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This week on the channel +2.5M views this week

Gareth Leonard meets the pizza makers learning and teaching at home

AJ credits "YouTube University," while a visit to Sam the Dough Guy reveals another San Diego kitchen built around sharing the craft.

Channel: Gareth Leonard Story of Trari 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.

This Guy Makes Pizza at Home and has a 3,500 Person Wait ListThis Guy Makes Pizza at Home and has a 3,500 Person Wait List

Video summary

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  1. 0:48AJ demonstrates dough preparation, fermentation, sauce and cheese grating in his apartment kitchen.
  2. 2:22Jessie explains how she helps manage life around AJ's pizza-making routine.
  3. 6:55Gareth and AJ visit Sam the Dough Guy to see his setup and sample his pizzas.
  4. 11:50AJ explains how weekly preorder slots are released through Hotplate.
  5. 14:35A delayed customer complicates the oven schedule and AJ's efforts to serve pizza fresh.
  6. 18:03AJ bakes his PBR pizza with pepperoni, basil, whipped ricotta and hot honey for Gareth.

How do you learn to make pizza that people will wait for? AJ's answer to Gareth Leonard is refreshingly direct: "So I'm pretty much self-taught, you know, YouTube University."

That exchange gives Gareth's only upload this week a story beyond its extraordinary waiting list. In "This Guy Makes Pizza at Home and has a 3,500 Person Wait List," the work starts with dough preparation, fermentation, sauce and cheese grating in AJ's shared apartment. His girlfriend Jessie helps with the logistics. Later, Gareth and AJ visit Sam the Dough Guy, whose home operation has a teaching purpose: "My whole thing is kind of like teaching people how to do pizza."

The episode has reached roughly 2.2 million views and is comfortably the channel's strongest source of daily viewing. In the comments, the crust is a recurring subject: home bakers compare their struggles to brown the dough before the cheese overcooks, while others debate whether expanding the operation would miss the point of keeping it small. One viewer connects AJ's self-taught approach with their own projects learned through videos.

There is a paid cookware segment within the episode, alongside the kitchen visits and a California burrito break.

Gareth added about 7,000 subscribers over the week, accounting for nearly all his growth over the past month. Daily viewing is also well above its usual level. Among nearby food channels, Sam Jose is having a particularly busy week, while Halle Burns's daily viewing is close to normal.

Away from the apartment kitchen, Gareth's older Dublin solo-eating adventure remains his next most active video, with the day behind Mr. Beef's Chicago counter following it.

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Where next?

More from Gareth LeonardViews jump 6.7x the channel's usual paceGareth Leonard goes from Mr. Beef's counter to apartment pizzaHis channel is drawing nearly seven times its usual daily views as the San Diego home-pizza visit approaches two million.Channel: Gareth Leonard · Story of November 3, 2026 Also in Cooking and foodOn today's chart 9,330 views since yesterdayAndy Cooks and Adam Sullivan leave carbs on the menuChicken cacciatore, fish tacos and a beef burger give the old friends a practical way into protein, calorie tracking and sustainable eating.Channel: Andy Cooks · Story of November 5, 2026 A different discovery todayVideo taking off 66x its usual first dayJimmy Kimmel turns Idaho's state-gun vote into an attack adHis midterm monologue also gives Mike Johnson a Sarah McLachlan farewell before his assistant Natalie zips herself into a duffel bag.Channel: Jimmy Kimmel Live · Story of November 5, 2026

What viewers say

  • That crust though....that's what always makes the pizza for me. Good dough is the most important part.
    @GoatshaverSee it on YouTube
  • If I was his landlord, he could just pay rent with Pizza.
    @devonjarcher9344See it on YouTube
  • I heard that crunch all the way in Las Vegas
    @ArtieGgGSee it on YouTube
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  • YouTube university is a real thing I built a shed learning off YouTube. Made a patio area with a smokeless fire pit learned how to BBQ to working on cars lmao it’s the only social media I have 😂
    @irvingonzalez4947See it on YouTube
  • Stunning for what he's getting out of a home oven. I like my pies, but the crust never looks that good before the cheese overmelts. And this is on a 4 minute steel bake. Pizza is one of those things where there are so many variables (it's probably over 20), and each can make a big difference. Guy has clearly figured it out.
    @UTeewbSee it on YouTube
  • I had two pizza shops in Pennsylvania years ago. I live in New york now and just started doing pizza out of my home. I was surprised how many people asked me to sell them pizza. The crust he is getting on his pizza is unreal!
    @TheGreatAwakeningsSee it on YouTube
  • An oven/pizza steel is a complete game changer for home cooking. Great for pizza and a ton of other stuff.
    @TomJohn5382See it on YouTube
  • What an incredible day of great food with good people. I need some beer with my slice but it’s all good.
    @MFCriz1See it on YouTube

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The videos drawing views on Gareth Leonard right now

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The facts
Subscribers
803,000 ▲ 7,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days
2,476,489
Videos published this week
1
Video published
October 30, 2026
Video views so far
2,226,430
Views on its first day
395,590

The numbers

Here is how Gareth Leonard's pizza-filled week looks in views and subscribers.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels
Sam Jose
11,627,547
Kevin Noparvar
4,151,584
Crazy Korean Cooking
2,915,562
Gareth Leonard
2,476,489
cookingforpeanuts
1,495,362
That Recipe
420,766
Outdoor Chef Life
191,359
Halle Burns
132,055
Rachel Ama
26,912
subscribers
803,000
▲ 7,000 in the last 7 days
total views
123,744,432
views per day
350,606
typical day: 204,127
first-day views of each video posted this week
This Guy Makes Pizza at Home and has a …
395,590
subscribers: this channel and similar channels
cookingforpeanuts
887,000
Crazy Korean Cooking
865,000
Sam Jose
840,000
Gareth Leonard
803,000
Outdoor Chef Life
791,000
Rachel Ama
755,000
Kevin Noparvar
755,000
Halle Burns
736,000
That Recipe
732,000
As of November 5, 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.
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