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hickok45 answers the birthday joke behind an oversized target
"Am I Too Old to Shoot a Gun?" turns a question about aging into a conversation about a lifelong hobby.
In short
On YouTube, hickok45 has 8,150,000 subscribers and 2,474,985,672 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 2,111,166 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "Why Did They Quit Making These?", with 282,611 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 334 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 1 of 63 in category "Military, weapons and geopolitics".
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
8,150,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
▲ 10,000 in the last 30 days
▲ 10,000 in the last 30 days
total views
2,474,985,672
▲ 2,111,166 in the last 7 days
▲ 8,946,816 in the last 30 days
▲ 8,946,816 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
328,287
on a typical day: 296,674
Videos on the channel
3,291
3 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
2 days ago
November 9, 2026
Views per subscriber
303
a new long video usually gets 105,284 views
Next milestone
10,000,000 subscribers
1,850,000 subscribers to go
YouTube: What happened lately
October 23, 2026 2.2x the channel's usual pace The whole channel ran that day at 647,968 views a day, 2.2 times a normal day (291,663).
This week on the channel +2.4M views this week
Browning's youthful ingenuity gets a range day with hickok45
An 1885 Winchester High-Wall supplies the history lesson in the channel's most-watched new upload.
This week on the channel +2.1M views this week
Hollywood's revolver habits give hickok45 a Western talking point
Four new uploads also include a straight-pull Hammerli rifle, pumpkin carving and the regular Sunday Shoot-a-Round.
The video drawing the most views now
Diamondback SDR-A vs Kimber K6xs
- Video published
- November 9, 2026
- Video views so far
- 73,513
- Video views, pace per day
- 34,804
- Views on its first day
- 61,166
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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 | 334 of 5,393 | 1 of 63 |
| By views gained this week | 1,864 of 5,274 | 15 of 63 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 1,875 of 5,043 | 18 of 63 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 1.7% of all views the category's channels gained this week
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: 8,140,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 8,150,000 subscribers
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 2,466,233,732 views → November 11, 2026: 2,474,985,672 views · average: 301,791 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Diamondback SDR-A vs Kimber K6xs | November 9, 2026 | 20:19 | 73,513 | 34,804 | 61,166 | 1,945 | 118 |
 Sunday Shoot-a-Round # 358 | November 8, 2026 | 45:53 | 57,227 | 3,112 | 46,967 | 2,334 | 248 |
 Why Would You Want a Shiny Gun? | November 6, 2026 | 14:18 | 84,646 | 3,572 | 56,729 | 2,348 | 285 |
 Chapuis Armes Double Rifle 375 H&H Woods Walk | November 4, 2026 | 7:56 | 87,839 | 1,294 | 59,040 | 2,008 | 109 |
 Mossberg 590A1 Mariner Big Game Hunt | November 2, 2026 | 10:04 | 100,069 | 1,457 | 61,527 | 2,376 | 95 |
 Sunday Shoot-a-Round # 357 | November 1, 2026 | 50:50 | 81,723 | 555 | 58,932 | 2,732 | 309 |
 Why Did They Quit Making These? | October 30, 2026 | 17:36 | 282,611 | 1,223 | 155,949 | 6,047 | 898 |
 GForce RPX9 Exodus 9mm | October 26, 2026 | 16:24 | 88,372 | 400 | 50,871 | 1,856 | 149 |
 Sunday Shoot-a-Round # 356 | October 25, 2026 | 53:25 | 79,400 | 98 | 56,336 | 2,599 | 301 |
 Am I Too Old to Shoot a Gun? | October 23, 2026 | 15:38 | 112,179 | 237 | 78,727 | 3,393 | 419 |
 M&P9 2. 0 Metal Compact | October 19, 2026 | 14:55 | 124,237 | 427 | 62,430 | 2,531 | 167 |
 Sunday Shoot-a-Round # 355 | October 18, 2026 | 44:43 | 110,500 | 131 | 72,214 | 2,944 | 324 |
 How Did a 23-Year-Old Accomplish This? | October 16, 2026 | 13:04 | 164,941 | 226 | 75,442 | 3,178 | 178 |
 Hammerli Force B1 22 Magnum | October 12, 2026 | 13:58 | 142,557 | 402 | - | 2,507 | 141 |
 Sunday Shoot-a-Round # 354 | October 11, 2026 | 1:00:01 | 95,773 | 142 | - | 2,451 | 238 |
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 24.5 in the category: 21.5
- comments per 1,000 views
- 2.4 in the category: 1.4
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 72,567 views
- short vs long
- 0 short (up to 3 minutes), 15 long
average views per long video: 112,372
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 460 Magnum vs Watermelons | November 23, 2017 | 0:45 | 45,696,422 |
 1860 Henry Rifle | January 7, 2014 | 23:07 | 27,078,794 |
 500 S&W Magnum | June 6, 2011 | 22:40 | 20,774,625 |
 Mauser Kar 98K BYF 43 Chapter 2 | July 15, 2018 | 17:44 | 18,790,793 |
 How NOT to Load an M1 Garand! | December 24, 2017 | 2:56 | 18,505,648 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Civil War Minie Ball says Hello to the Gong! #shorts | November 30, 2021 | 0:57 | 38,330,723 |
 "Buy a Shotgun!" #shorts | February 17, 2022 | 0:41 | 15,786,843 |
 YOUR Choice, AK or M16! | August 30, 2023 | 0:42 | 11,801,880 |
 M16 Carbine vs Metal Barrel #shorts | March 23, 2022 | 0:47 | 10,732,062 |
 Colt SAA Vintage 1874 #shorts | October 31, 2021 | 0:26 | 10,499,624 |
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 647,968 views a day, 2.2 times a normal day (291,663).
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 +1.8M views this week
hickok45 answers the birthday joke behind an oversized target
"Am I Too Old to Shoot a Gun?" turns a question about aging into a conversation about a lifelong hobby.
This week on the channel +2.4M views this week
Browning's youthful ingenuity gets a range day with hickok45
An 1885 Winchester High-Wall supplies the history lesson in the channel's most-watched new upload.
This week on the channel +2.1M views this week
Hollywood's revolver habits give hickok45 a Western talking point
Four new uploads also include a straight-pull Hammerli rifle, pumpkin carving and the regular Sunday Shoot-a-Round.
This week on the channel 3 videos this week
hickok45's 'Is 5.56 Only for War?' outpaces a $100,000 rifle
Two days old, the cartridge question is moving several times faster than the price-gap comparison that still holds the week's biggest total.