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October 23, 2026 8.5x its usual comments The Devshirme: How the Ottomans Took 1 in 40 Sons The video drew 347 comments in its first day, 8.5 times a normal first day on this channel (41).

This week on the channel +4.3M views this week

A divided Norman inheritance anchors Kings and Generals' history week

Seven uploads range from William the Conqueror's sons to Buddhist patronage in India and the opening of the Iran-Iraq War.

Channel: Kings and Generals · Story of October 17, 2026

This week on the channel 6 videos this week

Skanderbeg's 25-year war gives Kings and Generals its fastest start

A day after going up, the Albanian campaign video is drawing views several times faster than the Britain episode that still holds the week'…

Channel: Kings and Generals · Story of September 28, 2026

The video drawing the most views now

The Forgotten Viking War That United England

Video published

October 22, 2026

Video views so far

133,327

Video views, pace per day

35,497

Views on its first day

113,692

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

3.2% of all views the category's channels gained this week

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 British Insult That Sparked Pontiac's Rebellion	October 23, 2026	1:15 short	18,329	23,003	18,329 (15 hours)	982	41
The Forgotten Viking War That United England	October 22, 2026	19:18	133,327	35,497	113,692	3,272	96
The Devshirme: How the Ottomans Took 1 in 40 Sons	October 21, 2026	2:51 short	108,420	14,720	65,957	3,973	589
The Biggest Rebellion Against the British Empire in History	October 20, 2026	22:40	343,172	28,531	209,025	6,202	756
"If a Man Isn’t Afraid of Dying, He is a Gurkha"	October 19, 2026	2:37 short	83,994	3,230	56,468	3,346	140
Largest Land Battle Before WWI Caused the First Russian Rev…	October 18, 2026	16:05	491,680	29,323	208,344	7,392	245
How the East India Company Crushed the Entire Mughal Allian…	October 16, 2026	1:54 short	53,624	1,615	29,950	1,793	64
Saddam Expected a Quick Victory Against Iran	October 15, 2026	17:50	327,767	10,103	146,299	5,407	716
How Anglo-Saxons Became the Byzantine Emperor’s Bodyguards	October 14, 2026	1:58 short	195,333	2,316	83,175	7,752	165
Why His Enemy Ran Away From An Empty City #shorts #tactics	October 13, 2026	1:56 short	60,252	1,605	18,032	3,881	72
How Did Brahmanism Defeat Buddhism - Ancient India DOCUMENT…	October 13, 2026	21:42	273,370	6,249	134,231	5,007	1,427
How the Hundred Years' War Bankrupted England	October 12, 2026	1:22 short	166,645	2,369	63,869	4,776	115
How William the Conqueror’s Sons Tore England Apart	October 11, 2026	19:17	404,939	5,973	155,195	6,207	250
The Secret Double Life of Gods at Hadrian’s Wall	October 9, 2026	1:04 short	19,839	122	9,691	856	9
Why Yugoslavia Collapsed: The Road to War	October 8, 2026	24:04	416,532	3,506	147,365	7,099	797

Audience engagement

likes per 1,000 views

21.9 in the category: 25.3

comments per 1,000 views

1.8 in the category: 1.9

a video's usual first day on this channel

80,796 views

short vs long

8 short (up to 3 minutes), 7 long
average views per short video: 88,304
average views per long video: 341,541

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Six-Day War (1967) - Third Arab–Israeli War DOCUMENTARY	August 28, 2018	15:59	12,540,060
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Most watched Shorts

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
Iron Dome #shorts #documentary #military #tactical #irondom…	April 3, 2024	1:00	7,310,474
How to Use the False Gap to Win Battles - Ancient Tactics #…	December 25, 2021	0:55	6,328,822
Chechen Anti Tank Tactics #military #tactical #documentary …	February 14, 2024	0:52	5,172,618
Ancient Tactics: Oblique Order - Kings and Generals #shorts	December 8, 2021	0:50	4,204,343
Cobra Maneuver #shorts #documentary #cobra #military #tacti…	April 1, 2024	0:48	3,764,569

What happened on the channel in the last 30 days

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

1. October 23, 2026Video people are talking aboutThe Devshirme: How the Ottomans Took 1 in 40 Sons The video drew 347 comments in its first day, 8.5 times a normal first day on this channel (41).
2. October 23, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 1,707,109 views a day, 3.2 times a normal day (529,940).
3. October 15, 2026Video taking offHow Anglo-Saxons Became the Byzantine Emperor’s B… The video opened at a pace of 80,796 views a day, 3.1 times a normal first day on this channel (26,097).
4. October 7, 2026Video taking offOperation Vivaldi: Ukraine’s Secret Counteroffens… The video opened at a pace of 258,699 views a day, 4 times a normal first day on this channel (64,731).