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Skallagrim gives Inosuke's serrated swords a defensive rethink
Two new uploads connect anime weapon design with blade control and Stone Age microliths.
In short
On YouTube, Skallagrim has 1,630,000 subscribers and 476,625,004 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 468,275 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "The Overlooked Benefit of Serrated & Wavy Sword Blades", with 461,825 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 1,672 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 15 of 63 in category "Military, weapons and geopolitics". On Instagram, @skallagrim_yt has 1,982 followers.
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
1,630,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
no significant change in the last month
no significant change in the last month
total views
476,625,004
▲ 468,275 in the last 7 days
▲ 2,898,286 in the last 30 days
▲ 2,898,286 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
30,527
on a typical day: 82,842
Videos on the channel
1,777
1 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
4 days ago
November 7, 2026
Views per subscriber
292
a new long video usually gets 176,525 views
a new short video usually gets 461,825 views
a new short video usually gets 461,825 views
Next milestone
2,000,000 subscribers
370,000 subscribers to go
Instagram: The numbers
@skallagrim_yt · The account on Instagram
Followers
1,982
▲ 2 a day, on average over the last 3 days
Posts
44
Likes per post
114
usually, by 15 recent posts
5.8% of followers
5.8% of followers
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Military, weapons and geopolitics | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 2,396 of 2,442 | 22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| One of the most atmospheric, beautiful places I've seen. An old tree standing in… | Photo | April 17, 2026 | - | 81 | 3 |
| Happy Halloween! | Photo | October 31, 2025 | - | 51 | 2 |
| Easily one of the most idyllic fall scenes I've had the chance to shoot. | Photo | October 13, 2025 | - | 91 | 4 |
| The extreme difference between light and dark areas made this tricky to expose… | Photo | September 30, 2025 | - | 97 | 5 |
| Got a new friend. | Photo | September 23, 2025 | - | 110 | 3 |
| At a local Christmas event the shutter speed on my camera didn't match the… | Photo | December 28, 2024 | - | 121 | 5 |
| If you don't haunt some castle ruins every now and then, what are you even doing… | Photo | November 14, 2024 | - | 179 | 5 |
| The lighting turned out well here. | Photo | October 30, 2024 | - | 141 | 7 |
As of November 7, 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
This week on the channel 2 videos this week
Shark teeth, obsidian and the macuahuitl: Skallagrim on fragile weapons that still bite
A week after his one-way weapons video, which has passed 1.8 million views, Skall turned to Aztec and Hawaiian clubs that break easily and …
The video drawing the most views now
A Way to Even the Odds Against a Knight
- Video published
- November 7, 2026
- Video views so far
- 60,441
- Video views, pace per day
- 7,689
- Views on its first day
- 28,693
Similar channels
YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Military, weapons and geopolitics | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 1,672 of 5,393 | 15 of 63 |
| By views gained this week | 3,453 of 5,274 | 43 of 63 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 3,065 of 5,043 | 36 of 63 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 0.4% of all views the category's channels gained this week
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: 1,630,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 1,630,000 subscribers (no significant change in the last month)
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 473,795,118 views → November 11, 2026: 476,625,004 views · average: 97,582 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 A Way to Even the Odds Against a Knight | November 7, 2026 | 1:00 short | 60,441 | 7,689 | 28,693 | 4,203 | 184 |
 This Sword is Scrambling my Brain | November 4, 2026 | 9:37 | 112,888 | 2,096 | 64,543 | 4,401 | 496 |
 The Creepy Reason for Strange Burials in History | October 31, 2026 | 17:30 | 41,224 | 312 | 27,051 | 2,026 | 210 |
 Martial Artist with no HEMA Experience Fights in Sword Tour… | October 23, 2026 | 36:16 | 176,525 | 2,503 | 46,616 | 4,455 | 407 |
 The Most Vicious Stone Age Weapon | October 18, 2026 | 16:39 | 108,344 | 145 | 60,828 | 3,941 | 322 |
 The Overlooked Benefit of Serrated & Wavy Sword Blades | October 14, 2026 | 0:59 short | 461,825 | 3,806 | 101,175 | 22,387 | 396 |
 How Effective Was the Aztec Obsidian "Sword" Really? | October 8, 2026 | 18:39 | 332,470 | 416 | - | 6,255 | 673 |
 Aztec Obsidan "Sword"(?): The Macuahuitl - What Was It? | October 3, 2026 | 13:09 | 534,067 | 77 | - | 8,994 | 995 |
 The Hidden Benefit of Fragile Weapons in History | September 30, 2026 | 0:56 short | 326,059 | 945 | - | 9,762 | 334 |
 These Accidents with Blades Can Teach You Something | September 26, 2026 | 20:56 | 430,870 | 107 | - | 10,500 | 1,801 |
 History's One-Way Weapons: Ingenious! | September 23, 2026 | 0:59 short | 2,885,123 | 7,586 | - | 74,067 | 903 |
 The Strangest Norwegian Battle Axes You Might Not Know | September 16, 2026 | 12:10 | 363,978 | 104 | - | 8,117 | 1,372 |
 How Did I Miss This?! - The Bolt of RIGHTLY ENDING | September 11, 2026 | 6:47 | 83,811 | 15 | - | 3,942 | 375 |
 What ME/CFS Is, and How It's Wrecking Me | September 9, 2026 | 30:37 | 237,059 | 64 | - | 6,805 | 1,606 |
 Is an Ancient Sling Comparable to .44 Magnum? | September 5, 2026 | 22:51 | 166,226 | 143 | - | 6,621 | 1,399 |
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 27.9 in the category: 21.3
- comments per 1,000 views
- 1.8 in the category: 1.4
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 63,546 views
- short vs long
- 4 short (up to 3 minutes), 11 long
average views per short video: 933,362
average views per long video: 235,223
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Expert Saber Sparring: Lee Smith vs Richard Marsden | August 24, 2015 | 4:20 | 27,347,437 |
 How to deal with flashy movie swordsmen | February 13, 2015 | 0:21 | 7,603,473 |
 Half-swording - Why grabbing a sharp blade in a sword fight… | December 15, 2014 | 8:58 | 6,134,139 |
 How a firearm works - Animation (1911 semi-auto handgun) | September 13, 2013 | 1:47 | 4,566,032 |
 Fantasy Mail Coifs are Stupid, and This is Why... | October 26, 2022 | 6:04 | 4,466,373 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 The Armor Slicing Trope is Older than Movies & Anime! | February 18, 2024 | 0:52 | 3,781,156 |
 Double-Blade Sword = Trash | Double Spear = Awesome | August 31, 2022 | 0:58 | 3,727,385 |
 No, the Spear is Not the "King of Weapons". | March 5, 2025 | 1:00 | 2,620,101 |
| History's One-Way Weapons: Ingenious! | September 23, 2026 | 0:59 | 2,595,446 |
 Why Your Reproduction Armor is Not Accurate | July 30, 2025 | 1:00 | 1,835,189 |
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 +1.1M views this week
Skallagrim gives Inosuke's serrated swords a defensive rethink
Two new uploads connect anime weapon design with blade control and Stone Age microliths.
This week on the channel 2 videos this week
Shark teeth, obsidian and the macuahuitl: Skallagrim on fragile weapons that still bite
A week after his one-way weapons video, which has passed 1.8 million views, Skall turned to Aztec and Hawaiian clubs that break easily and …