Views jump 9.7x the channel's usual pace
Joe Thomlinson imagines Messi and Yamal in an all-academy Barcelona
His La Masia selection is approaching a million views, with Sporting and Real Madrid also getting the homegrown-team treatment.
In short
Joe Thomlinson has 127,000 subscribers and 65,427,437 views in all, as of October 24, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 1,000 subscribers and 1,674,358 views. By subscribers it is No. 5,139 of the 5,387 channels on Trari, and No. 36 of 37 in category "Football creators".
The numbers today
subscribers
127,000
▲ 1,000 in the last 7 days
total views
65,427,437
▲ 1,674,358 in the last 7 days
views a day (current pace)
110,119
on a typical day: 197,045
Videos on the channel
335
5 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
yesterday
October 23, 2026
Views per subscriber
515
a new short video usually gets 92,769 views
Next milestone
200,000 subscribers
73,000 subscribers to go
What happened lately
October 23, 2026 passed 1M views The BEST Barca Academy ONLY XI This Season! 🔥 The video passed 1,000,000 views.
This week on the channel +688K views this week
Who counts in Joe Thomlinson's never-sold Dortmund XI?
A hypothetical team featuring Haaland and Bellingham has viewers debating omissions and whether loan players qualify.
The video drawing the most views now
The BEST Barca Academy ONLY XI This Season! 🔥
- Video published
- October 19, 2026
- Video views so far
- 1,114,573
- Video views, pace per day
- 31,630
- Views on its first day
- 424,320
Similar channels
Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Football creators | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 5,139 of 5,387 | 36 of 37 |
| By views gained this week | 2,278 of 5,295 | 22 of 37 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 0.2% of all views the category's channels gained this week
- Subscriber growth this week
- 0.8% on this channel, 0.0% on the category's middle channel
Subscribers in the category Football creators
Views gained this week in the category Football creators
Subscribers, last 30 days
September 26, 2026: 125,000 subscribers → October 24, 2026: 127,000 subscribers
Total views, last 30 days
September 26, 2026: 60,945,924 views → October 24, 2026: 65,427,437 views · average: 160,054 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 The BEST Bayern Munich Academy Only XI 🤯 | October 23, 2026 | 1:12 short | 21,851 | 29,175 | 21,851 (14 hours) | 866 | 15 |
 Ranking EVERY Potential Man Utd Manager Candidate! | October 22, 2026 | 17:24 | 52,898 | 20,360 | 42,178 | 785 | 193 |
 The BEST Real Madrid Academy ONLY XI This Season! 🔥 | October 21, 2026 | 1:10 short | 62,152 | 3,357 | 49,671 | 1,291 | 28 |
 Analysing January Signings To RESCUE Man Utd! (TIER LIST) | October 20, 2026 | 22:20 | 71,581 | 8,768 | 35,618 | 818 | 99 |
 The BEST Barca Academy ONLY XI This Season! 🔥 | October 19, 2026 | 1:14 short | 1,114,573 | 31,630 | 424,320 | 25,960 | 366 |
 The BEST Sporting CP Academy ONLY XI Right Now! 🇵🇹 | October 15, 2026 | 1:24 short | 71,836 | 340 | 37,167 | 1,824 | 63 |
 The BEST London BORN ONLY XI Right Now! 🤯 | October 14, 2026 | 1:17 short | 113,702 | 256 | 56,850 | 2,396 | 42 |
 The BEST Liverpool Academy ONLY XI Right Now! 😳 | October 13, 2026 | 1:18 short | 480,282 | 2,792 | 116,247 | 7,816 | 181 |
 The BEST Paris Born Only XI Right Now! 🇫🇷 | October 12, 2026 | 1:26 short | 23,630 | 42 | 8,944 | 534 | 10 |
 Ranking EVERY Premier League Manager Right Now! | October 9, 2026 | 22:12 | 39,549 | 194 | 22,138 | 518 | 52 |
| If Borussia Dortmund NEVER Sold A Player XI 🔥 | October 8, 2026 | 1:14 short | 454,222 | 423 | 77,259 | 9,443 | 261 |
 The TALLEST XI In Europe's Top 5 Leagues This Season! 🤯 | October 7, 2026 | 1:35 short | 51,013 | 20 | 37,253 | 1,156 | 21 |
 Building The Best "NON-BIG 6" XI (vs. James Allcott) | October 6, 2026 | 31:04 | 77,483 | 158 | 35,357 | 934 | 177 |
 The BEST Benfica Academy Graduate XI Right Now! 😳 | October 5, 2026 | 1:13 short | 46,355 | 294 | 15,484 | 1,232 | 20 |
 The BEST RB Leipzig NEVER Sold A Player XI 🔥 | October 2, 2026 | 1:07 short | 278,803 | 56 | 82,884 | 5,460 | 76 |
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 20.6 in the category: 14.5
- comments per 1,000 views
- 0.5 in the category: 0.2
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 40,812 views
- short vs long
- 11 short (up to 3 minutes), 4 long
average views per short video: 247,129
average views per long video: 60,377
Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Picking The PERFECT Signings For Man Utd This Summer! | May 8, 2024 | 28:54 | 240,044 |
 STAY or GO: Who Will Andoni Iraola KEEP At Liverpool? | June 1, 2026 | 20:29 | 232,109 |
 STAY or GO: Who Will Ruben Amorim Keep At Man Utd? | October 29, 2024 | 22:21 | 203,209 |
 STAY or GO: Who Will Jose Mourinho Keep At Real Madrid? | May 11, 2026 | 20:32 | 180,067 |
 Ranking EVERY Completed Transfer So Far This Summer! | July 24, 2024 | 27:37 | 174,281 |
Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Where Are England's INSANE 2017 u15 Team Now? 🤯😱 | April 19, 2024 | 0:56 | 3,720,078 |
 Where Are Pep Guardiola's First 5 Man City Signings Now? 🤔 | March 19, 2024 | 0:56 | 2,427,448 |
 Where Are England's u17 World Cup WINNERS Now? 🤯😱 | July 11, 2026 | 1:03 | 2,174,929 |
 Who The HELL Is Man City's NEW €25m January Signing? 🤯 | January 8, 2024 | 0:50 | 2,085,880 |
 3 Signings Arne Slot Should Make At Liverpool! 🎯💰 | April 29, 2024 | 0:51 | 1,778,425 |
What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- MilestoneThe BEST Barca Academy ONLY XI This Season! 🔥 The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 1,086,038 views a day, 9.7 times a normal day (112,039).Read the story
- Video taking offThe BEST Barca Academy ONLY XI This Season! 🔥 The video opened at a pace of 259,160 views a day, 5.8 times a normal first day on this channel (44,860).
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
Views jump 9.7x the channel's usual pace
Joe Thomlinson imagines Messi and Yamal in an all-academy Barcelona
His La Masia selection is approaching a million views, with Sporting and Real Madrid also getting the homegrown-team treatment.
This week on the channel +688K views this week
Who counts in Joe Thomlinson's never-sold Dortmund XI?
A hypothetical team featuring Haaland and Bellingham has viewers debating omissions and whether loan players qualify.
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