Alex The Rambler brings a cat mug to Byzantium's rescue

A Paradox-sponsored EU5 stream joins a new collaboration with @shadowatnoon in a two-upload week.

Channel: Alex The Rambler! Story of November 7, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

EU 5 1.4 "Rio Salado" Challenge - Can I Save The Byzantine Empire? #ad

Diplomacy first, budget cuts next, and somewhere in between, the power of the chonk. Alex The Rambler's attempt to save Byzantium begins with a cat-shaped mug and a glowing channel in-joke before the imperial housekeeping gets serious.

The week's most-watched new upload, "EU 5 1.4 \"Rio Salado\" Challenge - Can I Save The Byzantine Empire? #ad", is a stream sponsored by Paradox Interactive. Alex chooses the empire's 1337 start, arranges ties with Bulgaria and Naples, and tries to settle unhappy estates. Then comes the less glamorous business of trimming military and court spending to address debt. "I wish I could just print more gold," he says. An emperor can dream.

The stream has drawn roughly 7,400 views. Friday's "Can Germany Rule The World?! W/ @shadowatnoon" brings company to the strategy table and has the strongest daily momentum of Alex's uploads right now, though it is only hours into its run.

Across the channel, subscribers held steady while the catalog collected roughly 37,000 views over the week. Daily viewing is well below its usual pace. Nearby, Xaryu had a particularly busy viewing week, while Preach Gaming was also running below its normal daily level.

Alex's September update, "Rock Bottom", continues to draw a smaller daily audience, but the new uploads put strategy-game challenges back in the foreground: one empire to rescue, another country with world-sized ambitions.

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The videos drawing views on Alex The Rambler! right now

Can Germany Rule The World?! W/ @shadowatnoon3,480 views · 2026-11-06 Rock Bottom367,509 views

The numbers

Here is how Alex The Rambler's week looks in views and subscribers.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

Xaryu

6,732,164

zi8gzag

952,254

Hazzor

536,084

lionheartx10

473,961

Raiyuden

368,071

wowcrendor

306,396

TorvestaRS

134,766

Preach Gaming

65,600

Alex The Rambler!

37,316

subscribers

431,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

196,319,488

views per day

1,373

typical day: 8,594

first-day views of each video posted this week

EU 5 1.4 "Rio Salado" Challenge - Can I…

6,357

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

wowcrendor

506,000

TorvestaRS

505,000

lionheartx10

495,000

Xaryu

459,000

Preach Gaming

441,000

Hazzor

441,000

Alex The Rambler!

431,000

zi8gzag

405,000

Raiyuden

391,000

As of November 7, 2026 · 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.