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IrelandThis week on the channel +556K views this week
Hello Future Me asks how much power an Avatar needs
Tim Hickson's Seven Havens review joins an essay on trade chokepoints in a two-upload week.
In short
On YouTube, Hello Future Me has 1,240,000 subscribers and 197,571,120 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 404,034 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "Avatar: Seven Havens Is...", with 305,946 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 2,049 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 46 of 147 in category "Movie and TV clips and commentary". On Instagram, @tim_hickson_hfm has 20,868 followers.
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
1,240,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
▲ 10,000 in the last 30 days
▲ 10,000 in the last 30 days
total views
197,571,120
▲ 404,034 in the last 7 days
▲ 2,094,645 in the last 30 days
▲ 2,094,645 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
20,535
on a typical day: 66,445
Videos on the channel
527
2 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
4 days ago
November 7, 2026
Views per subscriber
159
a new long video usually gets 305,946 views
Next milestone
1,500,000 subscribers
260,000 subscribers to go
Instagram: The numbers
@tim_hickson_hfm · The account on Instagram
Followers
20,868
▲ 9 a day, on average over the last 2 days
Posts
312
Views per Reel
3,971
usually, by 3 recent Reels
Likes per post
237
usually, by 15 recent posts
1.1% of followers
1.1% of followers
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Movie and TV clips and commentary | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 2,204 of 2,442 | 37 of 50 |
Ranked among the channels whose Instagram account is on Trari.
Instagram followers: Movie and TV clips and commentary
Latest posts
Tap a post to see it here
| Post | Type | Posted | Views | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hello nerds! The charity livestream is BACK! Nov 6 4PM EST. Raising money for… | Photo | November 2, 2026 | - | 110 | 6 |
| I see everyone posting photos with everyone they met and hung with at Worldcon,… | Photo | September 1, 2026 | - | 641 | 20 |
| A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one. | Photo | August 23, 2026 | - | 426 | 17 |
| I will be doing 6 panels in person in Los Angeles at Worldcon this year.… | Carousel | August 10, 2026 | - | 201 | 20 |
| Exciting news! The next volume of LABYRINTH is coming. SFF stories, art, and a… | Carousel | July 8, 2026 | - | 289 | 68 |
| RIP my camera of the last 5 years. Almost everything you've seen was filmed on… | Photo | June 28, 2026 | - | 369 | 10 |
| It was my wife's birthday yesterday, and I gave her a whole day of multi-course… | Carousel | June 5, 2026 | - | 210 | 10 |
| UNBROKEN is available right now! My story tells the tale of a scientist who can… | Reel | May 1, 2026 | 3,858 | 119 | 4 |
Of the 15 latest posts: 3 Reels, 5 carousels and 7 photos.
As of November 9, 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
On today's chart 144K views since yesterday
Hello Future Me's Seven Havens verdict rests on two sisters
Tim Hickson finds an emotional centre in Pavi and Nisha, but questions whether their finale rupture has enough behind it.
On today's chart 32K views since yesterday
Hello Future Me explains how trade shortcuts leave cities behind
Tim Hickson connects Panama, Skyrim and One Piece in a worldbuilding lesson about who gains power when commerce changes course.
The video drawing the most views now
I read all the Star Wars books, and now I understand the prequels
- Video published
- August 30, 2026
- Video views so far
- 2,132,135
- Video views, pace per day
- 7,846
Similar channels
YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Movie and TV clips and commentary | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 2,049 of 5,393 | 46 of 147 |
| By views gained this week | 3,576 of 5,274 | 96 of 144 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 3,383 of 5,043 | 92 of 132 |
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 Movie and TV clips and commentary
Views gained this week in the category Movie and TV clips and commentary
YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 1,230,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 1,240,000 subscribers
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 195,547,301 views → November 11, 2026: 197,571,120 views · average: 69,786 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 BOOKS FOR KIDS | MEGA CHARITY LIVESTREAM | November 7, 2026 | 6:53:41 | 33,210 | 850 | 27,305 | 311 | 26 |
 BOOKS FOR KIDS | MEGA CHARITY LIVESTREAM | November 7, 2026 | - | 21,564 | -5 | 20,932 | 196 | 4 |
 TEST Mega Charity Livestream — Education For Children | November 4, 2026 | 16:49 | 19,718 | 216 | 14,851 | 107 | 6 |
 Avatar: Seven Havens Is... | October 31, 2026 | 32:11 | 305,946 | 3,807 | 162,048 | 7,299 | 1,664 |
 How Trade Routes Really Work: Chokepoints | October 30, 2026 | 35:29 | 167,126 | 4,387 | 61,082 | 4,191 | 292 |
 Avatar: Seven Havens Is Here. Is It Good? | October 10, 2026 | 27:46 | 661,345 | 738 | - | 10,242 | 2,002 |
 I read all the Star Wars books, and now I understand the pr… | August 30, 2026 | 1:59:58 | 2,132,135 | 7,846 | - | 44,841 | 5,493 |
 How Trade Routes Really Work | August 1, 2026 | 34:32 | 473,990 | 1,775 | - | 16,354 | 1,122 |
 The New Avatar Film Is Here. Is it Good? | July 27, 2026 | 22:11 | 227,289 | 256 | - | 9,759 | 2,043 |
 The New Avatar Series Is Here. It's Different. | July 24, 2026 | 21:30 | 407,222 | 53 | - | 15,649 | 2,992 |
 Netflix Avatar Was A Lot Of Things | Season 2 | June 30, 2026 | 10:53 | 174,679 | 214 | - | 8,070 | 1,065 |
 Netflix Avatar Was Not Great | An Overdue Critique | June 25, 2026 | 2:19:42 | 641,910 | 754 | - | 21,253 | 3,154 |
 How Epic Fantasy Writes So Many Characters At Once | June 6, 2026 | 21:25 | 227,785 | 105 | - | 9,599 | 443 |
 Ranking Every Episode of Avatar: The Last Airbender | May 22, 2026 | 1:08:42 | 150,032 | 174 | - | 5,486 | 1,072 |
 Videogame Worldbuilding vs Normal Worldbuilding | May 9, 2026 | 31:45 | 456,131 | 1,262 | - | 15,872 | 750 |
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 27.7 in the category: 27.1
- comments per 1,000 views
- 3.6 in the category: 0.9
- short vs long
- 0 short (up to 3 minutes), 14 long
average views per long video: 434,179
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 The Last Airbender is the Worst Film Ever Made — HERE'S WHY | February 11, 2021 | 2:29:08 | 6,771,187 |
 The Psychology of Azula l Avatar: The Last Airbender | April 13, 2019 | 54:58 | 5,577,966 |
 Hard Worldbuilding vs. Soft Worldbuilding | A Study of Stud… | June 13, 2020 | 17:57 | 3,534,186 |
 On Writing: hard magic systems in fantasy [ Avatar l Fullme… | February 7, 2018 | 13:04 | 3,074,618 |
 Is Toothless a Titan Wing? THEORY [How to Train Your Dragon] | November 1, 2017 | 12:43 | 3,039,315 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 What happened to the FIFTH NATION in Avatar the last airben… | February 7, 2024 | 0:39 | 3,276,969 |
 The Earthbender Who Discovered Immortality #avatar #thelast… | October 12, 2023 | 1:00 | 731,143 |
 Get rid of THIS word in your writing | February 1, 2023 | 0:47 | 351,170 |
 Avatar Kyoshi's FORBIDDEN Bending Power? | June 15, 2023 | 0:52 | 336,764 |
 When Hard Magic Systems Go WRONG | May 3, 2024 | 0:42 | 218,977 |
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 +556K views this week
Hello Future Me asks how much power an Avatar needs
Tim Hickson's Seven Havens review joins an essay on trade chokepoints in a two-upload week.
On today's chart 144K views since yesterday
Hello Future Me's Seven Havens verdict rests on two sisters
Tim Hickson finds an emotional centre in Pavi and Nisha, but questions whether their finale rupture has enough behind it.
On today's chart 32K views since yesterday
Hello Future Me explains how trade shortcuts leave cities behind
Tim Hickson connects Panama, Skyrim and One Piece in a worldbuilding lesson about who gains power when commerce changes course.
This week on the channel +289K views this week
Count Dooku was right? Tim Hickson's Star Wars book marathon keeps reading on
The two-hour essay on the prequels, built from the expanded books and split into seven parts, has passed 1.7 million views in just over a m…