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Language Simp puts a deadline on his language bucket list
French, Spanish and Russian certificates come first, with Arabic, Korean and a much longer wish list beyond them.
In short
On YouTube, Language Simp has 1,670,000 subscribers and 573,287,058 views in all, as of November 14, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 174,880 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "Languages I MUST Learn Before I DIE", with 123,873 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 1,641 of the 5,392 channels on Trari, and No. 37 of 96 in category "Explainers, history and education". On Instagram, @thelanguagesimp has 19,826 followers. The account lost 8 followers in the last 7 days.
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
1,670,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
no significant change in the last month
no significant change in the last month
total views
573,287,058
▲ 174,880 in the last 7 days
▲ 923,259 in the last 30 days
▲ 923,259 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
35,068
on a typical day: 29,604
Videos on the channel
236
1 uploaded in the last 30 days
Last upload
21 days ago
October 24, 2026
Views per subscriber
343
a new long video usually gets 202,686 views
Next milestone
2,000,000 subscribers
330,000 subscribers to go
Instagram: The numbers
@thelanguagesimp · The account on Instagram
Followers
19,826
▲ 1 a day, on average over the last 2 days
▼ 8 in the last 7 days
▼ 8 in the last 7 days
Posts
70
Views per Reel
54,949
usually, by 6 recent Reels
Likes per post
2,196
usually, by 15 recent posts
11% of followers
11% of followers
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Explainers, history and education | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 2,564 of 2,839 | 33 of 45 |
Ranked among the channels whose Instagram account is on Trari.
Instagram followers: Explainers, history and education
Latest posts
Tap a post to see it here
| Post | Type | Posted | Views | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Why do foreign countries not have Walmarts? #learnjapanese #japan #japanese… | Reel | August 4, 2024 | 57,368 | 1,757 | 38 |
| Tôi yêu Việt Nam‼️ Việt Nam muôn năm 🇻🇳🤝🇺🇸 PC: iconic pink helmet photo ->… | Carousel | July 16, 2024 | - | 1,826 | 51 |
| Don’t use Duolingo #duolingo #polyglot #learnspanish | Reel | January 11, 2024 | 350,741 | 24,350 | 216 |
| Keep your friends close and your enemies closer | Photo | November 15, 2023 | - | 2,787 | 72 |
| Hungary has been liberated! 🇺🇸🦅 P.C. - eld4n | Carousel | November 2, 2023 | - | 2,196 | 52 |
| 1 billion subscribers 🇺🇸🦅 | Carousel | June 6, 2023 | - | 3,566 | 91 |
| Don’t skip your Duolingo lesson. | Reel | May 31, 2023 | 52,531 | 2,876 | 34 |
| Don’t skip your Duolingo lessons! #duolingo #languages #language #polyglot… | Reel | May 21, 2023 | 1,752,841 | 147,846 | 706 |
Of the 15 latest posts: 6 Reels, 6 carousels and 3 photos.
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
This week on the channel one video this week
Smash or Pass with the Russian alphabet, and a polyglot confession past a million
Language Simp's one new upload put Cyrillic letters on trial, while 'All Polyglots Are Faking It' crossed seven figures in under a month.
The video drawing the most views now
All Polyglots Are Faking It
- Video published
- September 5, 2026
- Video views so far
- 1,142,794
- Video views, pace per day
- 968
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YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Explainers, history and education | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 1,641 of 5,392 | 37 of 96 |
| By views gained this week | 4,258 of 5,236 | 78 of 96 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 4,136 of 5,183 | 76 of 95 |
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 Explainers, history and education
Views gained this week in the category Explainers, history and education
YouTube and Instagram: Subscribers and followers, last 30 days
Growth in percent since November 4, 2026, so both lines start from the same point
- YouTube · 1,670,000 subscribers 0% (0)
- Instagram · 19,826 followers -0.04% (-7)
From November 4, 2026 to November 14, 2026: on YouTube from 1,670,000 to 1,670,000 subscribers (0%), on Instagram from 19,833 to 19,826 followers (-0.04%).
YouTube rounds a large channel's subscriber count, so its line moves in steps.
The numbers by day
| Day | Subscribers (YouTube) | Followers (Instagram) |
|---|---|---|
| November 14, 2026 | 1,670,000 | - |
| November 13, 2026 | 1,670,000 | - |
| November 12, 2026 | 1,670,000 | - |
| November 11, 2026 | 1,670,000 | 19,826 |
| November 10, 2026 | 1,670,000 | - |
| November 9, 2026 | 1,670,000 | 19,823 |
| November 8, 2026 | 1,670,000 | - |
| November 7, 2026 | 1,670,000 | 19,833 |
| November 6, 2026 | 1,670,000 | - |
| November 5, 2026 | 1,670,000 | 19,834 |
| November 4, 2026 | 1,670,000 | 19,833 |
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 16, 2026: 572,369,050 views → November 14, 2026: 573,287,058 views · average: 31,655 views a day
YouTube: The channel's latest videos
The last 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Languages I MUST Learn Before I DIE | October 24, 2026 | 14:08 | 123,873 | 612 | 50,731 | 2,852 | 917 |
 All Polyglots Are Faking It | September 5, 2026 | 20:37 | 1,142,794 | 968 | - | 19,419 | 3,179 |
 DO NOT Learn These Romance Languages | August 8, 2026 | 18:05 | 127,394 | 145 | - | 6,323 | 1,340 |
 Language Review: Romanian | July 25, 2026 | 24:44 | 194,957 | 217 | - | 10,445 | 2,404 |
 Why Learning Russian Feels IMPOSSIBLE | June 28, 2026 | 15:49 | 316,005 | 389 | - | 12,725 | 4,862 |
 This is Probably a Bad Idea... | June 17, 2026 | 4:28 | 85,850 | 63 | - | 5,653 | 1,300 |
 Why I Quit Learning Languages | June 13, 2026 | 8:36 | 148,830 | 136 | - | 10,431 | 820 |
 Language Review: Hindi | March 28, 2026 | 31:10 | 340,329 | 224 | - | 14,173 | 5,022 |
 Language Review: Turkish | February 21, 2026 | 22:34 | 608,085 | 324 | - | 32,174 | 6,118 |
 Why I HATE Learning Spanish | January 31, 2026 | 7:32 | 132,201 | 159 | - | 8,476 | 1,710 |
 Language Review: Vietnamese | January 24, 2026 | 20:58 | 523,654 | 268 | - | 25,284 | 2,821 |
 Levels of Polyglotism Explained | December 14, 2025 | 10:31 | 133,880 | 122 | - | 7,294 | 1,308 |
 Learn Portuguese, NOT Spanish | November 29, 2025 | 10:07 | 225,466 | 257 | - | 15,617 | 3,068 |
 American Explains: The World Map | November 22, 2025 | 5:17 | 210,415 | 19 | - | 8,504 | 1,767 |
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 41.6 in the category: 19.7
- comments per 1,000 views
- 8.5 in the category: 1.2
- short vs long
- 0 short (up to 3 minutes), 14 long
average views per long video: 308,123
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Russian Alphabet Explained by an American | June 15, 2022 | 5:41 | 3,848,447 |
 Why I HATE Learning Russian | March 30, 2023 | 4:43 | 3,022,683 |
 Arabic Alphabet Explained by an American | July 16, 2022 | 5:48 | 2,427,841 |
 Top 20 CRAZIEST Letters in the Universe | February 7, 2023 | 8:19 | 2,414,024 |
 Top 10 Most Useless Languages to Learn | March 3, 2022 | 7:56 | 2,230,571 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Polyglot Police Officer | February 22, 2022 | 0:31 | 136,072,401 |
 Polyglot Attempts Hit and Run with Language Skills | March 9, 2022 | 0:34 | 57,728,910 |
 Top 3 Hardest Languages to Learn | April 17, 2022 | 0:43 | 53,414,573 |
 Top 3 Easiest Languages to Learn | August 2, 2021 | 0:43 | 27,424,279 |
 English Fluency Test | February 2, 2022 | 0:37 | 20,865,309 |
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 +182K views this week
Language Simp puts a deadline on his language bucket list
French, Spanish and Russian certificates come first, with Arabic, Korean and a much longer wish list beyond them.
This week on the channel one video this week
Smash or Pass with the Russian alphabet, and a polyglot confession past a million
Language Simp's one new upload put Cyrillic letters on trial, while 'All Polyglots Are Faking It' crossed seven figures in under a month.