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What happened lately

October 14, 2026 passed 1M views Hooded Seals are Really Weird... The video passed 1,000,000 views.

This week on the channel +2.2M views this week

Hooded seals add animal oddities to Steve Mould's science shelf

With no new uploads, his existing catalog brought in more than two million views over the week.

Channel: Steve Mould · Story of October 17, 2026

This week on the channel

A see-through ram pump keeps Steve Mould flowing

The month-old video on a pump that runs on the water's own momentum is closing in on four million views.

Channel: Steve Mould · Story of September 29, 2026

The video drawing the most views now

Hooded Seals are Really Weird...

Video published

September 10, 2026

Video views so far

1,253,392

Video views, pace per day

16,558

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

0.4% 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
This Device Turns Anything into a Suction Cup	September 30, 2026	13:50	1,663,253	2,543	698,894	24,590	1,238
Hooded Seals are Really Weird...	September 10, 2026	2:15 short	1,253,392	16,558	-	55,461	415
The "Perpetual Motion" Pump That Actually Works	August 31, 2026	16:31	4,213,837	8,095	-	43,266	2,382
Hooded Seals are amazing!	August 28, 2026	0:50 short	210,804	188	-	4,900	307
This Device Goes Past Equilibrium	August 22, 2026	13:23	2,062,479	10,149	-	50,149	3,092
The Euler Disc Is The Wrong Shape	August 1, 2026	20:01	1,285,469	1,247	-	46,299	4,474
The Arm Spin That Stops a Fall	July 9, 2026	13:26	4,432,742	2,350	-	74,270	2,551
Why clouds and foam are white	July 3, 2026	3:00 short	329,447	105	-	18,370	353
The disappearing ink that isn’t ink	June 26, 2026	1:32 short	160,206	78	-	7,047	214
The Anti Trampoline Effect	June 25, 2026	16:45	2,736,189	2,506	-	49,316	2,667
What chilli is actually doing to you...	June 19, 2026	1:41 short	185,412	67	-	8,994	427
This structure feels impossible to move	June 12, 2026	1:42 short	2,082,464	186	-	80,713	841
This zipper is really weird...	June 8, 2026	0:55 short	2,375,214	203	-	61,828	749
Why doesn’t the ball stay inside?	June 5, 2026	1:05 short	567,610	72	-	14,993	192
This Stone is Flexible?	June 4, 2026	0:40 short	769,116	81	-	18,969	253

Audience engagement

likes per 1,000 views

23.0 in the category: 31.8

comments per 1,000 views

0.8 in the category: 1.1

short vs long

9 short (up to 3 minutes), 6 long
average views per short video: 881,518
average views per long video: 2,732,328

Most watched videos (not Shorts)

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
The Assassin's Teapot Is Weird	December 10, 2021	9:12	50,702,616
Wirtz pumps are really clever	October 10, 2023	12:05	19,117,519
Self-Healing Material	June 17, 2022	9:48	17,466,984
Can water solve a maze?	March 31, 2023	9:09	17,031,542
How petrol pumps know when to turn themselves off	September 16, 2022	13:56	15,563,552

Most watched Shorts

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
Can water solve a maze #shorts	April 3, 2023	1:01	29,537,950
Why does a Gluggle Jug Gluggle?	March 29, 2024	1:00	26,131,101
How does this table stand up?	November 10, 2023	0:59	24,339,868
I built a 2D Pythagoras Cup to figure out what is going on …	January 16, 2024	0:40	19,197,422
How Do Washing Machines Actually Work?	January 5, 2024	1:00	18,151,310

What happened on the channel in the last 30 days

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

1. October 14, 2026MilestoneHooded Seals are Really Weird... The video passed 1,000,000 views.
2. October 11, 2026Video surgingHooded Seals are Really Weird... The video ran that day at 63,486 views a day, 5.1 times its usual pace (12,415).
3. October 10, 2026Video surgingHooded Seals are Really Weird... The video ran that day at 44,077 views a day, 5 times its usual pace (8,897).
4. October 3, 2026MilestoneThis Device Turns Anything into a Suction Cup The video passed 1,000,000 views.
5. October 3, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 1,418,781 views a day, 5.2 times a normal day (274,504).
6. September 30, 2026Video surgingThe "Perpetual Motion" Pump That Actually Works The video ran that day at 25,242 views a day, 2.2 times its usual pace (11,616).