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Kentucky Ballistics puts a rifle cartridge in a giant revolver
A September demonstration is drawing fresh attention, with viewers discussing the familiar .30-30 cartridge in an unfamiliar package.
In short
On YouTube, Kentucky Ballistics has 6,020,000 subscribers and 1,294,997,546 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 10,000 subscribers and 6,019,584 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "The Shortest Shotgun To EVER Shotgun (How Short Is Too Short ???)", with 4,508,237 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 485 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 2 of 63 in category "Military, weapons and geopolitics". On Instagram, @kentuckyballistics has 580,973 followers. The account gained 2,760 followers in the last 7 days.
YouTube: On the charts now
Can A EF5 Tornado Shelter Stop A 20mm Solothurn Anti-Tank Rifle ???
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
6,020,000
▲ 10,000 in the last 7 days
▲ 40,000 in the last 30 days
▲ 40,000 in the last 30 days
total views
1,294,997,546
▲ 6,019,584 in the last 7 days
▲ 25,771,722 in the last 30 days
▲ 25,771,722 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
678,693
on a typical day: 810,097
Videos on the channel
885
1 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
yesterday
November 10, 2026
Views per subscriber
215
a new long video usually gets 1,985,968 views
a new short video usually gets 295,667 views
a new short video usually gets 295,667 views
Next milestone
10,000,000 subscribers
3,980,000 subscribers to go
Instagram: The numbers today
@kentuckyballistics · The account on Instagram
Followers
580,973
▲ 363 since yesterday
▲ 2,760 in the last 7 days
▲ 2,760 in the last 7 days
Posts
1,140
Views per Reel
225,730
usually, by 7 recent Reels
Likes per post
11,161
usually, by 15 recent posts
1.9% of followers
1.9% of followers
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Military, weapons and geopolitics | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 1,037 of 2,442 | 4 of 23 |
Ranked among the channels whose Instagram account is on Trari.
Instagram followers: Military, weapons and geopolitics
Latest posts
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| Post | Type | Posted | Views | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tractor maxxing | Carousel | October 29, 2026 | - | 3,079 | 31 |
| It’s that time of the year again 👻 ballisticdummylab | Carousel | October 27, 2026 | - | 5,952 | 54 |
| If I was a siege engine operator, the Roman Empire would not have fallen. | Carousel | October 20, 2026 | - | 6,910 | 53 |
| 45-70 Snub Nose | Reel | October 16, 2026 | 176,638 | 18,571 | 221 |
| Ever wonder if 400 lbs of marshmallows can stop a bullet? Yeah me neither 😅 | Photo | October 6, 2026 | - | 7,284 | 69 |
| If your snub doesn’t require a welding helmet then you are doing it wrong. | Photo | September 28, 2026 | - | 8,929 | 68 |
| The craziest less lethal you will ever see! | Reel | September 25, 2026 | 283,447 | 10,176 | 326 |
| Grand Pappy would be proud 👴🏻 | Reel | September 22, 2026 | 122,575 | 12,122 | 130 |
Of the 15 latest posts: 7 Reels, 3 carousels and 5 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
November 11, 2026 19x the video's usual pace The 30-30 Revolver !!! The video ran that day at 21,174 views a day, 19 times its usual pace (1,134). Read the story
A video worth knowing
Kentucky Ballistics' folding-shotgun test keeps getting jammed
Scott puts the Pak-Out through increasingly absurd scenarios, but repeated malfunctions become the review's central finding.
This week on the channel +5M views this week
Eggo waffles meet Kentucky Ballistics' Demogorgon
Donut's Nolan joins Scott for a monster-dummy test, the channel's only new upload in a week that brought it to six million subscribers.
The video drawing the most views now
Is This A Shotgun or Origami ??? (The Folding 12 Gauge Shotgun)
- Video published
- November 3, 2026
- Video views so far
- 1,040,476
- Video views, pace per day
- 25,903
- Views on its first day
- 572,343
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YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Military, weapons and geopolitics | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 485 of 5,393 | 2 of 63 |
| By views gained this week | 992 of 5,274 | 7 of 63 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 963 of 5,043 | 8 of 63 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 4.8% of all views the category's channels gained this week
- Subscriber growth this week
- 0.2% on this channel, 0.0% on the category's middle channel
Subscribers in the category Military, weapons and geopolitics
Views gained this week in the category Military, weapons and geopolitics
YouTube: Trophy cabinet
Trophies on the overall chart
The overall chart ranks the most watched videos of all categories together: every day, every week and every month. A trophy goes to a video that reached No. 1, 2 or 3. To the chart ›
No trophy yet (one of the top three places)
Medals on the category charts
1
Each category, such as music, entertainment or sports, has its own chart. A medal goes to a video that reached No. 1, 2 or 3 on it.
- No. 2 · The News & politics weekly chart · October 11 to 17, 2026The Shortest Shotgun To EVER Shotgun (How Short Is Too Short ???)The second most watched video in News & politics that week.
The daily charts are counted since October 16, 2026.
YouTube and Instagram: Subscribers and followers, last 30 days
Growth in percent since November 3, 2026, so both lines start from the same point
- YouTube · 6,020,000 subscribers +0.33% (+20,000)
- Instagram · 580,973 followers +0.48% (+2,760)
From November 3, 2026 to November 11, 2026: on YouTube from 6,000,000 to 6,020,000 subscribers (+0.33%), on Instagram from 578,213 to 580,973 followers (+0.48%).
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 | 6,020,000 | - |
| November 10, 2026 | 6,010,000 | 580,973 |
| November 9, 2026 | 6,010,000 | 580,610 |
| November 8, 2026 | 6,010,000 | 580,233 |
| November 7, 2026 | 6,010,000 | 579,875 |
| November 6, 2026 | 6,010,000 | 579,452 |
| November 5, 2026 | 6,010,000 | 578,938 |
| November 4, 2026 | 6,010,000 | 578,476 |
| November 3, 2026 | 6,000,000 | 578,213 |
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 1,269,514,134 views → November 11, 2026: 1,294,997,546 views · average: 878,738 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Can A EF5 Tornado Shelter Stop A 20mm Solothurn Anti-Tank R… | November 10, 2026 | 36:00 | 335,339 | - | 335,339 (5 hours) | 30,650 | 2,696 |
 Is This A Shotgun or Origami ??? (The Folding 12 Gauge Shot… | November 3, 2026 | 12:34 | 1,040,476 | 25,903 | 572,343 | 35,960 | 3,113 |
 Could You Defeat A DEMOGORGON ? | October 27, 2026 | 26:25 | 1,240,388 | 11,787 | 667,675 | 44,921 | 2,380 |
 The Dragon Slayer Ballista (The World’s Biggest Crossbow !!… | October 20, 2026 | 17:01 | 1,565,736 | 6,090 | 781,020 | 55,840 | 3,512 |
 338 Lapua Magnum Sniper | October 16, 2026 | 2:20 short | 431,138 | 3,660 | 138,457 | 26,958 | 636 |
 The Shortest Shotgun To EVER Shotgun (How Short Is Too Shor… | October 13, 2026 | 17:10 | 4,508,237 | 18,190 | 1,691,689 | 83,206 | 6,282 |
 45-70 Snub Nose Revolver | October 9, 2026 | 2:01 short | 296,316 | 3,352 | - | 19,058 | 545 |
 Can The World’s Biggest Marshmallows Stop A Bullet? (400 Po… | October 6, 2026 | 36:25 | 2,406,201 | 9,120 | - | 66,905 | 6,170 |
 The Most Powerful Snub Nose In The World !!! (The 500 Bushw… | September 28, 2026 | 20:43 | 2,623,103 | 4,019 | - | 61,059 | 3,823 |
 The Bullet Catcher Less Lethal | September 25, 2026 | 0:36 short | 136,798 | 783 | - | 4,782 | 253 |
 This Device CATCHES Your Bullet !!! (The Alternative Less L… | September 22, 2026 | 31:26 | 3,325,391 | 5,277 | - | 69,786 | 5,636 |
 Blunt Force Trauma Armor Test | September 19, 2026 | 1:34 short | 170,354 | 654 | - | 10,441 | 266 |
 The 30-30 Revolver !!! | September 18, 2026 | 1:15 short | 295,018 | 21,174 | - | 19,868 | 619 |
 The 8 Bore Double Rifle (The Original Giant Slayer) | September 15, 2026 | 20:11 | 1,118,182 | 1,963 | - | 56,904 | 3,311 |
 Pillow Silencer Part 2 (Shotgun) | September 12, 2026 | 0:47 short | 358,632 | 1,367 | - | 13,737 | 217 |
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 30.2 in the category: 20.8
- comments per 1,000 views
- 2.0 in the category: 1.4
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 825,136 views
- short vs long
- 6 short (up to 3 minutes), 9 long
average views per short video: 281,376
average views per long video: 2,018,117
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 My 50 Cal Exploded | April 29, 2021 | 19:55 | 46,923,680 |
 50 BMG vs Stretch Armstrong | September 25, 2018 | 11:57 | 19,526,072 |
 50 BMG vs Atlas Stone (380 lbs!!!) | October 30, 2018 | 12:36 | 18,578,629 |
 Desert Eagle Torture Test 😱 | October 30, 2019 | 14:40 | 14,398,206 |
 Could You Defeat A TYRANNOSAURUS REX ? | June 30, 2025 | 22:59 | 13,396,723 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Desert Eagle Torture Test | August 26, 2025 | 1:35 | 32,057,281 |
 Can Water Save You From A Bullet? | November 21, 2025 | 3:00 | 21,985,210 |
 Revolver vs Your Finger… | October 17, 2025 | 0:37 | 7,072,783 |
 Double Handed 500 Magnum | February 13, 2026 | 0:38 | 7,051,162 |
 Pillow Silencer Movie Myth? | February 28, 2026 | 0:38 | 6,363,256 |
YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- Video surgingThe 30-30 Revolver !!! The video ran that day at 21,174 views a day, 19 times its usual pace (1,134).Read the story
- MilestoneIs This A Shotgun or Origami ??? (The Folding 12 … The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- MilestoneCould You Defeat A DEMOGORGON ? The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- MilestoneThe Dragon Slayer Ballista (The World’s Biggest C… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 2,389,302 views a day, 3 times a normal day (797,482).
- MilestoneThe Shortest Shotgun To EVER Shotgun (How Short I… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 2,387,737 views a day, 3.3 times a normal day (723,641).
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
Video surging 19x the video's usual pace
Kentucky Ballistics puts a rifle cartridge in a giant revolver
A September demonstration is drawing fresh attention, with viewers discussing the familiar .30-30 cartridge in an unfamiliar package.
A video worth knowing
Kentucky Ballistics' folding-shotgun test keeps getting jammed
Scott puts the Pak-Out through increasingly absurd scenarios, but repeated malfunctions become the review's central finding.
This week on the channel +5M views this week
Eggo waffles meet Kentucky Ballistics' Demogorgon
Donut's Nolan joins Scott for a monster-dummy test, the channel's only new upload in a week that brought it to six million subscribers.
This week on the channel +7.3M views this week
Kentucky Ballistics' Dragon Slayer claims a slow-motion camera
Scott's giant Roman-style ballista takes on mechanical monsters in an upload that has passed a million views.
This week on the channel +5.7M views this week
Kentucky Ballistics shrinks its shotgun and nears six million subscribers
Two new uploads pair an unusually short shotgun with a 45-70 snub-nose revolver.
This week on the channel 2 videos this week
Kentucky Ballistics' bullet-catching device grabs the week twice over
The six-day-old version has passed two million views, while a shorter follow-up on the same gadget opened more modestly.