YouTube channel

Hugh Jeffreys

Technology reviews and gadgets

In short

On YouTube, Hugh Jeffreys has 1,010,000 subscribers and 241,154,939 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 409,897 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "How’s This Legal? Apple’s New Outrageous Forced Obsolescence - Added On iPhone 18 Launch Day", with 188,766 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 2,354 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 69 of 163 in category "Technology reviews and gadgets". On Instagram, @hughjeffreys has 21,731 followers.

YouTube: The numbers today

subscribers

1,010,000

no significant change in the last 7 days
▲ 10,000 in the last 30 days

total views

241,154,939

▲ 409,897 in the last 7 days
▲ 1,886,554 in the last 30 days

views a day (current pace)

33,359

on a typical day: 57,037

Videos on the channel

477

1 uploaded in the last 7 days

Last upload

3 days ago

November 8, 2026

Views per subscriber

238

a new long video usually gets 179,632 views

Next milestone

1,500,000 subscribers

490,000 subscribers to go

Instagram: The numbers today

@hughjeffreys · The account on Instagram

Followers

21,731

▼ 1 a day, on average over the last 2 days

Posts

220

Likes per post

598

usually, by 15 recent posts
2.8% of followers

Place on Instagram

	Among all channels on Trari	In the category Technology reviews and gadgets
By Instagram followers	2,201 of 2,448	66 of 84

Ranked among the channels whose Instagram account is on Trari.

Instagram followers: Technology reviews and gadgets

5,303,484

3,589,217

2,811,362

1,979,468

1,807,653

1,691,641

1,651,401

1,477,810

1,268,609

1,190,806

957,715

875,012

628,837

482,833

21,731

Full Instagram ranking ›

Latest posts

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Post	Type	Posted	Views	Likes	Comments
Sony Trinitron KV-1430AS ~1984	Photo	October 8, 2026	-	190	5
Open the post	Carousel	May 24, 2026	-	1,158	44
I don’t need filters, I’ve got a Blackberry, every photo already looks vintage.	Photo	December 2, 2025	-	604	18
iPhone Air & iPhone 17 Pro Teardown	Photo	September 23, 2025	-	206	4
Revealing the battery capacity of the iPhone Air.	Reel	September 20, 2025	18,678	633	18
I asked what iPhone you wanted to see for a teardown this year. Lots wanted to…	Photo	September 20, 2025	-	454	1
Repointing brickwork 2025 -> 2009	Carousel	March 21, 2025	-	972	15
Where we’re going iBook, we don’t need a charger. 🔋	Photo	March 1, 2025	-	420	15

Of the 15 latest posts: 1 Reel, 4 carousels and 10 photos.

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 +317K views this week

Hugh Jeffreys finds Windows inside a sealed prison tablet

The unusual e-waste teardown has passed 1.5 million views, keeping his repair archive busy without a new upload.

Channel: Hugh Jeffreys · Story of November 3, 2026

This week on the channel +322K views this week

A battery health app for Android, built by Hugh Jeffreys himself

The week's single upload is a piece of software rather than a repair, recorded in a voice many viewers barely recognized.

Channel: Hugh Jeffreys · Story of October 4, 2026

The video drawing the most views now

I Bought A Prized Sony Trinitron for $50 - It Came From A KFC Restaurant. Lets Restore it!

Video published: November 8, 2026
Video views so far: 184,607
Video views, pace per day: 32,201
Views on its first day: 119,821

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YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category

	Among all channels on Trari	In the category Technology reviews and gadgets
By subscribers	2,354 of 5,393	69 of 163
By views gained this week	3,565 of 5,274	110 of 163
By views gained in the last 30 days	3,461 of 5,043	113 of 163

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 Technology reviews and gadgets

25,600,000

23,100,000

21,400,000

16,900,000

13,100,000

12,100,000

10,300,000

7,840,000

7,670,000

7,050,000

6,610,000

6,260,000

5,860,000

4,740,000

1,010,000

Views gained this week in the category Technology reviews and gadgets

228,733,651

42,251,767

34,443,960

31,320,843

29,095,474

28,459,424

28,211,188

25,298,680

24,140,170

23,965,928

15,318,855

11,884,053

11,715,777

11,604,949

409,897

YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days

October 13, 2026: 1,000,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 1,010,000 subscribers

YouTube: Total views, last 30 days

October 13, 2026: 239,432,186 views → November 11, 2026: 241,154,939 views · average: 59,405 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
I Bought A Prized Sony Trinitron for $50 - It Came From A K…	November 8, 2026	18:53	184,607	32,201	119,821	4,835	273
How’s This Legal? Apple’s New Outrageous Forced Obsolescenc…	October 24, 2026	9:41	188,766	457	100,096	7,743	1,586
$7.50 E-Waste iPods - Easy Profit	October 11, 2026	9:49	558,902	3,181	-	6,363	304
How I Brought Battery Health to Android.	October 2, 2026	5:43	113,637	134	-	3,771	594
$10 E-Waste Lenovo With Core i7 + GPU Gets Repaired (Model:…	September 12, 2026	13:09	408,961	287	-	7,170	444
I Bought 4 Untested E-Waste Laptops - How Bad Could They Be?	August 30, 2026	10:36	234,846	207	-	5,471	280
Attempted GoPro Repair Ends In Smoke - Action Cameras Aren'…	August 16, 2026	10:11	50,272	67	-	3,030	98
This 90s Portable TV Is Worth $200 If I Can Fix It	August 3, 2026	12:14	226,390	217	-	8,265	490
Unlocking Never Before Seen iPhone Features - iPadOS Runnin…	July 19, 2026	11:53	228,326	175	-	7,886	478
This Vintage Macintosh is Corroding Inside - I Saved It Jus…	July 5, 2026	20:59	109,819	953	-	6,158	476
This Tablet Came From A Prison - They Tried So Hard To Lock…	June 21, 2026	16:21	1,659,002	17,810	-	27,545	2,329
Restoring a $1 Vintage Apple PowerBook 150 that’s falling a…	June 7, 2026	16:59	170,498	447	-	7,981	321
Samsung Doesn’t Want Me To Own This Phone - Galaxy Note7 - …	May 24, 2026	8:20	156,663	117	-	6,931	619
This Issue Plagues The GoPro Hero 10, But Is it Fixable?	May 10, 2026	14:12	80,889	70	-	4,860	253
My Most Despised Apple Repair - This Is Why iPhone Repair C…	April 26, 2026	10:43	127,662	148	-	5,785	401

Audience engagement

likes per 1,000 views: 25.3 in the category: 23.3
comments per 1,000 views: 2.0 in the category: 1.3
short vs long: 0 short (up to 3 minutes), 15 long
average views per long video: 299,949

YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
iPhone 12 Anti Repair Design - Teardown and Repair Assessme…	October 28, 2020	16:22	11,573,868
Making A Secret iPad Screen - Only Visible To Me - Invisibl…	February 18, 2023	11:01	8,144,038
I Was Given a FREE Broken iMac, Lets fix it!	May 23, 2020	16:32	5,074,063
$30 Destroyed iPhone 6 Restoration - Seller Tried to Scam M…	January 12, 2019	11:33	4,815,999
This Phone Was Designed By The FBI To Catch Criminals - Ano…	May 14, 2022	10:38	4,682,277

YouTube: Most watched Shorts

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
How Small is The iPhone Air's Battery Capacity?	September 23, 2025	0:42	105,520
Australia Just Banned These Samsung Galaxy Phones	November 11, 2025	1:33	100,284
Australia Discontinues Digital TV For Older Televisions - W…	April 7, 2026	0:58	59,077
This Phone Is Lying About Camera Performance By Using Fake …	August 11, 2024	1:00	32,714

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.

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