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This week on the channel +1.9M views this week
China's water lifeline gets Peter Zeihan's hiking-trail scrutiny
His aquifer series reaches Northern China, while seven uploads range from European nuclear exercises to data-center energy.
In short
On YouTube, Zeihan on Geopolitics has 978,000 subscribers and 360,839,195 views in all, as of November 14, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 1,000 subscribers and 1,926,536 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 2,420 of the 5,392 channels on Trari, and No. 29 of 63 in category "Military, weapons and geopolitics". On Instagram, @zeihanongeopolitics has 56,709 followers.
YouTube: On the charts now
China's Manufacturing Power Will Not Last || Peter Zeihan
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
978,000
▲ 1,000 in the last 7 days
▲ 6,000 in the last 30 days
▲ 6,000 in the last 30 days
total views
360,839,195
▲ 1,926,536 in the last 7 days
▲ 9,868,233 in the last 30 days
▲ 9,868,233 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
804,756
on a typical day: 322,170
Videos on the channel
1,285
6 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
yesterday
November 13, 2026
Views per subscriber
368
a new long video usually gets 280,870 views
Next milestone
1,000,000 subscribers
at the current pace: in about 110 days
Instagram: The numbers today
@zeihanongeopolitics · The account on Instagram
Followers
56,709
▲ 15 a day, on average over the last 3 days
Posts
1,246
7 new posts in the last 7 days
Views per Reel
6,255
usually, by 9 recent Reels
Likes per post
148
usually, by 11 recent posts
0.26% of followers
0.26% of followers
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Military, weapons and geopolitics | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 2,284 of 2,839 | 22 of 31 |
Ranked among the channels whose Instagram account is on Trari.
Instagram followers: Military, weapons and geopolitics
Latest posts
Tap a post to see it here
| Post | Type | Posted | Views | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China is the world's premier #manufacturing superpower. There is no argument… | Reel | November 13, 2026 | 3,481 | 109 | 2 |
| Nvidia's (former) CEO, Jensen Huang, was caught with his hand in the honeypot.… | Reel | November 12, 2026 | 8,056 | 257 | 4 |
| Expanding the U.S. electrical grid is one of the great problems of today.… | Reel | November 12, 2026 | 2,447 | 92 | 4 |
| Xi Jinping has made it clear he plans to ride this ship all the way down. At the… | Reel | November 11, 2026 | 8,014 | 252 | 8 |
| Poland’s political landscape is in the midst of a constitutional crisis over the… | Reel | November 10, 2026 | 4,946 | 172 | 5 |
| For the first time in the 2026 conflict, the Iranians have placed limpet mines… | Reel | November 9, 2026 | 5,901 | 123 | 5 |
| The Chinese never walk away from a sector that they've dominated. They keep it,… | Photo | November 6, 2026 | - | 48 | 1 |
| Brazil just wrapped up its elections with a presidential victory for Lula over… | Reel | November 6, 2026 | 6,573 | 148 | 1 |
Of the 15 latest posts: 13 Reels and 2 photos.
As of November 13, 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
November 14, 2026 3x the channel's usual pace The whole channel ran that day at 804,756 views a day, 3 times a normal day (268,550).
This week on the channel 5 videos this week
Diesel, transformers and Iranian airliners: Peter Zeihan's five-video week
A diesel shortage video from September 28 has passed 600,000 views, and a follow-up on banning exports went up three days later.
The video drawing the most views now
China's Manufacturing Power Will Not Last || Peter Zeihan
- Video published
- November 13, 2026
- Video views so far
- 272,297
- Video views, pace per day
- 314,123
- Views in its first 17 hours
- 272,297
Similar channels
YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Military, weapons and geopolitics | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 2,420 of 5,392 | 29 of 63 |
| By views gained this week | 1,981 of 5,236 | 18 of 63 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 1,846 of 5,183 | 16 of 63 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 1.5% of all views the category's channels gained this week
- Subscriber growth this week
- 0.1% on this channel, 0.0% on the category's middle channel
Subscribers in the category Military, weapons and geopolitics
Views gained this week in the category Military, weapons and geopolitics
YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days
October 16, 2026: 972,000 subscribers → November 14, 2026: 978,000 subscribers
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 16, 2026: 351,402,079 views → November 14, 2026: 360,839,195 views · average: 325,417 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
- 19.8 in the category: 21.7
- comments per 1,000 views
- 2.5 in the category: 1.4
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 189,842 views
- short vs long
- 0 short (up to 3 minutes), 15 long
average views per long video: 246,564
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Don't Be Surprised by China's Collapse || Peter Zeihan | September 19, 2023 | 9:48 | 2,426,439 |
 Peter Zeihan || Deglobalization: There's No Stopping It Now | February 2, 2023 | 10:36 | 2,395,905 |
 Ask Peter Zeihan: Will Putin "Disappear" and Updates on Rus… | June 15, 2023 | 13:02 | 2,230,974 |
 Peter Zeihan || The Winner of the 2024 US Presidential Elec… | April 3, 2023 | 12:31 | 1,974,855 |
 The End of Germany as a Modern Economy || Peter Zeihan | October 11, 2023 | 11:03 | 1,343,913 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Khamenei Eliminated: What’s Iran’s Breaking Point? #shorts | March 1, 2026 | 2:09 | 491,443 |
 The Greenland Gambit: Russia Wants Trump to Shatter NATO | January 8, 2026 | 1:21 | 351,645 |
 Ukraine Cripples Russia’s Energy Exports #shorts | March 25, 2026 | 1:42 | 272,966 |
 Ukraine Blamed for The Diesel Crisis #shorts | October 15, 2026 | 2:41 | 267,641 |
 The Strait of Hormuz Isn’t the Only Oil Chokepoint Anymore … | September 11, 2026 | 2:13 | 252,053 |
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 804,756 views a day, 3 times a normal day (268,550).
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 720,440 views a day, 2.4 times a normal day (298,352).
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 842,312 views a day, 3.4 times a normal day (250,121).
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 +1.9M views this week
China's water lifeline gets Peter Zeihan's hiking-trail scrutiny
His aquifer series reaches Northern China, while seven uploads range from European nuclear exercises to data-center energy.
This week on the channel 5 videos this week
Diesel, transformers and Iranian airliners: Peter Zeihan's five-video week
A diesel shortage video from September 28 has passed 600,000 views, and a follow-up on banning exports went up three days later.