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This week on the channel +42K views this week
NileRed's electron microscope regret gives Safety Third a storage problem
William Osman, The Backyard Scientist and NileRed weigh the hidden costs of keeping equipment in episode 182.
In short
On YouTube, Safety Third has 267,000 subscribers and 32,262,399 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 42,588 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "NileRed Bought RAM Right Before It Tripled - Safety Third 180", with 68,302 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 4,198 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 57 of 75 in category "Podcasts and interviews". On Instagram, @safetythirdofficial has 4,358 followers.
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
267,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
▼ 1,000 in the last 30 days
▼ 1,000 in the last 30 days
total views
32,262,399
▲ 42,588 in the last 7 days
▲ 276,147 in the last 30 days
▲ 276,147 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
2,998
on a typical day: 7,631
Videos on the channel
196
3 uploaded in the last 30 days
Last upload
13 days ago
October 29, 2026
Views per subscriber
120
a new long video usually gets 51,250 views
Next milestone
500,000 subscribers
233,000 subscribers to go
Instagram: The numbers
@safetythirdofficial · The account on Instagram
Followers
4,358
▼ 1 a day, on average over the last 3 days
Posts
40
Views per Reel
4,500
usually, by 15 recent Reels
Likes per post
170
usually, by 15 recent posts
3.9% of followers
3.9% of followers
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Podcasts and interviews | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 2,354 of 2,442 | 40 of 40 |
Ranked among the channels whose Instagram account is on Trari.
Instagram followers: Podcasts and interviews
Latest posts
Tap a post to see it here
| Post | Type | Posted | Views | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| how to poop 101 [episode 99 making salt out of blood] | Reel | April 15, 2024 | 4,500 | 142 | 5 |
| we weren’t familiar with nile.red’s game | Reel | March 29, 2024 | 247,592 | 5,789 | 37 |
| those pesky supply chain issues smh [episode 100 we kidnapped NileRed] | Reel | March 22, 2024 | 39,474 | 1,903 | 11 |
| it’s almost like he’s still with us… [episode 100 we kidnapped NileRed] | Reel | March 19, 2024 | 4,676 | 225 | 0 |
| just 3 guys chattin about carnivorous plants [episode 99 making salt out of… | Reel | March 14, 2024 | 3,640 | 128 | 4 |
| nigel’s gold incident [episode 100 we kidnapped NileRed] | Reel | March 12, 2024 | 3,616 | 178 | 3 |
| Hank Green [episode 96 9 Boys 1 House] | Reel | March 7, 2024 | 4,107 | 90 | 0 |
| trashcast [episode 96 9 boys 1 house] | Reel | March 6, 2024 | 3,128 | 64 | 0 |
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.
Apple Podcasts: The podcast
Safety Third · On the podcast charts by subject
YouTube: What happened lately
This week on the channel +47K views this week
Space toilets become Safety Third's latest engineering rabbit hole
William Osman, NileRed and The Backyard Scientist move from apartment stories to water recycling aboard the space station.
The video drawing the most views now
Why NileRed Never Wants an Electron Microscope Again - Safety Third 182
- Video published
- October 29, 2026
- Video views so far
- 64,570
- Video views, pace per day
- 2,073
- Views on its first day
- 21,543
Similar channels
YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Podcasts and interviews | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 4,198 of 5,393 | 57 of 75 |
| By views gained this week | 4,899 of 5,274 | 72 of 74 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 4,647 of 5,043 | 66 of 69 |
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
- Subscriber growth this week
- 0.0% on this channel, 0.1% on the category's middle channel
Subscribers in the category Podcasts and interviews
Views gained this week in the category Podcasts and interviews
YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 268,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 267,000 subscribers
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 31,990,663 views → November 11, 2026: 32,262,399 views · average: 9,370 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
- 12.9 in the category: 20.8
- comments per 1,000 views
- 3.1 in the category: 1.6
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 21,986 views
- short vs long
- 0 short (up to 3 minutes), 15 long
average views per long video: 60,212
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 dog food OR human food | October 28, 2022 | 28:43 | 1,077,031 |
 Vsauce - Safety Third 56 | December 29, 2022 | 1:20:49 | 865,606 |
 Traumatizing Tom Scott for 52 Minutes - Safety Third 37 | July 14, 2022 | 52:07 | 794,218 |
 NileGreen - Safety Third #20 | February 3, 2022 | 1:01:41 | 778,485 |
 Michael - Safety Third #8 | August 26, 2021 | 1:19:17 | 762,253 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 those pesky supply chain issues! [ep. WHO IS THE BEST MALL … | December 21, 2023 | 1:01 | 2,462,177 |
 PET scans are crazy 😳 [episode 94 Becoming Radioactive wit… | February 21, 2024 | 1:01 | 1,142,390 |
 William Osman aka Mall Santa aka Miracle Worker [ep. WHO IS… | December 19, 2023 | 1:01 | 1,071,552 |
 do we have any doctor engineers in chat [episode 56: VSAUCE] | December 19, 2023 | 0:46 | 167,210 |
 content aggregators 🤔 [ep. 56 Vsauce] | December 29, 2023 | 0:52 | 145,311 |
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 +42K views this week
NileRed's electron microscope regret gives Safety Third a storage problem
William Osman, The Backyard Scientist and NileRed weigh the hidden costs of keeping equipment in episode 182.
This week on the channel +47K views this week
Space toilets become Safety Third's latest engineering rabbit hole
William Osman, NileRed and The Backyard Scientist move from apartment stories to water recycling aboard the space station.