Josh Risser's animated explainer asks who finances America's debt, and why some buyers depend on being able to keep borrowing.
On YouTube, The Infographics Show has 15,500,000 subscribers and 7,031,474,273 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 18,123,690 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 131 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 5 of 96 in category "Explainers, history and education". On Instagram, @theinfographicsshow has 103,199 followers.
YouTube: On the charts now
YouTube: The numbers today
no significant change in the last month
▲ 59,098,520 in the last 30 days
Instagram: The numbers today
@theinfographicsshow · The account on Instagram
0.24% of followers
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Explainers, history and education | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 1,791 of 2,434 | 23 of 38 |
Ranked among the channels whose Instagram account is on Trari.
Instagram followers: Explainers, history and education
Latest posts
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| Post | Type | Posted | Views | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open the post | Photo | October 24, 2026 | - | 35 | 2 |
| Open the post | Photo | October 24, 2026 | - | 37 | 7 |
| Ever wondered why nature designs us all differently? In this video, we tackle a… | Reel | December 3, 2025 | 9,074 | 112 | 15 |
| How Taiwan Manages With Low Military Spending #military #taiwan | Reel | October 4, 2023 | 41,765 | 781 | 62 |
| Crazy Prison Cooking Hacks #prison #food | Reel | October 3, 2023 | 33,568 | 762 | 14 |
| Shocking Facts Behind the Texas Killing Fields #serialkiller | Reel | October 2, 2023 | 15,086 | 243 | 9 |
| What Each Category of a Hurricane is Like #hurricane | Reel | September 30, 2023 | 13,441 | 254 | 3 |
| Insane Jobs People Had in Ancient Rome #romanempire #jobs | Reel | September 29, 2023 | 15,166 | 277 | 1 |
Of the 15 latest posts: 13 Reels and 2 photos.
As of November 10, 2026
YouTube: What happened lately
November 11, 2026 3.4x its usual first day History Is Repeating. This Is Where It Goes Wrong. The video opened at a pace of 880,659 views a day, 3.4 times a normal first day on this channel (258,922).
Josh Risser narrates an animated argument linking debt, distrust and generational wealth gaps through the Strauss-Howe theory of recurring …
The Infographics Show examines why tools that help experienced workers could also shrink the jobs that train their replacements.
The video drawing the most views now
History Is Repeating. This Is Where It Goes Wrong.
- Video published
- November 10, 2026
- Video views so far
- 975,698
- Video views, pace per day
- 948,745
- Views on its first day
- 880,659
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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 | 131 of 5,393 | 5 of 96 |
| By views gained this week | 367 of 5,274 | 2 of 96 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 484 of 5,043 | 2 of 91 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 9.6% 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: 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 ›
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Medals on the category charts
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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 Money & self-improvement daily chart · November 10, 2026History Is Repeating. This Is Where It Goes Wrong.The most watched video in Money & self-improvement that day.
No. 3 · The Money & self-improvement daily chart · November 8, 2026Foreign Nations JUST Left the US Bond Market. Wall Street Panics RIGHT NOW.The third most watched video in Money & self-improvement that day.
No. 3 · The Tech daily chart · November 6, 2026VLC Took 33 Seconds To Load, So Developers Investigated Windows.The third most watched video in Tech that day.
No. 3 · The Money & self-improvement daily chart · November 5, 2026MIT looked at what AI actually killed and holy sh*t...The third most watched video in Money & self-improvement that day.
No. 1 · The Money & self-improvement daily chart · November 4, 2026MIT looked at what AI actually killed and holy sh*t...The most watched video in Money & self-improvement that day.
All 12 medals
No. 2 · The Money & self-improvement daily chart · November 3, 2026$40 Trillion Debt Passed. The American ECONOMY Is Collapsing.The second most watched video in Money & self-improvement that day.
No. 1 · The Money & self-improvement daily chart · November 1, 2026Wall Street is freaking out over OpenAI now...The most watched video in Money & self-improvement that day.
No. 2 · The Money & self-improvement weekly chart · October 25 to 31, 2026The AI bubble is about to pop...The second most watched video in Money & self-improvement that week.
No. 1 · The Money & self-improvement daily chart · October 30, 2026The AI bubble is about to pop...The most watched video in Money & self-improvement that day.
No. 1 · The Money & self-improvement daily chart · October 29, 2026The AI bubble is about to pop...The most watched video in Money & self-improvement that day.
No. 1 · The Money & self-improvement daily chart · October 28, 2026The AI bubble is about to pop...The most watched video in Money & self-improvement that day.
No. 2 · The Tech daily chart · October 28, 2026The AI bubble is about to pop...The second most watched video in Tech that day.
The daily charts are counted since October 16, 2026.
YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 15,500,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 15,500,000 subscribers (no significant change in the last month)
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 6,972,753,022 views → November 11, 2026: 7,031,474,273 views · average: 2,024,870 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The Collapse of the Dollar (And Why You're Already Poorer) | November 11, 2026 | 3:51:24 | 4,282 | - | 4,282 (2 hours) | 217 | 32 |
The Man Who Smoked Weed for 10 Years | November 10, 2026 | 16:54 | 127,253 | 303,562 | 127,253 (7 hours) | 1,879 | 1,051 |
History Is Repeating. This Is Where It Goes Wrong. | November 10, 2026 | 18:42 | 975,698 | 948,745 | 880,659 | 7,850 | 1,636 |
Why You Don't Want to Earn $150,000 to $250,000 | November 9, 2026 | 14:28 | 238,959 | 123,017 | 211,702 | 1,947 | 717 |
Events That Will Cause the End of the World and More Apocal… | November 8, 2026 | 3:38:00 | 79,721 | 9,047 | 60,688 | 507 | 72 |
Foreign Nations JUST Left the US Bond Market. Wall Street P… | November 8, 2026 | 14:04 | 961,503 | 60,898 | 740,611 | 6,112 | 1,450 |
Holy f***ing sh*t your gym routine is useless... | November 7, 2026 | 14:55 | 267,973 | 23,067 | 166,402 | 2,939 | 282 |
China's Robot Army Situation is Terrifying | November 7, 2026 | 25:19 | 181,718 | 9,223 | 118,116 | 1,743 | 392 |
Scientists Are Freaking Out Over Space Time (It's Not Real) | November 7, 2026 | 2:53:46 | 151,169 | 22,875 | 72,196 | 966 | 173 |
Why the 2022 Car Bubble is Bursting Now | November 6, 2026 | 15:58 | 726,732 | 45,900 | 338,613 | 4,530 | 993 |
VLC Took 33 Seconds To Load, So Developers Investigated Win… | November 6, 2026 | 14:43 | 2,151,969 | 135,729 | 968,587 | 30,723 | 6,300 |
CHINA IS OVER | November 5, 2026 | 17:46 | 810,069 | 30,552 | 365,367 | 6,860 | 1,523 |
The AI Economy Is DEAD. Big Tech is TRAPPED Right NOW. | November 5, 2026 | 3:36:48 | 458,042 | 11,417 | 218,979 | 2,494 | 534 |
Ex-Google Executive: AI is Ending Capitalism | November 4, 2026 | 14:46 | 588,126 | 24,183 | 376,583 | 4,507 | 972 |
MIT looked at what AI actually killed and holy sh*t... | November 4, 2026 | 12:57 | 1,663,083 | 72,844 | 764,563 | 13,274 | 2,692 |
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 9.2 in the category: 19.9
- comments per 1,000 views
- 2.0 in the category: 1.2
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 257,687 views
- short vs long
- 0 short (up to 3 minutes), 15 long
average views per long video: 625,753
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
What Happens When You Die? | February 21, 2018 | 7:04 | 27,406,828 |
Russian Sleep Experiment - EXPLAINED | April 3, 2020 | 12:26 | 22,534,423 |
How SEAL Team Took Down Osama bin Laden (Minute by Minute) | August 10, 2022 | 17:57 | 20,733,380 |
What Happens to Your Body While You Are Having Sex? | March 29, 2018 | 7:54 | 19,396,948 |
How They Caught Serial Killer Ted Bundy | October 17, 2020 | 13:49 | 17,974,790 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
China vs India - Who Would Win? | September 16, 2021 | 0:47 | 11,082,554 |
Dumb Ways To Die | October 10, 2021 | 0:36 | 8,983,321 |
What Happened to Hitler's Body | November 3, 2022 | 0:54 | 8,949,204 |
How Russians Are Avoiding the Draft #russia | April 7, 2023 | 0:59 | 6,663,963 |
USA vs The World - Who Would Win | December 22, 2021 | 0:22 | 6,211,994 |
YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- Video taking offHistory Is Repeating. This Is Where It Goes Wrong. The video opened at a pace of 880,659 views a day, 3.4 times a normal first day on this channel (258,922).
- MilestoneKarma Just Hit Roblox. Hard. The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Video taking offForeign Nations JUST Left the US Bond Market. Wal… The video opened at a pace of 774,088 views a day, 3 times a normal first day on this channel (256,452).
- MilestoneVLC Took 33 Seconds To Load, So Developers Invest… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Video taking offVLC Took 33 Seconds To Load, So Developers Invest… The video opened at a pace of 968,587 views a day, 3.8 times a normal first day on this channel (257,687).
- MilestoneMIT looked at what AI actually killed and holy sh… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Video taking offMIT looked at what AI actually killed and holy sh… The video opened at a pace of 764,563 views a day, 3 times a normal first day on this channel (253,656).
- MilestoneHow Are Americans Buying $80,000 Trucks on a $70,… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- MilestoneWall Street is freaking out over OpenAI now... The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- MilestoneHoly sh*t spacetime is fake... The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- MilestoneWorld War 3 - Hour by Hour at 35,000 Feet The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Video taking offWall Street is freaking out over OpenAI now... The video opened at a pace of 767,158 views a day, 3.1 times a normal first day on this channel (246,621).
Stories
Josh Risser's animated explainer asks who finances America's debt, and why some buyers depend on being able to keep borrowing.
Josh Risser narrates an animated argument linking debt, distrust and generational wealth gaps through the Strauss-Howe theory of recurring …
The Infographics Show examines why tools that help experienced workers could also shrink the jobs that train their replacements.
The animated essay traces a plugin-cache problem to Microsoft Defender, then asks who gets blamed when an operating system disrupts an inde…
An animated explainer uses a quasar-powered experiment to explore entanglement, predetermined choices and the possibility that spacetime em…
Josh Risser's animated essay connects AI infrastructure spending with retirement investments, electricity costs and the prospect of a publi…
The Infographics Show connects age verification with a second question: how much of players' spending reaches the people making their games?
Josh Risser walks through grid waits, transformer shortages and Michael Burry's accounting complaint in a video that neared two million vie…
Josh Risser narrates a fictional flight emergency, while housing costs and browser privacy give the week's other explainers more everyday s…
Josh Risser narrates an hour-by-hour medical scenario, alongside new explainers on debt, AI coding and NATO logistics.
The arch collapse video, two days old, now edges ahead of an AI story that crossed a million views first.































