YouTube channel

Wes O'Donnell

Military, weapons and geopolitics

In short

On YouTube, Wes O'Donnell has 194,000 subscribers and 56,850,153 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 1,000 subscribers and 748,716 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "Trump’s Intelligence Threat Might Backfire Completely", with 637,036 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 4,660 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 56 of 63 in category "Military, weapons and geopolitics".

YouTube: The numbers today

subscribers

194,000

▲ 1,000 in the last 7 days
▲ 7,000 in the last 30 days

total views

56,850,153

▲ 748,716 in the last 7 days
▲ 4,641,804 in the last 30 days

views a day (current pace)

77,492

on a typical day: 137,173

Videos on the channel

495

3 uploaded in the last 7 days

Last upload

2 days ago

November 9, 2026

Views per subscriber

293

a new long video usually gets 123,400 views

Next milestone

200,000 subscribers

at the current pace: in about 26 days

YouTube: What happened lately

October 25, 2026 5.5x its usual comments Can Sweden’s Gripen Survive Without American Tech? The video drew 1,651 comments in its first day, 5.5 times a normal first day on this channel (298). Read the story

This week on the channel +749K views this week

Wes O'Donnell examines a missile designed to wait for drones

His Helsing Contra analysis includes an important qualification: neither interceptor has finished flight testing, with deliveries expected …

Channel: Wes O'Donnell · Story of November 11, 2026

Video people are talking about 5.5x its usual comments

Who controls Gripen? Wes O'Donnell looks beyond the engine

His analysis of Sweden's fighter jet prompted more than five times the usual first-day comments, with viewers discussing alternative engine…

Channel: Wes O'Donnell · Story of October 25, 2026

This week on the channel +1.3M views this week

Pelican and Freyja give Wes O'Donnell two weapons puzzles

Four uploads connect Ukrainian missile engineering, Canada's northern defense ties and a Royal Navy target test.

Channel: Wes O'Donnell · Story of October 12, 2026

The video drawing the most views now

This German Missile Can Wait in the Sky for Russian Drones

Video published: November 8, 2026
Video views so far: 298,189
Video views, pace per day: 51,323
Views on its first day: 206,129

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YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category

	Among all channels on Trari	In the category Military, weapons and geopolitics
By subscribers	4,660 of 5,393	56 of 63
By views gained this week	2,981 of 5,274	34 of 63
By views gained in the last 30 days	2,594 of 5,043	29 of 63

The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.

The channel's share of the category: 0.6% of all views the category's channels gained this week
Subscriber growth this week: 0.5% on this channel, 0.0% on the category's middle channel

Subscribers in the category Military, weapons and geopolitics

8,150,000

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4,220,000

3,420,000

3,420,000

3,240,000

2,730,000

2,670,000

10The Armchair Historian

2,540,000

2,340,000

2,110,000

1,660,000

1,650,000

194,000

Views gained this week in the category Military, weapons and geopolitics

16,875,613

12,311,048

11,697,867

7,261,950

6,370,917

6,226,916

6,019,584

5,267,271

9Beyond the Frontline

4,945,728

10Garand Thumb

3,760,786

11BFBS Forces News

3,068,477

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2,881,985

13Kings and Generals

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14Zeihan on Geopolitics

2,177,193

34Wes O'Donnell

748,716

YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days

October 13, 2026: 187,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 194,000 subscribers

YouTube: Total views, last 30 days

October 13, 2026: 52,266,481 views → November 11, 2026: 56,850,153 views · average: 158,057 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
Germany Is Building Tanks in Norway Again. This Time, Norwa…	November 9, 2026	17:09	74,106	25,965	64,313	3,230	291
This German Missile Can Wait in the Sky for Russian Drones	November 8, 2026	13:55	298,189	51,323	206,129	7,748	457
Russia’s Fighter Jets Share One Weak Point. Ukraine Just Hi…	November 6, 2026	16:31	127,010	1,707	102,965	7,334	366
El Niño Is Coming: What It Means for Ukraine’s Energy War	November 4, 2026	17:57	69,549	465	47,762	3,548	187
Not a Combat Drone, But It Will Win the War	November 2, 2026	15:17	213,562	2,627	134,289	6,135	304
What Happens When Russia Shoots at British and French Troop…	November 1, 2026	17:27	113,500	503	88,278	4,144	729
Why Russia Can’t Stop The Rapid Ranger: Ukraine’s New Air D…	October 30, 2026	17:10	339,042	2,932	212,418	9,012	495
The 4mm Gap That Could Help Finland Save Ukraine's Railway	October 28, 2026	20:20	474,048	5,987	170,441	9,696	943
Can Trump Ground Ukraine’s F-16s?	October 26, 2026	14:17	48,153	110	38,350	2,829	647
Canada's Space Sovereignty: The Tech The US Can't Shut Down	October 25, 2026	19:05	128,621	69	78,082	5,966	813
Can Sweden’s Gripen Survive Without American Tech?	October 23, 2026	16:22	445,884	2,015	203,914	9,577	2,480
The Truth Behind Trump's Ukraine Claims: An In-Depth Analys…	October 21, 2026	17:58	67,517	16	46,966	4,790	715
Caught on Camera: The Mystery Weapon Russia Didn't Mean to …	October 19, 2026	15:37	264,704	119	167,253	6,493	438
The Truth About Project Thor: Not a Nuke, But Still Deadly	October 18, 2026	15:38	118,180	591	47,108	2,726	232
NATO vs. Kaliningrad: The Most Dangerous Place on Earth	October 16, 2026	12:48	88,853	97	59,700	3,497	366

Audience engagement

likes per 1,000 views: 30.2 in the category: 21.4
comments per 1,000 views: 3.3 in the category: 1.4
a video's usual first day on this channel: 110,570 views
short vs long: 0 short (up to 3 minutes), 15 long
average views per long video: 191,394

YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
Four Fighter Jets Are Quietly Deterring an Entire Invasion	September 21, 2026	16:20	760,043
Why the World’s Best Weapons Come From Sweden	September 14, 2026	21:19	718,851
Trump’s Intelligence Threat Might Backfire Completely	October 14, 2026	16:54	632,435
Why The US Would Lose Everything In A War With Canada	September 13, 2026	25:45	604,687
Russia Claims Ukraine Using Graphite Weapons - Here's Why	April 22, 2026	13:09	596,129

YouTube: Most watched Shorts

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
Ukrainian drones cut right through Russian nets protecting …	February 19, 2026	2:05	71,508
Ukraine uses Flamingo to strike Russian missile plant that …	February 21, 2026	2:01	70,486
The US does NOT have the biggest #military budget! 🇺🇦🇺🇸…	October 25, 2025	1:07	15,834
Ukraine re-takes 200 sq. kilometers! #ukraine #military #uk…	February 17, 2026	1:50	15,785
#ukraine 🇺🇦 must reject this bad American/Russian peace p…	November 24, 2025	2:15	9,358

YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days

The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.

October 25, 2026Video people are talking aboutCan Sweden’s Gripen Survive Without American Tech? The video drew 1,651 comments in its first day, 5.5 times a normal first day on this channel (298).Read the story
October 17, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 555,207 views a day, 3.6 times a normal day (155,526).

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.

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