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IrelandThis week on the channel +422K views this week
Peterson Academy finds the sacred in stories, music and Pinocchio
Jordan Peterson's opening lecture on Mircea Eliade moves from meaningful places to Geppetto's wish and Moses's burning bush.
In short
On YouTube, Peterson Academy has 195,000 subscribers and 31,873,218 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 2,000 subscribers and 422,038 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "Professor Stephen R.C. Hicks | Logic", with 156,891 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 4,653 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 89 of 96 in category "Explainers, history and education".
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
195,000
▲ 2,000 in the last 7 days
▲ 10,000 in the last 30 days
▲ 10,000 in the last 30 days
total views
31,873,218
▲ 422,038 in the last 7 days
▲ 1,809,261 in the last 30 days
▲ 1,809,261 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
66,086
on a typical day: 62,765
Videos on the channel
134
1 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
3 days ago
November 8, 2026
Views per subscriber
163
a new long video usually gets 132,826 views
a new short video usually gets 7,421 views
a new short video usually gets 7,421 views
Next milestone
200,000 subscribers
at the current pace: in about 15 days
YouTube: What happened lately
November 10, 2026 2.1x the channel's usual pace The whole channel ran that day at 120,037 views a day, 2.1 times a normal day (55,992).
This week on the channel +449K views this week
Empire and decolonization take the floor at Peterson Academy
Nigel Biggar's course introduction joins Andrew Roberts on Napoleon and Michael Malice on Soviet history.
The video drawing the most views now
Dr. Jordan B. Peterson | The Sacred & the Profane | Lecture 1
- Video published
- November 8, 2026
- Video views so far
- 109,110
- Video views, pace per day
- 24,969
- Views on its first day
- 66,430
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YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Explainers, history and education | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 4,653 of 5,393 | 89 of 96 |
| By views gained this week | 3,541 of 5,274 | 56 of 96 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 3,491 of 5,043 | 57 of 91 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 0.2% of all views the category's channels gained this week
- Subscriber growth this week
- 1.0% on this channel, 0.0% on the category's middle channel
Subscribers in the category Explainers, history and education
Views gained this week in the category Explainers, history and education
YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 185,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 195,000 subscribers
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 30,088,266 views → November 11, 2026: 31,873,218 views · average: 61,550 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Dr. Jordan B. Peterson | The Sacred & the Profane | Lecture… | November 8, 2026 | 1:08:54 | 109,110 | 24,969 | 66,430 | 2,032 | 130 |
 The Pills That Harm the Body to Help the Mind | November 3, 2026 | 0:45 short | 1,596 | 60 | 730 | 87 | 2 |
 Dr. Paul Kengor | The Dark Side of Marxism | Lecture 2 | October 31, 2026 | 1:06:38 | 44,455 | 1,223 | 16,181 | 827 | 97 |
 Professor Stephen R.C. Hicks | Logic | October 24, 2026 | 1:34:36 | 156,891 | 4,444 | 25,159 | 2,557 | 120 |
 Dr. James Orr | Aristotle: From Logic to Life | October 17, 2026 | 1:09:39 | 77,594 | 925 | 20,083 | 1,281 | 57 |
 Braver, Not Less Afraid | October 14, 2026 | 0:31 short | 7,421 | 22 | 2,822 | 413 | 4 |
 Dr. Nigel Biggar | Deconstructing Decolonization | October 10, 2026 | 48:16 | 68,390 | 177 | - | 1,110 | 137 |
 Michael Malice | The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union | Le… | October 3, 2026 | 49:56 | 132,826 | 638 | - | 1,607 | 183 |
 Here’s the Problem With Lying | September 30, 2026 | 0:42 short | 35,704 | 214 | - | 1,144 | 83 |
 Samuel Andreyev | The Life & Works of Bach | September 26, 2026 | 58:59 | 147,168 | 1,563 | - | 2,297 | 121 |
 How Communists Planned to Infiltrate American Churches | September 23, 2026 | 0:56 short | 3,042 | 9 | - | 132 | 8 |
 Make Your Bed | September 22, 2026 | 0:51 short | 20,376 | 38 | - | 684 | 22 |
 Why Thinking Long-Term Changes How You Treat People | September 21, 2026 | 1:07 short | 3,556 | 9 | - | 173 | 4 |
 Music Is a Religious Experience | September 20, 2026 | 0:48 short | 16,850 | 18 | - | 525 | 28 |
 Lord Andrew Roberts | Napoleon | September 19, 2026 | 58:39 | 577,411 | 2,501 | - | 6,566 | 236 |
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 15.3 in the category: 19.7
- comments per 1,000 views
- 0.9 in the category: 1.2
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 17,384 views
- short vs long
- 7 short (up to 3 minutes), 8 long
average views per short video: 12,649
average views per long video: 164,230
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Dr. Jordan B. Peterson | Introduction to Nietzsche | Lectur… | May 10, 2026 | 45:02 | 1,234,467 |
 Wesley Huff | The Historical Reliability of the Bible | July 12, 2026 | 1:03:58 | 957,562 |
| Lord Andrew Roberts | Napoleon | September 19, 2026 | 58:39 | 577,495 |
 Professor Leonard | Foundations of Statistical Thinking (Pa… | September 2, 2026 | 54:22 | 388,587 |
 Dr. John Vervaeke | Introduction to Intelligence | Lecture … | October 3, 2025 | 1:06:05 | 373,458 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Is Traditional College a Scam? | Peterson Academy | October 3, 2025 | 0:30 | 7,785,735 |
 Bill Maher: "If You Want an Actual Education, Join Up." | P… | October 3, 2025 | 0:30 | 7,575,383 |
 The Most Progressive University in the World | Peterson Aca… | July 8, 2025 | 0:26 | 2,614,735 |
 The Sermon on the Mount (Official Trailer) | Dr. Jordan B. … | October 3, 2025 | 1:29 | 2,240,363 |
 Intro to Nietzsche (Official Trailer) | Dr. Jordan B. Peter… | October 3, 2025 | 1:20 | 1,612,626 |
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 120,037 views a day, 2.1 times a normal day (55,992).
- Video taking offDr. Jordan B. Peterson | The Sacred & the Profane… The video opened at a pace of 62,383 views a day, 3.4 times a normal first day on this channel (18,263).
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 159,900 views a day, 3.2 times a normal day (50,580).
Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube
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 +422K views this week
Peterson Academy finds the sacred in stories, music and Pinocchio
Jordan Peterson's opening lecture on Mircea Eliade moves from meaningful places to Geppetto's wish and Moses's burning bush.
This week on the channel +449K views this week
Empire and decolonization take the floor at Peterson Academy
Nigel Biggar's course introduction joins Andrew Roberts on Napoleon and Michael Malice on Soviet history.