with… | Photo | July 30, 2026 | - | 39 | 1 |
| Our 2027 History Happens Everyday Kickstarter is Live! You can learn more at… | Photo | July 21, 2026 | - | 75 | 2 |
| 🚨 It’s here! 🚨 | Photo | July 22, 2025 | - | 84 | 4 |
| 🗓️👀 There are only 20 hours left to back this historical beauty at the lowest… | Photo | August 14, 2024 | - | 105 | 5 |
| It’s here! With only 6 days left, the final art for the 2025 Historical… | Photo | August 8, 2024 | - | 199 | 4 |
| We’re offering digital posters of our calendar art on Kickstarter!… | Photo | August 7, 2024 | - | 112 | 3 |
As of November 8, 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 2, 2026 passed 1M views Data Centers Decimate your Air and Water | Recent… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
This week on the channel +3.4M views this week
Extra History puts food safety on its history syllabus
The channel's only new upload connects Theodore Roosevelt-era regulation with today's debate over food oversight.
This week on the channel 2 videos this week
Extra History's Stonewall video leads, a potato famine still simmers
Two new uploads carry most of the channel's pace, while a 25-day-old Elon Musk episode keeps drawing a steady crowd behind them.
The video drawing the most views now
Hoover Haunts Trump's Tariffs | Recently Repeated History
- Video published
- October 1, 2026
- Video views so far
- 2,089,467
- Video views, pace per day
- 33,228
Similar channels
YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Explainers, history and education | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 651 of 5,393 | 19 of 96 |
| By views gained this week | 1,243 of 5,274 | 9 of 96 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 1,156 of 5,043 | 9 of 91 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 2.3% of all views the category's channels gained this week
Subscribers in the category Explainers, history and education
Views gained this week in the category Explainers, history and education
YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 4,620,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 4,630,000 subscribers
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 1,766,373,456 views → November 11, 2026: 1,786,317,626 views · average: 687,730 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.
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 77.5 in the category: 18.2
- comments per 1,000 views
- 0.9 in the category: 1.3
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 243,090 views
- short vs long
- 8 short (up to 3 minutes), 7 long
average views per short video: 1,441,411
average views per long video: 340,140
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 D-Day 1: The Great Crusade | WW2 | Extra History | June 6, 2017 | 10:26 | 8,042,162 |
 Catherine the Great - Not Quite Catherine Yet - Extra Histo… | January 28, 2017 | 8:18 | 7,372,691 |
 WW1 Christmas Truce: Silent Night - Extra History - Part 1 | December 17, 2017 | 11:13 | 6,513,128 |
 Genghis Khan - Temüjin the Child - Extra History - Part 1 | February 17, 2018 | 9:56 | 6,240,958 |
 First Opium War - Trade Deficits and the Macartney Embassy … | June 18, 2016 | 7:45 | 5,497,899 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Frederick NOT the Greatest Dad -Worst Dads in History #shor… | December 19, 2023 | 1:00 | 21,374,302 |
 Dying for Ice Cream - The Penny Lick Plague - Extra History… | August 22, 2023 | 0:59 | 18,100,104 |
 THIS… IS… SPARTA'S... AFTERMATH!!! - Battle of Thermopylae … | May 23, 2023 | 0:57 | 17,860,332 |
 Nero’s Looney Tunes Matricide | Worst Kids in History #shor… | July 3, 2024 | 0:59 | 16,607,516 |
 Eleanor's Aggressive Mothering | Best Mom's in History #sho… | July 30, 2024 | 0:53 | 14,726,165 |
YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- MilestoneData Centers Decimate your Air and Water | Recent… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 1,616,184 views a day, 2.4 times a normal day (677,059).
- MilestoneWhy Food USED to be Safer | Recently Repeated His… 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.
Stories
This week on the channel +5M views this week
Extra History connects Earth Day's origins to data center pollution
A sponsored environmental-policy Short joins a revised Eleanor of Aquitaine compilation in a two-upload week.
This week on the channel +3.4M views this week
Extra History puts food safety on its history syllabus
The channel's only new upload connects Theodore Roosevelt-era regulation with today's debate over food oversight.
This week on the channel 2 videos this week
Extra History's Stonewall video leads, a potato famine still simmers
Two new uploads carry most of the channel's pace, while a 25-day-old Elon Musk episode keeps drawing a steady crowd behind them.