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This week on the channel +3.7M views this week
Ringo gets a pep talk from The Reef Doc
The blue-ringed octopus's shrimp hunt becomes a comic tale of bruised feelings in the channel's only new upload.
In short
On YouTube, The Reef Doc has 377,000 subscribers and 223,340,751 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 6,000 subscribers and 4,055,408 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "Was I too harsh on ringo the blue ring octopus? #petoctopus #octopus #blueringedoctopus #thereefdoc", with 1,367,409 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 3,758 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 72 of 99 in category "Pets and animals".
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
377,000
▲ 6,000 in the last 7 days
▲ 21,000 in the last 30 days
▲ 21,000 in the last 30 days
total views
223,340,751
▲ 4,055,408 in the last 7 days
▲ 17,484,992 in the last 30 days
▲ 17,484,992 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
677,892
on a typical day: 587,771
Videos on the channel
408
1 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
6 days ago
November 5, 2026
Views per subscriber
592
a new long video usually gets 4,068 views
a new short video usually gets 1,774,575 views
a new short video usually gets 1,774,575 views
Next milestone
500,000 subscribers
at the current pace: in about 176 days
YouTube: What happened lately
November 10, 2026 passed 1M views Was I too harsh on ringo the blue ring octopus? #… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
This week on the channel +5.9M views this week
Ringo the blue-ringed octopus catches his own shrimp, finally
The Reef Doc's one new Short asks whether hand feeding should stop, and its comments have given the octopus a name and a reputation.
Video surging 11x the video's usual pace
A blue-ringed octopus, a screw cap and a shrimp: The Reef Doc's puzzle
Posted more than a week ago to a modest first day, the short now has viewers cheering the octopus and feeling sorry for the shrimp.
The video drawing the most views now
Was I too harsh on ringo the blue ring octopus? #petoctopus #octopus #blueringedoctopus #thereefdoc
- Video published
- November 5, 2026
- Video views so far
- 1,367,409
- Video views, pace per day
- 335,020
- Views on its first day
- 140,762
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YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Pets and animals | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 3,758 of 5,393 | 72 of 99 |
| By views gained this week | 1,274 of 5,274 | 34 of 96 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 1,251 of 5,043 | 35 of 94 |
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
- Subscriber growth this week
- 1.6% on this channel, 0.2% on the category's middle channel
Subscribers in the category Pets and animals
Views gained this week in the category Pets and animals
YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 357,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 377,000 subscribers
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 206,320,803 views → November 11, 2026: 223,340,751 views · average: 586,894 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
- 30.8 in the category: 24.2
- comments per 1,000 views
- 0.5 in the category: 0.4
- short vs long
- 12 short (up to 3 minutes), 3 long
average views per short video: 3,128,868
average views per long video: 4,583
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 5 Worst Octopuses To Keep As Pets | June 27, 2023 | 10:29 | 422,699 |
 My New Pet is Cooler Than an Octopus | July 11, 2023 | 14:03 | 379,031 |
 This is devastating no matter how prepared I am. | January 24, 2024 | 2:06 | 313,101 |
 I can’t believe he fooled me for this long! Never trust an … | September 30, 2024 | 2:39 | 200,032 |
 What YOU NEED to start your OCTOPUS TANK!!! | February 28, 2023 | 3:33 | 164,427 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Live SHARK in EGG!! | March 31, 2023 | 0:31 | 51,398,326 |
 Octopuses love gelato #thereefdoc #aquarium #octopus #petoc… | March 1, 2023 | 0:22 | 20,413,024 |
 Seeing this octopus is a once in a lifetime experience #oct… | May 26, 2023 | 0:17 | 14,522,244 |
 What puzzle should he solve next? #petoctopus #octopus #the… | September 27, 2026 | 1:48 | 10,655,601 |
 YOU SHOULD NEVER EAT A LIVE OCTOPUS | February 9, 2023 | 0:16 | 8,850,102 |
YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- MilestoneWas I too harsh on ringo the blue ring octopus? #… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- MilestoneWhat puzzle should he solve next? #petoctopus #oc… The video passed 10,000,000 views.
- Video surgingHe outsmarted me and the shrimp! Can you guess wh… The video ran that day at 180,007 views a day, 2.6 times its usual pace (69,492).
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 1,227,226 views a day, 2 times a normal day (607,264).
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 +3.7M views this week
Ringo gets a pep talk from The Reef Doc
The blue-ringed octopus's shrimp hunt becomes a comic tale of bruised feelings in the channel's only new upload.
This week on the channel +5.9M views this week
Ringo the blue-ringed octopus catches his own shrimp, finally
The Reef Doc's one new Short asks whether hand feeding should stop, and its comments have given the octopus a name and a reputation.
Video surging 11x the video's usual pace
A blue-ringed octopus, a screw cap and a shrimp: The Reef Doc's puzzle
Posted more than a week ago to a modest first day, the short now has viewers cheering the octopus and feeling sorry for the shrimp.