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This week on the channel +688K views this week
A flag isn't control: William Spaniel examines false battlefield reports
His two-upload week connects Russia's claimed advances with a separate look at Congress's power to constrain U.S. wars.
In short
On YouTube, William Spaniel has 790,000 subscribers and 237,480,111 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 1,000 subscribers and 937,217 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "Republicans Got Smashed. Will Trump Renew the Iran War Now?", with 555,342 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 2,704 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 33 of 63 in category "Military, weapons and geopolitics".
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
790,000
▲ 1,000 in the last 7 days
▲ 2,000 in the last 30 days
▲ 2,000 in the last 30 days
total views
237,480,111
▲ 937,217 in the last 7 days
▲ 3,629,717 in the last 30 days
▲ 3,629,717 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
144,586
on a typical day: 113,530
Videos on the channel
1,060
2 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
yesterday
November 10, 2026
Views per subscriber
300
a new long video usually gets 331,715 views
Next milestone
1,000,000 subscribers
210,000 subscribers to go
YouTube: What happened lately
November 6, 2026 4.3x the channel's usual pace The whole channel ran that day at 467,315 views a day, 4.3 times a normal day (108,759).
This week on the channel +749K views this week
Crimea's land bridge, and why Ukraine may not be planning an offensive there
William Spaniel's newest breakdown passed 177,000 views in its first twelve hours, after a week spent on diesel, Hormuz and a disputed CNN …
The video drawing the most views now
What Pete Hegseth’s Impending Impeachment Will Do to Our World at War
- Video published
- November 10, 2026
- Video views so far
- 281,474
- Video views, pace per day
- 402,959
- Views in its first 12 hours
- 281,474
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YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Military, weapons and geopolitics | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 2,704 of 5,393 | 33 of 63 |
| By views gained this week | 2,749 of 5,274 | 29 of 63 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 2,842 of 5,043 | 30 of 63 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 0.7% of all views the category's channels gained this week
- Subscriber growth this week
- 0.1% on this channel, 0.0% on the category's middle channel
Subscribers in the category Military, weapons and geopolitics
Views gained this week in the category Military, weapons and geopolitics
YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 788,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 790,000 subscribers
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 233,868,566 views → November 11, 2026: 237,480,111 views · average: 124,536 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
- 23.6 in the category: 21.4
- comments per 1,000 views
- 2.7 in the category: 1.4
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 227,320 views
- short vs long
- 0 short (up to 3 minutes), 15 long
average views per long video: 309,496
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 The Battle of Kyiv: A Tale of Russian Missteps and Ukrainia… | February 22, 2023 | 48:27 | 7,999,586 |
 Why Russia Miscalculated in Ukraine: A Self-Inflicted Disas… | January 24, 2023 | 36:07 | 6,552,175 |
 Why Every NATO Member Joined (And Why Everyone Else Hasn't) | July 21, 2022 | 15:09 | 5,086,407 |
 Ten Reasons Why Ukraine Hasn't Destroyed the Crimean Bridge | September 14, 2022 | 17:16 | 3,976,533 |
 Ukraine's Kharkiv Counteroffensive: How Putin's Political H… | September 21, 2022 | 15:02 | 3,842,727 |
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 467,315 views a day, 4.3 times a normal day (108,759).
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 315,951 views a day, 3.1 times a normal day (101,097).
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 265,308 views a day, 3.2 times a normal day (82,851).
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.
Stories
This week on the channel +688K views this week
A flag isn't control: William Spaniel examines false battlefield reports
His two-upload week connects Russia's claimed advances with a separate look at Congress's power to constrain U.S. wars.
This week on the channel +749K views this week
Crimea's land bridge, and why Ukraine may not be planning an offensive there
William Spaniel's newest breakdown passed 177,000 views in its first twelve hours, after a week spent on diesel, Hormuz and a disputed CNN …