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Royal Armouries

@royalarmouriesmuseum · The channel on YouTube

Military, weapons and geopolitics

In short

Royal Armouries has 441,000 subscribers and 59,557,865 views in all, as of October 24, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 1,000 subscribers and 384,833 views. By subscribers it is No. 3,494 of the 5,387 channels on Trari, and No. 47 of 63 in category "Military, weapons and geopolitics".

The numbers today

subscribers

441,000

▲ 1,000 in the last 7 days

total views

59,557,865

▲ 384,833 in the last 7 days

views a day (current pace)

44,545

on a typical day: 97,851

Videos on the channel

783

2 uploaded in the last 7 days

Last upload

2 days ago

October 22, 2026

Views per subscriber

135

a new long video usually gets 75,762 views
a new short video usually gets 12,193 views

Next milestone

500,000 subscribers

59,000 subscribers to go

What happened lately

October 21, 2026 passed 1M views The IRA's Homemade .22 "Zip Gun" with firearms ex… The video passed 1,000,000 views.

This week on the channel +1.1M views this week

A Spitfire's trigger, a homemade zip gun and Genghis Khan at the Royal Armouries

Two winter lectures, one on the Mongol conqueror's memory and one on medieval tournaments, joined Jonathan Ferguson's weapons work on the m…

Channel: Royal Armouries · Story of October 9, 2026

Video taking off 12x its usual first day

A captured IRA "Zip Gun" goes under Jonathan Ferguson's eye

The latest What Is This Weapon? looks at a crude .22 from the Troubles, and viewers are arguing over three small holes in its barrel.

Channel: Royal Armouries · Story of October 8, 2026

Video surging 25x the video's usual pace

Dylan's Bisley-winning Australian rifle runs twenty-five times its usual pace at Royal Armouries

Posted almost four weeks ago, the visitor's competition rifle is closing on a million views and now brings in about half of the museum chan…

Channel: Royal Armouries · Story of October 1, 2026

The video drawing the most views now

The IRA's Homemade .22 "Zip Gun" with firearms expert Jonathan Ferguson

Video published: October 7, 2026
Video views so far: 1,032,027
Video views, pace per day: 9,163
Views on its first day: 251,310

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Position on Trari and in the category

	Among all channels on Trari	In the category Military, weapons and geopolitics
By subscribers	3,494 of 5,387	47 of 63
By views gained this week	3,730 of 5,295	46 of 63

The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.

The channel's share of the category: 0.3% of all views the category's channels gained this week
Subscriber growth this week: 0.2% on this channel, 0.0% on the category's middle channel

Subscribers in the category Military, weapons and geopolitics

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10The Armchair Historian

2,540,000

2,310,000

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1,660,000

1,650,000

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Views gained this week in the category Military, weapons and geopolitics

20,659,349

11,792,426

11,310,050

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12Daniel Davis / Deep Dive

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13The Tank Museum

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14Blue Paw Print

2,968,864

46Royal Armouries

384,833

Subscribers, last 30 days

September 26, 2026: 435,000 subscribers → October 24, 2026: 441,000 subscribers

Total views, last 30 days

September 26, 2026: 56,144,690 views → October 24, 2026: 59,557,865 views · average: 121,899 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
We knew we recognised the steel sword from The Witcher...	October 22, 2026	1:29 short	6,116	2,423	4,951	516	8
From Electronic Triggers to Smart Air Rifles: Inside the Da…	October 21, 2026	41:01	34,675	5,922	23,005	890	124
The Mongols had paper money hundred of years before Europe.…	October 17, 2026	1:19 short	11,356	-225	3,931	708	40
Did you know that the Royal Armouries collection inspired t…	October 16, 2026	0:25 short	7,654	63	3,757	395	12
The Hu have chosen their favourite of our exhibition object…	October 16, 2026	2:17 short	6,660	48	3,370	626	19
What Does DOPE Actually Mean? with firearms expert Jonathan…	October 14, 2026	21:44	75,762	975	47,512	1,923	285
Jonathan Ferguson Is in Hell Let Loose: Vietnam!	October 12, 2026	1:01 short	21,604	92	15,564	1,267	47
Keys, wallet, Tablet of Authority. Can't leave the house wi…	October 10, 2026	1:53 short	5,194	6	2,463	347	19
Did British Soldiers Really Make Tea With Machine Guns?	October 9, 2026	1:40 short	106,608	283	23,803	3,030	131
The Development of Medieval Tournaments (RA Winter Lecture)	October 8, 2026	1:08:27	18,636	18	14,960	110	10
Genghis Khan: Narratives and Memories (RA Winter Lecture)	October 7, 2026	1:15:59	19,304	15	16,076	72	13
The IRA's Homemade .22 "Zip Gun" with firearms expert Jonat…	October 7, 2026	20:15	1,032,027	9,163	251,310	8,407	1,400
How Did Spitfire Pilots Fire Aircraft Machine Guns? #spitfi…	October 2, 2026	2:25 short	359,917	519	95,321	7,357	114
The Pistols Carried by Highland Warriors with firearms expe…	September 30, 2026	49:07	134,252	1,710	22,108	1,880	225
Ever wondered how a museum acquires new objects?	September 29, 2026	2:13 short	13,030	6	4,963	704	43

Audience engagement

likes per 1,000 views: 15.2 in the category: 25.4
comments per 1,000 views: 1.3 in the category: 1.9
a video's usual first day on this channel: 12,344 views
short vs long: 9 short (up to 3 minutes), 6 long
average views per short video: 59,793
average views per long video: 219,109

What happened on the channel in the last 30 days

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

October 21, 2026MilestoneThe IRA's Homemade .22 "Zip Gun" with firearms ex… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
October 11, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 372,565 views a day, 2.8 times a normal day (135,427).
October 10, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 327,814 views a day, 2.9 times a normal day (114,051).
October 9, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 252,462 views a day, 2.6 times a normal day (98,672).
October 8, 2026Video taking offThe IRA's Homemade .22 "Zip Gun" with firearms ex… The video opened at a pace of 161,751 views a day, 12 times a normal first day on this channel (13,841).Read the story
October 4, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 229,796 views a day, 2.9 times a normal day (80,493).
October 3, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 149,288 views a day, 2 times a normal day (72,849).
October 2, 2026Video surgingThe Personalised Australian Rifle That Won at Bis… The video ran that day at 36,283 views a day, 4.7 times its usual pace (7,751).
October 2, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 134,161 views a day, 2 times a normal day (66,037).
October 1, 2026Video surgingThe Personalised Australian Rifle That Won at Bis… The video ran that day at 56,977 views a day, 25 times its usual pace (2,282).Read the story

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