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Panel gaps and pilot bonds: IWM's Blackbird week
Curator Emily Charles explains why the SR-71's panels leave room for the heat of flight at IWM Duxford.
In short
On YouTube, Imperial War Museums has 884,000 subscribers and 426,607,563 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 861,038 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "Was Suez Doomed To Fail?", with 247,379 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 2,536 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 30 of 63 in category "Military, weapons and geopolitics". On Instagram, @imperialwarmuseums has 170,777 followers. The account gained 730 followers in the last 7 days.
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
884,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
▲ 3,000 in the last 30 days
▲ 3,000 in the last 30 days
total views
426,607,563
▲ 861,038 in the last 7 days
▲ 6,520,202 in the last 30 days
▲ 6,520,202 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
115,402
on a typical day: 160,247
Videos on the channel
999
3 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
2 days ago
November 9, 2026
Views per subscriber
482
a new short video usually gets 42,738 views
Next milestone
1,000,000 subscribers
116,000 subscribers to go
Instagram: The numbers today
@imperialwarmuseums · The account on Instagram
Followers
170,777
▲ 69 a day, on average over the last 2 days
▲ 730 in the last 7 days
▲ 730 in the last 7 days
Posts
3,346
2 new posts in the last 7 days
Views per Reel
32,478
usually, by 11 recent Reels
Likes per post
1,065
usually, by 14 recent posts
0.62% of followers
0.62% of followers
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Military, weapons and geopolitics | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 1,581 of 2,448 | 11 of 23 |
Ranked among the channels whose Instagram account is on Trari.
Instagram followers: Military, weapons and geopolitics
Latest posts
Tap a post to see it here
| Post | Type | Posted | Views | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On Remembrance Sunday, we remember all those who have lost their lives in war… | Carousel | November 8, 2026 | - | 2,250 | 11 |
| Father Stephen Sharkey's military service has taken him across the world,… | Reel | November 6, 2026 | 21,418 | 939 | 6 |
| How do you feed a crew of nearly 1,000 sailors? | Reel | November 1, 2026 | 32,478 | 1,191 | 18 |
| This British film from the Second World War follows George the Ghost. Keen to… | Reel | October 31, 2026 | 186,118 | 11,035 | 117 |
| Did angels really intervene at the Battle of Mons? | Reel | October 30, 2026 | 28,250 | 1,572 | 18 |
| Seventy years ago today, on 29 October 1956, Israel launched a surprise ground… | Reel | October 29, 2026 | 9,828 | 391 | 10 |
| A window onto the world, from the skies above. We’re celebrating UNESCO World… | Reel | October 27, 2026 | 83,170 | 4,527 | 44 |
| We’ve had a fantastic start to the Big Story Festival today at IWM London as we… | Carousel | October 25, 2026 | - | 249 | 3 |
Of the 15 latest posts: 11 Reels, 3 carousels and 1 photo.
As of November 11, 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
October 15, 2026 3.3x its usual first day Up Close With The Armament Of The BF-109 The video opened at a pace of 80,589 views a day, 3.3 times a normal first day on this channel (24,488).
This week on the channel +2.5M views this week
Kursk, Barbarossa or the day Hitler declared war on America? IWM's turning-point question passes two million
The twelve-day-old film works backward through the war in search of the moment Germany lost, while a navigator's memories of the Mosquito a…
The video drawing the most views now
Why Was The SR-71 Blackbird Programme Cancelled?
- Video published
- November 7, 2026
- Video views so far
- 29,915
- Video views, pace per day
- 8,252
- Views on its first day
- 11,335
Similar channels
YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Military, weapons and geopolitics | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 2,536 of 5,393 | 30 of 63 |
| By views gained this week | 2,832 of 5,274 | 30 of 63 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 2,210 of 5,043 | 21 of 63 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 0.7% 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 and Instagram: Subscribers and followers, last 30 days
Growth in percent since November 5, 2026, so both lines start from the same point
- YouTube · 884,000 subscribers 0% (0)
- Instagram · 170,777 followers +0.34% (+582)
From November 5, 2026 to November 11, 2026: on YouTube from 884,000 to 884,000 subscribers (0%), on Instagram from 170,195 to 170,777 followers (+0.34%).
YouTube rounds a large channel's subscriber count, so its line moves in steps.
The numbers by day
| Day | Subscribers (YouTube) | Followers (Instagram) |
|---|---|---|
| November 11, 2026 | 884,000 | 170,777 |
| November 10, 2026 | 884,000 | - |
| November 9, 2026 | 884,000 | 170,682 |
| November 8, 2026 | 884,000 | 170,572 |
| November 7, 2026 | 884,000 | 170,467 |
| November 6, 2026 | 884,000 | 170,327 |
| November 5, 2026 | 884,000 | 170,195 |
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 420,355,535 views → November 11, 2026: 426,607,563 views · average: 215,587 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Who Was Gamal Abdel Nasser? | November 9, 2026 | 0:42 short | 4,752 | 1,654 | 3,739 | 279 | 1 |
 Why Was The SR-71 Blackbird Programme Cancelled? | November 7, 2026 | 0:40 short | 29,915 | 8,252 | 11,335 | 976 | 20 |
 How The SR-71 Blackbird Got Its Nickname | November 5, 2026 | 0:45 short | 29,587 | 258 | 14,100 | 1,284 | 16 |
 The MOST Amazing Thing About The SR-71 Blackbird | November 3, 2026 | 0:36 short | 40,426 | 679 | 25,796 | 1,217 | 18 |
 Why Were Blackbird Pilots So Tight-knit? | November 1, 2026 | 0:34 short | 33,896 | 69 | 16,683 | 1,218 | 36 |
 Why the Blackbird NEVER Flew Over The Soviet Union | October 30, 2026 | 0:42 short | 38,543 | 38 | 21,922 | 1,224 | 67 |
 Why Are There Gaps In This SR-71 Blackbird? | October 28, 2026 | 0:37 short | 42,738 | 47 | 20,972 | 1,104 | 36 |
 How The SR-71 Blackbird Was Born | October 26, 2026 | 0:42 short | 41,848 | 19 | 29,007 | 1,291 | 31 |
 The Highest Flying SR-71 Blackbird EVER | October 24, 2026 | 0:32 short | 213,218 | 1,053 | 84,267 | 2,857 | 92 |
 This Kamikaze Plane Was Found 50 years Later! | October 22, 2026 | 0:40 short | 134,852 | 70 | 56,181 | 2,405 | 38 |
 Was Suez Doomed To Fail? | October 21, 2026 | 18:46 | 247,379 | 976 | 66,852 | 3,058 | 375 |
 Tornado Navigation Was Originally Done on a Cassette! | October 20, 2026 | 0:35 short | 166,236 | 58 | 74,079 | 2,052 | 48 |
 Is the Tornado BETTER than the F-14 Tomcat? | October 18, 2026 | 0:39 short | 177,690 | 144 | 49,810 | 2,754 | 122 |
 How the Tornado GR4 Became the RAF's Go-To Jet | October 16, 2026 | 0:42 short | 8,700 | 6 | 4,549 | 434 | 8 |
 Up Close With The Armament Of The BF-109 | October 14, 2026 | 0:42 short | 162,284 | 247 | 85,241 | 2,462 | 56 |
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 17.9 in the category: 21.5
- comments per 1,000 views
- 0.7 in the category: 1.4
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 25,010 views
- short vs long
- 14 short (up to 3 minutes), 1 long
average views per short video: 80,334
average views per long video: 247,379
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 The reason Japan attacked Pearl Harbor | November 10, 2021 | 13:52 | 10,546,320 |
 Falklands Conflict in the Air | How British Harriers beat t… | April 20, 2022 | 18:28 | 5,407,111 |
 Spitfire Mk1 to Mk24 | How Spitfires kept getting better | December 1, 2021 | 14:51 | 5,050,711 |
 The reason Germany failed on D-Day (Ft. Jonathan Ferguson) | June 5, 2024 | 23:26 | 4,831,010 |
 Messerschmitt Bf 109 | Better than the Spitfire? | June 16, 2021 | 13:27 | 4,725,292 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 The LONGEST tank-to-tank kill in military history | March 21, 2025 | 0:40 | 10,026,864 |
 British Troops on LSD | November 22, 2025 | 0:49 | 7,285,921 |
 What made the Spitfire so special? | July 12, 2024 | 0:51 | 5,687,732 |
 CRAZY Australian rifle mod from Vietnam | July 22, 2025 | 0:35 | 5,525,882 |
 Who had the best armament during the battle of Britain? | June 17, 2024 | 0:46 | 5,244,432 |
YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- Video taking offUp Close With The Armament Of The BF-109 The video opened at a pace of 80,589 views a day, 3.3 times a normal first day on this channel (24,488).
- Video surgingBlackbird Pilots Answer Spy Plane Questions The video ran that day at 30,512 views a day, 3.5 times its usual pace (8,603).
- Video surgingBlackbird Pilots Answer Spy Plane Questions The video ran that day at 25,370 views a day, 3.8 times its usual pace (6,740).
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 +934K views this week
Panel gaps and pilot bonds: IWM's Blackbird week
Curator Emily Charles explains why the SR-71's panels leave room for the heat of flight at IWM Duxford.
This week on the channel +2.5M views this week
Kursk, Barbarossa or the day Hitler declared war on America? IWM's turning-point question passes two million
The twelve-day-old film works backward through the war in search of the moment Germany lost, while a navigator's memories of the Mosquito a…