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October 23, 2026 3.9x the channel's usual pace The whole channel ran that day at 1,265,241 views a day, 3.9 times a normal day (328,127).

This week on the channel +2.6M views this week

Three barrels and a hidden bayonet on Simple History

Seven new uploads explore unusual firearm engineering, from a pilot's survival weapon to the less glamorous business of collecting spent ca…

Channel: Simple History · Story of October 16, 2026

Video taking off 7.4x its usual first day

Simple History explains the bags attached to Japanese rifles

"Japanese Gun Nets" turns firing-range cleanup into a history lesson that reaches back to early military aviation.

Channel: Simple History · Story of October 14, 2026

This week on the channel 6 videos this week

Simple History's combat gun tricks are speeding up, not settling

Three days after it went up, the video is drawing more views a day than it did at launch, while the rest of the channel keeps its usual rhy…

Channel: Simple History · Story of September 28, 2026

The video drawing the most views now

This Gas Mask Has a Rhino Horn, and Changed Everything

Video published

October 20, 2026

Video views so far

703,980

Video views, pace per day

119,045

Views on its first day

212,401

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

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
Weirdest North Korean Things	October 23, 2026	1:01:03	60,577	79,253	60,577 (14 hours)	716	70
Duct tape wasn't invented for ducts It was invented for war	October 23, 2026	1:05 short	11,722	15,332	11,722 (14 hours)	547	13
From M1 Garands to attack helicopters what civilians can a…	October 22, 2026	1:33 short	7,398	2,401	6,165	450	11
He used an attack helicopter to hunt coyotes	October 21, 2026	2:46 short	18,442	5,095	9,176	981	28
This Gas Mask Has a Rhino Horn, and Changed Everything	October 20, 2026	9:12	703,980	119,045	212,401	6,350	243
How a surplus loophole put attack helicopters in civilian h…	October 19, 2026	1:58 short	13,981	644	8,557	742	46
Ingenious Hidden Firearm Features You Never Knew!	October 18, 2026	1:23 short	20,753	446	12,747	919	15
MAS 36 Bayonet Clever French Engineering Surprise!	October 17, 2026	1:20 short	11,016	226	6,714	464	16
Lucky People Survived the Impossible	October 16, 2026	26:57	158,534	5,775	63,303	1,737	119
MAS 36 Rifle Ingenious Bayonet Storage and a Hilarious Flaw	October 15, 2026	1:05 short	15,722	79	9,772	505	16
The Confederacy's Insane 10 shot Revolver Shotgun	October 14, 2026	2:04 short	46,574	320	29,304	2,501	62
Inside the Strictest Gun Range Rules in the World	October 13, 2026	8:57	337,374	6,800	142,495	2,639	235
The Luftwaffe's Insane 3 Barreled Gun	October 11, 2026	1:56 short	269,581	3,219	111,472	10,036	98
The M3 Grease Gun they built a magazine loader inside the …	October 11, 2026	1:15 short	45,479	58	21,520	1,643	24
The MAS 36 Hidden Bayonet Inside the rifle	October 10, 2026	2:13 short	123,529	104	42,887	3,726	61

Audience engagement

likes per 1,000 views

18.4 in the category: 21.2

comments per 1,000 views

0.6 in the category: 1.3

a video's usual first day on this channel

14,694 views

short vs long

11 short (up to 3 minutes), 4 long
average views per short video: 53,108
average views per long video: 315,116

Most watched videos (not Shorts)

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
Sniper Decoys: Dummy Heads	May 23, 2019	3:51	23,596,753
Schwerer Gustav - Rail Super Gun (Behemoth)	December 17, 2017	3:28	16,998,047
The Medic Who fought a War without a Weapon	December 13, 2018	15:33	14,857,338
How Long did a Person Stay Alive after being Guillotined?	November 26, 2019	6:49	11,325,584
The Green Beret who went on a one man Rampage to save his C…	December 1, 2018	10:27	10,962,370

Most watched Shorts

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
Ways to Trick a Sniper: Life-size Fake Soldiers #Shorts	November 27, 2021	0:57	23,096,114
Drip Rifle - a SELF FIRING GUN that tricked the enemy in WW1	June 22, 2023	1:00	9,797,698
Ways to Trick a Sniper: Dummy Heads #Shorts	November 5, 2021	0:59	7,388,458
MREs in WW2 - the 5 Main Rations of a soldier	April 26, 2023	1:00	6,201,818
This American Sniper had to do this to Save his Comrades	November 27, 2021	1:00	5,369,441

What happened on the channel in the last 30 days

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

1. October 23, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 1,265,241 views a day, 3.9 times a normal day (328,127).
2. October 14, 2026Video taking offInside the Strictest Gun Range Rules in the World The video opened at a pace of 134,987 views a day, 7.4 times a normal first day on this channel (18,228).Read the story
3. October 12, 2026Video taking offThe Luftwaffe's Insane 3 Barreled Gun The video opened at a pace of 54,523 views a day, 4 times a normal first day on this channel (13,482).
4. October 8, 2026Video taking offWhy snipers tape over their own lenses The video opened at a pace of 57,250 views a day, 4.4 times a normal first day on this channel (12,904).
5. October 7, 2026Video taking offWeird Things North Korea does to Intimidate the W… The video opened at a pace of 64,804 views a day, 4.8 times a normal first day on this channel (13,482).
6. October 6, 2026MilestoneGun Tricks that can give you an Advantage in Comb… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
7. October 5, 2026Video surgingMaus Tank: Outrun by a Jogging Soldier The video ran that day at 111,780 views a day, 6.7 times its usual pace (16,680).
8. October 4, 2026Video surgingMaus Tank: Outrun by a Jogging Soldier The video ran that day at 71,035 views a day, 6.7 times its usual pace (10,641).
9. October 1, 2026Video taking offWhat Really Happened on the Highway of Death The video opened at a pace of 87,200 views a day, 6.5 times a normal first day on this channel (13,482).