YouTube channel

Sgt. Sam

Military, weapons and geopolitics

In short

On YouTube, Sgt. Sam has 129,000 subscribers and 136,047,391 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 3,000 subscribers and 7,261,950 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 5,146 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 59 of 63 in category "Military, weapons and geopolitics".

YouTube: The numbers today

subscribers

129,000

▲ 3,000 in the last 7 days
▲ 22,000 in the last 30 days

total views

136,047,391

▲ 7,261,950 in the last 7 days
▲ 46,096,616 in the last 30 days

views a day (current pace)

338,006

on a typical day: 1,699,580

Videos on the channel

2 uploaded in the last 7 days

Last upload

3 days ago

November 8, 2026

Views per subscriber

1,054

a new short video usually gets 91,355 views

Next milestone

200,000 subscribers

at the current pace: in about 97 days

YouTube: What happened lately

November 9, 2026 passed 1M views The gas got worse with every line... The video passed 1,000,000 views.

Video taking off 46x its usual first day

A burpee stop turns a Marine obstacle race into a chase

Sgt. Sam's commentary clip follows Thompson over walls and climbing bars after another Marine gets away first.

Channel: Sgt. Sam · Story of October 29, 2026

Video taking off 14x its usual first day

Cambodian police drill tests who can stay on their feet

Sgt. Sam's commentary clip draws an unusually fast audience for footage of recruits taking strikes from an instructor.

Channel: Sgt. Sam · Story of October 27, 2026

This week on the channel +1.7M views this week

Bare-handed IED discovery draws attention on Sgt. Sam

Two Afghanistan-focused clips pair a buried explosive with a former 82nd Airborne soldier's account of coming under attack.

Channel: Sgt. Sam · Story of October 15, 2026

The video drawing the most views now

He stopped right in front of him...

Video published: October 26, 2026
Video views so far: 22,029,771
Video views, pace per day: 199,332
Views on its first day: 532,939

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YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category

	Among all channels on Trari	In the category Military, weapons and geopolitics
By subscribers	5,146 of 5,393	59 of 63
By views gained this week	860 of 5,274	4 of 63
By views gained in the last 30 days	606 of 5,043	3 of 63

The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.

The channel's share of the category: 5.8% of all views the category's channels gained this week
Subscriber growth this week: 2.4% on this channel, 0.0% on the category's middle channel

Subscribers in the category Military, weapons and geopolitics

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2,540,000

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Views gained this week in the category Military, weapons and geopolitics

16,875,613

12,311,048

11,697,867

7,261,950

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6,226,916

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9Beyond the Frontline

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13Kings and Generals

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2,177,193

15hickok45

2,111,166

YouTube: Trophy cabinet

Trophies on the overall chart

The overall chart ranks the most watched videos of all categories together: every day, every week and every month. A trophy goes to a video that reached No. 1, 2 or 3. To the chart ›

No trophy yet (one of the top three places)

Medals on the category charts42

Each category, such as music, entertainment or sports, has its own chart. A medal goes to a video that reached No. 1, 2 or 3 on it.

No. 1 · The Sports daily chart - Shorts · November 2, 2026He stopped right in front of him...The most watched Short in Sports that day.
No. 1 · The Sports daily chart - Shorts · November 1, 2026He stopped right in front of him...The most watched Short in Sports that day.
No. 1 · The Sports weekly chart - Shorts · October 25 to 31, 2026He stopped right in front of him...The most watched Short in Sports that week.
No. 1 · The Sports daily chart - Shorts · October 31, 2026He stopped right in front of him...The most watched Short in Sports that day.
No. 3 · The Sports daily chart - Shorts · October 30, 2026He stopped right in front of him...The third most watched Short in Sports that day.

All 6 medals

No. 3 · The Sports daily chart - Shorts · October 29, 2026He stopped right in front of him...The third most watched Short in Sports that day.

The daily charts are counted since October 16, 2026.

YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days

October 13, 2026: 107,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 129,000 subscribers

YouTube: Total views, last 30 days

October 13, 2026: 90,105,711 views → November 11, 2026: 136,047,391 views · average: 1,584,195 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
He was stuck halfway down the tower...	November 8, 2026	1:00 short	9,630	4,209	5,097	455	4
The ice didn’t stand a chance...	November 6, 2026	0:47 short	75,982	3,887	39,888	1,937	8
He was shaking before the pin came out...	November 4, 2026	0:46 short	91,355	2,453	22,753	1,930	11
The gas got worse with every line...	November 4, 2026	1:00 short	1,191,773	92,330	279,780	25,864	98
They had one way to end it...	November 2, 2026	0:51 short	28,907	261	7,185	1,579	11
He looked up and saw the bottom of a tank...	November 1, 2026	0:43 short	383,332	820	108,972	8,780	141
The Americans couldn’t believe what he did 💀	October 31, 2026	0:59 short	74,497	263	17,740	2,606	22
Then they had to cross the bridge...	October 29, 2026	1:00 short	65,698	207	23,442	2,475	28
Bad day to answer the door...	October 28, 2026	0:56 short	74,145	178	50,749	1,667	14
He wasn’t letting that slide 💀	October 27, 2026	1:00 short	4,672,140	70,130	935,665 (33 hours)	71,348	207
He stopped right in front of him...	October 26, 2026	0:54 short	22,029,771	199,332	532,939	315,777	3,229
The enemy was looking right back at him...	October 23, 2026	0:44 short	135,895	425	57,631	3,146	48
They were running out of places to hide...	October 22, 2026	1:00 short	52,655	165	22,354	1,615	19
Help arrived from above...	October 20, 2026	0:52 short	58,067	151	17,842	1,752	24
He finally got to unload...	October 19, 2026	0:44 short	3,575,348	6,829	101,040	49,116	238

Audience engagement

likes per 1,000 views: 15.1 in the category: 22.3
comments per 1,000 views: 0.1 in the category: 1.6
a video's usual first day on this channel: 23,966 views
short vs long: 15 short (up to 3 minutes), 0 long
average views per short video: 2,167,946

YouTube: Most watched Shorts

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
Worst day of his life..	March 7, 2026	0:58	29,202,202
They were told not to open it...	September 1, 2026	0:53	22,845,215
Someone else was watching them...	July 23, 2026	0:50	7,080,889
He had seconds to move...	July 16, 2026	0:59	6,187,102
They got their revenge..	July 20, 2026	1:00	6,030,275

YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days

The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.

November 9, 2026MilestoneThe gas got worse with every line... The video passed 1,000,000 views.
November 8, 2026Weekly growthThe channel went from 121,000 to 128,000 subscribers that week.
November 7, 2026Weekly growthThe channel went from 117,000 to 127,000 subscribers that week.
November 6, 2026Weekly growthThe channel went from 115,000 to 126,000 subscribers that week.
November 5, 2026Video taking offThe gas got worse with every line... The video opened at a pace of 137,342 views a day, 7.1 times a normal first day on this channel (19,226).
November 5, 2026Weekly growthThe channel went from 113,000 to 126,000 subscribers that week.
November 4, 2026Weekly growthThe channel went from 112,000 to 126,000 subscribers that week.
November 3, 2026Weekly growthThe channel went from 111,000 to 125,000 subscribers that week.
November 3, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 7,255,532 views a day, 3.3 times a normal day (2,194,859).
November 2, 2026Video taking offHe looked up and saw the bottom of a tank... The video opened at a pace of 93,062 views a day, 4.8 times a normal first day on this channel (19,226).
November 2, 2026Weekly growthThe channel went from 111,000 to 123,000 subscribers that week.
November 2, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 5,957,196 views a day, 3.4 times a normal day (1,776,822).

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.

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