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IrelandThis week on the channel +3.5M views this week
Turretless tanks join Simple History's week of military oddities
The new armored-vehicle roundup ranges from Sweden's Strv 103 to a Chrysler nuclear-powered concept.
In short
On YouTube, Simple History has 5,120,000 subscribers and 1,713,473,669 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 1,833,885 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 585 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 17 of 96 in category "Explainers, history and education".
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
5,120,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
no significant change in the last month
no significant change in the last month
total views
1,713,473,669
▲ 1,833,885 in the last 7 days
▲ 11,254,900 in the last 30 days
▲ 11,254,900 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
121,235
on a typical day: 335,771
Videos on the channel
1,425
6 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
yesterday
November 10, 2026
Views per subscriber
334
a new long video usually gets 139,759 views
a new short video usually gets 17,219 views
a new short video usually gets 17,219 views
Next milestone
10,000,000 subscribers
4,880,000 subscribers to go
YouTube: What happened lately
October 30, 2026 6.4x its usual first day An AK 47 M16 Hybrid The video opened at a pace of 82,892 views a day, 6.4 times a normal first day on this channel (12,912). Read the story
Video taking off 6.4x its usual first day
Simple History's AK-47/M16 hybrid starts with the magazine
The animated Vietnam War Short is drawing an unusually fast audience, alongside questions about whether the conversion could work.
This week on the channel +2.6M views this week
Three barrels and a hidden bayonet on Simple History
Seven new uploads explore unusual firearm engineering, from a pilot's survival weapon to the less glamorous business of collecting spent ca…
The video drawing the most views now
Guns used by Criminals Today
- Video published
- November 10, 2026
- Video views so far
- 87,345
- Video views, pace per day
- 120,021
- Views in its first 13 hours
- 87,345
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YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Explainers, history and education | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 585 of 5,393 | 17 of 96 |
| By views gained this week | 2,020 of 5,274 | 23 of 96 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 1,650 of 5,043 | 17 of 91 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 1.0% of all views the category's channels gained this week
Subscribers in the category Explainers, history and education
Views gained this week in the category Explainers, history and education
YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 5,120,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 5,120,000 subscribers (no significant change in the last month)
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 1,702,353,989 views → November 11, 2026: 1,713,473,669 views · average: 383,437 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Guns used by Criminals Today | November 10, 2026 | 10:20 | 87,345 | 120,021 | 87,345 (13 hours) | 1,727 | 168 |
 Why Did This Soviet Gas Mask Have a HORN?! | November 9, 2026 | 1:21 short | 16,375 | 5,349 | 13,886 | 751 | 15 |
 The Woman Who Exposed Britain's Concentration Camps! | November 8, 2026 | 1:21 short | 5,827 | 576 | 4,433 | 383 | 30 |
 Why American Soldiers Feared Every Step in Vietnam | November 7, 2026 | 1:21 short | 9,851 | 683 | 5,955 | 481 | 14 |
 Strange Secrets of the AK 47 | November 6, 2026 | 34:50 | 119,724 | 8,614 | 63,760 | 1,417 | 92 |
 The Model T of Tanks – Renault FT! | November 5, 2026 | 0:45 short | 7,465 | 314 | 3,961 | 320 | 7 |
 The Gas Masks Designed NOT to Scare Children! | November 4, 2026 | 1:44 short | 9,626 | 218 | 6,136 | 599 | 18 |
 The Deadliest Secret of Unit 731 | November 3, 2026 | 9:46 | 104,684 | 2,017 | 60,864 | 1,737 | 195 |
 AN 94 vs G11 The Hyper Burst Rifle Showdown! | October 31, 2026 | 1:14 short | 18,658 | 71 | 10,688 | 618 | 14 |
 Weirdest Tanks Ever Made | October 30, 2026 | 36:02 | 282,087 | 6,850 | 76,326 | 1,977 | 125 |
 An AK 47 M16 Hybrid | October 29, 2026 | 2:15 short | 405,649 | 186 | 111,090 | 16,475 | 220 |
 'mine was fully armed I was out there shooting coyotes wit… | October 28, 2026 | 1:55 short | 9,893 | 27 | 4,502 | 453 | 13 |
 Weirdest Grenades | October 27, 2026 | 9:10 | 139,759 | 1,532 | 69,182 | 2,003 | 144 |
 Cambodia's 'Frankengun' | October 26, 2026 | 0:50 short | 189,179 | 156 | 24,972 | 7,992 | 96 |
 Duct Tape soldiers secret weapon | October 25, 2026 | 1:07 short | 15,780 | 30 | 7,374 | 666 | 10 |
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 26.4 in the category: 19.7
- comments per 1,000 views
- 0.8 in the category: 1.2
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 14,694 views
- short vs long
- 10 short (up to 3 minutes), 5 long
average views per short video: 68,830
average views per long video: 146,719
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Sniper Decoys: Dummy Heads | May 23, 2019 | 3:51 | 23,596,753 |
 Schwerer Gustav - Rail Super Gun (Behemoth) | December 17, 2017 | 3:28 | 16,998,047 |
 The Medic Who fought a War without a Weapon | December 13, 2018 | 15:33 | 14,857,338 |
 How Long did a Person Stay Alive after being Guillotined? | November 26, 2019 | 6:49 | 11,325,584 |
 The Green Beret who went on a one man Rampage to save his C… | December 1, 2018 | 10:27 | 10,962,370 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Ways to Trick a Sniper: Life-size Fake Soldiers #Shorts | November 27, 2021 | 0:57 | 23,096,114 |
 Drip Rifle - a SELF FIRING GUN that tricked the enemy in WW1 | June 22, 2023 | 1:00 | 9,797,698 |
 Ways to Trick a Sniper: Dummy Heads #Shorts | November 5, 2021 | 0:59 | 7,388,458 |
 MREs in WW2 - the 5 Main Rations of a soldier | April 26, 2023 | 1:00 | 6,201,818 |
 This American Sniper had to do this to Save his Comrades | November 27, 2021 | 1:00 | 5,369,441 |
YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- Video taking offAn AK 47 M16 Hybrid The video opened at a pace of 82,892 views a day, 6.4 times a normal first day on this channel (12,912).Read the story
- MilestoneThis Gas Mask Has a Rhino Horn, and Changed Every… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 1,265,241 views a day, 3.9 times a normal day (328,127).
- Video taking offInside the Strictest Gun Range Rules in the World The video opened at a pace of 134,987 views a day, 7.4 times a normal first day on this channel (18,228).Read the story
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 +3.5M views this week
Turretless tanks join Simple History's week of military oddities
The new armored-vehicle roundup ranges from Sweden's Strv 103 to a Chrysler nuclear-powered concept.
Video taking off 6.4x its usual first day
Simple History's AK-47/M16 hybrid starts with the magazine
The animated Vietnam War Short is drawing an unusually fast audience, alongside questions about whether the conversion could work.
This week on the channel +2.6M views this week
Three barrels and a hidden bayonet on Simple History
Seven new uploads explore unusual firearm engineering, from a pilot's survival weapon to the less glamorous business of collecting spent ca…
Video taking off 7.4x its usual first day
Simple History explains the bags attached to Japanese rifles
"Japanese Gun Nets" turns firing-range cleanup into a history lesson that reaches back to early military aviation.
This week on the channel 6 videos this week
Simple History's combat gun tricks are speeding up, not settling
Three days after it went up, the video is drawing more views a day than it did at launch, while the rest of the channel keeps its usual rhy…