This week on the channel +7M views this week
Johnny Harris finds a promotion system behind China's skylines
His China essay connects officials' economic scorecards with land financing, high-speed rail and construction beyond demand.
Johnny Harris has 8,000,000 subscribers and 1,262,256,508 views in all, as of October 24, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 20,000 subscribers and 6,133,592 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "The REAL reason China built so much", with 4,862,866 views. By subscribers it is No. 338 of the 5,387 channels on Trari, and No. 10 of 96 in Explainers, history and education.
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Medals on the category charts
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- No. 3 · The Science & learning daily chart · October 18, 2026The REAL reason China built so muchThe third most watched video in Science & learning that day.
- No. 3 · The Science & learning daily chart · October 17, 2026The REAL reason China built so muchThe third most watched video in Science & learning that day.
- No. 3 · The Science & learning daily chart · October 16, 2026The REAL reason China built so muchThe third most watched video in Science & learning that day.
The daily charts are counted since October 16, 2026.
The numbers today
subscribers
8,000,000
▲ 20,000 in the last 7 days
total views
1,262,256,508
▲ 6,133,592 in the last 7 days
views a day (current pace)
387,071
on a typical day: 174,859
Videos on the channel
523
2 uploaded in the last 30 days
Last upload
9 days ago
October 15, 2026
Views per subscriber
157
a new long video usually gets 3,588,090 views
a new short video usually gets 69,500 views
a new short video usually gets 69,500 views
Next milestone
10,000,000 subscribers
2,000,000 subscribers to go
What happened lately
October 17, 2026 passed 1M views The REAL reason China built so much The video passed 1,000,000 views.
This week on the channel one video this week
China's building boom gets a longer look from Johnny Harris
His only new upload follows infrastructure back to local government, economic reform and the incentives behind construction.
This week on the channel one video this week
Johnny Harris's extreme places explainer runs three times ahead
Behind the new upload, a democracy video and a money video, a month apart in age, are moving at almost exactly the same speed.
The video drawing the most views now
The REAL reason China built so much
- Video published
- October 15, 2026
- Video views so far
- 4,862,866
- Video views, pace per day
- 134,773
- Views on its first day
- 1,180,463
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Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Explainers, history and education | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 338 of 5,387 | 10 of 96 |
| By views gained this week | 1,038 of 5,295 | 8 of 96 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 2.3% 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
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: 7,960,000 subscribers → October 24, 2026: 8,000,000 subscribers
Total views, last 30 days
September 26, 2026: 1,260,486,160 views → October 24, 2026: 1,262,256,508 views · average: 63,226 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 REAL reason China built so much | October 15, 2026 | 50:26 | 4,862,866 | 134,773 | 1,180,463 | 70,184 | 10,623 |
 What I've been working on all year | October 8, 2026 | 1:48 short | 1,125,477 | 5,601 | 531,328 | 23,698 | 965 |
| The world's most extreme places, explained | September 24, 2026 | 3:00:24 | 732,136 | 3,526 | - | 5,955 | 299 |
 I don't get democracy | September 10, 2026 | 51:11 | 3,585,122 | 9,096 | - | 45,392 | 5,234 |
 How Money Actually Works | August 13, 2026 | 2:58:31 | 3,591,059 | 8,614 | - | 46,068 | 2,664 |
 Meta glasses? Woof. | August 3, 2026 | 2:24 short | 142,195 | 130 | - | 3,177 | 214 |
 I can put stuff on a page. Iz makes it work. | August 2, 2026 | 1:13 short | 45,275 | 64 | - | 1,169 | 31 |
 Not ~the headlines~ again | August 1, 2026 | 0:43 short | 38,941 | 52 | - | 656 | 15 |
 Can’t wait to show you this journey with @drewbinsky | July 31, 2026 | 1:33 short | 33,793 | 54 | - | 1,015 | 55 |
 I pushed Google Docs to its limit | July 30, 2026 | 1:40 short | 338,443 | 60 | - | 8,930 | 295 |
 The American war machine, explained | July 30, 2026 | 3:13:16 | 3,302,632 | 7,337 | - | 41,817 | 3,653 |
 This is not a Taco Bell ad | July 20, 2026 | 0:44 short | 69,500 | 43 | - | 971 | 80 |
 Why making things calms my brain | July 18, 2026 | 1:13 short | 56,998 | 20 | - | 1,604 | 46 |
 Your brain wasn’t built for this | July 17, 2026 | 1:41 short | 109,320 | 29 | - | 4,357 | 165 |
 The REAL reason the US can’t beat Iran | July 16, 2026 | 39:31 | 6,377,939 | 9,160 | - | 152,632 | 16,859 |
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 16.7 in the category: 21.4
- comments per 1,000 views
- 1.7 in the category: 1.3
- short vs long
- 9 short (up to 3 minutes), 6 long
average views per short video: 217,771
average views per long video: 3,741,959
Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Why People Think The Government Killed JFK | November 22, 2023 | 28:17 | 17,428,235 |
 Why People Think the World is Flat | February 18, 2020 | 18:43 | 14,393,006 |
 The “Deep State” Explained | March 13, 2024 | 30:52 | 14,065,632 |
 The REAL Reason McDonalds Ice Cream Machines Are Always Bro… | April 23, 2021 | 29:46 | 13,623,938 |
 What happens if China invades Taiwan? | February 26, 2022 | 21:34 | 11,558,181 |
Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 The Problem with USB-C | October 8, 2022 | 1:00 | 13,767,972 |
 The U.S. Just Got Bigger | September 26, 2024 | 1:00 | 13,111,308 |
 Russia is weaponizing immigrants | December 22, 2023 | 0:53 | 12,152,610 |
 BTS joining the military may cost South Korea billions | October 28, 2022 | 1:00 | 10,731,942 |
 China just violated Japan’s airspace (NOT GOOD) | September 14, 2024 | 0:41 | 10,268,051 |
What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- MilestoneThe REAL reason China built so much The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- MilestoneWhat I've been working on all year The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 1,015,451 views a day, 3.5 times a normal day (289,559).
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 +7M views this week
Johnny Harris finds a promotion system behind China's skylines
His China essay connects officials' economic scorecards with land financing, high-speed rail and construction beyond demand.
This week on the channel one video this week
China's building boom gets a longer look from Johnny Harris
His only new upload follows infrastructure back to local government, economic reform and the incentives behind construction.
This week on the channel one video this week
Johnny Harris's extreme places explainer runs three times ahead
Behind the new upload, a democracy video and a money video, a month apart in age, are moving at almost exactly the same speed.
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