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IrelandThis week on the channel +7.2M views this week
Chef Thomson's kitchen cart Michael needs a multi-tool intervention
Strawberry salads and a plastic-wrap discussion follow the repair in the busiest of his two new uploads.
In short
On YouTube, Chef Thomson has 1,460,000 subscribers and 1,419,058,343 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 4,231,170 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "One of the reasons I ALWAYS have a multi-tool in the kitchen", with 2,957,848 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 1,821 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 92 of 187 in category "Cooking and food".
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
1,460,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
▲ 10,000 in the last 30 days
▲ 10,000 in the last 30 days
total views
1,419,058,343
▲ 4,231,170 in the last 7 days
▲ 18,534,818 in the last 30 days
▲ 18,534,818 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
701,145
on a typical day: 597,987
Videos on the channel
1,141
4 uploaded in the last 30 days
Last upload
19 days ago
October 23, 2026
Views per subscriber
971
a new short video usually gets 324,059 views
Next milestone
1,500,000 subscribers
at the current pace: in about 120 days
YouTube: What happened lately
November 9, 2026 2.4x the video's usual pace Going fishing in culinary school 🎣 The video ran that day at 148,387 views a day, 2.4 times its usual pace (61,885).
This week on the channel +13M views this week
Five-gallon mayonnaise buckets and a mushroom hunt for Chef Thomson
The culinary student who calls himself a glorified lunch lady posted four videos, and the one about prying open a kitchen tub has passed th…
The video drawing the most views now
Going fishing in culinary school 🎣
- Video published
- September 18, 2026
- Video views so far
- 5,835,317
- Video views, pace per day
- 100,655
Similar channels
YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Cooking and food | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 1,821 of 5,393 | 92 of 187 |
| By views gained this week | 1,242 of 5,274 | 57 of 187 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 1,217 of 5,043 | 54 of 174 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 0.4% of all views the category's channels gained this week
Subscribers in the category Cooking and food
Views gained this week in the category Cooking and food
YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 1,450,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 1,460,000 subscribers
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 1,400,767,803 views → November 11, 2026: 1,419,058,343 views · average: 630,708 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 My day as a culinary student working two jobs. | October 23, 2026 | 1:28 short | 136,404 | 2,414 | 63,201 | 6,002 | 95 |
 Cooking is absolutely a trade. | October 22, 2026 | 1:22 short | 99,751 | 1,765 | 52,860 | 6,511 | 110 |
 Making watermelon sashimi in school 🍉 | October 13, 2026 | 1:08 short | 324,059 | 3,486 | 117,422 | 11,508 | 114 |
 One of the reasons I ALWAYS have a multi-tool in the kitchen | October 13, 2026 | 1:12 short | 2,957,848 | 71,297 | 306,647 | 122,861 | 1,383 |
 NEVER doubt my gardening skills 😈 | October 9, 2026 | 1:22 short | 190,593 | 1,338 | - | 10,597 | 103 |
 We have a garden on the roof of the restaurant 🌾 | October 8, 2026 | 1:14 short | 109,611 | 1,288 | - | 5,493 | 40 |
 The only correct way to chop a bell pepper 🫑 | October 7, 2026 | 1:20 short | 787,210 | 3,406 | - | 40,449 | 443 |
 FIRE 270 CRÈME BRÛLÉE CHEF!! 🔥 | October 5, 2026 | 1:03 short | 879,092 | 1,094 | - | 30,472 | 262 |
 Every Chef’s worst nightmare… | October 1, 2026 | 0:18 short | 102,764 | 921 | - | 3,858 | 64 |
 A trick I was taught for slicing tomatoes 🍅 | October 1, 2026 | 1:14 short | 236,578 | 775 | - | 8,948 | 89 |
 Foraging for wild mushrooms with a professional chef 🍄🟫 | September 29, 2026 | 1:03 short | 5,318,303 | 94,234 | - | 239,101 | 1,223 |
 The pain of opening mayonnaise buckets at work 😔 | September 28, 2026 | 1:11 short | 6,649,212 | 59,632 | - | 251,102 | 4,839 |
 My first catch and cook 🐟🔥 | September 24, 2026 | 1:30 short | 166,253 | 948 | - | 8,183 | 97 |
 Going fishing in culinary school 🎣 | September 18, 2026 | 1:47 short | 5,835,317 | 100,655 | - | 324,301 | 2,421 |
 It's normal to work long hours in kitchens. | September 10, 2026 | 1:30 short | 426,730 | 533 | - | 19,118 | 326 |
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 44.9 in the category: 23.5
- comments per 1,000 views
- 0.5 in the category: 0.5
- short vs long
- 15 short (up to 3 minutes), 0 long
average views per short video: 1,614,648
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 How to Clean a Stainless Steel Griddle (Flat Top Grill, Cle… | May 5, 2024 | 3:31 | 137,391 |
 WORK A 16-HOUR SHIFT WITH ME! (Kitchen Vlog in Shediac, New… | January 22, 2025 | 27:00 | 48,049 |
 WORK 21 HOURS WITH ME (Kitchen Vlog in Shediac, New Brunswi… | February 4, 2025 | 35:11 | 47,570 |
 Cooking POV: 2 Orders for a Greek Wrap 🌯 | December 23, 2023 | 2:04 | 41,969 |
 Cooking Sounds ASMR (Episode 4) - Loaded Hotdog's & Chicken… | September 4, 2023 | 7:35 | 38,835 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Don't argue over chemicals 🧪 | June 10, 2024 | 0:58 | 62,936,490 |
 NEVER happened before 😕 | September 19, 2023 | 1:00 | 58,081,152 |
 Cooking up our 8oz strip loin 🥩 | May 22, 2024 | 1:00 | 50,479,957 |
 Deep fried mushrooms 🍄 | February 5, 2024 | 0:59 | 43,216,589 |
 A RARE OCCURRENCE CAUGHT ON CAMERA 😳 | August 11, 2023 | 1:00 | 41,622,043 |
YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- Video surgingGoing fishing in culinary school 🎣 The video ran that day at 148,387 views a day, 2.4 times its usual pace (61,885).
- Video surgingGoing fishing in culinary school 🎣 The video ran that day at 129,247 views a day, 2.4 times its usual pace (54,400).
- Video surgingGoing fishing in culinary school 🎣 The video ran that day at 120,775 views a day, 2.2 times its usual pace (55,823).
- MilestoneOne of the reasons I ALWAYS have a multi-tool in … The video passed 1,000,000 views.
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 +7.2M views this week
Chef Thomson's kitchen cart Michael needs a multi-tool intervention
Strawberry salads and a plastic-wrap discussion follow the repair in the busiest of his two new uploads.
This week on the channel +13M views this week
Five-gallon mayonnaise buckets and a mushroom hunt for Chef Thomson
The culinary student who calls himself a glorified lunch lady posted four videos, and the one about prying open a kitchen tub has passed th…