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This week on the channel +8.7M views this week
WIRED puts the witch's hat through a historian's fact check
Mikki Brock examines AI-generated witchcraft videos, while anthropologist Tok Thompson takes questions about ghost stories.
In short
On YouTube, WIRED has 13,000,000 subscribers and 4,990,506,688 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 6,262,080 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 174 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 4 of 37 in category "Documentaries and journalism". On Instagram, @wired has 2,387,550 followers. The account gained 5,639 followers in the last 7 days.
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
13,000,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
no significant change in the last month
no significant change in the last month
total views
4,990,506,688
▲ 6,262,080 in the last 7 days
▲ 31,787,661 in the last 30 days
▲ 31,787,661 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
507,452
on a typical day: 979,903
Videos on the channel
4,265
4 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
yesterday
November 10, 2026
Views per subscriber
383
a new long video usually gets 246,885 views
a new short video usually gets 42,271 views
a new short video usually gets 42,271 views
Next milestone
20,000,000 subscribers
7,000,000 subscribers to go
Instagram: The numbers today
@wired · The account on Instagram
Followers
2,387,550
▲ 251 since yesterday
▲ 5,639 in the last 7 days
▲ 5,639 in the last 7 days
Posts
13,112
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Documentaries and journalism | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 398 of 2,442 | 5 of 24 |
Ranked among the channels whose Instagram account is on Trari.
Instagram followers: Documentaries and journalism
Latest posts
Tap a post to see it here
| Post | Type | Posted | Views | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In a reddit AMA on Friday, in between jokes about gay bears and JD Vance’s… | Photo | November 11, 2026 | - | 166 | 18 |
| This $250 Drone Cam flies around your home to monitor threats. There’s also the… | Reel | November 10, 2026 | 21,790 | 278 | 57 |
| Devon Thomas hardly seems like a renegade. Members of his bible study group, he… | Carousel | November 10, 2026 | - | 551 | 36 |
| On Election Day last week, white nationalist Nick Fuentes urged his supporters… | Carousel | November 10, 2026 | - | 1,072 | 214 |
| Tesla has not responded to WIRED’s request for comment and clarification that… | Reel | November 10, 2026 | 35,509 | 684 | 58 |
| When AI agents this summer broke out of supposedly safe test environments, they… | Carousel | November 10, 2026 | - | 757 | 23 |
| To find out what’s next for the right-to-repair movement, WIRED spoke with Louis… | Reel | November 10, 2026 | 14,663 | 591 | 12 |
| A security researcher has found more than 100 serious vulnerabilities in… | Photo | November 10, 2026 | - | 354 | 10 |
Of the 15 latest posts: 4 Reels, 8 carousels and 3 photos.
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.
Apple Podcasts: Podcasts
Uncanny Valley | WIRED · On the podcast charts by subject
What's New · On the podcast charts by subject
YouTube: What happened lately
October 23, 2026 2.6x the channel's usual pace The whole channel ran that day at 3,189,249 views a day, 2.6 times a normal day (1,210,995).
This week on the channel +8.2M views this week
Can a president cancel an election? WIRED asks a historian
Lindsay Chervinsky explains the limits of presidential power, the origins of Election Tuesday and what happens without an Electoral College…
This week on the channel +8.6M views this week
History slop gets a historian's attention on WIRED
Lindsay Chervinsky's fact check joins Bollywood questions and a seven-person Abbott Elementary cast interview.
The video drawing the most views now
Astronomer Answers Exoplanet Questions
- Video published
- November 10, 2026
- Video views so far
- 146,129
- Video views, pace per day
- 222,313
- Views in its first 11 hours
- 146,129
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YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Documentaries and journalism | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 174 of 5,393 | 4 of 37 |
| By views gained this week | 962 of 5,274 | 5 of 37 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 816 of 5,043 | 3 of 35 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 6.8% of all views the category's channels gained this week
Subscribers in the category Documentaries and journalism
Views gained this week in the category Documentaries and journalism
YouTube and Instagram: Subscribers and followers, last 30 days
Growth in percent since November 3, 2026, so both lines start from the same point
- YouTube · 13,000,000 subscribers 0% (0)
- Instagram · 2,387,550 followers +0.25% (+5,876)
From November 3, 2026 to November 11, 2026: on YouTube from 13,000,000 to 13,000,000 subscribers (0%), on Instagram from 2,381,674 to 2,387,550 followers (+0.25%).
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 | 13,000,000 | 2,387,550 |
| November 10, 2026 | 13,000,000 | 2,387,299 |
| November 9, 2026 | 13,000,000 | 2,386,499 |
| November 8, 2026 | 13,000,000 | 2,385,978 |
| November 7, 2026 | 13,000,000 | 2,385,361 |
| November 6, 2026 | 13,000,000 | 2,384,614 |
| November 5, 2026 | 13,000,000 | 2,382,972 |
| November 4, 2026 | 13,000,000 | 2,381,911 |
| November 3, 2026 | 13,000,000 | 2,381,674 |
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 4,959,199,670 views → November 11, 2026: 4,990,506,688 views · average: 1,079,552 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Astronomer Answers: What's The Most Extreme Exoplanet? | November 10, 2026 | 0:57 short | 9,249 | 19,818 | 9,249 (8 hours) | 343 | 8 |
 Astronomer Answers Exoplanet Questions | November 10, 2026 | 23:43 | 146,129 | 222,313 | 146,129 (11 hours) | 2,096 | 187 |
 Zoomers, It's True: You Have It Worse Than Boomers | November 6, 2026 | 1:20 short | 23,529 | 725 | 16,160 | 934 | 52 |
 History Professor Debunks The Biggest Capitalism Myths | November 6, 2026 | 15:10 | 734,438 | 122,517 | 206,305 | 11,715 | 1,215 |
 Historian Answers Gilded Age Questions | November 3, 2026 | 27:31 | 246,885 | 7,740 | 122,884 | 2,953 | 159 |
 Dwayne Wade: Underrated? | October 30, 2026 | 0:43 short | 26,973 | 129 | 18,232 | 247 | 5 |
 Udonis' Ball Knowledge Is Unmatched | October 30, 2026 | 0:36 short | 60,283 | 94 | 45,272 | 778 | 16 |
 Historian Debunks The Biggest Witchcraft Myths | October 30, 2026 | 17:24 | 206,168 | 3,490 | 101,005 | 3,775 | 256 |
 Why Was Ethan Hawke at Taylor Swift's Wedding? | October 29, 2026 | 1:00 short | 71,594 | 176 | 43,096 | 1,076 | 28 |
 ‘NBA on Prime’ Crew Answer The 50 Most Searched NBA Questio… | October 29, 2026 | 10:43 | 623,204 | 20,588 | 110,260 | 4,621 | 227 |
 Ex-FBI Agent Dispels Common Body Language Myths | October 28, 2026 | 1:17 short | 47,576 | 98 | 29,480 | 1,839 | 68 |
 Ethan Hawke & Betty Gilpin Answer The Web’s Most Searched Q… | October 28, 2026 | 10:56 | 170,482 | 2,600 | 47,238 | 872 | 90 |
 The Legend of Herobrine | October 27, 2026 | 0:46 short | 17,169 | 43 | 11,978 | 302 | 10 |
 Folklore Expert Answers Ghost Story Questions | October 27, 2026 | 17:18 | 641,982 | 10,466 | 192,595 | 9,450 | 448 |
 The Truth Behind The Witches Hat | October 23, 2026 | 0:49 short | 36,966 | 47 | 24,438 | 650 | 26 |
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 13.6 in the category: 19.8
- comments per 1,000 views
- 0.9 in the category: 1.7
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 71,143 views
- short vs long
- 8 short (up to 3 minutes), 7 long
average views per short video: 36,667
average views per long video: 395,612
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Stranger Things Cast Answer the Web's Most Searched Questio… | November 21, 2017 | 7:11 | 70,455,663 |
 Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard & Noah Schnapp Answer the… | July 2, 2019 | 10:02 | 69,483,931 |
 Former FBI Agent Explains How to Read Body Language | Trade… | May 21, 2019 | 14:44 | 56,925,873 |
 Ryan Reynolds & Jake Gyllenhaal Answer the Web's Most Searc… | March 22, 2017 | 6:12 | 51,549,055 |
 Dr. Ken Jeong Answers Medical Questions From Twitter | Tech… | March 23, 2017 | 6:21 | 43,290,286 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Who Are Elmo's Parents? | May 15, 2023 | 0:27 | 39,163,975 |
 Jennifer Lawrence Explains How Good She Is at Archery | December 12, 2022 | 0:50 | 37,404,036 |
 What Did Medieval English Sound Like? | June 21, 2024 | 0:42 | 24,084,697 |
 Is Priyanka Chopra Jonas Vegan? | May 10, 2023 | 0:32 | 21,690,139 |
 Which Cobra Kai Cast Member Has the Best Kick? | November 9, 2022 | 0:17 | 17,884,057 |
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 3,189,249 views a day, 2.6 times a normal day (1,210,995).
- MilestoneMechanic Answers Car Questions The video passed 1,000,000 views.
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 +8.7M views this week
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Mikki Brock examines AI-generated witchcraft videos, while anthropologist Tok Thompson takes questions about ghost stories.
This week on the channel +8.2M views this week
Can a president cancel an election? WIRED asks a historian
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This week on the channel +8.6M views this week
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