Video taking off 24x its usual first day
A small fish investigates, then a bass strikes on Dave Mercer
An underwater close-up of a Berkley Flux Gill lure draws a much faster start than Mercer's usual Shorts.
In short
Dave Mercer has 502,000 subscribers and 575,739,896 views in all, as of October 24, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 1,659,799 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "Largemouth slurps a Berkley Flux Gill. #shorts", with 270,954 views. By subscribers it is No. 3,318 of the 5,387 channels on Trari, and No. 81 of 163 in category "Outdoors, fishing and homesteading".
The numbers today
subscribers
502,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
total views
575,739,896
▲ 1,659,799 in the last 7 days
views a day (current pace)
59,666
on a typical day: 228,972
Videos on the channel
2,730
3 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
3 days ago
October 21, 2026
Views per subscriber
1,146
a new short video usually gets 6,071 views
Next milestone
750,000 subscribers
248,000 subscribers to go
What happened lately
October 22, 2026 24x its usual first day Largemouth slurps a Berkley Flux Gill. #shorts The video opened at a pace of 63,869 views a day, 24 times a normal first day on this channel (2,649). Read the story
This week on the channel +2.5M views this week
Matt Robertson breaks the BLEEP button on MERCER-282
The Bassmaster pro's unfiltered podcast visit filled Dave Mercer's week, while a two-week-old underwater strike on a Berkley Jerk Shad drew…
The video drawing the most views now
Largemouth slurps a Berkley Flux Gill. #shorts
- Video published
- October 20, 2026
- Video views so far
- 270,954
- Video views, pace per day
- 91,307
- Views on its first day
- 63,869
Similar channels
Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Outdoors, fishing and homesteading | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 3,318 of 5,387 | 81 of 163 |
| By views gained this week | 2,292 of 5,295 | 39 of 163 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 0.6% of all views the category's channels gained this week
Subscribers in the category Outdoors, fishing and homesteading
Views gained this week in the category Outdoors, fishing and homesteading
Subscribers, last 30 days
September 30, 2026: 501,000 subscribers → October 24, 2026: 502,000 subscribers
Total views, last 30 days
September 30, 2026: 569,581,538 views → October 24, 2026: 575,739,896 views · average: 256,598 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.
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 9.4 in the category: 18.4
- comments per 1,000 views
- 1.7 in the category: 0.5
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 3,423 views
- short vs long
- 12 short (up to 3 minutes), 3 long
average views per short video: 32,578
average views per long video: 28,126
Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Float Fishing for Giant Tobin Lake Northern Pike - Facts of… | March 28, 2012 | 2:26 | 718,401 |
 Shore Fishing For Big Bass - Dave Mercer's Facts of Fishing… | February 10, 2014 | 2:51 | 542,977 |
 Don't Do This With Your Bass Boat | Facts of Fishing Season… | June 25, 2018 | 2:58 | 265,651 |
 The Berkley Gulp Alive Experiment | June 27, 2008 | 2:41 | 165,807 |
 LIVETARGET Hollow Body Sunfish | July 11, 2015 | 4:12 | 160,255 |
Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Little Bait = Big Bass #shorts | October 3, 2023 | 0:19 | 53,862,697 |
 Giant Largemouth Bass Gilly Eat!!! #shorts | July 11, 2025 | 0:16 | 40,350,977 |
 Little Craw = Big Bass #shorts | January 31, 2024 | 0:11 | 36,535,631 |
 Bass Eats a Floating Water Bug #shorts | June 6, 2023 | 0:11 | 21,489,334 |
 Bass Crushes a Berkley Jig N Champ Craw #shorts | June 30, 2022 | 0:16 | 20,971,889 |
What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- Video taking offLargemouth slurps a Berkley Flux Gill. #shorts The video opened at a pace of 63,869 views a day, 24 times a normal first day on this channel (2,649).Read the story
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 24x its usual first day
A small fish investigates, then a bass strikes on Dave Mercer
An underwater close-up of a Berkley Flux Gill lure draws a much faster start than Mercer's usual Shorts.
This week on the channel +2.5M views this week
Matt Robertson breaks the BLEEP button on MERCER-282
The Bassmaster pro's unfiltered podcast visit filled Dave Mercer's week, while a two-week-old underwater strike on a Berkley Jerk Shad drew…
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