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This week on the channel +498K views this week
Reactor engineering and Pompeii keep SmarterEveryDay's curiosity traveling
Destin Sandlin's catch-up shelf pairs nuclear-power access with an Italian tour guided by Ciro.
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SmarterEveryDay
@smartereveryday · The channel on YouTube
Website: smartereveryday.com
In short
On YouTube, SmarterEveryDay has 11,900,000 subscribers and 1,286,203,409 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 302,610 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 201 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 6 of 87 in category "Science and experiments". On Instagram, @smartereveryday has 248,731 followers. The account lost 42 followers in the last 7 days.
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
11,900,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
no significant change in the last month
no significant change in the last month
total views
1,286,203,409
▲ 302,610 in the last 7 days
▲ 1,472,082 in the last 30 days
▲ 1,472,082 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
22,788
on a typical day: 53,701
Videos on the channel
398
Last upload
46 days ago
September 26, 2026
Views per subscriber
108
a new long video usually gets 1,804,473 views
Next milestone
20,000,000 subscribers
8,100,000 subscribers to go
Instagram: The numbers today
@smartereveryday · The account on Instagram
Followers
248,731
▼ 23 since yesterday
▼ 42 in the last 7 days
▼ 42 in the last 7 days
Posts
2,057
Likes per post
1,634
usually, by 15 recent posts
0.66% of followers
0.66% of followers
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Science and experiments | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 1,421 of 2,442 | 20 of 43 |
Ranked among the channels whose Instagram account is on Trari.
Instagram followers: Science and experiments
Latest posts
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| Post | Type | Posted | Views | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Video. I visited a warehouse logistics expo and there were SO many robots. | Photo | May 31, 2026 | - | 471 | 12 |
| Rocket smoke is the best smoke. Go Artemis!! | Photo | April 1, 2026 | - | 8,111 | 64 |
| If you'd be willing to vote for Not Forgotten in this year's Project for Awesome… | Photo | February 14, 2026 | - | 1,164 | 4 |
| New Video: Is My Gyroscopic Precession Demonstration Perfect? Maybe Not, But it… | Photo | January 11, 2026 | - | 813 | 9 |
| I just uploaded a new video as a part of the Nuclear Power Deep Dive Series.… | Photo | November 3, 2025 | - | 1,634 | 26 |
| New Video: | Photo | March 31, 2025 | - | 1,606 | 33 |
| If you watched the latest video you can hear this photo. | Photo | February 1, 2025 | - | 1,307 | 47 |
| Nuclear Power anyone? For years I've been wanting to do a series on Nuclear… | Photo | January 31, 2025 | - | 5,380 | 70 |
Of the 15 latest posts: 1 carousel and 14 photos.
As of November 10, 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 one video this week
SmarterEveryDay goes inside a reactor core, after refueling one
Episode 317 passed half a million views in about a day, while its nuclear predecessor from last fall is still the channel's second-busiest …
The video drawing the most views now
INSIDE a Nuclear Reactor Core - Smarter Every Day 317
- Video published
- September 26, 2026
- Video views so far
- 2,057,498
- Video views, pace per day
- 3,549
Similar channels
YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Science and experiments | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 201 of 5,393 | 6 of 87 |
| By views gained this week | 3,845 of 5,274 | 63 of 87 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 3,660 of 5,043 | 53 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
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 3, 2026, so both lines start from the same point
- YouTube · 11,900,000 subscribers 0% (0)
- Instagram · 248,731 followers -0.02% (-42)
From November 3, 2026 to November 11, 2026: on YouTube from 11,900,000 to 11,900,000 subscribers (0%), on Instagram from 248,773 to 248,731 followers (-0.02%).
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 | 11,900,000 | - |
| November 10, 2026 | 11,900,000 | 248,731 |
| November 9, 2026 | 11,900,000 | 248,754 |
| November 8, 2026 | 11,900,000 | 248,756 |
| November 7, 2026 | 11,900,000 | 248,760 |
| November 6, 2026 | 11,900,000 | 248,780 |
| November 5, 2026 | 11,900,000 | 248,760 |
| November 4, 2026 | 11,900,000 | 248,776 |
| November 3, 2026 | 11,900,000 | 248,773 |
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 1,284,758,269 views → November 11, 2026: 1,286,203,409 views · average: 49,832 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
- 31.4 in the category: 30.0
- comments per 1,000 views
- 3.6 in the category: 1.1
- short vs long
- 0 short (up to 3 minutes), 15 long
average views per long video: 2,365,957
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 TATTOOING Close Up (in Slow Motion) - Smarter Every Day 122 | September 24, 2014 | 6:39 | 86,869,714 |
 How Houdini DIED (in Slow Motion) - Smarter Every Day 108 | December 27, 2013 | 6:44 | 32,945,901 |
 The Backwards Brain Bicycle - Smarter Every Day 133 | April 24, 2015 | 7:58 | 31,615,908 |
 AK-47 Underwater at 27,450 frames per second (Part 2) - Sma… | July 23, 2013 | 10:08 | 30,745,107 |
 Bullets HITTING Bullets in Slow Motion - THE IMPOSSIBLE SHO… | June 10, 2023 | 35:28 | 25,249,254 |
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 +498K views this week
Reactor engineering and Pompeii keep SmarterEveryDay's curiosity traveling
Destin Sandlin's catch-up shelf pairs nuclear-power access with an Italian tour guided by Ciro.
This week on the channel one video this week
SmarterEveryDay goes inside a reactor core, after refueling one
Episode 317 passed half a million views in about a day, while its nuclear predecessor from last fall is still the channel's second-busiest …