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Video surging 30x the video's usual pace
Amelia Earhart, coconut crabs and the search on Nikumaroro
Popular Mechanics connects a search for possible plane wreckage with a theory about why human remains might be difficult to find.
In short
On YouTube, Popular Mechanics has 118,000 subscribers and 39,444,862 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 82,824 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 5,238 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 87 of 87 in category "Science and experiments". On Instagram, @popularmechanics has 223,037 followers.
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
118,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
▲ 1,000 in the last 30 days
▲ 1,000 in the last 30 days
total views
39,444,862
▲ 82,824 in the last 7 days
▲ 740,471 in the last 30 days
▲ 740,471 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
3,755
on a typical day: 19,730
Videos on the channel
1,254
6 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
yesterday
November 10, 2026
Views per subscriber
334
a new short video usually gets 621 views
Next milestone
200,000 subscribers
82,000 subscribers to go
Instagram: The numbers today
@popularmechanics · The account on Instagram
Followers
223,037
▲ 76 since yesterday
Posts
5,570
Views per Reel
1,800
usually, by 5 recent Reels
Likes per post
39
usually, by 12 recent posts
0.02% of followers
0.02% of followers
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Science and experiments | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 1,467 of 2,442 | 22 of 43 |
Ranked among the channels whose Instagram account is on Trari.
Instagram followers: Science and experiments
Latest posts
Tap a post to see it here
| Post | Type | Posted | Views | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Is Noah’s Ark buried in Turkey? | Reel | November 9, 2026 | 2,470 | 14 | 0 |
| The 2014 disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 remains one of aviation’s… | Photo | November 9, 2026 | - | 109 | 4 |
| Soil frozen for millennia is thawing, and its chemical payload is traveling… | Photo | November 8, 2026 | - | 228 | 8 |
| He wants to call it “The Tubulator 5000.” | Photo | November 7, 2026 | - | 277 | 4 |
| Although they’re the stand-in symbol for flood prevention, sandbags may not be… | Photo | November 6, 2026 | - | 55 | 2 |
| Scholars have tried to decode the head-scratching text for over 100 years, but a… | Photo | November 6, 2026 | - | 38 | 2 |
| Many companies claim their stations are rugged, but this one delivers on the… | Reel | November 6, 2026 | 1,754 | 14 | 4 |
| Operation Spider's Web proved $2,000 toys can hunt supersonic giants. Now the… | Photo | November 5, 2026 | - | 395 | 5 |
Of the 15 latest posts: 6 Reels and 9 photos.
As of November 10, 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
October 25, 2026 3.6x the video's usual pace A Disturbing Clue Suggests Amelia Earhart Survive… The video ran that day at 51,928 views a day, 3.6 times its usual pace (14,500).
This week on the channel +58K views this week
Island inscriptions and inland shipwrecks intrigue Popular Mechanics
Three new uploads explore Easter Island mysteries and six centuries-old ships found on land in Sweden.
The video drawing the most views now
Scientists Are Finally Testing the Site Linked to Noah’s Ark #noahsark #archaeology
- Video published
- November 10, 2026
- Video views so far
- 669
- Video views, pace per day
- 1,348
- Views in its first 8 hours
- 669
Similar channels
YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Science and experiments | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 5,238 of 5,393 | 87 of 87 |
| By views gained this week | 4,664 of 5,274 | 79 of 87 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 4,197 of 5,043 | 66 of 81 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 0.0% of all views the category's channels gained this week
Subscribers in the category Science and experiments
Views gained this week in the category Science and experiments
YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 117,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 118,000 subscribers
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 38,711,287 views → November 11, 2026: 39,444,862 views · average: 25,295 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
- 12.0 in the category: 30.1
- comments per 1,000 views
- 0.8 in the category: 1.1
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 580 views
- short vs long
- 13 short (up to 3 minutes), 2 long
average views per short video: 757
average views per long video: 1,701
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Inside The Largest Handmade Candy Factory | Made Here | Pop… | January 15, 2020 | 11:09 | 5,308,685 |
 How Mezcal Is Made | Made Here | Popular Mechanics | October 1, 2019 | 10:28 | 2,133,232 |
 5-Blender Comparison Test Including Vita-Mix & Blendtec | P… | September 30, 2009 | 4:32 | 1,271,541 |
 How a Ship in a Bottle Is Made | April 25, 2024 | 6:23 | 965,179 |
 Sony PS3 Blinks & How to Fix Them | PopMech | January 17, 2007 | 3:13 | 900,601 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 The bowline knot is both easy to tie and untie | April 20, 2023 | 0:09 | 2,791,152 |
 The Top Gun movie features cool call signs for pilots, but … | February 2, 2023 | 0:53 | 893,446 |
 How does the real life TOPGUN program actually operate? Pro… | January 25, 2023 | 0:57 | 635,656 |
 How Morse Code Works | August 2, 2023 | 0:53 | 577,087 |
 How Top Gun Maverick’s Mach 10.5 stunt is physically imposs… | January 11, 2023 | 0:41 | 515,800 |
YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- Video surgingA Disturbing Clue Suggests Amelia Earhart Survive… The video ran that day at 51,928 views a day, 3.6 times its usual pace (14,500).
- Video surgingA Disturbing Clue Suggests Amelia Earhart Survive… The video ran that day at 50,518 views a day, 4.8 times its usual pace (10,498).
- Video surgingA Disturbing Clue Suggests Amelia Earhart Survive… The video ran that day at 47,900 views a day, 7.6 times its usual pace (6,342).
- Video surgingA Disturbing Clue Suggests Amelia Earhart Survive… The video ran that day at 48,959 views a day, 30 times its usual pace (1,607).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
Video surging 30x the video's usual pace
Amelia Earhart, coconut crabs and the search on Nikumaroro
Popular Mechanics connects a search for possible plane wreckage with a theory about why human remains might be difficult to find.
This week on the channel +58K views this week
Island inscriptions and inland shipwrecks intrigue Popular Mechanics
Three new uploads explore Easter Island mysteries and six centuries-old ships found on land in Sweden.