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A video worth knowing
History Matters examines Napoleon's chance to keep his crown
The animated documentary answers why he kept fighting with a mixture of ambition, failed economic pressure and distrust of peace offers.
In short
On YouTube, History Matters has 1,920,000 subscribers and 812,779,729 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 2,583,446 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "Why didn't Napoleon just stop? (Short Animated Documentary)", with 1,235,645 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 1,480 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 30 of 96 in category "Explainers, history and education".
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
1,920,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
no significant change in the last month
no significant change in the last month
total views
812,779,729
▲ 2,583,446 in the last 7 days
▲ 7,515,939 in the last 30 days
▲ 7,515,939 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
384,607
on a typical day: 293,913
Videos on the channel
398
1 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
5 days ago
November 6, 2026
Views per subscriber
423
a new long video usually gets 687,359 views
Next milestone
2,000,000 subscribers
80,000 subscribers to go
YouTube: What happened lately
November 10, 2026 passed 1M views Why didn't Napoleon just stop? (Short Animated Do… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
This week on the channel +1.8M views this week
History Matters unpacks the unlikely diplomacy behind the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
The channel's only new upload examines how ideological enemies agreed to non-aggression and secretly divided territory in Eastern Europe.
This week on the channel one video this week
Why did Charles V split his empire? History Matters answers
The week's only upload, an animated short on the Habsburg emperor, has passed 900,000 views in five days.
The video drawing the most views now
Why didn't Napoleon just stop? (Short Animated Documentary)
- Video published
- November 6, 2026
- Video views so far
- 1,235,645
- Video views, pace per day
- 136,267
- Views on its first day
- 552,615
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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 | 1,480 of 5,393 | 30 of 96 |
| By views gained this week | 1,700 of 5,274 | 17 of 96 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 2,048 of 5,043 | 24 of 91 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 1.4% 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: 1,920,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 1,920,000 subscribers (no significant change in the last month)
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 805,403,637 views → November 11, 2026: 812,779,729 views · average: 254,348 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
- 33.1 in the category: 19.4
- comments per 1,000 views
- 2.1 in the category: 1.2
- short vs long
- 0 short (up to 3 minutes), 15 long
average views per long video: 843,514
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 What Happened When Kamikaze Pilots Failed or Wimped Out? (S… | January 21, 2020 | 3:24 | 10,350,560 |
 Why does Russia Own Kaliningrad/ Königsberg? (Short Animate… | September 12, 2019 | 4:00 | 6,907,232 |
 Why didn't Mao Conquer Taiwan? (Short Animated Documentary) | January 24, 2020 | 3:31 | 6,764,135 |
 Why did France Leave NATO? (Short Animated Documentary) | May 6, 2021 | 3:04 | 6,644,152 |
 Why don't Countries Formally Declare War Anymore? (Short An… | May 8, 2020 | 3:55 | 6,546,750 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Why was Napoleon exiled to Elba? | July 4, 2023 | 0:43 | 2,362,127 |
YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- MilestoneWhy didn't Napoleon just stop? (Short Animated Do… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 824,561 views a day, 4.4 times a normal day (185,684).
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
A video worth knowing
History Matters examines Napoleon's chance to keep his crown
The animated documentary answers why he kept fighting with a mixture of ambition, failed economic pressure and distrust of peace offers.
This week on the channel +1.8M views this week
History Matters unpacks the unlikely diplomacy behind the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
The channel's only new upload examines how ideological enemies agreed to non-aggression and secretly divided territory in Eastern Europe.
This week on the channel one video this week
Why did Charles V split his empire? History Matters answers
The week's only upload, an animated short on the Habsburg emperor, has passed 900,000 views in five days.