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IrelandThis week on the channel +9.1M views this week
Sam Jose turns a messy pomegranate into chocolate dessert
His first attempt at opening the fruit supplies a splattered counter, a water-bowl trick and the week's most-watched new upload.
In short
On YouTube, Sam Jose has 851,000 subscribers and 984,154,054 views in all, as of November 14, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 9,000 subscribers and 12,199,508 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "My baby is a pomegranate", with 3,259,198 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 2,590 of the 5,392 channels on Trari, and No. 126 of 187 in category "Cooking and food". On Instagram, @_samjose_ has 657,588 followers. The account gained 6,624 followers in the last 7 days.
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
851,000
▲ 9,000 in the last 7 days
▲ 29,000 in the last 30 days
▲ 29,000 in the last 30 days
total views
984,154,054
▲ 12,199,508 in the last 7 days
▲ 44,972,585 in the last 30 days
▲ 44,972,585 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
2,185,955
on a typical day: 1,641,156
Videos on the channel
261
1 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
4 days ago
November 10, 2026
Views per subscriber
1,156
a new short video usually gets 1,554,620 views
Next milestone
1,000,000 subscribers
at the current pace: in about 155 days
Instagram: The numbers
@_samjose_ · The account on Instagram
Followers
657,588
▲ 285 a day, on average over the last 2 days
▲ 6,624 in the last 7 days
▲ 6,624 in the last 7 days
Posts
451
3 new posts in the last 7 days
Views per Reel
933,773
usually, by 14 recent Reels
Likes per post
43,210
usually, by 14 recent posts
6.6% of followers
6.6% of followers
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Cooking and food | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 1,113 of 2,839 | 68 of 115 |
Ranked among the channels whose Instagram account is on Trari.
Instagram followers: Cooking and food
Latest posts
Tap a post to see it here
| Post | Type | Posted | Views | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saying goodbye to my parmesan cheese wheel 🥲🧀 #cooking #food #recipe… | Reel | November 10, 2026 | 2,552,445 | 85,634 | 358 |
| The last pasta in my cheese wheel 🧀 #cooking #food #trials | Reel | November 9, 2026 | 756,144 | 40,717 | 21 |
| My final pasta in the cheese wheel 🥲🧀 #cooking #food #recipe #cheesewheel… | Reel | November 6, 2026 | 7,908,391 | 321,308 | 244 |
| My daughters first school lunch 🥩🥔🥕 #cooking #food #recipe #schoollunch… | Reel | November 3, 2026 | 761,490 | 44,261 | 102 |
| Happy Halloween 👻🎃 #cooking #food #recipe #ghostcookies #reels | Reel | October 31, 2026 | 719,119 | 33,489 | 71 |
| Baby girl is the size of a pomegranate 🍫 #cooking #food #recipe #pregnancy… | Reel | October 28, 2026 | 304,907 | 13,957 | 52 |
| How I clean my cheese wheel! #cooking #food #reels #cheesewheel #trials | Reel | October 23, 2026 | 1,612,080 | 4,377 | 6 |
| Baby girl is the size of an avocado 🥑 #cooking #food #recipe #pregnancy #reels | Reel | October 22, 2026 | 677,296 | 30,949 | 32 |
As of November 12, 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.
YouTube: What happened lately
November 12, 2026 passed 1M views Saying goodbye to my cheese wheel The video passed 1,000,000 views.
This week on the channel 2 videos this week
Blueberries or raspberries? Sam Jose's baby gender reveal says girl
The kitchen creator and his wife Jess are expecting a daughter, and the short passed two and a half million views in three days.
The video drawing the most views now
My final pasta in the cheese wheel
- Video published
- November 6, 2026
- Video views so far
- 1,349,931
- Video views, pace per day
- 127,845
- Views on its first day
- 285,070
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YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Cooking and food | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 2,590 of 5,392 | 126 of 187 |
| By views gained this week | 581 of 5,236 | 23 of 185 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 660 of 5,183 | 26 of 184 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 1.0% of all views the category's channels gained this week
- Subscriber growth this week
- 1.1% on this channel, 0.0% on the category's middle channel
Subscribers in the category Cooking and food
Views gained this week in the category Cooking and food
YouTube and Instagram: Subscribers and followers, last 30 days
Growth in percent since November 5, 2026, so both lines start from the same point
- YouTube · 851,000 subscribers +1.3% (+11,000)
- Instagram · 657,588 followers +1.0% (+6,624)
From November 5, 2026 to November 14, 2026: on YouTube from 840,000 to 851,000 subscribers (+1.3%), on Instagram from 650,964 to 657,588 followers (+1.0%).
YouTube rounds a large channel's subscriber count, so its line moves in steps.
The numbers by day
| Day | Subscribers (YouTube) | Followers (Instagram) |
|---|---|---|
| November 14, 2026 | 851,000 | - |
| November 13, 2026 | 850,000 | - |
| November 12, 2026 | 849,000 | 657,588 |
| November 11, 2026 | 847,000 | 657,071 |
| November 10, 2026 | 846,000 | - |
| November 9, 2026 | 845,000 | 656,103 |
| November 8, 2026 | 844,000 | 655,672 |
| November 7, 2026 | 842,000 | 654,779 |
| November 6, 2026 | 841,000 | 650,890 |
| November 5, 2026 | 840,000 | 650,964 |
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 16, 2026: 940,552,961 views → November 14, 2026: 984,154,054 views · average: 1,503,485 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Saying goodbye to my cheese wheel | November 10, 2026 | 1:02 short | 1,788,162 | 124,645 | 787,958 | 80,414 | 1,550 |
 My final pasta in the cheese wheel | November 6, 2026 | 1:01 short | 1,349,931 | 127,845 | 285,070 | 57,642 | 170 |
 School lunch for my daughter | November 3, 2026 | 1:01 short | 1,694,158 | 14,528 | 489,756 | 89,959 | 372 |
 Ghost cookies for Halloween | October 31, 2026 | 1:01 short | 1,807,169 | 4,855 | 727,883 | 72,283 | 496 |
 I Tried Facebook Marketplace Food in Rich Neighborhoods | October 29, 2026 | 16:54 | 60,744 | 2,652 | 12,064 | 776 | 27 |
 My baby is a pomegranate | October 28, 2026 | 1:01 short | 3,259,198 | 112,351 | 400,939 | 125,896 | 1,095 |
 Avocado ice cream | October 22, 2026 | 1:01 short | 892,918 | 9,067 | 282,781 | 37,555 | 117 |
 Grilled cheese and tomato soup | October 18, 2026 | 1:01 short | 1,554,620 | 18,215 | 377,113 | 75,780 | 170 |
 #FiveGuysPartner Trying the @fiveguys Cheese Stack Challeng… | October 16, 2026 | 0:47 short | 143,788 | 1,068 | 57,545 | 7,639 | 16 |
 Hot Cheetos from scratch | October 13, 2026 | 1:02 short | 3,348,087 | 49,153 | - | 148,672 | 596 |
 My cheese wheel got moldy | October 9, 2026 | 1:01 short | 1,922,197 | 13,331 | - | 76,001 | 147 |
 Peach cobbler for our baby | October 5, 2026 | 1:01 short | 701,650 | 2,172 | - | 40,641 | 90 |
 Baby gender reveal 🩵🩷 | October 2, 2026 | 1:01 short | 7,294,970 | 127,786 | - | 288,730 | 1,943 |
 Making dirt for my pregnant wife | September 28, 2026 | 1:01 short | 441,810 | 902 | - | 20,019 | 59 |
 Surf & turf pasta in the cheese wheel 🤤🧀 #WhatnotPartner | September 25, 2026 | 0:58 short | 643,562 | 6,098 | - | 35,739 | 147 |
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 43.0 in the category: 23.4
- comments per 1,000 views
- 0.3 in the category: 0.5
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 275,006 views
- short vs long
- 14 short (up to 3 minutes), 1 long
average views per short video: 1,917,301
average views per long video: 60,744
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 I Tested Clickbait Shorts Recipes | September 25, 2026 | 23:14 | 57,608 |
| I Tried Facebook Marketplace Food in America's Richest Neig… | October 29, 2026 | 16:54 | 30,304 |
 I Tested YOUR Struggle Meals | February 9, 2026 | 18:54 | 27,565 |
 Meal Prep Sucks, Do THIS Instead | February 23, 2026 | 9:38 | 15,107 |
 I Tried "Food" From Facebook Marketplace | March 9, 2026 | 17:29 | 14,155 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Cleaning the cheese wheel | June 20, 2025 | 1:01 | 105,499,699 |
 Cutting up the cheese wheel | July 19, 2025 | 1:01 | 55,241,118 |
 Cooking on a Himalayan salt block | June 27, 2025 | 1:01 | 46,771,161 |
 Making pasta in a cheese wheel | April 1, 2025 | 1:02 | 38,207,923 |
 How to clean your cheese wheel | August 24, 2026 | 1:01 | 35,895,564 |
YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- MilestoneSaying goodbye to my cheese wheel The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- MilestoneMy final pasta in the cheese wheel The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- MilestoneSchool lunch for my daughter The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 2,923,246 views a day, 2.2 times a normal day (1,299,439).
- MilestoneGhost cookies for Halloween The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 3,409,775 views a day, 3 times a normal day (1,118,512).
- MilestoneMy baby is a pomegranate The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- MilestoneGrilled cheese and tomato soup The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Video taking offAvocado ice cream The video opened at a pace of 248,562 views a day, 3.1 times a normal first day on this channel (80,334).
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 2,712,293 views a day, 2.8 times a normal day (982,272).
- Video taking offGrilled cheese and tomato soup The video opened at a pace of 301,451 views a day, 4.1 times a normal first day on this channel (73,747).
- MilestoneHot Cheetos from scratch 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
This week on the channel +9.1M views this week
Sam Jose turns a messy pomegranate into chocolate dessert
His first attempt at opening the fruit supplies a splattered counter, a water-bowl trick and the week's most-watched new upload.
This week on the channel 2 videos this week
Blueberries or raspberries? Sam Jose's baby gender reveal says girl
The kitchen creator and his wife Jess are expecting a daughter, and the short passed two and a half million views in three days.