Video surging 5.2x the video's usual pace
Francis Bourgeois makes room for beans aboard a luxury sleeper
His second-day train diary is drawing fresh views, with the comments picking out food jokes and a bedtime fake-out.
In short
Francis Bourgeois has 376,000 subscribers and 90,171,594 views in all, as of October 24, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 5,000 subscribers and 2,263,826 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "A Jazz-y Surprise For Amy!", with 1,577,503 views. By subscribers it is No. 3,737 of the 5,387 channels on Trari, and No. 20 of 35 in category "Aviation and machines".
The numbers today
subscribers
376,000
▲ 5,000 in the last 7 days
total views
90,171,594
▲ 2,263,826 in the last 7 days
views a day (current pace)
277,992
on a typical day: 335,318
Videos on the channel
101
2 uploaded in the last 30 days
Last upload
13 days ago
October 11, 2026
Views per subscriber
239
a new long video usually gets 177,426 views
a new short video usually gets 887,452 views
a new short video usually gets 887,452 views
Next milestone
500,000 subscribers
at the current pace: in about 174 days
What happened lately
October 24, 2026 passed 1M views Norfolk & Western 611 Blew My Socks Off! The video passed 1,000,000 views.
This week on the channel +1.4M views this week
Union Pacific's 4014 Big Boy carries Francis Bourgeois through a pause
His 95-day-old video of the largest steam locomotive in the world is closing in on nine million views, with no new uploads this week.
The video drawing the most views now
A Jazz-y Surprise For Amy!
- Video published
- October 11, 2026
- Video views so far
- 1,577,503
- Video views, pace per day
- 28,085
- Views on its first day
- 522,860
Similar channels
Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Aviation and machines | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 3,737 of 5,387 | 20 of 35 |
| By views gained this week | 1,943 of 5,295 | 13 of 35 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 1.9% of all views the category's channels gained this week
- Subscriber growth this week
- 1.3% on this channel, 0.0% on the category's middle channel
Subscribers in the category Aviation and machines
Views gained this week in the category Aviation and machines
Subscribers, last 30 days
September 26, 2026: 357,000 subscribers → October 24, 2026: 376,000 subscribers
Total views, last 30 days
September 26, 2026: 81,880,512 views → October 24, 2026: 90,171,594 views · average: 296,110 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 A Jazz-y Surprise For Amy! | October 11, 2026 | 2:18 short | 1,577,503 | 28,085 | 522,860 | 27,188 | 1,620 |
 The Axminster - Lyme Regis Railway… Remembered | September 29, 2026 | 3:01 | 177,426 | 1,583 | 92,309 | 9,090 | 451 |
 I Found A Rare Train Spotting Location! | September 21, 2026 | 1:01 short | 657,343 | 6,897 | - | 17,261 | 508 |
 Fitting The ZF8 Transmission To 500BHP Diesel Mercedes SL! | September 13, 2026 | 2:05 short | 913,712 | 5,903 | - | 24,639 | 723 |
 An Unexpected Vehicle On The Madrid Metro! | September 9, 2026 | 1:54 short | 862,377 | 3,083 | - | 26,511 | 782 |
 The Biggest Day Of My Life! | September 4, 2026 | 1:01 short | 912,528 | 2,949 | - | 35,940 | 1,872 |
 Day 3 Onboard The UK’s Most Luxurious Sleeper Train | September 2, 2026 | 2:58 short | 842,854 | 6,960 | - | 26,336 | 918 |
| Day 2 Onboard The UK’s Newest Luxury Sleeper Train | August 27, 2026 | 3:01 | 677,510 | 6,749 | - | 21,171 | 831 |
 The UK’s Newest Luxury Sleeper Train - Day 1 | August 23, 2026 | 1:56 short | 767,766 | 1,715 | - | 26,471 | 984 |
 The 110mph Steam Machine: Chasing Trains | August 20, 2026 | 15:07 | 164,401 | 570 | - | 4,919 | 401 |
 My Birthday Party At The Great Cockcrow Railway! | August 10, 2026 | 3:00 short | 745,427 | 1,885 | - | 30,071 | 1,422 |
 Fitting The OM606 Diesel To My Mercedes R129 SL | August 4, 2026 | 1:39 short | 992,092 | 915 | - | 29,480 | 989 |
 The Locomotive That Crossed America: Chasing Trains | August 2, 2026 | 25:35 | 111,464 | 381 | - | 4,604 | 513 |
 Norfolk & Western 611 Blew My Socks Off! | July 28, 2026 | 1:51 short | 1,005,281 | 9,871 | - | 35,233 | 1,867 |
 The Loudest Steam Locomotive In America: Chasing Trains | July 20, 2026 | 27:22 | 364,059 | 1,227 | - | 11,691 | 1,390 |
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 30.7 in the category: 24.1
- comments per 1,000 views
- 1.4 in the category: 1.5
- short vs long
- 10 short (up to 3 minutes), 5 long
average views per short video: 927,688
average views per long video: 298,972
What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- MilestoneNorfolk & Western 611 Blew My Socks Off! The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 726,949 views a day, 2.4 times a normal day (298,881).
- MilestoneA Jazz-y Surprise For Amy! The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Video surgingFitting The ZF8 Transmission To 500BHP Diesel Mer… The video ran that day at 28,234 views a day, 2.4 times its usual pace (11,814).
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 1,114,859 views a day, 5.1 times a normal day (218,065).
- Video surgingFitting The ZF8 Transmission To 500BHP Diesel Mer… The video ran that day at 24,253 views a day, 2.3 times its usual pace (10,432).
- Video surgingDay 2 Onboard The UK’s Newest Luxury Sleeper Train The video ran that day at 20,966 views a day, 5.2 times its usual pace (4,033).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 surging 5.2x the video's usual pace
Francis Bourgeois makes room for beans aboard a luxury sleeper
His second-day train diary is drawing fresh views, with the comments picking out food jokes and a bedtime fake-out.
This week on the channel +1.4M views this week
Union Pacific's 4014 Big Boy carries Francis Bourgeois through a pause
His 95-day-old video of the largest steam locomotive in the world is closing in on nine million views, with no new uploads this week.
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