Video surging 30x the video's usual pace
Amelia Earhart, coconut crabs and the search on Nikumaroro
Popular Mechanics connects a search for possible plane wreckage with a theory about why human remains might be difficult to find.
In short
Popular Mechanics has 117,000 subscribers and 38,951,141 views in all, as of October 24, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 201,540 views. By subscribers it is No. 5,227 of the 5,387 channels on Trari, and No. 87 of 87 in category "Science and experiments".
The numbers today
subscribers
117,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
total views
38,951,141
▲ 201,540 in the last 7 days
views a day (current pace)
64,276
on a typical day: 21,813
Videos on the channel
1,232
5 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
yesterday
October 23, 2026
Views per subscriber
332
a new short video usually gets 1,120 views
Next milestone
200,000 subscribers
83,000 subscribers to go
What happened lately
October 24, 2026 4.8x the video's usual pace A Disturbing Clue Suggests Amelia Earhart Survive… The video ran that day at 50,518 views a day, 4.8 times its usual pace (10,498).
This week on the channel +58K views this week
Island inscriptions and inland shipwrecks intrigue Popular Mechanics
Three new uploads explore Easter Island mysteries and six centuries-old ships found on land in Sweden.
The video drawing the most views now
A Disturbing Clue Suggests Amelia Earhart Survived Her Crash. And Then She Was Eaten by Crabs.
- Video published
- October 14, 2026
- Video views so far
- 158,066
- Video views, pace per day
- 50,518
- Views on its first day
- 1,673
Similar channels
Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Science and experiments | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 5,227 of 5,387 | 87 of 87 |
| By views gained this week | 4,233 of 5,295 | 70 of 87 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 0.1% of all views the category's channels gained this week
Subscribers in the category Science and experiments
Views gained this week in the category Science and experiments
Subscribers, last 30 days
September 26, 2026: 117,000 subscribers → October 24, 2026: 117,000 subscribers (no significant change in the last month)
Total views, last 30 days
September 26, 2026: 38,556,248 views → October 24, 2026: 38,951,141 views · average: 14,103 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
- 12.0 in the category: 31.6
- comments per 1,000 views
- 1.8 in the category: 1.1
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 591 views
- short vs long
- 11 short (up to 3 minutes), 4 long
average views per short video: 15,209
average views per long video: 742
Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Inside The Largest Handmade Candy Factory | Made Here | Pop… | January 15, 2020 | 11:09 | 5,308,685 |
 How Mezcal Is Made | Made Here | Popular Mechanics | October 1, 2019 | 10:28 | 2,133,232 |
 5-Blender Comparison Test Including Vita-Mix & Blendtec | P… | September 30, 2009 | 4:32 | 1,271,541 |
 How a Ship in a Bottle Is Made | April 25, 2024 | 6:23 | 965,179 |
 Sony PS3 Blinks & How to Fix Them | PopMech | January 17, 2007 | 3:13 | 900,601 |
Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 The bowline knot is both easy to tie and untie | April 20, 2023 | 0:09 | 2,791,152 |
 The Top Gun movie features cool call signs for pilots, but … | February 2, 2023 | 0:53 | 893,446 |
 How does the real life TOPGUN program actually operate? Pro… | January 25, 2023 | 0:57 | 635,656 |
 How Morse Code Works | August 2, 2023 | 0:53 | 577,087 |
 How Top Gun Maverick’s Mach 10.5 stunt is physically imposs… | January 11, 2023 | 0:41 | 515,800 |
What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- Video surgingA Disturbing Clue Suggests Amelia Earhart Survive… The video ran that day at 50,518 views a day, 4.8 times its usual pace (10,498).
- Video surgingA Disturbing Clue Suggests Amelia Earhart Survive… The video ran that day at 47,900 views a day, 7.6 times its usual pace (6,342).
- Video surgingA Disturbing Clue Suggests Amelia Earhart Survive… The video ran that day at 48,959 views a day, 30 times its usual pace (1,607).Read the story
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
Video surging 30x the video's usual pace
Amelia Earhart, coconut crabs and the search on Nikumaroro
Popular Mechanics connects a search for possible plane wreckage with a theory about why human remains might be difficult to find.
This week on the channel +58K views this week
Island inscriptions and inland shipwrecks intrigue Popular Mechanics
Three new uploads explore Easter Island mysteries and six centuries-old ships found on land in Sweden.
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