Video taking off 6.2x its usual first day

Eric Weinstein brings UFO theories to Steven Bartlett's podcast

A fast-starting Short accompanies a return interview that stretches from AI risks to humanity's future beyond the solar system.

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The Diary Of A CEO Story of October 13, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 392,820 views a day, 6.2 times a normal first day on this channel (63,048).

THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS

Eric Weinstein's return to Steven Bartlett isn't confined to what happens next on Earth. The conversation also asks whether humanity needs to leave the solar system, alongside questions about artificial intelligence, global power and government secrecy.

The Diary Of A CEO has packaged that visit into a Short titled "THE GOVERNMENT DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS". It reached roughly 256,000 views in 11 hours, already more than four times the channel's usual full-day audience for Shorts. The comments were nearly seven times as numerous as on a typical first day, too.

Among the responses, viewers discuss Weinstein's idea of a managed reality, question trust in officials and suggest stepping away from phones to spend time with people close to them. Those are talking points around his account, not evidence of the secrecy suggested by the title.

The full interview gives Bartlett more room to explore the mathematician's thinking. Its chapters move from whether aliens exist to the risks of superintelligence and the state of modern physics. One particularly distinctive thread is Weinstein's proposed response to powerful AI: mutual dependence between humans and machines, rather than trying to keep a smarter intelligence entirely under human control.

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The facts

Channel: The Diary Of A CEO
Subscribers: 20,400,000 ▲ 200,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days: 23,695,632
Channel views, pace per day: 1,067,896 (on a normal day: 3,823,128)
Video published: October 12, 2026
Video views so far: 256,154 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 392,820

The numbers

The Short passed the channel's usual full-day views within its first 11 hours. Its comment section was also considerably busier than a typical first day.

the video's first day

usual first day here

63,048

this video

392,820

subscribers

20,400,000

▲ 200,000 in the last 7 days

total views

1,910,797,932

views per day

1,067,896