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This week on the channel +986K views this week
Great Big Story serves Springfield's cashew chicken family history
David Leong's sons explain how crispy fried chicken helped introduce Chinese-American cooking to Missouri diners.
In short
On YouTube, Great Big Story has 6,280,000 subscribers and 2,792,153,663 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 1,358,494 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "The Ultimate Food Guide in Kansas & Oklahoma (Route 66 Edition)", with 42,971 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 462 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 23 of 187 in category "Cooking and food". On Instagram, @greatbigstory has 875,322 followers. The account lost 197 followers in the last 7 days.
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
6,280,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
▼ 10,000 in the last 30 days
▼ 10,000 in the last 30 days
total views
2,792,153,663
▲ 1,358,494 in the last 7 days
▲ 4,997,872 in the last 30 days
▲ 4,997,872 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
152,196
on a typical day: 169,211
Videos on the channel
3,563
3 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
5 days ago
November 6, 2026
Views per subscriber
444
a new long video usually gets 42,971 views
a new short video usually gets 12,644 views
a new short video usually gets 12,644 views
Next milestone
10,000,000 subscribers
3,720,000 subscribers to go
Instagram: The numbers today
@greatbigstory · The account on Instagram
Followers
875,322
▼ 60 since yesterday
▼ 197 in the last 7 days
▼ 197 in the last 7 days
Posts
3,476
6 new posts in the last 7 days
Views per Reel
34,336
usually, by 9 recent Reels
Likes per post
491
usually, by 12 recent posts
0.06% of followers
0.06% of followers
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Cooking and food | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 835 of 2,442 | 45 of 94 |
Ranked among the channels whose Instagram account is on Trari.
Instagram followers: Cooking and food
Latest posts
Tap a post to see it here
| Post | Type | Posted | Views | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| When you're driving Route 66, you might not spend long in Oklahoma but you… | Reel | November 10, 2026 | 7,779 | 122 | 6 |
| Have you ever thought about using an extra thumb? Perhaps you could play the… | Reel | November 9, 2026 | 41,717 | 450 | 10 |
| Juju Noda is like any other 11-year-old. She loves her family, animals … and… | Reel | November 8, 2026 | 57,208 | 4,136 | 50 |
| It's National Football Day - and Sam Gordon will be the first to tell you this… | Reel | November 5, 2026 | 9,231 | 140 | 13 |
| Kit Kats are the most popular candy in Japan and they come in over 400 flavors… | Carousel | November 5, 2026 | - | 448 | 2 |
| When you think of a cake, what comes to mind? Chocolate icing? Cream, jam or… | Reel | November 3, 2026 | 12,076 | 224 | 9 |
| When you think of a cake, what comes to mind? Chocolate icing? Cream, jam or… | Reel | November 3, 2026 | 134 | 0 | 0 |
| As if running the marathon wasn't hard enough, imagine doing it on crutches!… | Reel | November 1, 2026 | 165,532 | 3,569 | 61 |
Of the 15 latest posts: 12 Reels and 3 carousels.
As of November 10, 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
This week on the channel +1.3M views this week
Great Big Story finds oysters and onion burgers along Route 66
Jason "J" Lee's Kansas-Oklahoma food trip visits a wedding-worthy gas station and a seafood restaurant tucked behind a playground business.
This week on the channel +1.3M views this week
Sugar becomes sculpture in Great Big Story's Berlin artist visit
Joseph Marr's glass-like creations share the upload shelf with a food trip through Missouri.
The video drawing the most views now
Texas Eats on Route 66 (Food Guide)
- Video published
- October 31, 2026
- Video views so far
- 28,159
- Video views, pace per day
- 1,355
- Views on its first day
- 15,201
Similar channels
YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Cooking and food | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 462 of 5,393 | 23 of 187 |
| By views gained this week | 2,360 of 5,274 | 103 of 187 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 2,520 of 5,043 | 105 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 and Instagram: Subscribers and followers, last 30 days
Growth in percent since November 3, 2026, so both lines start from the same point
- YouTube · 6,280,000 subscribers 0% (0)
- Instagram · 875,322 followers -0.02% (-197)
From November 3, 2026 to November 11, 2026: on YouTube from 6,280,000 to 6,280,000 subscribers (0%), on Instagram from 875,519 to 875,322 followers (-0.02%).
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 | 6,280,000 | - |
| November 10, 2026 | 6,280,000 | 875,322 |
| November 9, 2026 | 6,280,000 | 875,382 |
| November 8, 2026 | 6,280,000 | 875,352 |
| November 7, 2026 | 6,280,000 | 875,387 |
| November 6, 2026 | 6,280,000 | 875,439 |
| November 5, 2026 | 6,280,000 | 875,475 |
| November 4, 2026 | 6,280,000 | 875,514 |
| November 3, 2026 | 6,280,000 | 875,519 |
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 2,787,245,000 views → November 11, 2026: 2,792,153,663 views · average: 169,264 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
- 15.6 in the category: 23.7
- comments per 1,000 views
- 0.7 in the category: 0.5
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 4,652 views
- short vs long
- 12 short (up to 3 minutes), 3 long
average views per short video: 12,178
average views per long video: 56,019
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 'It’s-a Me, Mario!' | January 17, 2017 | 3:05 | 43,519,044 |
 I Can't Taste Anything | November 17, 2015 | 1:24 | 43,310,308 |
 Meet The Man Who Beat 'Pac-Man' | July 21, 2016 | 2:36 | 38,981,659 |
 Building a Prosthetic Arm With Lego | March 12, 2018 | 2:41 | 34,759,944 |
 Why the World’s Best Mathematicians Are Hoarding Chalk | May 2, 2019 | 3:33 | 30,285,601 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 This Art Is So REAL That You'll Want to Taste It! | September 22, 2024 | 0:54 | 29,709,162 |
 He Makes AMAZING Puppets From Scrap Materials 🤯 | July 11, 2024 | 0:55 | 4,205,020 |
 This Art Is So REAL That You'll HAVE to Taste It! | February 26, 2026 | 0:54 | 3,945,081 |
 The NASA Scientist Who Invented the Super Soaker 🔫💦 | June 12, 2024 | 0:58 | 2,550,394 |
 The Real-Life Voice Of Super Mario | September 19, 2024 | 0:58 | 1,964,439 |
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 +986K views this week
Great Big Story serves Springfield's cashew chicken family history
David Leong's sons explain how crispy fried chicken helped introduce Chinese-American cooking to Missouri diners.
This week on the channel +1.3M views this week
Great Big Story finds oysters and onion burgers along Route 66
Jason "J" Lee's Kansas-Oklahoma food trip visits a wedding-worthy gas station and a seafood restaurant tucked behind a playground business.
This week on the channel +1.3M views this week
Sugar becomes sculpture in Great Big Story's Berlin artist visit
Joseph Marr's glass-like creations share the upload shelf with a food trip through Missouri.
This week on the channel 5 videos this week
Japan's Rabbit Island hops past Great Big Story's Route 66 corn dog
The one detour from a food-filled week is the newest upload and the fastest, though the corn dog still holds the biggest total.