YouTube channel

The Game Theorists

Gaming news, reviews and commentary

In short

On YouTube, The Game Theorists has 19,600,000 subscribers and 4,772,131,105 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 3,299,231 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "Game Theory: Minecraft's NEW Dimension Changes EVERYTHING!", with 1,413,139 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 93 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 2 of 100 in category "Gaming news, reviews and commentary".

YouTube: The numbers today

subscribers

19,600,000

no significant change in the last 7 days
no significant change in the last month

total views

4,772,131,105

▲ 3,299,231 in the last 7 days
▲ 13,582,993 in the last 30 days

views a day (current pace)

526,894

on a typical day: 466,099

Videos on the channel

942

2 uploaded in the last 7 days

Last upload

3 days ago

November 8, 2026

Views per subscriber

243

a new long video usually gets 963,146 views
a new short video usually gets 217,849 views

Next milestone

20,000,000 subscribers

400,000 subscribers to go

YouTube: What happened lately

November 9, 2026 passed 1M views Game Theory: The BURIED Lore of Terrible Lizards The video passed 1,000,000 views.

This week on the channel +3.1M views this week

The Game Theorists measure Poppy Playtime in Huggy Wuggys

Tom and TetraBitGaming extract the factory's maps to calculate a descent of roughly 4,300 feet.

Channel: The Game Theorists · Story of October 29, 2026

This week on the channel +3.7M views this week

Could Minecraft's Warden be a Singer? The Game Theorists investigate

The Sift supplies a new origin theory for a familiar monster, drawing more than a million views.

Channel: The Game Theorists · Story of October 22, 2026

This week on the channel +2.5M views this week

Happy's Humble Burger Farm expands The Game Theorists' horror menu

Tom Robinson's Scythe Saga explainer connects fast-food horror with secret experiments and an alien invasion.

Channel: The Game Theorists · Story of October 15, 2026

The video drawing the most views now

Game Theory: Don’t Listen To The Voice! (Poppy Playtime)

Video published: November 8, 2026
Video views so far: 748,422
Video views, pace per day: 118,698
Views on its first day: 528,680

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YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category

	Among all channels on Trari	In the category Gaming news, reviews and commentary
By subscribers	93 of 5,393	2 of 100
By views gained this week	1,459 of 5,274	14 of 100
By views gained in the last 30 days	1,484 of 5,043	12 of 100

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

The channel's share of the category: 1.8% of all views the category's channels gained this week

Subscribers in the category Gaming news, reviews and commentary

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2,130,000

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2,030,000

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YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days

October 13, 2026: 19,600,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 19,600,000 subscribers (no significant change in the last month)

YouTube: Total views, last 30 days

October 13, 2026: 4,758,972,362 views → November 11, 2026: 4,772,131,105 views · average: 453,749 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
Game Theory: Don’t Listen To The Voice! (Poppy Playtime)	November 8, 2026	18:02	748,422	118,698	528,680	17,559	529
Link Wears WHAT In The Legend Of Zelda?! \| Game Theory	November 6, 2026	0:49 short	111,312	3,526	77,512	4,349	63
Game Theory: The BURIED Lore of Terrible Lizards	October 31, 2026	21:58	1,121,122	32,152	370,855	22,654	1,577
Metroid Has HUGE Balls! \| Game Theory	October 29, 2026	0:55 short	227,854	634	115,408	6,330	142
Game Theory: Poppy Playtime's Factory Makes NO SENSE!	October 24, 2026	21:00	1,303,004	17,675	524,897	28,805	1,461
Pokemon’s Biggest LIE! \| Game Theory	October 22, 2026	0:43 short	177,525	392	95,811	4,844	143
Game Theory: Minecraft's NEW Dimension Changes EVERYTHING!	October 17, 2026	15:14	1,413,139	5,496	569,232	25,027	1,587
Castlevania’s Deadliest Monster Is NOT Dracula! \| Game Theo…	October 15, 2026	0:45 short	176,028	411	82,555	4,531	121
Game Theory: The ENTIRE Happy’s Humble Universe Explained!	October 10, 2026	36:04	942,112	5,322	-	19,075	599
Sonic is BROKE! \| Game Theory	October 8, 2026	0:32 short	207,844	342	-	6,138	203
Game Theory: Welcome Home Has a KILLER!	October 3, 2026	16:17	885,752	2,166	-	21,320	770
Mario Kart is BROKEN \| Game Theory	October 1, 2026	0:35 short	227,882	257	-	7,066	111
Game Theory: 7 Years of Bendy Lore	September 26, 2026	1:55:48	963,146	3,876	-	16,329	710
Game Theory: We Can Actually BREAK Physics?! (Active Matter)	September 24, 2026	11:29	361,976	546	-	6,127	299
The Pokemon that BROKE the game! \| Game Theory	September 22, 2026	0:43 short	258,206	119	-	6,835	129

Audience engagement

likes per 1,000 views: 21.6 in the category: 27.2
comments per 1,000 views: 0.9 in the category: 2.3
a video's usual first day on this channel: 259,720 views
short vs long: 7 short (up to 3 minutes), 8 long
average views per short video: 198,093
average views per long video: 967,334

YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
Can Gamers SURVIVE the Real Mirror's Edge? - Game Lab	June 8, 2016	22:27	99,124,619
Game Theory: Five Nights at Freddy's SCARIEST Monster is Yo…	October 23, 2014	16:37	36,198,728
Game Theory: FNAF, The Clue that SOLVES Five Nights at Fred…	December 13, 2015	14:50	33,809,153
Game Theory: FNAF, The FINAL Timeline (FNAF Ultimate Custom…	July 29, 2018	25:34	31,477,686
Game Theory: FNAF 2, Gaming's Scariest Story SOLVED!	December 9, 2014	17:52	27,875,351

YouTube: Most watched Shorts

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
Minecraft Votes Are RIGGED #shorts	March 9, 2023	0:57	30,751,627
How Afton Survived FNAF 6 🔥 #shorts	January 6, 2023	1:00	24,056,054
Minecraft Bees Go HARD! 💪 #shorts	August 17, 2023	0:59	18,551,819
Help Me TROLL YouTube! #shorts	February 16, 2023	1:00	17,562,639
Don't Show Markiplier This Video #shorts	April 8, 2023	0:58	16,797,698

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

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

November 9, 2026MilestoneGame Theory: The BURIED Lore of Terrible Lizards The video passed 1,000,000 views.
November 2, 2026MilestoneGame Theory: Poppy Playtime's Factory Makes NO SE… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
October 21, 2026MilestoneGame Theory: Minecraft's NEW Dimension Changes EV… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
October 20, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 1,060,700 views a day, 2.6 times a normal day (400,594).
October 19, 2026Video surgingGame Theory: The Secret to KILLING Verity! (Minec… The video ran that day at 45,200 views a day, 4.3 times its usual pace (10,563).
October 18, 2026Video surgingGame Theory: The Secret to KILLING Verity! (Minec… The video ran that day at 35,645 views a day, 4.6 times its usual pace (7,777).
October 16, 2026MilestoneGame Theory: I SOLVED Endacopia's Confusing Lore The video passed 1,000,000 views.

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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