This week on the channel +43K views this week

Security keys for your Apple ID keep Lifehacker's archive ticking

A short explainer on Apple's support for hardware keys, more than three years old, draws the most daily views on a channel that posted nothing new.

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.

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No uploads, steady shelf. Lifehacker, the long-running advice site whose channel motto is simply "Do everything better," posted nothing over the week, so the work fell to videos made more than three years ago.

The busiest of them is a practical one: "Security Keys Are the Best Way to Protect Your Apple ID," a quick explainer on Apple's support for physical keys on iPhone, iPad and Mac. It brings in more daily views than anything else on the channel, more than twice as many as the next video in line. Perhaps a few people are still tightening up their accounts, years after the feature arrived.

The rest of the momentum comes from the kitchen. Allie Chanthorn Reinmann's two food explainers keep finding readers: one picks the best cheeses for a grilled cheese sandwich, depending on whether you want the pull or the melt, and the other works out which bread soaks up French toast custard without turning dense. Her description even spares a line for tortillas, which will have to wait for their own day.

Overall the channel ran slower than its usual pace, with a little over 40,000 views across the week and subscribers holding at 488,000. Among the DIY and home channels near its size, HomeTransform and Stick welder had by far the busiest weeks, while Lifehacker gathered the fewest views of the group. Its quiet shelf of security tips and sandwich advice is still being opened.

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The videos drawing views on Lifehacker right now

The facts
Channel
Lifehacker
Subscribers
488,000
Channel views, last 7 days
43,026
Videos published this week
0

The numbers

Here is how Lifehacker's channel and its busiest videos stood this week.

views gained this week, compared with similar channels
HomeTransform
2,560,005
Stick welder
1,399,566
Gavren Dochterman
936,055
donyboy73
369,370
TimWelds
355,533
Schoolhouse Homestead
262,798
Red Beard's Garage
197,304
6061
59,102
Lifehacker
43,026
subscribers
488,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
total views
113,613,426
views per day
4,422
typical day: 6,257
compared with similar channels (subscribers)
6061
531,000
Schoolhouse Homestead
506,000
TimWelds
505,000
Lifehacker
488,000
Red Beard's Garage
478,000
HomeTransform
477,000
Gavren Dochterman
472,000
donyboy73
464,000
Stick welder
443,000
As of October 8, 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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