Pokimane puts expenses before expansion on Colin and Samir

An assistant, a manager and safe housing anchor her explanation of what she wants her business to support.

Channel: Colin and Samir Story of October 20, 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.

The Question That Runs Pokimane's Business

Earn enough for what? Pokimane gives Colin and Samir a concrete answer in the most-watched of their five uploads this week: the expenses she chooses, rather than an ever-larger pile of savings.

In "The Question That Runs Pokimane's Business," the streamer describes restructuring around the support that makes her days work, including an assistant and a manager. "It's, 'How do I pay off the expenses that I want to have?'" she says. From there, the aim is more enjoyment in daily life and room for opportunities that excite her. The Short has drawn roughly 44,000 views. Several commenters question whether that framing differs meaningfully from simply wanting to earn more.

The business theme carries into "What Actually Makes a Good Creator Business," which evaluates eight ventures, including Feastables, Crunch Labs, Dude Perfect and Lone Fox. It is currently drawing the most daily views of any upload on the channel, followed by "How to Stop Sounding Scripted." Elsewhere, "We built a habit tracker" and "YouTube Advice from a 700M View Comedian" keep the week close to the practical questions of making things and making them sustainable.

Subscribers stayed level, while the channel added about 438,000 views over the week, a similar weekly audience to Tim Ferriss. Its current daily viewing is somewhat below its usual pace.

There is also life in September's "Inside the Mind of YouTube's Anthony Bourdain." That conversation is with Yes Theory co-founder Thomas Brag, not Bourdain, and explores how hopeful storytelling can find an audience without sacrificing trust in the people on camera.

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More from Colin and SamirThis week on the channel 3 videos this weekTrack Star's AJ Subat, the relentless friend, gets a Colin and Samir filmThree uploads went up, and a nine-day-old sit-down with Yes Theory co-founder Thomas Brag is still drawing a steady crowd beside them.Channel: Colin and Samir · Story of October 2, 2026 Also in Podcasts and interviewsVideo people are talking about 11x its usual commentsZelenskyy tells Steven Bartlett why he needed "ammunition, not a ride"In a nearly two-hour conversation, Ukraine's president moves from sleepless nights and grieving parents to Bucha, Paddington Bear and the morning the invasion …Channel: The Diary Of A CEO · Story of October 24, 2026 A different discovery todayVideo taking off 26x its usual first dayADÉLA brings "Nicole Kidman" and airborne splits to FallonHer television debut moves from a red-lit ensemble number to a quiet seated finish, and the comment section is crowded with talk of the choreography.Channel: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Story of October 24, 2026

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The videos drawing views on Colin and Samir right now

How to Stop Sounding Scripted27,398 views · 2026-10-18 We built a habit tracker24,308 views · 2026-10-14 YouTube Advice from a 700M View Comedian17,483 views · 2026-10-15 What Actually Makes a Good Creator Business11,995 views · 2026-10-19 Inside the Mind of YouTube's Anthony Bourdain211,768 views

The numbers

Here is Colin and Samir's week in views and subscribers.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

Stiff Socks

41,094,581

Nightcap

13,736,902

Dwarkesh Patel

10,239,324

The Connect: With Johnny …

3,073,398

All-In Podcast

2,884,142

Call Her Daddy

2,809,760

Rich Roll

580,408

Colin and Samir

438,187

Tim Ferriss

421,693

subscribers

1,630,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

465,641,152

views per day

49,369

typical day: 60,001

first-day views of each video posted this week

The Question That Runs Pokimane's Busin…

23,803

How to Stop Sounding Scripted

21,700

We built a habit tracker

13,932

YouTube Advice from a 700M View Comedian

10,637

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Call Her Daddy

2,240,000

Nightcap

2,150,000

Tim Ferriss

1,790,000

Colin and Samir

1,630,000

Rich Roll

1,600,000

The Connect: With Johnny …

1,480,000

Dwarkesh Patel

1,450,000

Stiff Socks

1,250,000

All-In Podcast

1,160,000

As of October 20, 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.