YouTube channel

Men of the West

Books and reading

In short

On YouTube, Men of the West has 386,000 subscribers and 68,703,586 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 52,233 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "Why Was Saruman Slain So Easily? (How Did He Get So Weak?) - Middle-earth Explained", with 63,841 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 3,716 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 3 of 10 in category "Books and reading".

YouTube: The numbers today

subscribers

386,000

no significant change in the last 7 days
no significant change in the last month

total views

68,703,586

▲ 52,233 in the last 7 days
▲ 285,923 in the last 30 days

views a day (current pace)

3,858

on a typical day: 9,343

Videos on the channel

600

1 uploaded in the last 7 days

Last upload

3 days ago

November 8, 2026

Views per subscriber

177

a new long video usually gets 19,662 views

Next milestone

500,000 subscribers

114,000 subscribers to go

YouTube: What happened lately

This week on the channel +86K views this week

Saruman's fading voice gives Men of the West a question

Yoystan traces the wizard's decline through lost authority, a broken staff and a mission abandoned.

Channel: Men of the West · Story of November 8, 2026

This week on the channel +62K views this week

Eärnur rode into Minas Morgul, and Yoystan asks what happened next

The Tolkien lore channel's one new video takes up the last King of Gondor, who accepted the Witch-king's challenge and was never seen again.

Channel: Men of the West · Story of October 9, 2026

The video drawing the most views now

Why Was Saruman Slain So Easily? (How Did He Get So Weak?) - Middle-earth Explained

Video published: November 1, 2026
Video views so far: 63,841
Video views, pace per day: 2,086
Views on its first day: 27,955

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YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category

	Among all channels on Trari	In the category Books and reading
By subscribers	3,716 of 5,393	3 of 10
By views gained this week	4,838 of 5,274	9 of 10
By views gained in the last 30 days	4,634 of 5,043	9 of 10

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

The channel's share of the category: 1.5% of all views the category's channels gained this week

Subscribers in the category Books and reading

1,750,000

1,310,000

386,000

307,000

285,000

259,000

194,000

186,000

159,000

10Simon & Schuster Books

112,000

Views gained this week in the category Books and reading

1,225,486

658,211

630,721

306,454

247,430

115,958

81,521

8Simon & Schuster Books

77,629

9Men of the West

52,233

10Tolkien Untangled

26,566

YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days

October 13, 2026: 386,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 386,000 subscribers (no significant change in the last month)

YouTube: Total views, last 30 days

October 13, 2026: 68,423,433 views → November 11, 2026: 68,703,586 views · average: 9,660 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
This Month in Middle-earth's Lore: November	November 8, 2026	7:00	8,050	782	7,268 (33 hours)	352	16
Why Was Saruman Slain So Easily? (How Did He Get So Weak?) …	November 1, 2026	14:32	63,841	2,086	27,955	1,220	176
Did Sauron, Galadriel and Celeborn Have a Love Triangle? De…	October 29, 2026	0:40 short	18,748	127	11,661	1,309	290
Hopes & Fears for Rings of Power Season 3	October 25, 2026	14:20	27,370	78	-	641	200
ROP S3 Trailer 2 Thoughts	October 22, 2026	53:01	22,658	47	11,751	429	186
This Month in Middle-earth's Lore: October	October 18, 2026	8:18	14,198	10	10,269 (34 hours)	583	41
The MANY Missing Kings from the Lord of the Rings Films - W…	October 11, 2026	14:33	18,739	14	-	496	49
What Did the Witch-king Do to the Final King of Gondor? (Eä…	October 4, 2026	10:51	31,567	41	-	829	64
Why Isn't the Lord of the Rings More Popular? (LOTR Dark Ag…	September 27, 2026	33:54	59,014	14	-	1,065	556
How the Maps of Middle-earth Evolved Over Time \| Hobbit Day…	September 20, 2026	29:22	19,264	14	-	568	41
Yes, All Dwarves (Mostly) Have Beards & RoP Changes the Lor…	September 13, 2026	12:58	20,510	5	-	656	168
Predicting the Future Ages of Middle-earth (We are in the 7…	September 6, 2026	15:38	19,662	9	-	556	71
Westernesse Podcast 100 - Live!	August 30, 2026	1:20:31	7,415	1	-	73	6
Kings vs Tyrants: How Are They Different in Middle-earth? B…	August 30, 2026	21:29	19,655	5	-	540	75
How a Man Defied Morgoth - Lore Breakdown	August 23, 2026	9:49	9,313	11	-	705	36

Audience engagement

likes per 1,000 views: 27.8 in the category: 17.7
comments per 1,000 views: 5.5 in the category: 1.1
a video's usual first day on this channel: 13,486 views
short vs long: 1 short (up to 3 minutes), 14 long
average views per short video: 18,748
average views per long video: 24,375

YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
The Wizards of Middle-earth	July 17, 2017	18:27	3,099,339
Sauron, the Lord of the Rings - Epic Character History	December 25, 2017	14:52	2,322,305
The Valar of Middle-earth	January 29, 2018	12:38	1,948,746
The Complete Timeline of Middle-earth	January 13, 2020	28:10	1,789,907
Why Are the Three Elven Rings Good? Artifacts of Arda & ME …	July 10, 2017	10:59	1,754,733

YouTube: Most watched Shorts

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
Song of Durin in Return to Moria \| Return to Moria Livestre…	November 4, 2023	0:46	12,841
Orc-slaying in #returntomoria (With the Fellowship of the G…	October 28, 2023	0:28	5,475

Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.

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