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October 5, 2026 11x the video's usual pace What puzzle should he solve next? #petoctopus #oc… The video ran that day at 1,465,057 views a day, 11 times its usual pace (138,821). Read the story

This week on the channel +5.9M views this week

Ringo the blue-ringed octopus catches his own shrimp, finally

The Reef Doc's one new Short asks whether hand feeding should stop, and its comments have given the octopus a name and a reputation.

Channel: The Reef Doc · Story of October 9, 2026

Video surging 11x the video's usual pace

A blue-ringed octopus, a screw cap and a shrimp: The Reef Doc's puzzle

Posted more than a week ago to a modest first day, the short now has viewers cheering the octopus and feeling sorry for the shrimp.

Channel: The Reef Doc · Story of October 5, 2026

The video drawing the most views now

What puzzle should he solve next? #petoctopus #octopus #thereefdoc #aquarium

Video published

September 27, 2026

Video views so far

7,447,169

Video views, pace per day

203,488

Views on its first day

105,507

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

Subscriber growth this week

1.1% on this channel, 0.0% on the category's middle channel

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
Can this blue ring pull the hermit crab out? #petoctopus #o…	October 14, 2026	1:14 short	202,573	6,910	62,120	4,338	61
Should I just keep hand feeding him? #petoctopus #blueringe…	October 8, 2026	2:06 short	310,621	7,807	106,585	10,757	231
What puzzle should he solve next? #petoctopus #octopus #the…	September 27, 2026	1:48 short	7,447,169	203,488	105,507	162,901	1,530
This octopus outsmarted me in the worst way possible #petoc…	September 24, 2026	2:21 short	1,922,127	45,694	-	67,428	2,766
Momma octopuses make the ultimate sacrifice and never get t…	September 17, 2026	2:27 short	4,742,583	145,928	-	176,600	2,934
Can you guess what he disguised himself as? #petoctopus # #…	September 14, 2026	1:52 short	51,532	861	-	3,036	56
He outsmarted me and the shrimp! Can you guess what he disg…	September 14, 2026	1:52 short	3,145,965	83,829	-	117,346	1,312
Living with octopus keeps me on my toes had my phone out wa…	September 12, 2026	1:34 short	1,689,382	9,665	-	40,256	833
I thought my pet octopus was gone for good #octopus #petoct…	September 7, 2026	1:44 short	45,722	565	-	1,116	36
Roxy the octopus wasn’t supposed to survive this #octopus #…	August 26, 2026	1:35 short	685,575	5,852	-	29,834	389
What is this octopus going to choose??	August 12, 2026	3:14	2,530	27	-	154	9
This octopus outsmarted me	July 29, 2026	1:59 short	7,020,344	41,657	-	231,939	5,048
This octopus taught me how to feed it	July 28, 2026	3:11	5,700	52	-	244	10
No rescue is a lost cause	May 11, 2026	3:09	3,699	21	-	161	22
When I first got him he would miss the meals and eventually…	April 15, 2026	0:22 short	82,256	513	-	2,634	93

Audience engagement

likes per 1,000 views

31.0 in the category: 21.3

comments per 1,000 views

0.6 in the category: 0.4

short vs long

12 short (up to 3 minutes), 3 long
average views per short video: 2,278,820
average views per long video: 3,976

What happened on the channel in the last 30 days

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

1. October 5, 2026Video surgingWhat puzzle should he solve next? #petoctopus #oc… The video ran that day at 1,465,057 views a day, 11 times its usual pace (138,821).Read the story
2. October 5, 2026Video surgingMomma octopuses make the ultimate sacrifice and n… The video ran that day at 163,882 views a day, 3.2 times its usual pace (51,353).
3. October 5, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 2,020,276 views a day, 4 times a normal day (511,056).
4. October 4, 2026MilestoneWhat puzzle should he solve next? #petoctopus #oc… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
5. October 4, 2026Video surgingWhat puzzle should he solve next? #petoctopus #oc… The video ran that day at 486,855 views a day, 4.9 times its usual pace (100,151).
6. October 4, 2026Video surgingMomma octopuses make the ultimate sacrifice and n… The video ran that day at 144,710 views a day, 3.5 times its usual pace (40,980).
7. October 3, 2026Video surgingWhat puzzle should he solve next? #petoctopus #oc… The video ran that day at 250,547 views a day, 3 times its usual pace (83,440).
8. October 3, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 1,053,188 views a day, 2.5 times a normal day (413,724).
9. October 2, 2026MilestoneThis octopus outsmarted me in the worst way possi… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
10. October 2, 2026Video surgingWhat puzzle should he solve next? #petoctopus #oc… The video ran that day at 164,317 views a day, 2.2 times its usual pace (74,454).
11. October 2, 2026Video surgingMomma octopuses make the ultimate sacrifice and n… The video ran that day at 82,800 views a day, 2.6 times its usual pace (32,261).
12. October 2, 2026Video surgingThis octopus outsmarted me in the worst way possi… The video ran that day at 214,973 views a day, 2 times its usual pace (105,843).