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IrelandThis week on the channel +730K views this week
Simon Clark revisits PhD-vlog life, with earlier finishing times
His decade-later return to the format includes climate research, choir rehearsal and a family outing to Westonbirt Arboretum.
In short
On YouTube, Simon Clark has 751,000 subscribers and 117,386,384 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 1,000 subscribers and 497,018 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "This is the graph giving me hope right now", with 1,065,978 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 2,770 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 64 of 87 in category "Science and experiments". On Instagram, @simonoxfphys has 102,970 followers. The account gained 129 followers in the last 7 days.
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
751,000
▲ 1,000 in the last 7 days
▲ 3,000 in the last 30 days
▲ 3,000 in the last 30 days
total views
117,386,384
▲ 497,018 in the last 7 days
▲ 3,107,247 in the last 30 days
▲ 3,107,247 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
28,589
on a typical day: 86,753
Videos on the channel
741
3 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
2 days ago
November 9, 2026
Views per subscriber
156
a new short video usually gets 89,171 views
Next milestone
1,000,000 subscribers
249,000 subscribers to go
Instagram: The numbers today
@simonoxfphys · The account on Instagram
Followers
102,970
▲ 14 a day, on average over the last 2 days
▲ 129 in the last 7 days
▲ 129 in the last 7 days
Posts
809
3 new posts in the last 7 days
Views per Reel
65,341
usually, by 13 recent Reels
Likes per post
1,926
usually, by 14 recent posts
1.9% of followers
1.9% of followers
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Science and experiments | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 1,799 of 2,442 | 31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| We made a game! Go check out copbingo.xyz | Reel | November 9, 2026 | 10,578 | 386 | 0 |
| Here's what you missed at the COP17 biodiversity conference in Yerevan, Armenia:… | Reel | November 6, 2026 | 9,596 | 541 | 12 |
| Why does GB News love North Sea drilling? Well it has something to do with their… | Reel | November 4, 2026 | 16,251 | 939 | 16 |
| I have a new toy, can you tell? | Reel | October 27, 2026 | 23,948 | 597 | 14 |
| This is the graph giving me hope right now. The global energy transition is… | Reel | October 26, 2026 | 140,390 | 7,105 | 28 |
| Here are five health trends in Brazil right now. What do these have in common?… | Reel | October 24, 2026 | 11,697 | 650 | 11 |
| Brazilians have been relentlessly targeted by Big Oil, but this election is too… | Reel | October 23, 2026 | 16,293 | 1,214 | 34 |
| This statistic ruined my video... | Reel | October 22, 2026 | 28,626 | 1,901 | 8 |
Of the 15 latest posts: 14 Reels and 1 photo.
As of November 11, 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 8, 2026 passed 1M views This is the graph giving me hope right now The video passed 1,000,000 views.
This week on the channel +448K views this week
1.5°C overshoot, AI and #TeamHuman: Simon Clark's three uploads
The UN's Limiting Overshoot report gave the week's most watched video its subject, and passed 140,000 views.
The video drawing the most views now
Why this country is making Shell nervous
- Video published
- November 5, 2026
- Video views so far
- 150,651
- Video views, pace per day
- 8,876
- Views on its first day
- 65,474
Similar channels
YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Science and experiments | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 2,770 of 5,393 | 64 of 87 |
| By views gained this week | 3,388 of 5,274 | 52 of 87 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 2,991 of 5,043 | 40 of 81 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 0.1% of all views the category's channels gained this week
- Subscriber growth this week
- 0.1% on this channel, 0.0% on the category's middle channel
Subscribers in the category Science and experiments
Views gained this week in the category Science and experiments
YouTube and Instagram: Subscribers and followers, last 30 days
Growth in percent since November 5, 2026, so both lines start from the same point
- YouTube · 751,000 subscribers +0.13% (+1,000)
- Instagram · 102,970 followers +0.10% (+103)
From November 5, 2026 to November 11, 2026: on YouTube from 750,000 to 751,000 subscribers (+0.13%), on Instagram from 102,867 to 102,970 followers (+0.10%).
YouTube rounds a large channel's subscriber count, so its line moves in steps.
The numbers by day
| Day | Subscribers (YouTube) | Followers (Instagram) |
|---|---|---|
| November 11, 2026 | 751,000 | 102,970 |
| November 10, 2026 | 751,000 | - |
| November 9, 2026 | 751,000 | 102,950 |
| November 8, 2026 | 750,000 | 102,940 |
| November 7, 2026 | 750,000 | 102,915 |
| November 6, 2026 | 750,000 | 102,897 |
| November 5, 2026 | 750,000 | 102,867 |
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 114,295,285 views → November 11, 2026: 117,386,384 views · average: 106,589 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 We made a game! | November 9, 2026 | 1:04 short | 8,719 | 5,215 | 7,591 | 620 | 16 |
 Lobbyists, Russia, Money Problems... what you missed at COP… | November 6, 2026 | 2:59 short | 50,484 | 2,092 | 29,272 | 3,065 | 92 |
 Why this country is making Shell nervous | November 5, 2026 | 25:31 | 150,651 | 8,876 | 65,474 | 4,242 | 369 |
 Why GB News loves North Sea drilling | November 4, 2026 | 1:39 short | 34,177 | 952 | 19,825 | 2,388 | 146 |
 Washed, chopped, and quite possibly unc | October 29, 2026 | 22:32 | 92,492 | 1,105 | 31,933 | 2,038 | 122 |
 Let's talk about warmth... | October 27, 2026 | 1:14 short | 36,761 | 71 | 26,847 | 2,015 | 111 |
 This is the graph giving me hope right now | October 26, 2026 | 3:00 short | 1,065,978 | 6,803 | 275,281 | 40,347 | 1,610 |
 What do Brazil's health problems have in common? | October 24, 2026 | 1:46 short | 23,013 | 39 | 14,277 | 1,620 | 92 |
 Brazilians have been relentlessly targeted by Big Oil | October 23, 2026 | 1:58 short | 29,858 | 45 | 19,381 | 2,455 | 77 |
 This statistic just ruined my video... | October 22, 2026 | 2:33 short | 89,171 | 32 | 63,492 | 5,223 | 278 |
 Andy Burnham just made his first BIG mistake | October 21, 2026 | 2:10 short | 136,207 | 112 | 77,800 | 7,893 | 729 |
 How do you make a finance guy care about the planet? | October 19, 2026 | 2:23 short | 79,621 | 191 | 51,813 | 4,577 | 188 |
 The aviation industry has another climate solution* #ad | October 17, 2026 | 2:33 short | 371,327 | 912 | 124,373 | 14,102 | 573 |
 Brazil's election is deciding the Amazon's future | October 16, 2026 | 2:19 short | 210,223 | 143 | 69,956 | 13,155 | 860 |
 Our food system is broken... | October 12, 2026 | 3:00 short | 233,309 | 224 | - | 13,139 | 694 |
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 44.7 in the category: 30.0
- comments per 1,000 views
- 2.3 in the category: 1.1
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 43,728 views
- short vs long
- 13 short (up to 3 minutes), 2 long
average views per short video: 182,219
average views per long video: 121,571
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 How much progress have we made on climate change? | February 28, 2025 | 19:52 | 3,216,611 |
 Want to study physics? Read these 10 books | March 5, 2018 | 14:16 | 2,329,398 |
 A day in the life of an Oxford physics student | November 13, 2012 | 4:25 | 1,921,939 |
 Could planets from Star Wars really exist? | December 14, 2017 | 18:51 | 1,855,001 |
 A Brief History of Pi | March 14, 2018 | 16:47 | 1,409,795 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 The janitor who changed the world of science #science #clim… | February 6, 2025 | 2:59 | 5,392,598 |
 Is there actually any evidence for climate change? #science | July 31, 2023 | 1:00 | 4,017,238 |
 Speedrun the climate skeptic experience | September 22, 2025 | 1:03 | 3,382,527 |
 What if we could see carbon emissions? #shorts | July 7, 2023 | 0:58 | 3,085,503 |
 The UK no longer uses coal power! | September 30, 2024 | 0:59 | 2,315,131 |
YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- MilestoneThis is the graph giving me hope right now The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 367,333 views a day, 4 times a normal day (91,833).
- Video taking offThis is the graph giving me hope right now The video opened at a pace of 206,322 views a day, 4 times a normal first day on this channel (51,936).
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 220,773 views a day, 2.8 times a normal day (77,845).
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 202,475 views a day, 3.7 times a normal day (54,415).
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 +730K views this week
Simon Clark revisits PhD-vlog life, with earlier finishing times
His decade-later return to the format includes climate research, choir rehearsal and a family outing to Westonbirt Arboretum.
This week on the channel +448K views this week
1.5°C overshoot, AI and #TeamHuman: Simon Clark's three uploads
The UN's Limiting Overshoot report gave the week's most watched video its subject, and passed 140,000 views.