YouTube channel

Mr Hewes

Aviation and machines

Chosen for "Five creators worth discovering", week of October 11, 2026

In short

On YouTube, Mr Hewes has 597,000 subscribers and 234,726,310 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 15,000 subscribers and 11,851,367 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "WE RECOVERED A 65 TON TANK ABANDONED FOR 58 YEARS!", with 1,999,074 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 3,087 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 18 of 35 in category "Aviation and machines".

YouTube: The numbers today

subscribers

597,000

▲ 15,000 in the last 7 days
▲ 47,000 in the last 30 days

total views

234,726,310

▲ 11,851,367 in the last 7 days
▲ 32,900,367 in the last 30 days

views a day (current pace)

1,203,239

on a typical day: 1,370,925

Videos on the channel

493

1 uploaded in the last 7 days

Last upload

3 days ago

November 8, 2026

Views per subscriber

393

a new long video usually gets 1,008,120 views

Next milestone

750,000 subscribers

at the current pace: in about 98 days

YouTube: What happened lately

November 9, 2026 passed 1M views CAN WE START THIS ABANDONED TRAIN AFTER YEARS OF … The video passed 1,000,000 views.

This week on the channel +12M views this week

Mr Hewes recovers a whole Conqueror for its turret

The Tank Museum project takes the crew to a Norfolk firing range, where the trackless tank cannot simply be dragged away.

Channel: Mr Hewes · Story of November 7, 2026

This week on the channel +10M views this week

A Ford pickup pull-starts a 1953 RAF generator engine for Mr Hewes

The short of the 102.4 litre Mirrlees Blackstone JS8 coming to life has passed seven and a half million views, with the full revival video …

Channel: Mr Hewes · Story of October 8, 2026

Video surging 11x the video's usual pace

Cranking a StuG III by hand: Mr Hewes' inertia start-up short

A September clip of the crew winding a German assault gun to life is busy again, on a channel still riding its 102.4 litre engine.

Channel: Mr Hewes · Story of October 7, 2026

The video drawing the most views now

Starting a 102.4 litre engine #fyp #reels #shorts

Video published: October 4, 2026
Video views so far: 29,903,102
Video views, pace per day: 1,498,931

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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	3,087 of 5,393	18 of 35
By views gained this week	562 of 5,274	4 of 35
By views gained in the last 30 days	797 of 5,043	4 of 35

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

The channel's share of the category: 10.3% of all views the category's channels gained this week
Subscriber growth this week: 2.6% on this channel, 0.0% on the category's middle channel

Subscribers in the category Aviation and machines

4,060,000

2,540,000

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1,110,000

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1,090,000

10Diesel Creek

1,060,000

11Dorothy Lech

859,000

12Tony 98 - Discovery

856,000

13The Cruise Spotter

784,000

14letsdig18

754,000

18Mr Hewes

597,000

Views gained this week in the category Aviation and machines

20,303,086

16,470,944

13,997,253

11,851,367

7,687,758

6,385,669

5,342,782

5,190,814

4,239,809

10Tony 98 - Discovery

3,262,985

3,157,095

3,157,092

2,569,646

1,876,374

1,453,604

YouTube: Trophy cabinet

Trophies on the overall chart

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No trophy yet (one of the top three places)

Medals on the category charts1

Each category, such as music, entertainment or sports, has its own chart. A medal goes to a video that reached No. 1, 2 or 3 on it.

No. 2 · The Cars & motors monthly chart - Shorts · October 2026Starting a 102.4 litre engine #fyp #reels #shorts The second most watched Short in Cars & motors that month.

The daily charts are counted since October 16, 2026.

YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days

October 13, 2026: 551,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 597,000 subscribers

YouTube: Total views, last 30 days

October 13, 2026: 202,210,216 views → November 11, 2026: 234,726,310 views · average: 1,121,244 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
WILL THIS COLD WAR BUNKER'S ORIGINAL EMERGENCY GENERATOR ST…	November 8, 2026	1:39:11	584,229	82,983	424,951	13,774	889
WE RECOVERED A 65 TON TANK ABANDONED FOR 58 YEARS!	November 1, 2026	1:24:03	1,999,074	116,004	491,388	43,705	2,559
CAN WE START THIS ABANDONED TRAIN AFTER YEARS OF NEGLECT?	October 25, 2026	1:07:20	1,032,842	13,549	402,307	27,399	1,689
WE NEED THIS ABANDONED RECOVERY TRUCK FOR OUR BIGGEST JOB Y…	October 18, 2026	1:12:48	983,398	6,713	424,993	28,205	1,446
RESTORING A RARE WW2 TANK RESCUED FROM A SCRAPYARD!	October 11, 2026	47:52	825,956	7,050	-	26,175	964
THIS 102.4 LITRE ENGINE HASN’T RUN IN YEARS…	October 5, 2026	57:05	3,838,583	18,663	-	59,199	3,598
Starting a 102.4 litre engine #fyp #reels #shorts	October 4, 2026	0:46 short	29,903,102	1,498,931	-	464,598	12,786
RESCUING AN ABANDONED FODEN RECOVERY TRUCK AFTER 10 YEARS!	September 27, 2026	54:37	2,023,347	7,921	-	38,107	1,462
AMERICA'S ULTIMATE TANK TRANSPORTER! THE OSHKOSH M1070	September 20, 2026	55:22	1,134,030	6,956	-	25,675	1,714
We Were Trusted With £30 MILLION of WWII History!	September 6, 2026	1:31:21	936,065	3,575	-	18,774	942
German StuG III inertia start up #fyp #reels #shorts	September 5, 2026	0:34 short	422,673	7,077	-	6,662	164
A Belgian Museum Asked Us to Get Their Chieftain Tank Runni…	August 30, 2026	1:09:26	1,964,028	6,498	-	29,625	1,152
WE MADE A 50-TON TANK FASTER... THEN RACED IT	August 23, 2026	1:02:40	331,440	1,629	-	14,611	1,058
CROP GEAR	August 16, 2026	1:01:42	261,023	787	-	14,711	1,032
WE SECRETLY BROUGHT HOME A CHALLENGER TANK!	August 9, 2026	43:54	754,544	3,432	-	31,873	1,760

Audience engagement

likes per 1,000 views: 17.9 in the category: 23.7
comments per 1,000 views: 0.7 in the category: 1.7
a video's usual first day on this channel: 441,686 views
short vs long: 2 short (up to 3 minutes), 13 long
average views per short video: 15,162,887
average views per long video: 1,282,196

YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT WE FOUND !	March 20, 2024	19:50	6,542,705
THIS 102.4 LITRE ENGINE HASN’T RUN IN YEARS…	October 5, 2026	57:05	3,507,752
RECOVERY OF ABANDONED WWII TANK	August 13, 2024	28:23	2,376,199
RECOVERING ABANDONED JOHN DEERE FARM TRACTOR	October 20, 2023	25:48	2,226,162
Recovering Chieftain ARRV Left Abandoned	June 1, 2023	27:34	1,958,374

YouTube: Most watched Shorts

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
Starting a 102.4 litre engine #fyp #reels #shorts	October 4, 2026	0:46	18,402,739
Rolls Royce Tank engine First start up. #fyp #foryoupage #…	November 16, 2022	1:01	10,064,847
VOLUME UP	February 9, 2023	0:24	8,655,603
Now we’re farming ! #fyp #shortvideo #reels	August 20, 2025	0:24	5,754,823
EVERYTHING IS OKEY… #shorts #fire #tank	July 9, 2024	0:22	4,067,998

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

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

November 9, 2026MilestoneCAN WE START THIS ABANDONED TRAIN AFTER YEARS OF … The video passed 1,000,000 views.
November 5, 2026MilestoneWE RECOVERED A 65 TON TANK ABANDONED FOR 58 YEARS! The video passed 1,000,000 views.
October 24, 2026MilestoneAMERICA'S ULTIMATE TANK TRANSPORTER! THE OSHKOSH … The video passed 1,000,000 views.

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