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October 24, 2026 4.1x its usual first day Throwback to Joe Rogan's barefoot mule deer stalk The video opened at a pace of 36,606 views a day, 4.1 times a normal first day on this channel (8,838).

This week on the channel +2.4M views this week

Buffalo-tail soup makes MeatEater's Africa bonus worth unpacking

Steven Rinella's Season 13 extras travel from Lake Sagara to biltong-making and conversations with anti-poaching rangers.

Channel: MeatEater · Story of October 19, 2026

This week on the channel 4 videos this week

Janis Putelis and 'Mr Big Nuts': a Wisconsin whitetail hunt from a tree saddle

The early-November hunt passed 110,000 views in its first day, while his mountain mule deer episode from 12 in '26 has climbed past half a …

Channel: MeatEater · Story of October 1, 2026

The video drawing the most views now

Throwback to Joe Rogan's barefoot mule deer stalk

Video published

October 23, 2026

Video views so far

26,725

Video views, pace per day

36,606

Views in its first 13 hours

26,725

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

0.5% 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
Cal Off Road: Dunes, Deserts, and Access	October 23, 2026	38:02	22,896	34,773	22,896 (11 hours)	264	24
Throwback to Joe Rogan's barefoot mule deer stalk	October 23, 2026	2:45 short	26,725	36,606	26,725 (13 hours)	1,114	30
Poach a Giraffe in Tanzania and you're looking at 20 years …	October 22, 2026	0:23 short	43,808	12,958	37,567	866	33
Africa Bonus: Unseen Moments	October 15, 2026	25:19	496,418	17,249	148,918	3,872	145
Winter Grouse Hunting by Dog Sled | With Tony Peterson	October 13, 2026	20:57	193,459	3,346	89,425	1,803	76
Luke McFadden catches a giant Northern Pike on Day 3 of the…	October 8, 2026	0:38 short	21,102	177	8,505	410	10
Steven Rinella vs. 6 Fishing YouTubers: Final Day	October 8, 2026	50:39	176,118	1,626	82,299	2,771	280
How to get a muskie to bite right next to the boat	October 7, 2026	1:18 short	17,852	234	1,877 (33 hours)	425	13
Jiggin' With Jordan, Slick Stevie and Steven Rinella Hunt M…	October 7, 2026	50:46	167,175	1,170	80,940	2,108	139
Jiggin' with Jordan and Yappy catch a 38" pike!	October 7, 2026	0:24 short	15,564	134	8,596	276	3
Thank you, Buck. You won't be forgotten.	October 7, 2026	1:03 short	47,354	250	31,015	1,550	51
The FishEater Classic kicks off with a shotgun start!	October 6, 2026	0:35 short	17,317	77	8,358	437	6
We Put 8 Fishermen on One Lake for $25,000 | FishEater Clas…	October 6, 2026	45:01	269,170	1,476	121,280	2,923	209
This is how Tony Peterson finds whitetail deer	October 3, 2026	1:21 short	46,275	64	23,261	1,140	8
Tony got off 4 arrows and took down the big split brow tine…	October 3, 2026	3:00 short	126,715	1,044	27,973	3,426	79

Audience engagement

likes per 1,000 views

13.9 in the category: 18.4

comments per 1,000 views

0.7 in the category: 0.5

a video's usual first day on this channel

82,741 views

short vs long

9 short (up to 3 minutes), 6 long
average views per short video: 40,301
average views per long video: 220,872

Most watched videos (not Shorts)

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
How to Cook Bear Meat in Bear Fat with Steven Rinella - Mea…	June 24, 2013	3:25	7,707,418
How to Field Dress a Deer with Steven Rinella - MeatEater	May 6, 2013	7:24	7,083,152
Steven Rinella Gets False-Charged By A Grizzly Bear in Brit…	February 7, 2014	2:52	5,943,408
MeatEater Season 3 | First Timers: Montana Mule Deer Part 1…	December 16, 2020	21:20	5,066,898
MeatEater Season 12 | Montana Elk Ep. 2	October 19, 2023	29:21	4,715,271

Most watched Shorts

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
Fleshing hides with our good friend Heather Douville. This …	July 7, 2025	0:38	26,717,038
A cow elk in Montana pummels a mountain lion that is killin…	July 30, 2023	0:22	25,350,049
All salmon have worms!	March 16, 2026	0:54	11,216,596
Apparently this is known in cattle as developmental duplica…	September 12, 2023	0:24	7,339,379
Heather Douville, a member of the Tlingit tribe, shares tra…	October 23, 2024	0:53	6,772,208

What happened on the channel in the last 30 days

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

1. October 24, 2026Video taking offThrowback to Joe Rogan's barefoot mule deer stalk The video opened at a pace of 36,606 views a day, 4.1 times a normal first day on this channel (8,838).
2. October 23, 2026Video taking offPoach a Giraffe in Tanzania and you're looking at… The video opened at a pace of 41,276 views a day, 4.7 times a normal first day on this channel (8,774).
3. October 23, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 748,034 views a day, 2.2 times a normal day (336,238).