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October 24, 2026 passed 1M views How to win Bishop & Knight vs a Bot The video passed 1,000,000 views.

This week on the channel +8.8M views this week

Grischuk puts Hikaru in a corner on GMHikaru

A September Titled Tuesday encounter shares the upload shelf with U.S. Championship analysis and a puzzled Magnus reaction.

Channel: GMHikaru · Story of October 17, 2026

Video taking off 9.6x its usual first day

Hikaru Nakamura's "Wrong Answers Only" sparks a calendar debate

The comments are far busier than usual, with viewers picking apart the wording of a month-length question.

Channel: GMHikaru · Story of October 11, 2026

Video taking off 7.4x its usual first day

Hikaru Nakamura's one last push for an 'unprecedented' 3500 blitz rating

The video's title is just four digits, and its comment section filled more than six times faster than a usual full first day, much of it tr…

Channel: GMHikaru · Story of October 7, 2026

The video drawing the most views now

How to win Bishop & Knight vs a Bot

Video published

October 20, 2026

Video views so far

1,155,082

Video views, pace per day

338,245

Views on its first day

311,516

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

1.0% of all views the category's channels gained this week

Subscriber growth this week

0.3% on this channel, 0.0% on the category's middle channel

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
Has the Bubble Popped or are we all just Buying the Dip??	October 24, 2026	29:14	608	-	608 (1 hour)	39	14
Flagging the &*#$ out of Alireza	October 24, 2026	0:32 short	5,196	-	5,196 (3 hours)	245	10
How To Win With Messi's GOAT Opening	October 23, 2026	42:58	39,633	51,310	39,633 (14 hours)	529	60
Fischer or Eminem	October 23, 2026	0:57 short	24,889	31,282	24,889 (15 hours)	883	23
The Disrespect is BACK!! 😎	October 22, 2026	0:26 short	83,313	60,705	67,017	1,829	106
TIEBREAKER!! WHO WINS, FABI OR WESLEY??	October 22, 2026	26:07	92,533	49,722	77,787	1,196	92
Babykaru says “feed me!”	October 22, 2026	0:29 short	109,232	34,304	88,873	2,304	45
The first time chess spoke for itself	October 22, 2026	0:45 short	14,967	3,605	11,577	497	21
INSANITY STRIKES IN ST LOUIS!!!	October 21, 2026	45:44	118,920	11,695	90,208	1,314	138
Hikaru Knows Ball	October 21, 2026	8:30	44,261	5,867	33,924	554	53
Hoping Hikaru Blunders 🤞	October 21, 2026	0:17 short	45,583	4,407	30,048	1,476	29
Hikaru vs Alireza, Final Round, an EPIC Battle	October 20, 2026	16:03	91,803	4,782	64,360	1,577	137
How to win Bishop & Knight vs a Bot	October 20, 2026	2:06 short	1,155,082	338,245	311,516	29,446	182
BACK BY POPULAR REQUEST!!	October 20, 2026	0:12 short	37,674	1,944	28,440	482	109
More fun with Super GMs	October 20, 2026	0:54 short	107,425	4,278	75,004	2,044	87

Audience engagement

likes per 1,000 views

22.5 in the category: 30.0

comments per 1,000 views

0.6 in the category: 1.2

a video's usual first day on this channel

60,096 views

short vs long

9 short (up to 3 minutes), 6 long
average views per short video: 175,929
average views per long video: 64,626

Most watched videos (not Shorts)

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
I Beat MrBeast With Just a King and a Queen	December 24, 2020	30:54	20,738,171
I'm Already Live! | 4 Player Chess with @BotezLive @Gotham…	June 13, 2020	50:58	10,309,553
How To Troll A Super Grandmaster	September 19, 2021	10:31	9,600,546
HikaruBot AI Plays Hikaru's Openings Against Him	July 9, 2020	15:50	7,822,639
Mittens The Chess Bot Will Make You Quit Chess	January 4, 2023	21:44	7,237,775

Most watched Shorts

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
What People Think Chess Is	August 18, 2023	0:19	19,212,160
When Hikaru Played Alexandra Botez in Titled Tuesday	September 1, 2023	1:00	13,810,367
2750 Blunders Mate in 1	February 11, 2023	0:11	10,498,533
Oh...	October 11, 2024	0:18	9,947,897
Hikaru Trolling Blindfolded @GothamChess	October 7, 2023	0:54	8,716,774

What happened on the channel in the last 30 days

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

1. October 24, 2026MilestoneHow to win Bishop & Knight vs a Bot The video passed 1,000,000 views.
2. October 24, 2026Milestone3500 The video passed 1,000,000 views.
3. October 22, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 2,650,165 views a day, 2.4 times a normal day (1,101,974).
4. October 21, 2026Video taking offHow to win Bishop & Knight vs a Bot The video opened at a pace of 185,690 views a day, 4.4 times a normal first day on this channel (42,260).
5. October 19, 2026Video people are talking aboutHANS VS HIKARU The video drew 253 comments in its first day, 9.7 times a normal first day on this channel (26).
6. October 18, 2026Video taking offCan Hikaru Beat a 1400 From This Position? The video opened at a pace of 156,980 views a day, 4.5 times a normal first day on this channel (34,630).
7. October 17, 2026Video taking offHikaru Is CONFUSED At Magnus Losing 😅 The video opened at a pace of 171,047 views a day, 5.6 times a normal first day on this channel (30,806).
8. October 14, 2026Video taking offSTRANGE! Vidit sacrificed his King against Hikaru The video opened at a pace of 81,412 views a day, 3 times a normal first day on this channel (26,789).
9. October 11, 2026Video taking offWrong Answers Only The video opened at a pace of 216,440 views a day, 9.6 times a normal first day on this channel (22,434).Read the story
10. October 11, 2026Video taking offBro Remembered Bro's Endgame Skills The video opened at a pace of 118,517 views a day, 5.3 times a normal first day on this channel (22,434).
11. October 10, 2026Video taking offHikaru’s 2nd does not glaze The video opened at a pace of 79,295 views a day, 3.5 times a normal first day on this channel (22,434).
12. October 8, 2026Video taking offWill Hikaru & Magnus Teach Their Kids Chess? The video opened at a pace of 91,814 views a day, 4.1 times a normal first day on this channel (22,434).