Ali Abdaal

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What happened lately

October 17, 2026 4.5x its usual first day Brutally Honest Advice About Productivity in 26 M… The video opened at a pace of 67,093 views a day, 4.5 times a normal first day on this channel (14,836).

This week on the channel +1.4M views this week

Ali Abdaal's productivity confession: the system can become procrastination

His new advice video strips the routine back to seasonal priorities, calendar time and accountability.

Channel: Ali Abdaal · Story of October 23, 2026

This week on the channel +1.5M views this week

Ali Abdaal turns a home-security project into AI learning lessons

A tiny Linux computer supplies the practical example behind his new guide to using AI as a tutor.

Channel: Ali Abdaal · Story of October 16, 2026

This week on the channel 2 videos this week

Ali Abdaal's 'ambitious but inconsistent' video outpaces his new uploads

An 18-day-old video is drawing views about twice as fast as the newest of his two uploads, on a channel moving at exactly its usual pace.

Channel: Ali Abdaal · Story of September 28, 2026

The video drawing the most views now

Brutally Honest Advice About Productivity in 26 Minutes

Video published

October 16, 2026

Video views so far

228,792

Video views, pace per day

11,807

Views on its first day

72,228

Position on Trari and in the category

The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.

The channel's share of the category

1.6% of all views the category's channels gained this week

The channel's latest videos

The last 15 videos uploaded to the channel, with today's numbers. Click a video to play it here.

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views	Per day	First day	Likes	Comments
My slightly weird hobby...	October 23, 2026	0:51 short	4,048	4,880	4,048 (16 hours)	108	16
Financial freedom vs financial independence	October 23, 2026	0:55 short	5,354	6,044	5,354 (18 hours)	271	7
Why your real screen time is higher than you think	October 22, 2026	1:17 short	11,488	3,341	9,140	431	4
If you want to build a business, start a problems list	October 21, 2026	0:43 short	5,765	885	3,745	170	18
My one piece of advice for your 20s	October 20, 2026	1:23 short	15,107	1,112	10,857	712	9
How to shift from an employee to an entrepreneur mindset	October 19, 2026	1:36 short	16,283	864	9,215	758	13
Doesn't dating get in the way of productivity?	October 18, 2026	1:14 short	15,340	427	9,023	508	12
How to expand your personal brand into new topics	October 17, 2026	2:01 short	12,149	147	5,584	585	6
Brutally Honest Advice About Productivity in 26 Minutes	October 16, 2026	26:18	228,792	11,807	72,228	2,946	78
How a plastic surgeon could use AI	October 16, 2026	1:57 short	13,723	132	6,458	524	5
Making money is basically a skills problem	October 15, 2026	0:48 short	15,889	229	9,282	614	37
Planning feels productive, but it's not	October 14, 2026	0:56 short	17,200	172	7,767	857	7
What if your parents want a different life for you?	October 13, 2026	1:43 short	12,689	87	7,502	486	16
My 3 pieces of advice for new content creators	October 12, 2026	1:32 short	27,465	659	13,054	1,214	16
One of the most underrated skills: knowing when to ignore a…	October 11, 2026	0:52 short	53,879	963	16,282	2,519	30

Audience engagement

likes per 1,000 views

27.9 in the category: 36.9

comments per 1,000 views

0.6 in the category: 1.4

a video's usual first day on this channel

12,014 views

short vs long

14 short (up to 3 minutes), 1 long
average views per short video: 16,169
average views per long video: 228,792

Most watched videos (not Shorts)

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
9 Passive Income Ideas - How I Make $27k per Week	April 15, 2021	30:01	13,964,533
How I Type REALLY Fast (156 Words per Minute)	August 18, 2020	15:33	11,032,428
How to Invest for Beginners	October 11, 2020	29:09	9,436,296
How I ranked 1st at Cambridge University - The Essay Memori…	April 9, 2019	17:52	9,052,294
My Evidence-Based Skincare Routine	June 28, 2022	14:05	8,926,676

Most watched Shorts

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
What happened to these two brothers? #shorts	November 22, 2022	1:00	4,377,975
How to Improve Your Focus 🧘	March 27, 2023	0:39	3,875,601
The Halo Effect #shorts	February 21, 2023	0:58	2,990,795
5 Lessons from Atomic Habits in Under 60 Seconds #SHORTS	December 21, 2021	0:47	2,635,606
The Stockdale Paradox #shorts	December 6, 2022	0:59	2,509,519

What happened on the channel in the last 30 days

The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.

1. October 17, 2026Video taking offBrutally Honest Advice About Productivity in 26 M… The video opened at a pace of 67,093 views a day, 4.5 times a normal first day on this channel (14,836).
2. October 14, 2026Video surgingHow much money do you need to feel financially fr… The video ran that day at 34,719 views a day, 5.1 times its usual pace (6,791).
3. October 11, 2026Video taking offHow to Learn So Fast People Assume You’re Natural… The video opened at a pace of 83,154 views a day, 5.1 times a normal first day on this channel (16,453).