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Video taking off 6x its usual first day
Hikaru Nakamura's resignation brings out Carlsen's fist pump
GMHikaru's over-the-board edit rewinds from the celebration to the mistakes and pressure that preceded it.
In short
On YouTube, GMHikaru has 3,300,000 subscribers and 1,470,692,865 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 10,000 subscribers and 14,184,738 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 895 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 16 of 114 in category "Streamers and stream highlights". On Instagram, @gmhikaru has 1,478,053 followers. The account gained 8,247 followers in the last 7 days.
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
3,300,000
▲ 10,000 in the last 7 days
▲ 40,000 in the last 30 days
▲ 40,000 in the last 30 days
total views
1,470,692,865
▲ 14,184,738 in the last 7 days
▲ 45,653,889 in the last 30 days
▲ 45,653,889 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
1,042,422
on a typical day: 1,721,802
Videos on the channel
5,832
15+ uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
today
November 11, 2026
Views per subscriber
445
Next milestone
5,000,000 subscribers
1,700,000 subscribers to go
Instagram: The numbers today
@gmhikaru · The account on Instagram
Followers
1,478,053
▲ 1,791 since yesterday
▲ 8,247 in the last 7 days
▲ 8,247 in the last 7 days
Posts
534
Views per Reel
340,135
usually, by 8 recent Reels
Likes per post
16,761
usually, by 15 recent posts
1.1% of followers
1.1% of followers
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Streamers and stream highlights | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 607 of 2,448 | 12 of 44 |
Ranked among the channels whose Instagram account is on Trari.
Instagram followers: Streamers and stream highlights
Latest posts
Tap a post to see it here
| Post | Type | Posted | Views | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The long lost 2010 Moscow hotel games will be coming soon to… | Reel | November 2, 2026 | 293,244 | 7,621 | 64 |
| Analyst price targets = Wall Street’s eval bar ♟️More on tipranks #ad | Reel | October 26, 2026 | 114,685 | 1,373 | 16 |
| Apparently, according to tiktok, I'm not human. | Reel | October 22, 2026 | 1,892,391 | 105,617 | 330 |
| Everyone out here hoping that I blunder 😂 #lakers #lakersnation #lalakers… | Reel | October 21, 2026 | 363,774 | 8,265 | 49 |
| RIP Danya | Reel | October 19, 2026 | 316,496 | 16,930 | 131 |
| Many astute observers have noted that Sindarov and I are at the same hotel in… | Photo | October 15, 2026 | - | 11,813 | 68 |
| Once upon a time in 🇨🇾 | Photo | October 12, 2026 | - | 129,220 | 607 |
| Minikaru! | Reel | October 10, 2026 | 713,637 | 22,372 | 123 |
Of the 15 latest posts: 8 Reels, 2 carousels and 5 photos.
As of November 11, 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 10, 2026 4.4x its usual first day Adios Magnus The video opened at a pace of 218,478 views a day, 4.4 times a normal first day on this channel (49,736).
This week on the channel +11M views this week
An unwelcome sound interrupts GMHikaru's speed-chess week
The Magnus-titled tournament recording draws the week's largest new audience, alongside Clutch Chess in St Louis and another Bullet Brawl w…
Video taking off 7.6x its usual first day
Hikaru Nakamura's face becomes the chess evaluation bar
A silent tournament-side reaction clip draws an unusually large audience, with viewers treating his eyebrows as chess analysis.
The video drawing the most views now
Adios Magnus
- Video published
- November 9, 2026
- Video views so far
- 393,788
- Video views, pace per day
- 148,271
- Views on its first day
- 218,478
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YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Streamers and stream highlights | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 895 of 5,393 | 16 of 114 |
| By views gained this week | 471 of 5,274 | 14 of 114 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 613 of 5,043 | 17 of 112 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 2.1% 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 Streamers and stream highlights
Views gained this week in the category Streamers and stream highlights
YouTube and Instagram: Subscribers and followers, last 30 days
Growth in percent since November 4, 2026, so both lines start from the same point
- YouTube · 3,300,000 subscribers +0.30% (+10,000)
- Instagram · 1,478,053 followers +0.56% (+8,247)
From November 4, 2026 to November 11, 2026: on YouTube from 3,290,000 to 3,300,000 subscribers (+0.30%), on Instagram from 1,469,806 to 1,478,053 followers (+0.56%).
YouTube rounds a large channel's subscriber count, so its line moves in steps.
The numbers by day
| Day | Subscribers (YouTube) | Followers (Instagram) |
|---|---|---|
| November 11, 2026 | 3,300,000 | 1,478,053 |
| November 10, 2026 | 3,300,000 | 1,476,262 |
| November 9, 2026 | 3,300,000 | 1,474,874 |
| November 8, 2026 | 3,300,000 | 1,473,913 |
| November 7, 2026 | 3,290,000 | 1,472,889 |
| November 6, 2026 | 3,290,000 | 1,471,817 |
| November 5, 2026 | 3,290,000 | 1,470,694 |
| November 4, 2026 | 3,290,000 | 1,469,806 |
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 1,425,498,925 views → November 11, 2026: 1,470,692,865 views · average: 1,558,411 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 My pre moves ＞ | November 11, 2026 | 1:00 short | 395 | - | 395 (1 hour) | 23 | 9 |
 Total Chess World Galactic Championship Tour Blitz Day | November 10, 2026 | 23:41 | 45,267 | 102,418 | 45,267 (7 hours) | 769 | 91 |
 Wait, What is the Total World Championship???? | November 10, 2026 | 0:41 short | 30,595 | 55,806 | 30,595 (9 hours) | 867 | 38 |
 Hikaru pushed the wrong P | November 10, 2026 | 0:45 short | 90,238 | 110,125 | 90,238 (16 hours) | 1,409 | 14 |
 INSANE Queen Sac in Bullet Brawl FTW!! 🏆 | November 10, 2026 | 59:07 | 55,607 | 57,856 | 55,607 (22 hours) | 586 | 45 |
 AI Stocks 🫨 Wild Ride!! 📉 | November 10, 2026 | 24:24 | 22,136 | 22,185 | 22,136 (24 hours) | 243 | 65 |
 8 bishops chess 😎 #gmhikaru | November 9, 2026 | 1:01 short | 8,690 | 6,469 | 7,277 | 243 | 14 |
 I'M TOO GOOD RIGHT NOW TO RETIRE | November 9, 2026 | 1:01:23 | 141,621 | 47,453 | 121,116 | 1,683 | 106 |
 2000 Elo? Didn't Matter. | November 9, 2026 | 2:08 short | 267,757 | 102,423 | 195,689 | 7,536 | 100 |
 HikaruBot 10,000 Elo vs Hikaru 3,500 Elo!! | November 9, 2026 | 33:02 | 102,817 | 18,165 | 77,893 | 1,161 | 123 |
 Adios Magnus | November 9, 2026 | 0:35 short | 393,788 | 148,271 | 218,478 | 9,993 | 118 |
 Learn the 4 Knight Mate with the Master | November 8, 2026 | 0:58 short | 13,934 | 2,411 | 8,975 | 390 | 20 |
 My Toughest 2250 Yet, Ted Lasso Knows Ball | November 8, 2026 | 37:46 | 145,943 | 13,067 | 107,727 | 2,369 | 189 |
 Hikaru & Magnus Best of Lie Detector | November 8, 2026 | 0:31 short | 111,577 | 7,854 | 85,452 | 3,203 | 36 |
 How is Hikaru this CONFIDANT?? 😳 | November 7, 2026 | 1:25 short | 166,062 | 19,046 | 93,998 | 3,891 | 88 |
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 21.5 in the category: 30.0
- comments per 1,000 views
- 0.7 in the category: 1.3
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 62,614 views
- short vs long
- 9 short (up to 3 minutes), 6 long
average views per short video: 120,337
average views per long video: 85,565
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 I Beat MrBeast With Just a King and a Queen | December 24, 2020 | 30:54 | 20,738,171 |
 I'm Already Live! | 4 Player Chess with @BotezLive @Gotham… | June 13, 2020 | 50:58 | 10,309,553 |
 How To Troll A Super Grandmaster | September 19, 2021 | 10:31 | 9,600,546 |
 HikaruBot AI Plays Hikaru's Openings Against Him | July 9, 2020 | 15:50 | 7,822,639 |
 Mittens The Chess Bot Will Make You Quit Chess | January 4, 2023 | 21:44 | 7,237,775 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 What People Think Chess Is | August 18, 2023 | 0:19 | 19,212,160 |
 When Hikaru Played Alexandra Botez in Titled Tuesday | September 1, 2023 | 1:00 | 13,810,367 |
 2750 Blunders Mate in 1 | February 11, 2023 | 0:11 | 10,498,533 |
 Oh... | October 11, 2024 | 0:18 | 9,947,897 |
 Hikaru Trolling Blindfolded @GothamChess | October 7, 2023 | 0:54 | 8,716,774 |
YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- Video taking offAdios Magnus The video opened at a pace of 218,478 views a day, 4.4 times a normal first day on this channel (49,736).
- Video taking off2000 Elo? Didn't Matter. The video opened at a pace of 188,056 views a day, 3.8 times a normal first day on this channel (49,736).
- MilestoneWrong Answers Only The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Video taking offI'm not Done Humiliating 2400s The video opened at a pace of 222,542 views a day, 4.5 times a normal first day on this channel (49,736).
- Video taking offHikaru vs 9999 Elo The video opened at a pace of 192,124 views a day, 3.9 times a normal first day on this channel (49,644).
- Video taking offBREAKING MY RECORD IN FRONT OF A LIVE CROWD The video opened at a pace of 310,418 views a day, 3.6 times a normal first day on this channel (87,210).
- Video taking offMagnus vs Hikaru Online ❤️🔥 The video opened at a pace of 153,703 views a day, 3.2 times a normal first day on this channel (48,346).
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 3,230,799 views a day, 2.4 times a normal day (1,359,629).
- Video taking offMagnus vs Hikaru OTB 🔥 The video opened at a pace of 282,071 views a day, 6 times a normal first day on this channel (46,873).Read the story
- Video taking offAnother El Clasico Magnus vs Hikaru The video opened at a pace of 339,810 views a day, 4 times a normal first day on this channel (84,110).
- Video taking offHikaru isn’t human!! 2.03 seconds AGAIN??? The video opened at a pace of 354,733 views a day, 7.6 times a normal first day on this channel (46,873).Read the story
- Video people are talking aboutHE'S BACK AND HE'S RUDE!! DISRESPECT SPEEDRUN ENC… The video drew 439 comments in its first day, 5.1 times a normal first day on this channel (86).
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
Video taking off 6x its usual first day
Hikaru Nakamura's resignation brings out Carlsen's fist pump
GMHikaru's over-the-board edit rewinds from the celebration to the mistakes and pressure that preceded it.
This week on the channel +11M views this week
An unwelcome sound interrupts GMHikaru's speed-chess week
The Magnus-titled tournament recording draws the week's largest new audience, alongside Clutch Chess in St Louis and another Bullet Brawl w…
Video taking off 7.6x its usual first day
Hikaru Nakamura's face becomes the chess evaluation bar
A silent tournament-side reaction clip draws an unusually large audience, with viewers treating his eyebrows as chess analysis.
This week on the channel +8.8M views this week
Grischuk puts Hikaru in a corner on GMHikaru
A September Titled Tuesday encounter shares the upload shelf with U.S. Championship analysis and a puzzled Magnus reaction.
Video taking off 9.6x its usual first day
Hikaru Nakamura's "Wrong Answers Only" sparks a calendar debate
The comments are far busier than usual, with viewers picking apart the wording of a month-length question.
Video taking off 7.4x its usual first day
Hikaru Nakamura's one last push for an 'unprecedented' 3500 blitz rating
The video's title is just four digits, and its comment section filled more than six times faster than a usual full first day, much of it tr…
This week on the channel 15 videos this week
Olympiad nights and Slowkaru 58 fill Hikaru's fifteen uploads
Between recaps of USA against Uzbekistan and a look at Gukesh's games, the slow-talking speedrun episode passed 220,000 views in two days.