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This week on the channel +320K views this week
Patrick Willems finds Interstellar's heart, then frets over fonts
His Nolan essay passes 200,000 views as viewers recall watching the film with their fathers.
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Patrick (H) Willems
@patrickhwillems · The channel on YouTube
Chosen for "Five creators worth discovering", week of November 8, 2026
In short
On YouTube, Patrick (H) Willems has 662,000 subscribers and 83,274,028 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 1,000 subscribers and 412,906 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "How Did Interstellar Become Every Dude's Favorite Movie?", with 298,638 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 2,938 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 75 of 147 in category "Movie and TV clips and commentary". On Instagram, @patrickhwillems has 17,391 followers. The account gained 87 followers in the last 7 days.
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
662,000
▲ 1,000 in the last 7 days
▲ 2,000 in the last 30 days
▲ 2,000 in the last 30 days
total views
83,274,028
▲ 412,906 in the last 7 days
▲ 781,361 in the last 30 days
▲ 781,361 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
19,034
on a typical day: 34,580
Videos on the channel
449
1 uploaded in the last 30 days
Last upload
8 days ago
November 3, 2026
Views per subscriber
125
a new long video usually gets 504,591 views
a new short video usually gets 16,299 views
a new short video usually gets 16,299 views
Next milestone
750,000 subscribers
88,000 subscribers to go
Instagram: The numbers today
@patrickhwillems · The account on Instagram
Followers
17,391
▲ 7 a day, on average over the last 2 days
▲ 87 in the last 7 days
▲ 87 in the last 7 days
Posts
1,104
Likes per post
895
usually, by 15 recent posts
5.1% of followers
5.1% of followers
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Movie and TV clips and commentary | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 2,229 of 2,442 | 40 of 50 |
Ranked among the channels whose Instagram account is on Trari.
Instagram followers: Movie and TV clips and commentary
Latest posts
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| Post | Type | Posted | Views | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Major life update: I have an Oasis sweater now. I have reached my ultimate form | Carousel | October 26, 2026 | - | 2,111 | 48 |
| Here’s to movies playing in movie theaters and doing Q&As with your friends and… | Carousel | October 7, 2026 | - | 781 | 14 |
| Went to LA, mostly sat in cars and movie theaters | Carousel | August 26, 2026 | - | 925 | 23 |
| Join me for the world premiere of Power Trip at the HollyShorts Film Festival on… | Reel | July 25, 2026 | 27,201 | 1,167 | 20 |
| Mary Getting Married | Carousel | July 7, 2026 | - | 1,680 | 32 |
| Great day to be in the greatest city in the world | Carousel | June 18, 2026 | - | 824 | 7 |
| Three weddings and a dinosaur | Carousel | June 15, 2026 | - | 895 | 12 |
| The season premiere is out now on YouTube. It’s about music videos. Yes I got… | Carousel | April 18, 2026 | - | 1,538 | 48 |
Of the 15 latest posts: 1 Reel, 11 carousels and 3 photos.
As of November 11, 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 5, 2026 11x the channel's usual pace The whole channel ran that day at 177,961 views a day, 11 times a normal day (16,375). Read the story
Views jump 11x the channel's usual pace
Patrick Willems asks how Interstellar became "Every Dude's Favorite Movie"
His new Christopher Nolan essay arrives alongside a channel-wide viewing jump to more than ten times the usual daily pace.
This week on the channel +202K views this week
Spielberg in 'god mode': 'Is This The Best Directed Movie Ever?' finds its crowd
No new upload from Patrick Willems, and a 2005 Spielberg film, still unnamed in the title, carries a channel of 660,000 subscribers.
The video drawing the most views now
How Did Interstellar Become Every Dude's Favorite Movie?
- Video published
- November 3, 2026
- Video views so far
- 298,638
- Video views, pace per day
- 12,100
- Views on its first day
- 123,828
Similar channels
YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Movie and TV clips and commentary | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 2,938 of 5,393 | 75 of 147 |
| By views gained this week | 3,559 of 5,274 | 95 of 144 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 4,150 of 5,043 | 108 of 132 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 0.1% 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
Subscribers in the category Movie and TV clips and commentary
Views gained this week in the category Movie and TV clips and commentary
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 · 662,000 subscribers +0.15% (+1,000)
- Instagram · 17,391 followers +0.39% (+68)
From November 5, 2026 to November 11, 2026: on YouTube from 661,000 to 662,000 subscribers (+0.15%), on Instagram from 17,323 to 17,391 followers (+0.39%).
YouTube rounds a large channel's subscriber count, so its line moves in steps.
The numbers by day
| Day | Subscribers (YouTube) | Followers (Instagram) |
|---|---|---|
| November 11, 2026 | 662,000 | 17,391 |
| November 10, 2026 | 662,000 | - |
| November 9, 2026 | 662,000 | 17,377 |
| November 8, 2026 | 662,000 | - |
| November 7, 2026 | 662,000 | 17,348 |
| November 6, 2026 | 661,000 | - |
| November 5, 2026 | 661,000 | 17,323 |
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 82,506,071 views → November 11, 2026: 83,274,028 views · average: 26,481 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.
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 33.3 in the category: 27.1
- comments per 1,000 views
- 4.7 in the category: 0.9
- short vs long
- 8 short (up to 3 minutes), 7 long
average views per short video: 28,372
average views per long video: 574,356
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Breaking Bad Jr. | August 7, 2013 | 6:40 | 7,049,279 |
 What if Wes Anderson Directed X-Men? | March 3, 2015 | 3:47 | 4,513,334 |
 Why Do Marvel's Movies Look Kind of Ugly? (video essay) | November 16, 2016 | 7:23 | 3,218,356 |
 Why Is Every Streaming Blockbuster So Bad? | June 12, 2026 | 57:14 | 1,559,561 |
 RRR - The Biggest Blockbuster You've Never Heard Of | May 1, 2022 | 32:21 | 1,496,485 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Speed Racer has the craziest scene transition ever | July 15, 2025 | 2:15 | 1,726,283 |
 Everyone misunderstood SPEED RACER #speedracer #filmstudies… | February 7, 2025 | 1:00 | 816,422 |
 Zack Snyder's Accidental Joel Schumacher Homage #zacksnyder… | September 9, 2024 | 1:00 | 576,232 |
 How to solve the problem of Ryan Reynolds #ryanreynolds #de… | September 13, 2024 | 1:00 | 418,992 |
 The Best Combination of Puppets & CGI #wherethewildthingsar… | March 13, 2025 | 0:47 | 328,629 |
YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 177,961 views a day, 11 times a normal day (16,375).Read the story
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 +320K views this week
Patrick Willems finds Interstellar's heart, then frets over fonts
His Nolan essay passes 200,000 views as viewers recall watching the film with their fathers.
Views jump 11x the channel's usual pace
Patrick Willems asks how Interstellar became "Every Dude's Favorite Movie"
His new Christopher Nolan essay arrives alongside a channel-wide viewing jump to more than ten times the usual daily pace.
This week on the channel +202K views this week
Spielberg in 'god mode': 'Is This The Best Directed Movie Ever?' finds its crowd
No new upload from Patrick Willems, and a 2005 Spielberg film, still unnamed in the title, carries a channel of 660,000 subscribers.