This week on the channel +684K views this week
Black ash becomes a longbow on My Self Reliance
Shawn James pairs hand-tool bowmaking with garden shutdown, gear maintenance and duck hunting with Cali.
YouTube channel
My Self Reliance
@myselfreliance · The channel on YouTube
Website: myselfreliance.com
My Self Reliance has 2,210,000 subscribers and 537,119,516 views in all, as of October 24, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 533,623 views. By subscribers it is No. 1,290 of the 5,387 channels on Trari, and No. 19 of 163 in Outdoors, fishing and homesteading.
The numbers today
subscribers
2,210,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
total views
537,119,516
▲ 533,623 in the last 7 days
views a day (current pace)
79,466
on a typical day: 82,456
Videos on the channel
783
3 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
yesterday
October 23, 2026
Views per subscriber
243
a new long video usually gets 88,957 views
a new short video usually gets 16,557 views
a new short video usually gets 16,557 views
Next milestone
3,000,000 subscribers
790,000 subscribers to go
What happened lately
This week on the channel 5 videos this week
A guest cabin, a sugar shack's doors and a 52-week budget
Between the building videos, an old-fashioned apple pie came out of the off-grid kitchen, and a morning mobility routine got its own upload.
The video drawing the most views now
Building a Foundation for the Cabin | Autumn in the Wilderness
- Video published
- October 22, 2026
- Video views so far
- 138,433
- Video views, pace per day
- 93,048
- Views on its first day
- 112,231
Similar channels
Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Outdoors, fishing and homesteading | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 1,290 of 5,387 | 19 of 163 |
| By views gained this week | 3,454 of 5,295 | 70 of 163 |
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
Subscribers in the category Outdoors, fishing and homesteading
Views gained this week in the category Outdoors, fishing and homesteading
Subscribers, last 30 days
September 26, 2026: 2,210,000 subscribers → October 24, 2026: 2,210,000 subscribers (no significant change in the last month)
Total views, last 30 days
September 26, 2026: 534,774,969 views → October 24, 2026: 537,119,516 views · average: 83,733 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.
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 26.3 in the category: 18.3
- comments per 1,000 views
- 0.6 in the category: 0.5
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 50,114 views
- short vs long
- 5 short (up to 3 minutes), 10 long
average views per short video: 29,518
average views per long video: 104,940
Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Two Years Alone in the Wilderness | Escape the City to Buil… | March 22, 2019 | 1:31:40 | 42,021,637 |
 A Year in the Wilderness | Off Grid and Self Reliant in a L… | March 21, 2020 | 3:22:14 | 30,937,024 |
 Log Cabin Building TIMELAPSE Built By ONE MAN Alone In The … | January 10, 2018 | 4:59 | 17,507,490 |
 2 Years Alone Building an Off Grid Log Cabin in the Wildern… | December 31, 2022 | 1:25:04 | 14,345,936 |
 Off Grid Log Cabin: Alone with my Dog in an Ice Storm | January 26, 2018 | 40:11 | 12,560,960 |
Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 From Forest to Shelter: Captivating Time-lapse of a Solo Lo… | June 12, 2023 | 1:00 | 1,598,054 |
 Building a timber frame outdoor kitchen at my log cabin alo… | June 21, 2023 | 0:57 | 325,852 |
 Making a Wooden Fishing Net and Catching Trout #fishing | May 21, 2026 | 1:30 | 197,837 |
 Building a log cabin sauna with hand tools alone #handtools… | July 18, 2023 | 0:59 | 169,158 |
 Antique Wood Cookstove Installation in the Outdoor Kitchen … | August 1, 2023 | 0:59 | 128,563 |
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 +684K views this week
Black ash becomes a longbow on My Self Reliance
Shawn James pairs hand-tool bowmaking with garden shutdown, gear maintenance and duck hunting with Cali.
This week on the channel 5 videos this week
A guest cabin, a sugar shack's doors and a 52-week budget
Between the building videos, an old-fashioned apple pie came out of the off-grid kitchen, and a morning mobility routine got its own upload.
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