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This week on the channel +699K views this week
A rifle-round revolver brings Fallout connections to Royal Armouries
Jonathan Ferguson examines a Philippine museum piece whose unusually long cylinder comes with serious questions about practicality.
In short
On YouTube, Royal Armouries has 443,000 subscribers and 60,787,844 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 2,000 subscribers and 806,406 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "This Revolver Fires AR-15 Ammunition: The Danao MPC with firearms expert Jonathan Ferguson", with 445,432 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 3,511 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 47 of 63 in category "Military, weapons and geopolitics". On Instagram, @royalarmouriesmuseum has 69,756 followers.
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
443,000
▲ 2,000 in the last 7 days
▲ 4,000 in the last 30 days
▲ 4,000 in the last 30 days
total views
60,787,844
▲ 806,406 in the last 7 days
▲ 2,117,614 in the last 30 days
▲ 2,117,614 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
55,326
on a typical day: 84,923
Videos on the channel
790
2 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
2 days ago
November 9, 2026
Views per subscriber
137
a new long video usually gets 90,062 views
a new short video usually gets 11,525 views
a new short video usually gets 11,525 views
Next milestone
500,000 subscribers
57,000 subscribers to go
Instagram: The numbers
@royalarmouriesmuseum · The account on Instagram
Followers
69,756
▲ 41 a day, on average over the last 2 days
Posts
2,040
7 new posts in the last 7 days
Views per Reel
22,909
usually, by 5 recent Reels
Likes per post
559
usually, by 13 recent posts
0.80% of followers
0.80% of followers
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Military, weapons and geopolitics | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 1,910 of 2,442 | 15 of 23 |
Ranked among the channels whose Instagram account is on Trari.
Instagram followers: Military, weapons and geopolitics
Latest posts
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| Post | Type | Posted | Views | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lest We Forget ❤️ | Carousel | November 8, 2026 | - | 161 | 0 |
| For the next week, we're remembering all those who have fought for our freedom… | Reel | November 7, 2026 | 11,843 | 536 | 10 |
| Celebrating Bonfire Night the Royal Armouries way- looking at the types of… | Carousel | November 5, 2026 | - | 559 | 3 |
| A revolver that fires AR-15 ammunition? | Photo | November 4, 2026 | - | 725 | 27 |
| We're back with another episode of What is this Weapon this week. | Photo | November 4, 2026 | - | 224 | 16 |
| Join us this Remembrance Day as we honour all those who have served. | Photo | November 3, 2026 | - | 250 | 0 |
| And now for the finale of the Witcher III sword breakdowns: The Aerondight. | Reel | November 2, 2026 | 63,880 | 4,533 | 32 |
| After 6 months we have today closed the doors on our special exhibition Genghis… | Carousel | November 1, 2026 | - | 459 | 2 |
Of the 15 latest posts: 6 Reels, 5 carousels and 4 photos.
As of November 9, 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 7, 2026 4.2x the channel's usual pace The whole channel ran that day at 269,186 views a day, 4.2 times a normal day (64,580).
This week on the channel +1.1M views this week
A Spitfire's trigger, a homemade zip gun and Genghis Khan at the Royal Armouries
Two winter lectures, one on the Mongol conqueror's memory and one on medieval tournaments, joined Jonathan Ferguson's weapons work on the m…
Video taking off 12x its usual first day
A captured IRA "Zip Gun" goes under Jonathan Ferguson's eye
The latest What Is This Weapon? looks at a crude .22 from the Troubles, and viewers are arguing over three small holes in its barrel.
The video drawing the most views now
48 Hours That Shook Europe: A Royal Armouries Special
- Video published
- November 9, 2026
- Video views so far
- 17,137
- Video views, pace per day
- 24,858
- Views in its first 12 hours
- 17,137
Similar channels
YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Military, weapons and geopolitics | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 3,511 of 5,393 | 47 of 63 |
| By views gained this week | 2,897 of 5,274 | 33 of 63 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 3,375 of 5,043 | 43 of 63 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 0.6% of all views the category's channels gained this week
- Subscriber growth this week
- 0.5% on this channel, 0.0% on the category's middle channel
Subscribers in the category Military, weapons and geopolitics
Views gained this week in the category Military, weapons and geopolitics
YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 439,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 443,000 subscribers
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 58,745,724 views → November 11, 2026: 60,787,844 views · average: 70,417 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
- 26.7 in the category: 21.5
- comments per 1,000 views
- 2.9 in the category: 1.4
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 7,916 views
- short vs long
- 9 short (up to 3 minutes), 6 long
average views per short video: 12,206
average views per long video: 118,791
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 What is this Weapon Presents: Antiques Gunshow with Ian McC… | April 10, 2024 | 27:52 | 1,803,889 |
 Exclusive hands-on with the new British Army AR-15: The KS-… | June 19, 2024 | 14:15 | 1,702,717 |
 How A Man Shall Be Armed: 11th Century | February 20, 2017 | 4:19 | 1,352,958 |
 An attempt to modernise the Martini-Henry rifle, with firea… | March 30, 2022 | 15:33 | 1,175,718 |
 The IRA's Homemade .22 "Zip Gun" with firearms expert Jonat… | October 7, 2026 | 20:15 | 1,170,749 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 The Personalised Australian Rifle That Won at Bisley | September 4, 2026 | 2:59 | 1,015,564 |
 AN-94: Watch ALL Firing Modes of the Rarest Production Rifl… | September 26, 2025 | 1:56 | 570,595 |
 Is the Battlefield 6 L85 Reload Realistic? Gaming vs Realit… | March 9, 2026 | 2:18 | 497,786 |
 He Brought This Rifle 9,000 Miles to the Royal Armouries | August 24, 2026 | 1:48 | 486,239 |
 How Did Spitfire Pilots Fire Aircraft Machine Guns? #spitfi… | October 2, 2026 | 2:25 | 364,396 |
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 269,186 views a day, 4.2 times a normal day (64,580).
- Video taking offThe Truth Behind the Silver Bullet Myth with fire… The video opened at a pace of 45,614 views a day, 5.8 times a normal first day on this channel (7,916).
- MilestoneThe IRA's Homemade .22 "Zip Gun" with firearms ex… 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 +699K views this week
A rifle-round revolver brings Fallout connections to Royal Armouries
Jonathan Ferguson examines a Philippine museum piece whose unusually long cylinder comes with serious questions about practicality.
This week on the channel +1.1M views this week
A Spitfire's trigger, a homemade zip gun and Genghis Khan at the Royal Armouries
Two winter lectures, one on the Mongol conqueror's memory and one on medieval tournaments, joined Jonathan Ferguson's weapons work on the m…
Video taking off 12x its usual first day
A captured IRA "Zip Gun" goes under Jonathan Ferguson's eye
The latest What Is This Weapon? looks at a crude .22 from the Troubles, and viewers are arguing over three small holes in its barrel.
Video surging 25x the video's usual pace
Dylan's Bisley-winning Australian rifle runs twenty-five times its usual pace at Royal Armouries
Posted almost four weeks ago, the visitor's competition rifle is closing on a million views and now brings in about half of the museum chan…