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This week on the channel +181K views this week
The Retro Future's £55 3DS rescue ends at the barber's
Elliot Coll replaces a damaged screen, scrubs away sticky residue and gives friend Shay a turn with the restored handheld.
In short
On YouTube, The Retro Future has 654,000 subscribers and 107,694,523 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 1,000 subscribers and 303,308 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "Retro Hunting In The BEST Hard-Off In Japan", with 227,526 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 2,956 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 49 of 100 in category "Gaming news, reviews and commentary". On Instagram, @theretrofuturephotos has 43,289 followers.
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
654,000
▲ 1,000 in the last 7 days
▲ 2,000 in the last 30 days
▲ 2,000 in the last 30 days
total views
107,694,523
▲ 303,308 in the last 7 days
▲ 1,095,633 in the last 30 days
▲ 1,095,633 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
39,662
on a typical day: 36,135
Videos on the channel
630
2 uploaded in the last 30 days
Last upload
7 days ago
November 4, 2026
Views per subscriber
164
a new long video usually gets 227,526 views
Next milestone
750,000 subscribers
96,000 subscribers to go
Instagram: The numbers
@theretrofuturephotos · The account on Instagram
Followers
43,289
▼ 1 a day, on average over the last 2 days
Posts
210
Views per Reel
23,238
usually, by 3 recent Reels
Likes per post
977
usually, by 15 recent posts
2.3% of followers
2.3% of followers
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Gaming news, reviews and commentary | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 2,037 of 2,442 | 17 of 38 |
Ranked among the channels whose Instagram account is on Trari.
Instagram followers: Gaming news, reviews and commentary
Latest posts
Tap a post to see it here
| Post | Type | Posted | Views | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 years of The Retro Future | Carousel | September 1, 2026 | - | 1,600 | 47 |
| Pics from Japan | Carousel | August 1, 2026 | - | 831 | 13 |
| So I restored the world’s worst condition Nintendo 3DS XL… Video live on my… | Photo | April 30, 2026 | - | 789 | 8 |
| The GameBaby iPhone case promises to vastly improve playing retro games on your… | Reel | January 3, 2026 | 164,662 | 369 | 6 |
| My two favourite devices at the moment | Photo | December 6, 2025 | - | 842 | 11 |
| I built my own mini store display Game Boy kiosk | Photo | November 22, 2025 | - | 770 | 24 |
| I probably shouldn’t own this… #nintendo #3ds | Photo | November 2, 2025 | - | 977 | 18 |
| This is an awesome clock made by NIWA. The tubes are apparently original USSR… | Reel | September 28, 2025 | 7,511 | 217 | 2 |
Of the 15 latest posts: 3 Reels, 6 carousels and 6 photos.
As of November 9, 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
October 16, 2026 5.5x the channel's usual pace The whole channel ran that day at 151,831 views a day, 5.5 times a normal day (27,651). Read the story
Views jump 5.5x the channel's usual pace
The Retro Future's Japan hunt turns up a Game Boy puzzle
A chance Hard-Off discovery brings another authenticity question as the channel's daily views climb to more than five times their usual pac…
This week on the channel +195K views this week
Japan's biggest flea market keeps The Retro Future hunting through a pause
The 82-day-old trip in search of cheap retro gaming grails has passed 680,000 views, with nothing new posted since.
The video drawing the most views now
I Bought a New 3DS XL for Just £55, However...
- Video published
- November 4, 2026
- Video views so far
- 139,488
- Video views, pace per day
- 10,680
- Views on its first day
- 50,079
Similar channels
YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Gaming news, reviews and commentary | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 2,956 of 5,393 | 49 of 100 |
| By views gained this week | 3,843 of 5,274 | 60 of 100 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 3,891 of 5,043 | 68 of 100 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 0.2% of all views the category's channels gained this week
- Subscriber growth this week
- 0.2% on this channel, 0.0% on the category's middle channel
Subscribers in the category Gaming news, reviews and commentary
Views gained this week in the category Gaming news, reviews and commentary
YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 652,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 654,000 subscribers
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 106,610,700 views → November 11, 2026: 107,694,523 views · average: 37,373 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
- 22.6 in the category: 27.2
- comments per 1,000 views
- 1.6 in the category: 2.3
- short vs long
- 0 short (up to 3 minutes), 15 long
average views per long video: 350,615
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 The BEST Nintendo DS Game Money Can Buy!? | September 10, 2018 | 10:10 | 2,667,937 |
 I Sent MrBeast Custom GameBoys | December 16, 2020 | 10:31 | 2,613,121 |
 I Built the ULTIMATE New 3DS XL from Junk | May 27, 2024 | 10:39 | 1,740,725 |
 £4.95 Nintendo New 3DS - Can I Fix It? | April 9, 2019 | 10:03 | 1,692,031 |
 £24 Nintendo Switch! - Can I Fix It? | June 28, 2019 | 12:55 | 1,471,390 |
YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 151,831 views a day, 5.5 times a normal day (27,651).Read the story
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 +181K views this week
The Retro Future's £55 3DS rescue ends at the barber's
Elliot Coll replaces a damaged screen, scrubs away sticky residue and gives friend Shay a turn with the restored handheld.
Views jump 5.5x the channel's usual pace
The Retro Future's Japan hunt turns up a Game Boy puzzle
A chance Hard-Off discovery brings another authenticity question as the channel's daily views climb to more than five times their usual pac…
This week on the channel +195K views this week
Japan's biggest flea market keeps The Retro Future hunting through a pause
The 82-day-old trip in search of cheap retro gaming grails has passed 680,000 views, with nothing new posted since.