Truett Hanes gets his Chicago marathon personal best

The race episode follows months of preparation, and a channel known for pull-up challenges is drawing a sharp rise in daily views.

Channel: Truett Hanes Story of October 18, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The whole channel is running at 123,297 views a day, 7.1 times a normal day (17,424).

49 minutes cut off. 30 pounds down. 8 more minutes to go.

Truett Hanes says he spent five months working toward this Sunday. The payoff is in the title of his new race episode: "EPISODE 31 - THE CHICAGO MARATHON (NEW PR)." After the unfinished business in Edmonton that we reported here, Chicago brings a result he can celebrate.

The episode has reached roughly 140,000 views since its October 16 release. Across Hanes' channel, daily viewing has climbed to more than seven times its usual pace, though that increase cannot be pinned entirely on the Chicago upload.

His lead-in episode, "EPISODE 30 - RESILIENCY or death," had already pointed viewers toward Chicago. The race video's description supplies the other side of that anticipation: months of work, thanks to the people who believed in him, and a personal best that still leaves another target ahead. "7 more minutes to go," he writes, adding that the next round of work has already started.

For viewers who know Hanes through his pull-up feats, running has become a substantial part of the channel's story. His catalog includes Leadville and a Boston Marathon run in jeans. Chicago adds a personal-best chapter to that endurance collection.

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The videos drawing views on Truett Hanes right now

EPISODE 31 - THE CHICAGO MARATHON (NEW PR)139,595 views · 2026-10-16 EPISODE 30 - RESILIENCY or death109,777 views · 2026-10-02 EPISODE 29 - Hard work, Sacrifice & Sweat99,513 views · 2026-09-17 EPISODE 28 - BELIEVE or die trying161,193 views · 2026-09-03

The numbers

Daily views across Hanes' channel are well above their usual pace. The Chicago episode is also the most watched of his two newest uploads.

views per day, whole channel

typical day

17,424

now

123,297

subscribers

217,000

▲ 1,000 in the last 7 days

total views

112,944,131

views per day

123,297

typical day: 17,424

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Olivia May

248,000

Laura Try

233,000

Truett Hanes

217,000

Buttery Bros

212,000

Women's Health

211,000

Ridge Lenny

187,000

As of October 18, 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.