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Half as Interesting follows the blue line through marathon logistics
Amy Muller's explainer goes behind New York's road closures, runner transport and carefully staggered starts.
In short
On YouTube, Half as Interesting has 2,950,000 subscribers and 821,347,932 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 810,195 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "How Planes Fly Without Air Traffic Control", with 1,063,818 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 1,008 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 23 of 96 in category "Explainers, history and education".
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
2,950,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
no significant change in the last month
no significant change in the last month
total views
821,347,932
▲ 810,195 in the last 7 days
▲ 5,965,888 in the last 30 days
▲ 5,965,888 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
95,524
on a typical day: 164,667
Videos on the channel
585
3 uploaded in the last 30 days
Last upload
12 days ago
October 30, 2026
Views per subscriber
278
a new long video usually gets 667,012 views
Next milestone
3,000,000 subscribers
50,000 subscribers to go
YouTube: What happened lately
November 4, 2026 passed 1M views How Planes Fly Without Air Traffic Control The video passed 1,000,000 views.
This week on the channel +1.6M views this week
Half as Interesting takes IMAX beyond the giant screen
Ben Doyle's cinema-logistics explainer gives viewers film formats to untangle and material for the annual corrections video.
This week on the channel one video this week
Rolex's off-limits watches get the Half as Interesting treatment
Written by Amy Muller, the week's only upload passed 1.2 million views in six days.
The video drawing the most views now
The Logistics of the NYC Marathon
- Video published
- October 30, 2026
- Video views so far
- 705,933
- Video views, pace per day
- 11,383
- Views on its first day
- 245,027
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YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Explainers, history and education | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 1,008 of 5,393 | 23 of 96 |
| By views gained this week | 2,891 of 5,274 | 45 of 96 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 2,321 of 5,043 | 34 of 91 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 0.4% of all views the category's channels gained this week
Subscribers in the category Explainers, history and education
Views gained this week in the category Explainers, history and education
YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 2,940,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 2,950,000 subscribers
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 815,512,530 views → November 11, 2026: 821,347,932 views · average: 201,220 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 The Logistics of the NYC Marathon | October 30, 2026 | 8:56 | 705,933 | 11,383 | 245,027 | 8,990 | 338 |
 How Planes Fly Without Air Traffic Control | October 19, 2026 | 7:19 | 1,063,818 | 6,219 | 385,954 | 14,653 | 768 |
 The Logistics of IMAX | October 14, 2026 | 8:50 | 580,872 | 1,078 | 323,393 | 9,512 | 440 |
 The Logistics of NYC Waste Management | October 7, 2026 | 6:55 | 443,328 | 567 | - | 7,376 | 294 |
 What is the World's Biggest Hole Humans Have Ever Dug? | September 30, 2026 | 6:43 | 667,012 | 649 | - | 10,332 | 430 |
 Why Rolex Won’t Sell You Their Most Expensive Watches | September 23, 2026 | 7:52 | 1,812,751 | 3,424 | - | 15,327 | 1,045 |
 This Is The Shortest Train in the United States | September 11, 2026 | 8:13 | 785,207 | 496 | - | 9,930 | 516 |
 These Are HAI’s Worst Mistakes of the Year | August 31, 2026 | 7:45 | 596,733 | 217 | - | 13,933 | 642 |
 The Weird, Scary Airspace Over Washington DC | August 26, 2026 | 8:17 | 721,282 | 883 | - | 13,354 | 911 |
 Why It’s Illegal to Call a Drug “Stroebenazoline” | August 21, 2026 | 8:40 | 936,470 | 514 | - | 20,247 | 1,342 |
 United and American’s Bitter Feud Over Chicago’s Airport | August 11, 2026 | 8:34 | 614,274 | 1,284 | - | 13,050 | 609 |
 Why Almost Every Airline Has Sued This One Website | August 5, 2026 | 9:38 | 2,540,674 | 2,960 | - | 33,157 | 1,712 |
 The Missing Island Mexico Desperately Wants to Be Real | July 28, 2026 | 7:55 | 280,065 | 245 | - | 9,721 | 441 |
 How Tonga Made $100 Million Renting Space in Outer Space | July 24, 2026 | 6:09 | 248,614 | 286 | - | 7,820 | 242 |
 The Tests to Determine If AI Is Smarter Than a Person | July 14, 2026 | 7:24 | 307,571 | 183 | - | 11,106 | 823 |
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 16.1 in the category: 19.8
- comments per 1,000 views
- 0.9 in the category: 1.3
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 292,977 views
- short vs long
- 0 short (up to 3 minutes), 15 long
average views per long video: 820,306
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Why Photos of the Eiffel Tower at Night are Illegal | October 12, 2017 | 4:31 | 12,125,706 |
 How to Decode Credit Card Numbers | August 3, 2021 | 5:20 | 8,723,471 |
 The Secret Protocol for When the Queen Dies | November 16, 2017 | 5:12 | 8,533,162 |
 What's the Longest Drivable Distance on Earth? | August 31, 2017 | 4:46 | 8,219,517 |
 The US Army’s Universal Camouflage: A Terrible Mistake | October 15, 2022 | 6:26 | 7,516,795 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 How Blink 182 violated the Geneva Conventions | November 22, 2021 | 0:47 | 3,257,206 |
 Why there are Zero Bridges Over the Amazon | November 17, 2021 | 0:54 | 997,740 |
 Why Blackcurrant Flavor Doesn’t Exist in the US | December 14, 2021 | 1:01 | 395,602 |
YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- MilestoneHow Planes Fly Without Air Traffic Control The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Video surgingWhy Almost Every Airline Has Sued This One Website The video ran that day at 29,732 views a day, 2.4 times its usual pace (12,219).
- Video surgingWhy Almost Every Airline Has Sued This One Website The video ran that day at 24,644 views a day, 2.3 times its usual pace (10,839).
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 769,729 views a day, 3.3 times a normal day (230,085).
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 570,783 views a day, 2.6 times a normal day (223,316).
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 +1.2M views this week
Half as Interesting follows the blue line through marathon logistics
Amy Muller's explainer goes behind New York's road closures, runner transport and carefully staggered starts.
This week on the channel +1.6M views this week
Half as Interesting takes IMAX beyond the giant screen
Ben Doyle's cinema-logistics explainer gives viewers film formats to untangle and material for the annual corrections video.
This week on the channel one video this week
Rolex's off-limits watches get the Half as Interesting treatment
Written by Amy Muller, the week's only upload passed 1.2 million views in six days.