Ben Watts looks beyond certification to Boeing's production challenge and the value of keeping an airline's fleet familiar.
On YouTube, Mentour Now! has 646,000 subscribers and 153,710,398 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 428,120 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "Aviation’s Next BIG Problem Is Already Here...", with 1,233,875 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 2,977 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 16 of 35 in category "Aviation and machines".
YouTube: The numbers today
▲ 5,000 in the last 30 days
▲ 4,837,333 in the last 30 days
YouTube: What happened lately
October 23, 2026 passed 1M views Aviation’s Next BIG Problem Is Already Here... The video passed 1,000,000 views.
Ben Watts follows retired jets from valuable spare parts to a stubborn problem: recovering carbon fibers is not the same as finding a profi…
The channel's reported cockpit-attack update has reached about 1.6 million views, while daily viewing across its uploads climbs sharply.
The video drawing the most views now
The Secret Companies That Control Aviation
- Video published
- November 9, 2026
- Video views so far
- 97,434
- Video views, pace per day
- 33,887
- Views on its first day
- 83,067
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YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Aviation and machines | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 2,977 of 5,393 | 16 of 35 |
| By views gained this week | 3,525 of 5,274 | 20 of 35 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 2,556 of 5,043 | 18 of 35 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 0.4% of all views the category's channels gained this week
Subscribers in the category Aviation and machines
Views gained this week in the category Aviation and machines
YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 642,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 646,000 subscribers
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 148,887,324 views → November 11, 2026: 153,710,398 views · average: 166,312 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 Secret Companies That Control Aviation | November 9, 2026 | 22:21 | 97,434 | 33,887 | 83,067 | 2,951 | 188 |
Finally Certified But Boeing Still Has A PROBLEM! | November 2, 2026 | 23:24 | 273,881 | 6,591 | 119,036 | 4,866 | 438 |
Why Pilots Are Terrified Of Boeing's New Tech | October 26, 2026 | 23:00 | 392,441 | 3,430 | 215,977 | 5,513 | 1,716 |
Aviation’s Next BIG Problem Is Already Here... | October 19, 2026 | 22:51 | 1,233,875 | 4,810 | 628,877 | 14,219 | 1,370 |
The FlyDubai Story Just Got Even CRAZIER! | October 12, 2026 | 25:17 | 2,285,407 | 926 | - | 34,772 | 5,608 |
The “Bottleneck” Costing BILLIONS For Aviation | October 5, 2026 | 21:43 | 376,733 | 574 | - | 5,679 | 423 |
Why NOBODY Remembers Northwest Airlines! | September 28, 2026 | 21:58 | 255,655 | 149 | - | 5,413 | 804 |
Everything We Know About The Miami Crash | September 21, 2026 | 23:07 | 662,236 | 154 | - | 13,584 | 919 |
The Real Reason Airliners CAN’T Have This! | September 14, 2026 | 22:22 | 446,428 | 150 | - | 6,318 | 469 |
Boeing's Biggest Change In Years? | September 7, 2026 | 25:23 | 579,013 | 485 | - | 8,526 | 564 |
Even The NTSB Thinks THIS Story Is WRONG!! | August 24, 2026 | 22:21 | 200,643 | 89 | - | 6,602 | 435 |
Boeing Is BACK... Sort Of. | August 17, 2026 | 21:11 | 178,509 | 93 | - | 6,019 | 467 |
How THIS Fighter Jet Killed Its OWN Pilots! | August 10, 2026 | 23:05 | 146,254 | 89 | - | 5,893 | 710 |
They're STILL Building THIS? | August 3, 2026 | 22:01 | 381,159 | 363 | - | 10,380 | 1,093 |
The Last Fighter In The World That Can Do THIS! | July 27, 2026 | 22:08 | 165,275 | 31 | - | 5,750 | 620 |
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 17.8 in the category: 22.8
- comments per 1,000 views
- 2.1 in the category: 1.5
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 161,103 views
- short vs long
- 0 short (up to 3 minutes), 15 long
average views per long video: 511,662
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
The Search for MH370 is Back ON! What’s changed?! | March 24, 2025 | 23:20 | 4,096,599 |
Revolutionizing Flight! The Amazing Potential of the CFM RI… | January 21, 2023 | 17:47 | 4,044,784 |
They Are ACTUALLY Building THIS! | June 30, 2025 | 23:11 | 3,475,316 |
The FlyDubai Story Just Got Even CRAZIER! | October 12, 2026 | 25:17 | 2,226,512 |
Whats Going On with Air Force One?! | April 15, 2023 | 22:04 | 2,133,459 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
FLAT Airplane Engines?! #shorts | November 16, 2022 | 1:00 | 1,580,905 |
747 with 5 ENGINES?!! #shorts | May 24, 2023 | 0:50 | 916,045 |
Unbelievable Cockpit coffee picture! #shorts | March 23, 2023 | 0:56 | 820,266 |
WHY Airplanes Tailstrike! #shorts | October 25, 2022 | 0:45 | 674,519 |
Can YOU open a Boeing DOOR?! #shorts | November 12, 2022 | 1:00 | 654,860 |
YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- MilestoneAviation’s Next BIG Problem Is Already Here... The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 601,329 views a day, 3.5 times a normal day (170,315).
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 1,133,686 views a day, 11 times a normal day (99,861).Read the story
- MilestoneThe FlyDubai Story Just Got Even CRAZIER! The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 482,016 views a day, 8.4 times a normal day (57,400).Read the story
Stories
Ben Watts looks beyond certification to Boeing's production challenge and the value of keeping an airline's fleet familiar.
Ben Watts follows retired jets from valuable spare parts to a stubborn problem: recovering carbon fibers is not the same as finding a profi…
The channel's reported cockpit-attack update has reached about 1.6 million views, while daily viewing across its uploads climbs sharply.
The episode has passed a million views as the aviation channel's daily audience climbs far above its usual level.
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