The week's only upload argues that kitchen automation could make room for more labor-intensive, hand-breaded chicken.
On YouTube, The Food Theorists has 5,490,000 subscribers and 1,230,337,090 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 838,935 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "Gordon Ramsay RUINED Steak!", with 341,518 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 535 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 28 of 187 in category "Cooking and food".
YouTube: The numbers today
▼ 10,000 in the last 30 days
▲ 4,589,041 in the last 30 days
a new short video usually gets 296,445 views
YouTube: What happened lately
October 23, 2026 3.4x the channel's usual pace The whole channel ran that day at 575,623 views a day, 3.4 times a normal day (169,521).
Santi Massa's Gordon Ramsay-themed episode was the channel's only new upload, drawing nearly a quarter-million views.
Two fast-food theories went up two days apart, and the younger one, with fewer total views, is now the busier of the pair.
The video drawing the most views now
Food Theory: Can You EAT Your Sadness Away?
- Video published
- November 3, 2026
- Video views so far
- 201,772
- Video views, pace per day
- 4,188
- Views on its first day
- 111,710
Similar channels
YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Cooking and food | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 535 of 5,393 | 28 of 187 |
| By views gained this week | 2,852 of 5,274 | 127 of 187 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 2,603 of 5,043 | 110 of 174 |
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
Subscribers in the category Cooking and food
Views gained this week in the category Cooking and food
YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 5,500,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 5,490,000 subscribers
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 1,225,816,251 views → November 11, 2026: 1,230,337,090 views · average: 155,891 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ranch's Plan for WORLD DOMINATION! | November 10, 2026 | 15:31 | 43,516 | - | 43,516 (6 hours) | 1,529 | 205 |
Food Theory: Can You EAT Your Sadness Away? | November 3, 2026 | 17:32 | 201,772 | 4,188 | 111,710 | 5,669 | 369 |
McDonald's Spent $8.5 BILLION... For THIS?! | October 27, 2026 | 14:53 | 339,061 | 4,086 | 163,656 | 6,364 | 475 |
Outback Steakhouse Has a HUGE Problem! | October 20, 2026 | 14:10 | 310,473 | 794 | 150,569 | 5,607 | 337 |
Gordon Ramsay RUINED Steak! | October 13, 2026 | 24:35 | 341,518 | 665 | 173,018 | 6,520 | 498 |
YOU Ruined Pillsbury Sugar Cookies | October 6, 2026 | 30:48 | 605,754 | 941 | - | 8,422 | 655 |
The SECRET to great Pizza is… SHRIMP?! | Food Theory | October 1, 2026 | 1:00 short | 182,270 | 192 | - | 6,655 | 119 |
Oreo's SECRET plan to take over the Cookie Aisle | September 29, 2026 | 30:00 | 333,129 | 336 | - | 7,437 | 919 |
The Secret Chick-Fil-A Menu They DON’T Want You To See! | … | September 24, 2026 | 1:04 short | 296,445 | 460 | - | 12,215 | 161 |
Wendy's is in BIG Trouble! | September 22, 2026 | 21:34 | 504,365 | 635 | - | 8,946 | 958 |
You're Making PB&J WRONG!? | September 15, 2026 | 36:16 | 352,587 | 430 | - | 8,651 | 1,338 |
Food Theory: Cheesecake Factory Makes NO Sense! | September 8, 2026 | 12:16 | 433,347 | 268 | - | 8,008 | 379 |
This is the #1 Pizza In The US…and You’ve NEVER Heard of it! | September 3, 2026 | 0:56 short | 454,339 | 194 | - | 16,117 | 530 |
Why Grape Flavor is DYING! | September 1, 2026 | 14:05 | 648,913 | 195 | - | 10,649 | 898 |
Food Theory: This Prison Food should be ILLEGAL | August 25, 2026 | 14:57 | 217,129 | 183 | - | 8,039 | 781 |
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 23.0 in the category: 23.7
- comments per 1,000 views
- 1.6 in the category: 0.5
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 178,634 views
- short vs long
- 3 short (up to 3 minutes), 12 long
average views per short video: 311,018
average views per long video: 360,963
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
Food Theory: How Long Could You SURVIVE Locked In A Grocery… | April 17, 2021 | 14:56 | 22,469,394 |
Food Theory: Chuck E Cheese Pizza, Should You Be Scared? | September 3, 2020 | 16:36 | 15,309,166 |
Food Theory: I SOLVED KFC's Secret Recipe! (KFC Chicken) | January 24, 2021 | 29:05 | 15,230,888 |
Food Theory: Grubhub Lore Exists and It's WEIRDER Than You … | April 1, 2021 | 18:11 | 14,926,870 |
Food Theory: STOP Ordering Your Pizza Like This! | December 19, 2020 | 15:39 | 14,578,342 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
Can You Drink Stale Water🥤? #shorts | February 29, 2024 | 0:55 | 15,501,364 |
Celery is NEGATIVE Calories? 😮 #shorts | November 9, 2023 | 0:40 | 13,937,287 |
I Saved MrBeast $1,000,000! 💰 #shorts | December 8, 2023 | 0:59 | 10,315,667 |
Amouranth’s Beer is Made of… WHAT?! 😳 #shorts | November 30, 2023 | 0:58 | 9,576,202 |
Dairy Queen Ice Cream is FAKE! 🍦 #shorts | July 20, 2023 | 1:00 | 9,523,753 |
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 575,623 views a day, 3.4 times a normal day (169,521).
Stories
The week's only upload argues that kitchen automation could make room for more labor-intensive, hand-breaded chicken.
Santi Massa's Gordon Ramsay-themed episode was the channel's only new upload, drawing nearly a quarter-million views.
Two fast-food theories went up two days apart, and the younger one, with fewer total views, is now the busier of the pair.
























