Subway portrait sessions fill Devon Rodriguez's four-upload week

The latest installments mix hand-drawn and painted portraits, with viewers wondering how he chooses riders who stay aboard long enough.

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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.

Realistically Drawing and Painting Strangers on the NYC Subway | Vol. 9

A subway ride has a time limit. A realistic portrait takes time. That practical puzzle is on viewers' minds as Devon Rodriguez adds four portrait collections to his channel.

"Realistically Drawing and Painting Strangers on the NYC Subway | Vol. 9" was the week's most-watched upload, reaching about 67,000 views. In the comments, viewers ask how he picks subjects whose journeys will last long enough, and whether anyone confronts him about the repeated glances needed to draw a face. Another viewer, writing from Hanover, compares the apparent quiet of these subway sessions with the bustle of their own local transit.

The week also brought "Surprising Strangers With Their Own Portraits | Vol. 8" and two Sunday arrivals: "Turning NYC Subway Riders into Realistic Portraits | Vol. 10" and "Surprising NYC Subway Riders with Hand-Drawn and Painted Portraits | Vol. 11." Those two newest collections now have the strongest daily momentum on the channel, followed by Vol. 9.

Across the channel, the subscriber count held steady, while daily views are running below their usual level. Nearby creative channels SIMJI and TD BRICKS had much larger weekly view gains, making this a comparatively modest stretch for Rodriguez.

There is a long history behind the latest numbered installments: his 2020 upload, "Drawing realistic portraits of strangers on the NYC subway compilation 1," is approaching 50 million views. The setting and the assignment have proved remarkably durable: a train carriage, a stranger and a face to put on paper.

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The videos drawing views on Devon Rodriguez right now

Surprising Strangers With Their Own Portraits | Vol. 838,970 views · 2026-10-12 Turning NYC Subway Riders into Realistic Portraits | Vol. 1032,920 views · 2026-10-18 Surprising NYC Subway Riders with Hand-Drawn and Painted Portraits | …23,345 views · 2026-10-18

The numbers

Here is how Devon Rodriguez's week looks in views and subscribers.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

Mr. Spray

44,363,793

TD BRICKS

28,394,704

SIMJI

22,171,422

SoupTimmy

17,990,041

Artistomg

13,288,934

JULIA GISELLA

9,484,831

ZHC Crafts

2,590,249

Devon Rodriguez

686,810

subscribers

12,500,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

3,887,036,239

views per day

94,022

typical day: 145,150

first-day views of each video posted this week

Realistically Drawing and Painting Stra…

33,739

Surprising Strangers With Their Own Por…

22,845

Turning NYC Subway Riders into Realisti…

29,851

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

JULIA GISELLA

18,200,000

Devon Rodriguez

12,500,000

SIMJI

12,300,000

TD BRICKS

10,900,000

Moriah Elizabeth

10,900,000

Artistomg

10,800,000

ZHC Crafts

8,130,000

SoupTimmy

6,640,000

Mr. Spray

6,390,000

As of October 19, 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.