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MrBallen's bank-heist story turns on an explosive miscalculation
An ATM robbery anchors four accounts of preparations gone wrong, from mislabeled presents to a royal banquet.
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On YouTube, MrBallen has 11,400,000 subscribers and 3,142,030,942 views in all, as of November 14, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 17,412,937 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 209 of the 5,392 channels on Trari, and No. 3 of 59 in category "True crime and courts". On Instagram, @mrballen has 1,698,153 followers.
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
11,400,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
▲ 100,000 in the last 30 days
▲ 100,000 in the last 30 days
total views
3,142,030,942
▲ 17,412,937 in the last 7 days
▲ 72,742,909 in the last 30 days
▲ 72,742,909 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
3,448,061
on a typical day: 2,504,392
Videos on the channel
952
7 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
yesterday
November 13, 2026
Views per subscriber
275
a new long video usually gets 1,471,005 views
Next milestone
20,000,000 subscribers
8,600,000 subscribers to go
Instagram: The numbers today
@mrballen · The account on Instagram
Followers
1,698,153
▼ 97 a day, on average over the last 2 days
Posts
1,472
6 new posts in the last 7 days
Views per Reel
240,640
usually, by 9 recent Reels
Likes per post
4,755
usually, by 10 recent posts
0.28% of followers
0.28% of followers
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category True crime and courts | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 585 of 2,839 | 4 of 28 |
Ranked among the channels whose Instagram account is on Trari.
Instagram followers: True crime and courts
Latest posts
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| Post | Type | Posted | Views | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| My Most Embarrassing Navy SEAL Story 😭 | Reel | November 13, 2026 | 83,457 | 3,652 | 41 |
| I knew I should’ve called in sick today. 😂 Happy Friday the 13th! 💀1️⃣3️⃣ | Reel | November 13, 2026 | 42,053 | 1,641 | 50 |
| The REAL Reason People Enjoy True Crime Stories! | Reel | November 12, 2026 | 60,044 | 937 | 5 |
| The Secret Journalists Don’t Tell You 🤫 | Reel | November 11, 2026 | 53,523 | 1,331 | 6 |
| One of the hardest parts of my seven years in the Navy was all the time I spent… | Reel | November 11, 2026 | 219,493 | 16,167 | 463 |
| This Keeps Me Up At Night | Reel | November 10, 2026 | 126,844 | 3,469 | 34 |
| Nobody Can Answer This Question.... | Reel | November 3, 2026 | 257,957 | 4,548 | 36 |
| Scientists Found PROOF There’s Life Outside Of Earth! | Reel | November 2, 2026 | 234,904 | 3,695 | 39 |
Of the 15 latest posts: 14 Reels and 1 carousel.
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.
Apple Podcasts: The podcast
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YouTube: What happened lately
November 12, 2026 passed 1M views If you hear footsteps in the Hoosac Tunnel, RUN The video passed 1,000,000 views.
A video worth knowing
MrBallen retraces the ransom calls that solved Doe Roberts' murder
His Tennessee case narrative follows FBI agent Jo Anne Overall from repeated payphone calls to a motel sting.
A video worth knowing
MrBallen follows a fatal blast into Hoosac Tunnel's ghost story
The tunnel tale shares an episode with a mother's mysterious letter, linking two accounts of deaths followed by seemingly impossible encoun…
The video drawing the most views now
She went looking for ghosts, and became one
- Video published
- November 13, 2026
- Video views so far
- 281,099
- Video views, pace per day
- 509,888
- Views in its first 9 hours
- 281,099
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YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category True crime and courts | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 209 of 5,392 | 3 of 59 |
| By views gained this week | 395 of 5,236 | 6 of 58 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 411 of 5,183 | 7 of 57 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 5.8% of all views the category's channels gained this week
Subscribers in the category True crime and courts
Views gained this week in the category True crime and courts
YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days
October 16, 2026: 11,300,000 subscribers → November 14, 2026: 11,400,000 subscribers
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 16, 2026: 3,071,654,489 views → November 14, 2026: 3,142,030,942 views · average: 2,426,774 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 She went looking for ghosts, and became one | November 13, 2026 | 34:22 | 281,099 | 509,888 | 281,099 (9 hours) | 13,733 | 882 |
 My Most Embarrassing Navy SEAL Story 😭 | November 13, 2026 | 2:00 short | 12,295 | 18,695 | 12,295 (11 hours) | 659 | 20 |
 The REAL Reason People Enjoy True Crime Stories! | November 12, 2026 | 1:20 short | 13,057 | 6,966 | 10,158 | 434 | 13 |
 Robbing this bank was a terrible decision | November 11, 2026 | 30:38 | 962,510 | 176,716 | 615,000 | 26,861 | 1,392 |
 The Secret Journalists Don't Tell You 🤫 | November 11, 2026 | 0:51 short | 11,751 | 2,225 | 7,273 | 370 | 9 |
 This Keeps Me Up At Night | November 10, 2026 | 0:57 short | 43,852 | 5,233 | 21,625 | 1,630 | 74 |
 She was abducted at her mailbox | November 9, 2026 | 37:36 | 983,670 | 63,295 | 549,960 | 29,356 | 1,364 |
 If you hear footsteps in the Hoosac Tunnel, RUN | November 7, 2026 | 32:44 | 1,139,417 | 34,561 | 554,759 | 32,502 | 1,218 |
 She was possessed by a woman she never met | November 6, 2026 | 29:32 | 777,379 | 18,663 | 432,182 | 26,868 | 1,434 |
 Why you should always put your phone away | November 4, 2026 | 29:40 | 1,617,701 | 40,345 | 631,398 | 39,427 | 2,983 |
 Nobody Can Answer This Question.... | November 3, 2026 | 1:35 short | 414,748 | 2,630 | 59,785 | 14,994 | 938 |
 The murder only a mechanic could solve | November 2, 2026 | 29:24 | 1,639,809 | 45,158 | 557,331 | 37,886 | 1,317 |
 Scientists Found PROOF There’s Life Outside Of Earth! | November 2, 2026 | 0:51 short | 66,101 | 1,361 | 15,991 | 2,121 | 111 |
 This mountain is a gateway to death | October 31, 2026 | 24:58 | 1,324,309 | 16,000 | 532,380 | 36,341 | 1,436 |
 Chinese military tried to cover it up | Campfire Stories wi… | October 30, 2026 | 32:41 | 1,928,992 | 40,269 | 496,286 | 39,741 | 1,798 |
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 27.0 in the category: 17.1
- comments per 1,000 views
- 1.3 in the category: 1.7
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 438,884 views
- short vs long
- 6 short (up to 3 minutes), 9 long
average views per short video: 93,634
average views per long video: 1,183,876
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 This child star is EVIL (*MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY*) | November 16, 2021 | 32:30 | 24,168,291 |
 Navy SEAL goes rogue in Iraq (*MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY*) | May 6, 2021 | 31:02 | 21,725,900 |
 This man terrified the FBI (*MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY*) | April 8, 2021 | 20:46 | 19,523,402 |
 FOUND FOOTAGE fuels decades long MYSTERY (*WARNING GRAPHIC … | August 20, 2023 | 30:02 | 16,912,465 |
 This psycho inspired "Scream" (*MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY*) | October 18, 2021 | 48:06 | 16,526,760 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 I Failed Navy SEALS Training 4 Times! | November 6, 2025 | 2:41 | 14,918,576 |
 Mexican Government Is Hiding A BIG Secret! 🇲🇽 | July 25, 2025 | 2:57 | 8,167,328 |
 How He Solved An 11-Year Cold Case.... | September 23, 2026 | 3:00 | 7,486,559 |
 The disturbing jungle photos no one can explain | January 26, 2024 | 1:00 | 5,497,896 |
 How BlockBuster Accidentally RUINED Her Life! | March 9, 2026 | 2:57 | 5,035,745 |
YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- MilestoneIf you hear footsteps in the Hoosac Tunnel, RUN The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 5,032,073 views a day, 2.3 times a normal day (2,216,495).
- MilestoneWhy you should always put your phone away The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- MilestoneThe murder only a mechanic could solve The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- MilestoneThis mountain is a gateway to death The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- MilestoneChinese military tried to cover it up | Campfire … The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Subscriber surgeAn unusual change in the channel's numbers.
- MilestoneHer sons saw a masked man in her room The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- MilestoneThink twice about hiking Montana’s Mann Gulch The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- MilestoneA hurricane helped solve this crime The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- MilestoneThey CRAWLED after him | Campfire Stories with Mr… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- MilestoneTOP 5 Bingeable SCARY STORIES • Halloween 2026 Ed… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
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
A video worth knowing
MrBallen's bank-heist story turns on an explosive miscalculation
An ATM robbery anchors four accounts of preparations gone wrong, from mislabeled presents to a royal banquet.
A video worth knowing
MrBallen retraces the ransom calls that solved Doe Roberts' murder
His Tennessee case narrative follows FBI agent Jo Anne Overall from repeated payphone calls to a motel sting.
A video worth knowing
MrBallen follows a fatal blast into Hoosac Tunnel's ghost story
The tunnel tale shares an episode with a mother's mysterious letter, linking two accounts of deaths followed by seemingly impossible encoun…
A video worth knowing
MrBallen traces a fatal taxi ride to missed communication
His phone-warning episode connects a passenger's panic with two other stories of ordinary decisions ending in disaster.
A video worth knowing
MrBallen follows a truck-bed repair request to a murder conviction
His retelling of Betsy Ball's murder turns on a mechanic who heard details troubling enough to call police.
A video worth knowing
MrBallen retraces a fatal chain of accidents in Japan's Okuchichibu Mountains
His account follows a waterfall fall, a rescue helicopter crash and the journalists who later went to cover the tragedy.
A video worth knowing
MrBallen brings the "White-Haired Wind" legend to the campfire
His Xinjiang mystery follows soldiers hearing laughter in a blizzard, then receiving answers that contradict what they saw.
A video worth knowing
MrBallen retraces the towel clue in Lisa Fein's murder investigation
His account follows apparently solid alibis, a specialized towel and DNA evidence that ultimately identified Fein's killer.
A video worth knowing
MrBallen recounts the escape fire that saved Wagner Dodge
His Mann Gulch account explains why a firefighter surrounded by flames deliberately lit the grass around him.
This week on the channel +19M views this week
MrBallen reaches 3.1 billion views with eight new uploads
A remastered scary-story countdown anchors a week spanning a Montana wildfire, a hurricane-linked crime and an Alaska ordeal.
A video worth knowing
MrBallen's Halloween countdown sends a skeptical officer to Stocksbridge
Five remastered stories mix reported apparitions, a murder investigation and a roadside emergency, with nearly a million views so far.
A video worth knowing
MrBallen retraces the work-shoe clue in Angela Spence-Shaw's murder
His Little Compton case narrative follows an unfinished doorway, a request to conceal evidence and the DNA match that secured a conviction.
Video taking off 15x its usual first day
MrBallen's firefighter tale puts a "skinwalker" in the trees
The podcast Short drew more than 330,000 views in its first half-day, with viewers discussing animal screams and recognizing his voice.
This week on the channel +12M views this week
A steel mill disappearance anchors MrBallen's seven-upload week
The New Zealand mystery shares an episode with a factory disaster and a father's investigation of an unexplained noise.
This week on the channel 4 videos this week
Three billion views, and a third graphic novel called The Terror Within
Alongside two true crime cases, a four-part survival episode about a storm, a dispatcher's call and two hospital races arrived on September…