Video taking off 9.2x its usual first day
Steve Ford turns "I'll ask her" into "Alaska"
A quick pronunciation lesson shows how a clearly spoken sentence can become something that sounds like a place name.
In short
English with Steve Ford has 320,000 subscribers and 498,438,175 views in all, as of October 24, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 6,000 subscribers and 12,027,526 views. By subscribers it is No. 3,939 of the 5,387 channels on Trari, and No. 81 of 96 in category "Explainers, history and education".
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- No. 1 · The Science & learning daily chart - Shorts · October 21, 2026Why “I Will Ask Her” Sounds Like “Alaska” | Advanced English Pronunciation #englishpronunciationThe most watched Short in Science & learning that day.
- No. 1 · The Science & learning daily chart - Shorts · October 18, 2026American × British English 🇺🇸🇬🇧 | Food Gone BAD! | Food Chaos #6The most watched Short in Science & learning that day.
The daily charts are counted since October 16, 2026.
The numbers today
subscribers
320,000
▲ 6,000 in the last 7 days
total views
498,438,175
▲ 12,027,526 in the last 7 days
views a day (current pace)
949,731
on a typical day: 1,415,315
Videos on the channel
265
3 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
3 days ago
October 21, 2026
Views per subscriber
1,557
a new short video usually gets 1,134,537 views
Next milestone
500,000 subscribers
at the current pace: in about 210 days
What happened lately
October 23, 2026 passed 1M views How to say 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 chocolate, sandwich sound m… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
This week on the channel +6M views this week
Scotland returns to Steve Ford's Vocabulary Chaos
Five uploads take English learners from regional vocabulary to school terms, pronunciation and a phrasal-verbs quiz.
The video drawing the most views now
Why “I Will Ask Her” Sounds Like “Alaska” | Advanced English Pronunciation #englishpronunciation
- Video published
- October 20, 2026
- Video views so far
- 2,273,425
- Video views, pace per day
- 168,696
- Views on its first day
- 1,102,103
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Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Explainers, history and education | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 3,939 of 5,387 | 81 of 96 |
| By views gained this week | 622 of 5,295 | 4 of 96 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 4.5% of all views the category's channels gained this week
- Subscriber growth this week
- 1.9% on this channel, 0.0% on the category's middle channel
Subscribers in the category Explainers, history and education
Views gained this week in the category Explainers, history and education
Subscribers, last 30 days
September 27, 2026: 303,000 subscribers → October 24, 2026: 320,000 subscribers
Total views, last 30 days
September 27, 2026: 467,936,998 views → October 24, 2026: 498,438,175 views · average: 1,129,673 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Why “Why Did You Lie?” Sounds Like “Why July” | Advanced En… | October 21, 2026 | 0:15 short | 817,979 | 149,754 | 423,112 | 8,115 | 95 |
| Why “I Will Ask Her” Sounds Like “Alaska” | Advanced Englis… | October 20, 2026 | 0:17 short | 2,273,425 | 168,696 | 1,102,103 | 20,479 | 99 |
 American 🇺🇸 vs British 🇬🇧 | Accent Switch Chaos! 😂 #Sh… | October 18, 2026 | 0:28 short | 214,302 | 16,717 | 76,803 | 6,044 | 75 |
 American × British English 🇺🇸🇬🇧 | Food Gone BAD! | Food… | October 17, 2026 | 0:27 short | 1,678,119 | 101,435 | 644,554 | 25,687 | 266 |
 US vs UK School Vocabulary 🇺🇸🇬🇧 #3 #EnglishVocabulary #… | October 15, 2026 | 0:16 short | 281,671 | 6,130 | 82,623 | 5,798 | 87 |
 How to say 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 chocolate, sandwich sound more like a… | October 14, 2026 | 0:21 short | 1,123,191 | 105,152 | 102,121 | 10,699 | 132 |
 English Level Test: Are You A1, A2, B1, B2, C1 or C2? | October 11, 2026 | 17:29 | 3,492 | 170 | 790 | 86 | 25 |
 American 🇺🇸 vs British 🇬🇧 vs Australian 🇦🇺 English | … | October 11, 2026 | 0:27 short | 2,647,068 | 48,471 | 635,680 | 35,542 | 365 |
 US vs UK School Vocabulary#2 🇺🇸🇬🇧 #EnglishVocabulary #S… | October 10, 2026 | 0:19 short | 1,145,884 | 12,897 | 213,301 | 16,113 | 156 |
 American × British English | How to Say ENVELOPE, ADULT, LI… | October 8, 2026 | 0:19 short | 281,261 | 3,577 | 76,570 | 5,388 | 91 |
 Phrasal Verbs Quiz 🇺🇸 vs 🇬🇧 | Can You Get 15/15? | October 6, 2026 | 9:39 | 2,813 | 48 | - | 75 | 23 |
 US vs UK School Vocabulary 🇺🇸🇬🇧 #EnglishVocabulary #Sch… | October 6, 2026 | 0:15 short | 1,157,023 | 9,529 | - | 17,860 | 259 |
 Is Your English 🇺🇸 or 🇬🇧? England or Scotland? Vocabula… | October 4, 2026 | 0:24 short | 635,730 | 7,718 | 184,372 | 14,634 | 233 |
| Is Your English 🇺🇸 or 🇬🇧? England or Scotland? Vocabula… | October 3, 2026 | 0:25 short | 1,442,013 | 19,014 | 335,320 | 20,170 | 350 |
 American vs British Pronunciation 🇺🇸🇬🇧 | Los Angeles, N… | September 29, 2026 | 0:21 short | 276,336 | 5,308 | 58,019 | 6,686 | 113 |
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 13.8 in the category: 21.4
- comments per 1,000 views
- 0.2 in the category: 1.4
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 144,410 views
- short vs long
- 13 short (up to 3 minutes), 2 long
average views per short video: 1,074,923
average views per long video: 3,152
Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 15 British Words Americans Never Say (UK vs US English) | December 20, 2025 | 9:09 | 205,915 |
 15 British Words that Americans don't Understand | November 23, 2025 | 9:05 | 172,878 |
 American Food Words Brits Hate: American or British? | February 5, 2026 | 7:20 | 83,389 |
 10 Words Americans & Brits Say Completely Differently (Can … | December 5, 2025 | 8:13 | 20,936 |
 American vs British English – 10 Differences (5-Minute Quiz) | November 22, 2025 | 5:41 | 16,642 |
Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Is your English American, British or Australian? Food vocab… | April 19, 2026 | 0:30 | 46,484,767 |
 Is your English American, British or Australian? Food vocab… | April 25, 2026 | 0:31 | 39,531,852 |
 Is your English American, British or Australian? Food vocab… | January 17, 2026 | 0:24 | 32,734,519 |
 Is your English American, British or Australian? Food vocab… | April 12, 2026 | 0:28 | 27,246,511 |
 Is your English American, British or Australian? Car vocabu… | May 2, 2026 | 0:28 | 18,278,489 |
What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- MilestoneHow to say 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 chocolate, sandwich sound m… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 5,477,503 views a day, 5.4 times a normal day (1,021,441).
- MilestoneWhy “I Will Ask Her” Sounds Like “Alaska” | Advan… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Video taking offWhy “I Will Ask Her” Sounds Like “Alaska” | Advan… The video opened at a pace of 930,857 views a day, 9.2 times a normal first day on this channel (101,014).Read the story
- Video surgingHow to say 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 chocolate, sandwich sound m… The video ran that day at 194,336 views a day, 2.7 times its usual pace (72,973).
- Video surgingHow to say 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 chocolate, sandwich sound m… The video ran that day at 143,929 views a day, 2.2 times its usual pace (65,089).
- MilestoneAmerican × British English 🇺🇸🇬🇧 | Food Gone B… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Video surgingHow to say 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 chocolate, sandwich sound m… The video ran that day at 178,147 views a day, 3.4 times its usual pace (52,527).
- Video taking offAmerican × British English 🇺🇸🇬🇧 | Food Gone B… The video opened at a pace of 521,163 views a day, 5.2 times a normal first day on this channel (101,014).
- MilestoneUS vs UK School Vocabulary#2 🇺🇸🇬🇧 #EnglishVoc… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Video surgingHow to say 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 chocolate, sandwich sound m… The video ran that day at 133,202 views a day, 3.1 times its usual pace (43,563).
- MilestoneUS vs UK School Vocabulary 🇺🇸🇬🇧 #EnglishVocab… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
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
Video taking off 9.2x its usual first day
Steve Ford turns "I'll ask her" into "Alaska"
A quick pronunciation lesson shows how a clearly spoken sentence can become something that sounds like a place name.
This week on the channel +6M views this week
Scotland returns to Steve Ford's Vocabulary Chaos
Five uploads take English learners from regional vocabulary to school terms, pronunciation and a phrasal-verbs quiz.
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