Subscriber surge +5,999 subscribers in a day

Alex Volkanovski's post-weigh-in menu starts with hydration, not pancakes

Cooking With Volk adds subscribers at six times its usual daily pace as a new upload follows the refueling between making weight and fighting.

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Cooking With Volk Story of October 27, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The channel is adding 5,999 subscribers a day, 6 times a normal day (997).

What I Eat After Cutting to 145lbs for Featherweight

Alex Volkanovski has made weight. The next job is getting ready to fight, and pancakes are only part of the plan.

His new upload, "What I Eat After Cutting to 145lbs for Featherweight," follows the food and drink that come after stepping off the scales. The description puts rehydration first, before moving through breakfast, lunch, snacks and a team dinner. Jordy from The Fight Dietitian explains the thinking behind restoring fluids and carbohydrates, while Volkanovski also covers sleep and recovery before a late walk to the Octagon.

That look at the less-visible work around a fight arrives as Cooking With Volk adds about 6,000 subscribers a day, six times its usual pace. Daily channel views have also more than quadrupled. The refueling video itself had passed 640,000 views before its first full day was over.

For a channel with fishing trips, farm feasts and burger cook-ups in its archive, these uploads bring the menu directly into Volkanovski's working life. The preceding fight-camp episode featured wild goat Panang curry, with ingredients and portions accounted for to fit his meal plan. Here, the emphasis shifts from keeping that diet on track to putting fuel back in after the cut. A team dinner closes the day's food itinerary.

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The facts

Channel: Cooking With Volk
Subscribers: 459,000 ▲ 13,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days: 2,541,398
Channel views, pace per day: 1,039,190 (on a normal day: 238,141)

The numbers

Subscriber growth and channel views are both running well above their usual daily pace. The post-weigh-in upload has also drawn an unusually large early audience.

new subscribers per day

typical day

997

now

5,999

subscribers

459,000

▲ 13,000 in the last 7 days

total views

65,764,883

views per day

1,039,190