Maxinomics

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November 11, 2026 passed 1M views The Real Reason America Keeps Going to War The video passed 1,000,000 views.

Video taking off 22x its usual first day

Maxinomics asks what an Iranian bomb would cost everyone else

"The Uranium Problem" moves from a Game of Thrones-style chemistry lesson to a simulated crisis over oil, security and nuclear deterrence.

Channel: Maxinomics · Story of November 8, 2026

This week on the channel +778K views this week

Corn or compute? Maxinomics examines the economics of an acre

Phil Andrews's four-upload week returns to the land, electricity and local costs behind AI data centers.

Channel: Maxinomics · Story of November 4, 2026

This week on the channel +1.6M views this week

Rare earth magnets and a Tomahawk's fins keep Maxinomics turning

No new video went up, and a 24-day-old explainer on China's grip on magnet metals has passed six million views.

Channel: Maxinomics · Story of October 5, 2026

The video drawing the most views now

The Real Reason America Keeps Going to War

Video published

November 7, 2026

Video views so far

1,130,899

Video views, pace per day

133,319

Views on its first day

624,932

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

1.1% of all views the category's channels gained this week

Subscriber growth this week

1.4% on this channel, 0.0% on the category's middle channel

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 Real Reason America Keeps Going to War	November 7, 2026	31:25	1,130,899	133,319	624,932	25,749	2,985
Dozens of companies paid extra to put their servers in the …	November 7, 2026	1:15 short	15,341	935	10,474	508	43
By 2035, there is less electricity available than in 2030, …	November 6, 2026	2:25 short	207,528	11,558	123,164	6,671	595
A big data center running a particular cooling system all d…	November 6, 2026	2:04 short	51,239	1,260	36,079	1,726	168
Loudoun is the richest U.S. county. Residents are not rich …	November 3, 2026	1:15 short	44,681	1,036	26,010	1,116	71
One owner said yes at $70,000 an acre, then no, once he lea…	November 2, 2026	2:43 short	42,239	-271	17,727	1,428	92
Corn or data centers?	October 30, 2026	0:46 short	36,018	106	15,292	999	54
Far more people say no to a data center today than said no …	October 29, 2026	0:54 short	25,817	62	18,037	740	72
China made zero magnets in 1983. Then it took the whole ind…	October 25, 2026	1:57 short	38,891	59	23,825	1,626	40
First rule of a monopoly: don't admit you're a monopoly	October 24, 2026	1:00 short	152,947	1,059	86,526	4,244	224
A Tomahawk steers itself with at least 12 magnets. No pilot…	October 22, 2026	1:12 short	58,886	325	38,706	1,482	48
Rare earths aren't rare. The hard part is pulling them out …	October 21, 2026	1:31 short	90,296	159	53,475	1,961	52
Every electric motor is just this fight, shrunk a thousand …	October 20, 2026	0:56 short	20,168	31	13,084	651	11
China found something better than oil	October 19, 2026	1:05 short	31,135	45	25,518 (31 hours)	1,413	64
What They're Not Telling You About Data Centers	October 16, 2026	34:28	2,582,909	36,723	449,205	47,971	4,603

Audience engagement

likes per 1,000 views

21.7 in the category: 19.7

comments per 1,000 views

2.0 in the category: 1.2

a video's usual first day on this channel

28,254 views

short vs long

13 short (up to 3 minutes), 2 long
average views per short video: 62,706
average views per long video: 1,856,904

YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
China Found Something Better Than Oil	September 11, 2026	27:26	7,058,844
America Will Be the Last Superpower, Here’s Why	September 30, 2025	13:45	4,470,949
They're Lying to You About Nuclear Energy	August 12, 2025	18:25	4,100,311
The Simple Question Socialism Couldn't Answer	August 7, 2026	25:44	3,108,891
What They're Not Telling You About Data Centers	October 16, 2026	34:28	2,369,717

YouTube: Most watched Shorts

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
The Catfish Effect	November 2, 2025	1:22	4,897,244
Nobody has ever made it all the way down the Congo River #m…	October 9, 2025	0:59	4,870,832
The Struggle of Southwest Airlines ✈️ #business #southwest…	June 26, 2024	0:59	3,393,084
Africa’s coast is bad for boats #map #geography	October 11, 2025	1:26	3,094,390
Microsoft and the World's Greatest Moat #economics #busines…	May 28, 2024	0:59	2,858,348

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

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

1. November 11, 2026MilestoneThe Real Reason America Keeps Going to War The video passed 1,000,000 views.
2. November 9, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 616,079 views a day, 3.4 times a normal day (179,549).
3. November 8, 2026Video taking offThe Real Reason America Keeps Going to War The video opened at a pace of 628,951 views a day, 22 times a normal first day on this channel (28,254).Read the story
4. November 7, 2026Video taking offBy 2035, there is less electricity available than… The video opened at a pace of 112,070 views a day, 4.3 times a normal first day on this channel (26,222).
5. October 20, 2026MilestoneWhat They're Not Telling You About Data Centers The video passed 1,000,000 views.
6. October 20, 2026MilestoneWhy Elon Musk is Really Building Starship The video passed 1,000,000 views.
7. October 19, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 684,487 views a day, 3.6 times a normal day (189,043).