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Two shipping containers become Vanwives' machine workshop
Jaz and Crystal borrow a neighbor's scissor lift to raise an arched shelter on their homestead.
In short
On YouTube, Vanwives has 787,000 subscribers and 147,685,198 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 3,000 subscribers and 2,053,616 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "1940s Dozer ABANDONED for 20+ YEARS! Will it run??", with 3,660,793 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 2,709 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 58 of 163 in category "Outdoors, fishing and homesteading". On Instagram, @vanwives has 333,128 followers. The account gained 1,801 followers in the last 7 days.
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
787,000
▲ 3,000 in the last 7 days
▲ 15,000 in the last 30 days
▲ 15,000 in the last 30 days
total views
147,685,198
▲ 2,053,616 in the last 7 days
▲ 7,656,557 in the last 30 days
▲ 7,656,557 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
106,780
on a typical day: 283,110
Videos on the channel
336
1 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
3 days ago
November 8, 2026
Views per subscriber
187
a new long video usually gets 676,493 views
a new short video usually gets 39,799 views
a new short video usually gets 39,799 views
Next milestone
1,000,000 subscribers
213,000 subscribers to go
Instagram: The numbers today
@vanwives · The account on Instagram
Followers
333,128
▲ 230 a day, on average over the last 2 days
▲ 1,801 in the last 7 days
▲ 1,801 in the last 7 days
Posts
524
Views per Reel
907,563
usually, by 14 recent Reels
Likes per post
11,295
usually, by 15 recent posts
3.4% of followers
3.4% of followers
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Outdoors, fishing and homesteading | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 1,280 of 2,442 | 17 of 69 |
Ranked among the channels whose Instagram account is on Trari.
Instagram followers: Outdoors, fishing and homesteading
Latest posts
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| Post | Type | Posted | Views | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| senior laps 💘🐾 | Reel | October 21, 2026 | 666,044 | 10,469 | 34 |
| the swim pond is full 🥹 | Reel | October 17, 2026 | 1,810,318 | 101,458 | 362 |
| We’ve been waiting so long for this moment. The house is finally safe and now… | Reel | October 13, 2026 | 1,712,349 | 11,206 | 68 |
| pond house done | Reel | October 8, 2026 | 14,940,955 | 1,018,264 | 1,297 |
| deep cleaning our swim pond | Reel | October 2, 2026 | 12,551,332 | 453,274 | 1,459 |
| we finished our swim pond 🤯😅😍 🐸 | Carousel | September 27, 2026 | - | 9,744 | 218 |
| rocks & logs make us so happy | Reel | September 26, 2026 | 1,452,161 | 38,958 | 162 |
| 1-800-call-tiff | Reel | September 15, 2026 | 482,320 | 11,295 | 35 |
Of the 15 latest posts: 14 Reels and 1 carousel.
As of November 11, 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 29, 2026 passed 1M views 1940s Dozer ABANDONED for 20+ YEARS! Will it run?? The video passed 1,000,000 views.
This week on the channel +760K views this week
A chimney, a torn-off roof and Max from Australia: Vanwives' $48,000 repair
Max of the Max and Occy channel climbed up to help, and somewhere in the demolition a family of baby squirrels got rescued.
Views jump 6.3x the channel's usual pace
'It keeps getting worse': Vanwives trade the swim pond for a $48,000 repair
Three pond episodes from September have each passed half a million views, and the newest upload hints at an abandoned home and a new projec…
The video drawing the most views now
1940s Dozer ABANDONED for 20+ YEARS! Will it run??
- Video published
- October 25, 2026
- Video views so far
- 3,660,793
- Video views, pace per day
- 80,542
- Views on its first day
- 439,676
Similar channels
YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Outdoors, fishing and homesteading | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 2,709 of 5,393 | 58 of 163 |
| By views gained this week | 1,895 of 5,274 | 31 of 163 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 2,027 of 5,043 | 35 of 159 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 0.8% of all views the category's channels gained this week
- Subscriber growth this week
- 0.4% on this channel, 0.0% on the category's middle channel
Subscribers in the category Outdoors, fishing and homesteading
Views gained this week in the category Outdoors, fishing and homesteading
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 ›
No trophy yet (one of the top three places)
Medals on the category charts
1
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. 2 · The DIY, art & crafts daily chart · October 28, 20261940s Dozer ABANDONED for 20+ YEARS! Will it run??The second most watched video in DIY, art & crafts that day.
The daily charts are counted since October 16, 2026.
YouTube and Instagram: Subscribers and followers, last 30 days
Growth in percent since November 5, 2026, so both lines start from the same point
- YouTube · 787,000 subscribers +0.25% (+2,000)
- Instagram · 333,128 followers +0.43% (+1,425)
From November 5, 2026 to November 11, 2026: on YouTube from 785,000 to 787,000 subscribers (+0.25%), on Instagram from 331,703 to 333,128 followers (+0.43%).
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 | 787,000 | 333,128 |
| November 10, 2026 | 787,000 | - |
| November 9, 2026 | 787,000 | 332,812 |
| November 8, 2026 | 786,000 | 332,585 |
| November 7, 2026 | 786,000 | 332,210 |
| November 6, 2026 | 785,000 | 331,893 |
| November 5, 2026 | 785,000 | 331,703 |
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 140,067,860 views → November 11, 2026: 147,685,198 views · average: 262,666 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Tiny Excavator Demolishes MASSIVE Barn at our Abandoned Farm | November 8, 2026 | 27:42 | 426,107 | 30,332 | 355,756 | 25,925 | 1,127 |
 Building a Budget DIY Container Shop (Full Build) | November 1, 2026 | 33:44 | 579,481 | 9,008 | 327,007 | 27,904 | 890 |
 1940s Dozer ABANDONED for 20+ YEARS! Will it run?? | October 25, 2026 | 39:03 | 3,660,793 | 80,542 | 439,676 | 47,316 | 2,111 |
 It Finally Happened! We Built 110k Gallon Backyard Swim Pond | October 18, 2026 | 35:32 | 932,075 | 4,620 | 421,915 | 29,395 | 938 |
 The house is finally safe and now it’s CUTE thanks to @… | October 13, 2026 | 0:51 short | 82,869 | 305 | 38,421 | 3,713 | 62 |
 I'm FINALLY Tearing Down This Abandoned House w/ Old Excava… | October 11, 2026 | 32:40 | 499,007 | 2,267 | - | 27,930 | 807 |
 swim pond build | October 9, 2026 | 1:13 short | 35,205 | 53 | - | 2,743 | 25 |
 It Keeps Getting Worse... A $48,000 Dollar Repair | October 4, 2026 | 31:24 | 704,573 | 3,327 | - | 27,128 | 1,179 |
 We Built 110k Gallon Backyard Swim Pond ep. 8 | September 27, 2026 | 29:55 | 752,521 | 805 | - | 32,564 | 2,610 |
 Building MASSIVE Swim Pond! Cleaning the Pond & First Swim!… | September 20, 2026 | 32:52 | 600,312 | 798 | - | 28,738 | 830 |
 Our Massive Pond HOLDS Water!! ep.6 | September 13, 2026 | 32:50 | 652,519 | 429 | - | 27,972 | 715 |
 the secret to a swim pond | September 10, 2026 | 1:19 short | 34,448 | 33 | - | 2,891 | 38 |
 Tying it All Together! Massive Swim Pond Build ep. 5 | September 6, 2026 | 40:39 | 700,467 | 786 | - | 29,969 | 1,125 |
 massive pond build | September 3, 2026 | 1:04 short | 44,394 | 18 | - | 3,138 | 24 |
 Building Huge Pond Adding 50,000 lbs of Rock with Giant Exc… | August 30, 2026 | 34:37 | 579,605 | 385 | - | 27,479 | 735 |
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 33.5 in the category: 19.0
- comments per 1,000 views
- 1.3 in the category: 0.6
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 364,767 views
- short vs long
- 4 short (up to 3 minutes), 11 long
average views per short video: 49,229
average views per long video: 917,041
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 I Bought Abandoned 65 acre homestead with Dozer, Dumptruck … | November 2, 2025 | 31:32 | 4,793,647 |
 We Bought a $50K Cabin & Built an Off-Grid Homestead in 3 Y… | June 2, 2024 | 56:28 | 3,373,554 |
 STARTING VAN LIFE IN THE CARIBBEAN | December 19, 2021 | 21:23 | 2,911,697 |
 VANLIFE | Female Travel Couple | Oregon in 2 minutes | November 20, 2019 | 1:53 | 2,825,258 |
 VAN TOUR | Sprinter Van Converted to Off-Grid Tiny Home for… | March 14, 2021 | 22:45 | 2,079,790 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Cabin Build Start to Finish | January 4, 2023 | 0:54 | 2,703,851 |
 I Tried Operating An Excavator! #shorts | March 14, 2023 | 1:00 | 1,871,188 |
 Honest Morning Routine Building My Cabin In The Woods | March 1, 2023 | 0:25 | 1,708,608 |
 Roofing With NO EXPERIENCE #shorts | March 3, 2023 | 1:00 | 1,217,315 |
 Immediately broke and also broke | October 21, 2025 | 0:30 | 955,283 |
YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- Milestone1940s Dozer ABANDONED for 20+ YEARS! Will it run?? The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Video surging1940s Dozer ABANDONED for 20+ YEARS! Will it run?? The video ran that day at 509,308 views a day, 3.4 times its usual pace (149,509).
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 591,699 views a day, 5.5 times a normal day (107,505).
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 356,632 views a day, 3.8 times a normal day (93,544).
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 406,764 views a day, 5.3 times a normal day (76,308).
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 +3.1M views this week
Two shipping containers become Vanwives' machine workshop
Jaz and Crystal borrow a neighbor's scissor lift to raise an arched shelter on their homestead.
This week on the channel +760K views this week
A chimney, a torn-off roof and Max from Australia: Vanwives' $48,000 repair
Max of the Max and Occy channel climbed up to help, and somewhere in the demolition a family of baby squirrels got rescued.
Views jump 6.3x the channel's usual pace
'It keeps getting worse': Vanwives trade the swim pond for a $48,000 repair
Three pond episodes from September have each passed half a million views, and the newest upload hints at an abandoned home and a new projec…