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Mike G puts two-ingredient cooking to the texture test
Carly joins him for viral recipe trials, from garden-carrot noodles to an AI-generated peanut butter fudge.
In short
On YouTube, LifebyMikeG has 5,440,000 subscribers and 959,992,801 views in all, as of November 14, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 10,000 subscribers and 4,786,694 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "Why Tobacco Changes Color 🍃🍂", with 5,446,350 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 547 of the 5,392 channels on Trari, and No. 3 of 163 in category "Outdoors, fishing and homesteading". On Instagram, @lifebymikeg has 742,440 followers.
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
5,440,000
▲ 10,000 in the last 7 days
▲ 40,000 in the last 30 days
▲ 40,000 in the last 30 days
total views
959,992,801
▲ 4,786,694 in the last 7 days
▲ 22,619,736 in the last 30 days
▲ 22,619,736 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
1,142,808
on a typical day: 684,151
Videos on the channel
644
1 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
5 days ago
November 9, 2026
Views per subscriber
176
a new long video usually gets 2,148,589 views
a new short video usually gets 839,726 views
a new short video usually gets 839,726 views
Next milestone
10,000,000 subscribers
4,560,000 subscribers to go
Instagram: The numbers today
@lifebymikeg · The account on Instagram
Followers
742,440
▲ 101 a day, on average over the last 2 days
Posts
562
1 new post in the last 7 days
Views per Reel
192,509
usually, by 15 recent Reels
Likes per post
9,362
usually, by 15 recent posts
1.3% of followers
1.3% of followers
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Outdoors, fishing and homesteading | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 1,043 of 2,839 | 11 of 77 |
Ranked among the channels whose Instagram account is on Trari.
Instagram followers: Outdoors, fishing and homesteading
Latest posts
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| Post | Type | Posted | Views | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Ginger You Can’t Find at the Grocery Store | Reel | November 9, 2026 | 94,520 | 2,677 | 20 |
| I’m Never Buying Deli Turkey Again | Reel | October 20, 2026 | 383,352 | 10,794 | 219 |
| Why Tobacco Changes Color 🍃🍂 | Reel | October 16, 2026 | 822,789 | 41,952 | 370 |
| fresh garden tomatoes in the middle of winter?! 🍅 | Reel | October 9, 2026 | 3,670,261 | 53,272 | 293 |
| I Fixed the Pumpkin Spice Latte 🎃☕ | Reel | October 7, 2026 | 62,969 | 1,953 | 37 |
| 🍅 3 Easy Ways to Save Your Tomatoes | Reel | October 1, 2026 | 130,460 | 3,926 | 22 |
| 3 Ways to Preserve Shiitake Mushrooms 🍄 | Reel | September 25, 2026 | 309,850 | 14,932 | 203 |
| I Pickled Cucumbers… in Cucumbers 🥒🤯 | Reel | September 21, 2026 | 1,869,952 | 77,479 | 317 |
As of November 13, 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 passed 1M views 2 Ingredient Recipes That Shouldn't Be Possible The video passed 1,000,000 views.
A video worth knowing
Mike G freezes the prep, not the whole dinner
Five vegetable bases become soups, curry and stew in LifebyMikeG's batch-cooking tutorial, which promises hours saved at the stove.
This week on the channel +3.6M views this week
Tobacco's changing colors take LifebyMikeG beyond the kitchen
Mike's only new upload brings farming memories into the comments, alongside an active catalog of homemade staples and garden tomatoes.
The video drawing the most views now
Why Tobacco Changes Color 🍃🍂
- Video published
- October 16, 2026
- Video views so far
- 5,446,350
- Video views, pace per day
- 226,489
- Views on its first day
- 268,112
Similar channels
YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Outdoors, fishing and homesteading | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 547 of 5,392 | 3 of 163 |
| By views gained this week | 1,179 of 5,236 | 12 of 163 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 1,112 of 5,183 | 11 of 162 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 1.7% 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 Outdoors, fishing and homesteading
Views gained this week in the category Outdoors, fishing and homesteading
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
2
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. 3 · The Outdoors, animals & travel daily chart · October 22, 2026These 5 Cubes Will Save You 20+ Hours of CookingThe third most watched video in Outdoors, animals & travel that day.
- No. 3 · The Outdoors, animals & travel daily chart · October 20, 2026These 5 Cubes Will Save You 20+ Hours of CookingThe third most watched video in Outdoors, animals & travel that day.
The daily charts are counted since October 16, 2026.
YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days
October 16, 2026: 5,400,000 subscribers → November 14, 2026: 5,440,000 subscribers
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 16, 2026: 938,025,626 views → November 14, 2026: 959,992,801 views · average: 757,488 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 The Ginger You Can't Find at the Grocery Store | November 9, 2026 | 1:20 short | 367,237 | 31,672 | 198,416 | 13,376 | 189 |
 2 Ingredient Recipes That Shouldn't Be Possible | October 29, 2026 | 25:41 | 1,110,954 | 24,949 | 289,467 | 19,727 | 1,199 |
 I’m Never Buying Deli Turkey Again | October 20, 2026 | 1:27 short | 743,928 | 10,113 | 219,992 | 24,467 | 570 |
 These 5 Cubes Will Save You 20+ Hours of Cooking | October 19, 2026 | 19:58 | 3,186,224 | 21,659 | 396,838 | 37,300 | 1,331 |
 Why Tobacco Changes Color 🍃🍂 | October 16, 2026 | 1:35 short | 5,446,350 | 226,489 | 268,112 | 158,106 | 2,114 |
 fresh garden tomatoes in the middle of winter?! 🍅 | October 9, 2026 | 1:13 short | 1,690,292 | 6,598 | - | 66,478 | 645 |
 I Fixed the Pumpkin Spice Latte 🎃☕ | October 7, 2026 | 1:37 short | 222,232 | 1,722 | - | 8,059 | 191 |
 🍅 3 Easy Ways to Save Your Tomatoes | October 1, 2026 | 1:34 short | 361,892 | 670 | - | 10,728 | 129 |
 Which Groceries Are Actually Worth Making From Scratch? | September 30, 2026 | 21:58 | 4,496,021 | 77,809 | - | 37,572 | 2,199 |
 3 Ways to Preserve Shiitake Mushrooms 🍄 | September 25, 2026 | 1:36 short | 229,262 | 762 | - | 7,359 | 93 |
 I Pickled Cucumbers… in Cucumbers 🥒🤯 | September 21, 2026 | 1:38 short | 935,525 | 11,970 | - | 35,059 | 479 |
 100% Real Harvest (No AI) | September 17, 2026 | 1:33 short | 191,926 | 403 | - | 6,928 | 113 |
 I Have a MASSIVE Problem... | September 17, 2026 | 19:51 | 1,006,681 | 1,379 | - | 12,366 | 372 |
 Grow an Insane Amount of Mushrooms at Home 🍄 | September 10, 2026 | 1:30 short | 3,464,843 | 34,951 | - | 164,907 | 1,350 |
 5 levels of preserved strawberries 🍓 | August 26, 2026 | 2:10 short | 1,277,521 | 5,778 | - | 60,938 | 350 |
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 26.8 in the category: 18.7
- comments per 1,000 views
- 0.5 in the category: 0.6
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 201,347 views
- short vs long
- 11 short (up to 3 minutes), 4 long
average views per short video: 1,357,364
average views per long video: 2,449,970
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 15 Mistakes Most Beginner Sourdough Bakers Make | November 21, 2019 | 21:39 | 10,493,186 |
 One Guy Changed My Pizza Game Forever | November 18, 2021 | 17:04 | 10,442,801 |
 5 foods I only cook In the air fryer. | October 4, 2022 | 19:53 | 8,725,024 |
 Why Every Cook Should Master Chicken Teriyaki | February 25, 2021 | 12:28 | 8,711,236 |
 These 15 Minute Dinners Will Change Your Life | October 6, 2021 | 15:32 | 8,359,309 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Jamón Redemption🍖 | August 14, 2023 | 1:00 | 71,885,975 |
 From Seed to Cigar | October 29, 2024 | 1:26 | 45,756,286 |
 Healthy Homemade Gummies! 🍓 | May 30, 2024 | 1:00 | 41,348,542 |
 Ice Cube Chicken Stock Hack | March 12, 2025 | 1:00 | 24,945,288 |
 Never Buying Garlic Again 🧄 | July 3, 2023 | 0:53 | 24,620,867 |
YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- Milestone2 Ingredient Recipes That Shouldn't Be Possible The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- MilestoneI Have a MASSIVE Problem... The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Video surgingGrow an Insane Amount of Mushrooms at Home 🍄 The video ran that day at 119,345 views a day, 2.4 times its usual pace (50,005).
- Video surgingGrow an Insane Amount of Mushrooms at Home 🍄 The video ran that day at 101,075 views a day, 2.3 times its usual pace (44,330).
- Video surgingGrow an Insane Amount of Mushrooms at Home 🍄 The video ran that day at 84,295 views a day, 2.1 times its usual pace (39,890).
- MilestoneThese 5 Cubes Will Save You 20+ Hours of Cooking The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 3,447,823 views a day, 5.1 times a normal day (669,692).
- Milestonefresh garden tomatoes in the middle of winter?! 🍅 The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Video surgingI Pickled Cucumbers… in Cucumbers 🥒🤯 The video ran that day at 42,290 views a day, 3.1 times its usual pace (13,855).
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 1,136,590 views a day, 2.1 times a normal day (550,823).
- MilestoneWhy Tobacco Changes Color 🍃🍂 The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Video surgingWhy Tobacco Changes Color 🍃🍂 The video ran that day at 821,257 views a day, 2.1 times its usual pace (394,076).
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 +4M views this week
Mike G puts two-ingredient cooking to the texture test
Carly joins him for viral recipe trials, from garden-carrot noodles to an AI-generated peanut butter fudge.
A video worth knowing
Mike G freezes the prep, not the whole dinner
Five vegetable bases become soups, curry and stew in LifebyMikeG's batch-cooking tutorial, which promises hours saved at the stove.
This week on the channel +3.6M views this week
Tobacco's changing colors take LifebyMikeG beyond the kitchen
Mike's only new upload brings farming memories into the comments, alongside an active catalog of homemade staples and garden tomatoes.
This week on the channel 2 videos this week
Peanut butter to cultured butter: Mike G ranks twelve homemade staples
His new scratch-or-store test runs from yogurt and turkey deli meat to sauerkraut, ricotta and vinegar pickles, ending in a final ranking.