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This week on the channel +82K views this week
Two-handed weapons explain The Shogunate's samurai shield puzzle
An older documentary traces Japan's defenses from handheld shields to standing barriers and armor worn on the shoulder.
In short
On YouTube, The Shogunate has 230,000 subscribers and 31,097,464 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 80,278 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "The Tragedy of Shogun 2 - Complete Edition", with 104,868 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 4,415 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 87 of 96 in category "Explainers, history and education".
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
230,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
no significant change in the last month
no significant change in the last month
total views
31,097,464
▲ 80,278 in the last 7 days
▲ 561,112 in the last 30 days
▲ 561,112 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
5,804
on a typical day: 14,701
Videos on the channel
313
2 uploaded in the last 30 days
Last upload
10 days ago
November 1, 2026
Views per subscriber
135
a new long video usually gets 18,483 views
Next milestone
250,000 subscribers
20,000 subscribers to go
YouTube: What happened lately
This week on the channel +112K views this week
Samurai shields and divided courts on The Shogunate's catch-up shelf
A Warlord: Awaji review shares the active catalog with Tokugawa laws and a closer look at Japanese shields.
The video drawing the most views now
Samurai Laws of the Edo Period (Buke Shohatto)
- Video published
- June 8, 2026
- Video views so far
- 141,764
- Video views, pace per day
- 234
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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 | 4,415 of 5,393 | 87 of 96 |
| By views gained this week | 4,691 of 5,274 | 85 of 96 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 4,362 of 5,043 | 82 of 91 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 0.0% 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: Subscribers, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 230,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 230,000 subscribers (no significant change in the last month)
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 30,548,427 views → November 11, 2026: 31,097,464 views · average: 18,932 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
- 30.9 in the category: 19.7
- comments per 1,000 views
- 4.1 in the category: 1.2
- short vs long
- 1 short (up to 3 minutes), 14 long
average views per short video: 11,822
average views per long video: 41,078
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Samurai Armor: Evolution and Overview | February 14, 2020 | 13:16 | 2,123,299 |
 The Ninja: From Reality to Myth | June 4, 2020 | 20:08 | 2,073,802 |
 Brutality of the Samurai | June 24, 2023 | 23:09 | 1,451,407 |
 Samurai Castles: Evolution and Overview | August 14, 2020 | 21:10 | 1,244,609 |
 Samurai Swords: Evolution and Overview | May 7, 2020 | 24:59 | 669,228 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 These Samurai were LAUGHED AT #shorts | January 14, 2023 | 0:58 | 476,254 |
 You've Been Lied to About Samurai Swords #shorts | December 20, 2023 | 0:59 | 118,472 |
 Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Napoleon Bonaparte Are Pretty Simila… | February 25, 2023 | 1:00 | 63,545 |
 The Deadliest Samurai at Sekigahara #shorts #history #samur… | March 9, 2025 | 1:00 | 54,510 |
 The Most EPIC Moment in All of Samurai History #shorts | February 2, 2023 | 0:57 | 47,710 |
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 +82K views this week
Two-handed weapons explain The Shogunate's samurai shield puzzle
An older documentary traces Japan's defenses from handheld shields to standing barriers and armor worn on the shoulder.
This week on the channel +112K views this week
Samurai shields and divided courts on The Shogunate's catch-up shelf
A Warlord: Awaji review shares the active catalog with Tokugawa laws and a closer look at Japanese shields.