YouTube channel

John Hicks

Motorbikes, off-road and motorsport

In short

On YouTube, John Hicks has 1,970,000 subscribers and 1,123,707,760 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 1,603,140 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "RIDING DEEP IN LA AT 1AM AND I'LL NEVER GO BACK AFTER THIS..", with 1,081,996 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 1,445 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 24 of 73 in category "Motorbikes, off-road and motorsport".

YouTube: The numbers today

subscribers

1,970,000

no significant change in the last 7 days
no significant change in the last month

total views

1,123,707,760

▲ 1,603,140 in the last 7 days
▲ 11,090,250 in the last 30 days

views a day (current pace)

304,151

on a typical day: 347,429

Videos on the channel

1,841

9 uploaded in the last 30 days

Last upload

15 days ago

October 27, 2026

Views per subscriber

570

a new long video usually gets 436,797 views
a new short video usually gets 65,746 views

Next milestone

2,000,000 subscribers

30,000 subscribers to go

YouTube: What happened lately

November 7, 2026 passed 1M views RIDING DEEP IN LA AT 1AM AND I'LL NEVER GO BACK A… The video passed 1,000,000 views.

This week on the channel +4.1M views this week

John Hicks revisits his old BMX commute after midnight

A turn onto San Pedro Street brings back memories of riding through Skid Row on the way to work.

Channel: John Hicks · Story of November 1, 2026

This week on the channel +2.2M views this week

John Hicks borrows gaming language for LA after dark

Five new uploads center on Los Angeles rides, with "This is LA's PVP zone.." passing 200,000 views.

Channel: John Hicks · Story of October 18, 2026

Video surging 8x the video's usual pace

A stranger in an empty LA park, and John Hicks's 'this was almost the end for me..'

The Sur-Ron rider's three-day-old video has a comment section replaying one daylight encounter, frame by frame.

Channel: John Hicks · Story of October 9, 2026

The video drawing the most views now

RIDING DEEP IN LA AT 1AM AND I'LL NEVER GO BACK AFTER THIS..

Video published: October 19, 2026
Video views so far: 1,081,996
Video views, pace per day: 15,136
Views on its first day: 186,847

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YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category

	Among all channels on Trari	In the category Motorbikes, off-road and motorsport
By subscribers	1,445 of 5,393	24 of 73
By views gained this week	2,164 of 5,274	33 of 71
By views gained in the last 30 days	1,669 of 5,043	21 of 65

The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.

The channel's share of the category: 0.5% of all views the category's channels gained this week

Subscribers in the category Motorbikes, off-road and motorsport

15,400,000

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5,650,000

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3,200,000

3,170,000

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3,070,000

14Bikes and Beards

2,840,000

24John Hicks

1,970,000

Views gained this week in the category Motorbikes, off-road and motorsport

75,825,095

41,379,832

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24,548,531

20,980,650

13,340,106

9,727,966

8,984,225

7,750,073

10Oracle Red Bull Racing

7,456,976

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33John Hicks

1,603,140

YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days

October 13, 2026: 1,970,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 1,970,000 subscribers (no significant change in the last month)

YouTube: Total views, last 30 days

October 13, 2026: 1,112,735,747 views → November 11, 2026: 1,123,707,760 views · average: 378,345 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
Riding LA at 1AM was a bad idea.. 😳	October 27, 2026	1:04 short	43,300	156	12,401	1,043	80
LA after midnight is a scary place.. 😳	October 26, 2026	1:03 short	21,866	230	10,340	585	14
LA at 1AM is Wild.. 😳	October 26, 2026	1:07 short	67,436	141	36,474	1,470	149
RIDING DEEP IN LA AT 1AM AND I'LL NEVER GO BACK AFTER THIS..	October 19, 2026	24:39	1,081,996	15,136	186,847	9,947	1,029
LA is a nightmare at 1am..	October 16, 2026	1:02 short	357,674	1,768	9,209	4,829	495
stay away from this part of LA at night..	October 13, 2026	1:10 short	76,162	465	26,999	1,289	57
this is why I NEVER slow down in LA..	October 13, 2026	1:05 short	162,104	503	37,485	1,832	165
This is LA's PVP zone..	October 13, 2026	1:02 short	512,481	2,101	56,189	4,965	324
don't come here at night in LA..	October 13, 2026	1:04 short	31,015	72	18,663	658	18
this was almost the end for me..	October 6, 2026	1:05 short	760,623	6,629	-	20,641	2,415
This Is Kind Of Evil	October 1, 2026	1:02 short	40,643	68	-	1,003	172
This Is Why I Avoid LA at Night..	September 30, 2026	1:02 short	64,057	58	-	1,321	77
RIDING DEEP IN LA AFTER DARK WAS A TOTAL NIGHTMARE..	September 30, 2026	34:33	436,797	796	-	3,728	356
This E-Bike Is Too Fast	September 26, 2026	1:41 short	48,681	48	-	1,346	96
I Bought The New Surron Light Bee 2 - Unbox & First Ride	September 17, 2026	43:19	236,354	643	-	3,316	340

Audience engagement

likes per 1,000 views: 14.7 in the category: 17.2
comments per 1,000 views: 1.5 in the category: 0.8
a video's usual first day on this channel: 13,429 views
short vs long: 12 short (up to 3 minutes), 3 long
average views per short video: 182,170
average views per long video: 585,049

YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
Intense BMX Hill Bomb - Top Speed No Brakes	December 21, 2016	12:25	16,865,063
Riding BMX In LB Compton Gang Zones 2 - BMX In The Hood	October 9, 2017	20:56	13,165,401
Dude Tries To Take My Bike From Me In Compton..	November 25, 2017	21:10	10,574,153
RIDING IN THE DISASTER ZONES FROM LA WILDFIRES.. FOOTAGE	January 9, 2025	38:02	9,305,217
Intense BMX vs GTR Hill Bomb - Full Speed NO BRAKES	May 30, 2017	10:00	6,948,388

YouTube: Most watched Shorts

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
This is Why I NEVER Stop For Strangers After Dark in LA.. 😳	December 29, 2024	0:18	63,557,756
How To Take The Stairs When You're On A Surron 😳	September 6, 2023	0:30	58,590,042
This Is Why You NEVER Stop Moving in LA After Dark.. 😳	November 22, 2024	0:18	57,208,222
WTF Did I Just See In This INSANE LA Alley..? 😳	November 23, 2024	0:30	54,429,192
I did my best 🫡	May 15, 2026	1:06	48,156,200

YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days

The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.

November 7, 2026MilestoneRIDING DEEP IN LA AT 1AM AND I'LL NEVER GO BACK A… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
October 27, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 1,528,242 views a day, 4.8 times a normal day (318,538).
October 22, 2026Video surgingLA is a nightmare at 1am.. The video ran that day at 59,434 views a day, 4.4 times its usual pace (13,379).
October 22, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 940,872 views a day, 3.6 times a normal day (258,299).
October 21, 2026Video surgingLA is a nightmare at 1am.. The video ran that day at 34,245 views a day, 3.1 times its usual pace (11,061).
October 20, 2026Video surgingLA is a nightmare at 1am.. The video ran that day at 29,922 views a day, 3.3 times its usual pace (8,965).
October 19, 2026Video surgingLA is a nightmare at 1am.. The video ran that day at 21,316 views a day, 2.8 times its usual pace (7,593).
October 15, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 649,889 views a day, 2.5 times a normal day (263,906).
October 13, 2026Video surgingthis was almost the end for me.. The video ran that day at 77,452 views a day, 3.8 times its usual pace (20,636).

Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

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