This week on the channel +935K views this week
Free AI in South Korea gives Economics Explained a policy puzzle
The channel's only new upload explores what happens when access to AI comes without a price tag.
Economics Explained has 2,890,000 subscribers and 383,910,888 views in all, as of October 24, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 1,913,959 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "Australia May Have Just Solved The Housing Crisis", with 1,666,417 views. By subscribers it is No. 1,015 of the 5,387 channels on Trari, and No. 24 of 96 in Explainers, history and education.
The numbers today
subscribers
2,890,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
total views
383,910,888
▲ 1,913,959 in the last 7 days
views a day (current pace)
332,702
on a typical day: 245,822
Videos on the channel
454
2 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
3 days ago
October 21, 2026
Views per subscriber
132
a new long video usually gets 709,366 views
Next milestone
3,000,000 subscribers
110,000 subscribers to go
What happened lately
October 23, 2026 3.3x the channel's usual pace The whole channel ran that day at 626,988 views a day, 3.3 times a normal day (192,744).
This week on the channel one video this week
Can GDP growth hurt Europe? Economics Explained argues yes
The week's only upload passed half a million views within about two days, following a billionaire-tax video that has crossed 1.3 million.
The video drawing the most views now
How Old Money Kills Economies
- Video published
- October 21, 2026
- Video views so far
- 491,215
- Video views, pace per day
- 84,600
- Views on its first day
- 333,110
Similar channels
Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Explainers, history and education | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 1,015 of 5,387 | 24 of 96 |
| By views gained this week | 2,136 of 5,295 | 29 of 96 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 0.7% of all views the category's channels gained this week
Subscribers in the category Explainers, history and education
Views gained this week in the category Explainers, history and education
Subscribers, last 30 days
September 26, 2026: 2,880,000 subscribers → October 24, 2026: 2,890,000 subscribers
Total views, last 30 days
September 26, 2026: 376,968,239 views → October 24, 2026: 383,910,888 views · average: 247,951 views a day
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 How Old Money Kills Economies | October 21, 2026 | 15:22 | 491,215 | 84,600 | 333,110 | 6,424 | 550 |
 Living Paycheck to Paycheck? So Is Everyone Else | October 18, 2026 | 17:31 | 713,685 | 23,844 | 435,273 | 7,568 | 979 |
| What Happens When AI Is Free ... South Korea Tried It | October 14, 2026 | 12:30 | 549,800 | 9,864 | 266,730 | 5,951 | 558 |
 Can $55,000 Solve The Population Crisis? | October 5, 2026 | 16:18 | 702,217 | 464 | 417,244 | 7,537 | 1,769 |
 Australia May Have Just Solved The Housing Crisis | October 1, 2026 | 14:09 | 1,666,417 | 15,354 | 542,697 | 19,006 | 2,066 |
| Why Europe's GDP Growth Is Crippling Its Economy | September 27, 2026 | 15:33 | 951,089 | 2,404 | 403,597 | 8,967 | 1,061 |
 Has Inequality Ever Been Worse? | September 21, 2026 | 19:44 | 798,047 | 1,655 | - | 10,388 | 1,853 |
 Finally a Country Is Taxing Its Billionaires | September 9, 2026 | 13:30 | 1,409,344 | 1,159 | - | 15,089 | 2,119 |
 Economics Is A Junk Science | September 6, 2026 | 17:07 | 1,224,826 | 1,160 | - | 16,439 | 2,349 |
 Why New Zealand Is the Only Safe Haven Left | August 29, 2026 | 13:19 | 1,139,195 | 3,115 | - | 9,805 | 1,082 |
 Unfortunately, AI Might Be Turning Us Into Peasants | August 24, 2026 | 23:17 | 563,105 | 810 | - | 12,339 | 1,512 |
 Almost No One Realizes This About AI Data Centers | August 16, 2026 | 18:21 | 565,215 | 911 | - | 11,421 | 1,223 |
 How Kim Jong Un "Accidentally" Fixed North Korea's Economy | August 10, 2026 | 17:56 | 709,366 | 1,918 | - | 13,598 | 1,463 |
 The End Game of UK Economics | August 4, 2026 | 20:36 | 544,635 | 543 | - | 12,780 | 2,064 |
 Where Has Venezuela's Oil Gone? | July 26, 2026 | 16:01 | 254,879 | 229 | - | 6,596 | 321 |
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 13.3 in the category: 21.4
- comments per 1,000 views
- 1.7 in the category: 1.3
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 421,244 views
- short vs long
- 0 short (up to 3 minutes), 15 long
average views per long video: 818,869
Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 MIT Has Predicted that Society Will Collapse in 2040 | Econ… | November 26, 2021 | 18:03 | 14,530,543 |
 How The Dutch Economy Shows We Can't Reduce Wealth Inequali… | November 26, 2020 | 16:35 | 7,964,288 |
 Young Generations Are Now Poorer Than Their Parents And It'… | June 16, 2022 | 16:10 | 7,503,807 |
 The Rather Pathetic Economy of Russia | Economics Explained | March 18, 2022 | 18:57 | 5,397,115 |
 How the World's Richest Country Lost 90% of its GDP | December 24, 2022 | 14:16 | 5,259,919 |
Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 The Scary Solution to the Chinese Debt Crisis #Shorts | Eco… | June 23, 2021 | 1:00 | 1,529,851 |
 The World's Newest Richest Man Is ... 🥁🥁🥁 #shorts | Econ… | June 10, 2021 | 0:59 | 746,308 |
 Should You Become an Economist? #Shorts | Economics Explain… | November 6, 2021 | 1:00 | 729,967 |
 Tax Havens Don't Have Taxes. So How Do They Make Money? | E… | November 16, 2021 | 1:00 | 494,875 |
 Is Anyone Saving For Retirement? | February 4, 2023 | 1:00 | 432,199 |
What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 626,988 views a day, 3.3 times a normal day (192,744).
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 650,039 views a day, 2.9 times a normal day (227,902).
- MilestoneAustralia May Have Just Solved The Housing Crisis The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 863,874 views a day, 6.3 times a normal day (137,521).
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.
Stories
This week on the channel +935K views this week
Free AI in South Korea gives Economics Explained a policy puzzle
The channel's only new upload explores what happens when access to AI comes without a price tag.
This week on the channel one video this week
Can GDP growth hurt Europe? Economics Explained argues yes
The week's only upload passed half a million views within about two days, following a billionaire-tax video that has crossed 1.3 million.
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