Michael Drake

YouTube: The numbers today

YouTube: What happened lately

October 29, 2026 passed 1M views The best swimming hole in Australia  The video passed 1,000,000 views.

This week on the channel +2.5M views this week

Sand meets water in Michael Drake's summer bodyboard run

His dune-to-water Short was the most-watched of three new uploads, with viewers sharing memories of similar slopes.

Channel: Michael Drake · Story of November 4, 2026

This week on the channel +3.1M views this week

Living out of a car around Australia, and nearly 800,000 views for Michael Drake

Five new uploads followed the road, from a swimming hole to a town that no longer appears on maps.

Channel: Michael Drake · Story of October 5, 2026

The video drawing the most views now

What should I do for day two? 

Video published

November 9, 2026

Video views so far

60,379

Video views, pace per day

29,213

Views on its first day

38,065

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

1.6% 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

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
What should I do for day two? 	November 9, 2026	0:16 short	60,379	29,213	38,065	1,554	26
Visiting the Sahara desert without leaving Australia!	November 6, 2026	0:57 short	83,479	1,280	49,102	2,301	66
How is this in Australia??	November 5, 2026	0:57 short	304,707	27,853	91,452	7,542	207
Australian summers over everything	November 1, 2026	0:17 short	527,685	7,725	170,403	7,434	144
Is this the best city in the world?	October 29, 2026	0:59 short	209,349	1,248	132,809	6,441	276
Would you do this? 	October 28, 2026	1:00 short	168,172	290	71,547	3,179	38
Sliding down the craziest sand dunes in Australia!!	October 27, 2026	0:57 short	899,090	1,488	315,789	14,297	210
Following a fish into a hidden underwater cave 😱	October 26, 2026	0:20 short	55,397	225	32,139	1,739	29
Bucket list right here 	October 22, 2026	0:45 short	70,732	330	37,221	3,434	103
24 hrs on the most beautiful island in Australia 	October 19, 2026	0:43 short	128,461	1,266	56,807	3,671	111
You have to visit here in your life 	October 17, 2026	0:51 short	378,598	2,827	72,703	9,446	264
Best day of my life!!	October 11, 2026	0:55 short	60,465	439	-	2,449	62
 I found heaven on earth 	October 9, 2026	0:53 short	204,320	765	-	4,749	288
You have to come here at least once in your life	October 7, 2026	0:52 short	129,295	184	-	3,665	81
What a place to land! One of the craziest adventures yet 	October 6, 2026	1:10 short	211,324	382	-	4,563	93

Audience engagement

likes per 1,000 views

21.9 in the category: 24.0

comments per 1,000 views

0.6 in the category: 1.4

a video's usual first day on this channel

56,775 views

short vs long

15 short (up to 3 minutes), 0 long
average views per short video: 232,763

YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
What Survivor's really like	March 17, 2024	4:18	30,384
SHE SAID.....	June 24, 2025	4:56	25,491
Don’t Go to Bali… Go Here Instead	January 26, 2026	7:16	18,149
CAN AN AUSSIE SURVIVE COACHELLA??	May 1, 2025	4:57	13,519
I FOUGHT A PROFESSIONAL MAUY THAI FIGHTER	July 31, 2025	9:09	11,560

YouTube: Most watched Shorts

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
Unlimited chocolate milk? @brideydrake	August 1, 2025	0:52	74,785,097
Australia is the place to be✌️🇦🇺🏝️	May 23, 2025	0:45	53,765,361
Nonchalant elevator challenge 😂 ​⁠@jinymaeng	April 14, 2025	0:22	28,363,328
Who’s was the best?? 😂 @brideydrake	March 10, 2025	0:32	26,651,804
How goods that!	August 5, 2025	0:50	23,963,797

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

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

1. October 29, 2026MilestoneThe best swimming hole in Australia  The video passed 1,000,000 views.
2. October 28, 2026Video taking offSliding down the craziest sand dunes in Australia… The video opened at a pace of 272,603 views a day, 4.8 times a normal first day on this channel (56,275).