This week on the channel +1.6M views this week
Half as Interesting takes IMAX beyond the giant screen
Ben Doyle's cinema-logistics explainer gives viewers film formats to untangle and material for the annual corrections video.
Half as Interesting has 2,950,000 subscribers and 818,445,321 views in all, as of October 24, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 1,903,288 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "How Planes Fly Without Air Traffic Control", with 718,654 views. By subscribers it is No. 999 of the 5,387 channels on Trari, and No. 23 of 96 in Explainers, history and education.
The numbers today
subscribers
2,950,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
total views
818,445,321
▲ 1,903,288 in the last 7 days
views a day (current pace)
221,611
on a typical day: 277,806
Videos on the channel
584
1 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
5 days ago
October 19, 2026
Views per subscriber
277
a new long video usually gets 589,387 views
Next milestone
3,000,000 subscribers
50,000 subscribers to go
What happened lately
October 23, 2026 3.3x the channel's usual pace The whole channel ran that day at 769,729 views a day, 3.3 times a normal day (230,085).
This week on the channel one video this week
Rolex's off-limits watches get the Half as Interesting treatment
Written by Amy Muller, the week's only upload passed 1.2 million views in six days.
The video drawing the most views now
How Planes Fly Without Air Traffic Control
- Video published
- October 19, 2026
- Video views so far
- 718,654
- Video views, pace per day
- 70,711
- Views on its first day
- 385,954
Similar channels
Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Explainers, history and education | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 999 of 5,387 | 23 of 96 |
| By views gained this week | 2,144 of 5,295 | 30 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: 2,940,000 subscribers → October 24, 2026: 2,950,000 subscribers
Total views, last 30 days
September 26, 2026: 811,299,238 views → October 24, 2026: 818,445,321 views · average: 255,217 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 Planes Fly Without Air Traffic Control | October 19, 2026 | 7:19 | 718,654 | 70,711 | 385,954 | 12,448 | 668 |
| The Logistics of IMAX | October 14, 2026 | 8:50 | 542,523 | 5,001 | 323,393 | 8,991 | 430 |
 The Logistics of NYC Waste Management | October 7, 2026 | 6:55 | 423,522 | 2,440 | 229,532 | 7,149 | 289 |
 What is the World's Biggest Hole Humans Have Ever Dug? | September 30, 2026 | 6:43 | 639,032 | 3,113 | 269,802 | 10,042 | 420 |
| Why Rolex Won’t Sell You Their Most Expensive Watches | September 23, 2026 | 7:52 | 1,732,084 | 9,669 | - | 15,044 | 1,015 |
 This Is The Shortest Train in the United States | September 11, 2026 | 8:13 | 775,090 | 633 | - | 9,831 | 512 |
 These Are HAI’s Worst Mistakes of the Year | August 31, 2026 | 7:45 | 589,346 | 789 | - | 13,816 | 639 |
 The Weird, Scary Airspace Over Washington DC | August 26, 2026 | 8:17 | 701,338 | 2,338 | - | 13,169 | 907 |
 Why It’s Illegal to Call a Drug “Stroebenazoline” | August 21, 2026 | 8:40 | 909,000 | 4,288 | - | 20,044 | 1,336 |
 United and American’s Bitter Feud Over Chicago’s Airport | August 11, 2026 | 8:34 | 589,428 | 1,761 | - | 12,894 | 599 |
 Why Almost Every Airline Has Sued This One Website | August 5, 2026 | 9:38 | 2,300,128 | 17,532 | - | 32,548 | 1,686 |
 The Missing Island Mexico Desperately Wants to Be Real | July 28, 2026 | 7:55 | 275,794 | 320 | - | 9,679 | 438 |
 How Tonga Made $100 Million Renting Space in Outer Space | July 24, 2026 | 6:09 | 243,343 | 351 | - | 7,767 | 242 |
 The Tests to Determine If AI Is Smarter Than a Person | July 14, 2026 | 7:24 | 303,858 | 249 | - | 11,073 | 823 |
 Why This Giant Bag of CO2 is Actually Useful | June 26, 2026 | 8:46 | 244,768 | 421 | - | 8,612 | 345 |
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 17.6 in the category: 21.3
- comments per 1,000 views
- 0.9 in the category: 1.3
- short vs long
- 0 short (up to 3 minutes), 15 long
average views per long video: 732,527
Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Why Photos of the Eiffel Tower at Night are Illegal | October 12, 2017 | 4:31 | 12,125,706 |
 How to Decode Credit Card Numbers | August 3, 2021 | 5:20 | 8,723,471 |
 The Secret Protocol for When the Queen Dies | November 16, 2017 | 5:12 | 8,533,162 |
 What's the Longest Drivable Distance on Earth? | August 31, 2017 | 4:46 | 8,219,517 |
 The US Army’s Universal Camouflage: A Terrible Mistake | October 15, 2022 | 6:26 | 7,516,795 |
Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 How Blink 182 violated the Geneva Conventions | November 22, 2021 | 0:47 | 3,257,206 |
 Why there are Zero Bridges Over the Amazon | November 17, 2021 | 0:54 | 997,740 |
 Why Blackcurrant Flavor Doesn’t Exist in the US | December 14, 2021 | 1:01 | 395,602 |
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 769,729 views a day, 3.3 times a normal day (230,085).
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 570,783 views a day, 2.6 times a normal day (223,316).
- MilestoneWhy Rolex Won’t Sell You Their Most Expensive Wat… 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
This week on the channel +1.6M views this week
Half as Interesting takes IMAX beyond the giant screen
Ben Doyle's cinema-logistics explainer gives viewers film formats to untangle and material for the annual corrections video.
This week on the channel one video this week
Rolex's off-limits watches get the Half as Interesting treatment
Written by Amy Muller, the week's only upload passed 1.2 million views in six days.
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