Joshua Weissman

YouTube: The numbers today

YouTube: What happened lately

November 5, 2026 2.1x the video's usual pace I Tried EVERY Viral Struggle Meal The video ran that day at 34,092 views a day, 2.1 times its usual pace (16,040).

On today's chart 124K views since yesterday

Joshua Weissman tests fried chicken coated in vanilla ice cream

Tim Laielli joins the viral-recipe taste test, where an ordinary potato-and-cheddar omelet makes a stronger case than the stranger shortcut…

Channel: Joshua Weissman · Story of November 1, 2026

This week on the channel +22M views this week

Joshua Weissman gives air-fryer cheesecake a skeptical taste test

Chocolate, yogurt and eggs turn a viral recipe into the channel's only new upload of the week.

Channel: Joshua Weissman · Story of October 26, 2026

A video worth knowing

Joshua Weissman's rare-food favorite is Indonesia's kluwak

Chef Christian joins a tasting that puts black beef soup above caviar and truffles, while viewers question what counts as rare.

Channel: Joshua Weissman · Story of October 24, 2026

The video drawing the most views now

My baby tries exotic fruit

Video published

October 15, 2026

Video views so far

21,871,216

Video views, pace per day

463,647

YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category

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

The channel's share of the category

0.9% of all views the category's channels gained this week

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 Tested Viral Clickbait Recipes	November 1, 2026	29:28	4,219,516	67,817	1,325,472	40,626	1,676
3 levels of chicken	October 27, 2026	0:31 short	598,770	1,591	327,062	14,273	203
Testing Air Fryer Cheesecake	October 20, 2026	0:25 short	3,122,384	24,997	848,157	59,415	275
I Tried Every Country’s Rarest Food	October 18, 2026	43:09	3,023,517	16,358	1,059,810	39,969	2,542
My baby tries exotic fruit	October 15, 2026	0:37 short	21,871,216	463,647	-	374,869	1,147
I Asked Famous Youtubers To Cook in Their Homes	October 4, 2026	24:52	5,285,513	19,520	-	69,233	2,277
I Tried Fast Food That No Longer Exists	September 20, 2026	32:52	8,552,855	28,993	-	71,968	4,107
I Tried EVERY Viral Struggle Meal	September 6, 2026	25:11	4,377,071	8,374	-	50,196	4,480
Steak Challenge @itsQCP @CookinWithVolk	September 1, 2026	0:49 short	5,264,360	52,180	-	160,009	313
Worlds First Banana	August 25, 2026	0:30 short	738,587	1,742	-	17,193	258
I Tested The Cheapest VS Most Expensive Kitchen Gadgets	August 23, 2026	41:57	4,076,251	13,120	-	59,383	3,179
Fools Gold Sandwich	August 18, 2026	0:18 short	6,517,141	2,292	-	126,434	2,343
Top 3 Brownie Hacks	August 11, 2026	0:39 short	1,505,145	913	-	36,578	167
I Investigated The “Illegal” Food of Facebook Marketplace	August 9, 2026	22:49	4,130,209	7,449	-	86,275	4,148
Testing Rice Cooker Hacks	August 5, 2026	0:50 short	1,749,022	2,823	-	57,568	160

Audience engagement

likes per 1,000 views

16.8 in the category: 23.8

comments per 1,000 views

0.4 in the category: 0.5

a video's usual first day on this channel

908,796 views

short vs long

8 short (up to 3 minutes), 7 long
average views per short video: 5,170,828
average views per long video: 4,809,276

YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
100 Food Hacks I Learned In Restaurants	October 1, 2023	36:50	16,666,470
Making The Popeyes Chicken Sandwich At Home, But Better	November 7, 2019	8:07	14,130,559
I Tried Food From Every State In America	October 17, 2023	33:53	13,155,689
How to Make The Best Hot Chocolate Of All Time (4 ways)	October 28, 2019	6:14	12,218,196
How To Make Proper Croissants Completely By Hand	November 5, 2018	15:31	11,780,753

YouTube: Most watched Shorts

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
Testing Food Hacks	July 8, 2026	0:44	32,041,824
PERFECT Waffle Fries At Home	December 15, 2022	0:20	20,477,203
5 Ways To Use Butter	May 18, 2024	0:56	17,087,226
The HARDEST Knife Trick, Made Easy	May 2, 2023	0:19	16,211,723
Food HACKS I Learned In Restaurants	March 21, 2024	0:58	14,359,820

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

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

1. November 5, 2026Video surgingI Tried EVERY Viral Struggle Meal The video ran that day at 34,092 views a day, 2.1 times its usual pace (16,040).
2. November 3, 2026MilestoneI Tested Viral Clickbait Recipes The video passed 1,000,000 views.
3. October 22, 2026MilestoneTesting Air Fryer Cheesecake The video passed 1,000,000 views.
4. October 22, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 6,891,186 views a day, 3.3 times a normal day (2,116,448).
5. October 21, 2026MilestoneMy baby tries exotic fruit The video passed 10,000,000 views.
6. October 21, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 6,670,484 views a day, 4.1 times a normal day (1,610,444).
7. October 20, 2026MilestoneI Tried Every Country’s Rarest Food The video passed 1,000,000 views.
8. October 20, 2026Video surgingMy baby tries exotic fruit The video ran that day at 4,029,240 views a day, 2.5 times its usual pace (1,594,609).
9. October 20, 2026Video surgingTesting Rice Cooker Hacks The video ran that day at 28,886 views a day, 2.8 times its usual pace (10,237).
10. October 20, 2026Video surgingI Investigated The “Illegal” Food of Facebook Mar… The video ran that day at 37,219 views a day, 2.5 times its usual pace (15,107).
11. October 20, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 3,316,762 views a day, 2.3 times a normal day (1,420,853).
12. October 20, 2026Subscriber surgeAn unusual change in the channel's numbers.