This week on the channel +3.2M views this week
Tom Scott discovers what he got wrong about pendulum clocks
A Cumbria workshop visit pairs an enormous Victorian mechanism with 3D-printed prototypes for traditional repairs.
Tom Scott has 6,740,000 subscribers and 1,967,614,569 views in all, as of October 24, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 2,907,050 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "When I blow this whistle, a swimming pool appears.", with 2,353,844 views. By subscribers it is No. 409 of the 5,387 channels on Trari, and No. 13 of 96 in Explainers, history and education.
The numbers today
subscribers
6,740,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
total views
1,967,614,569
▲ 2,907,050 in the last 7 days
views a day (current pace)
230,838
on a typical day: 434,630
Videos on the channel
762
1 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
5 days ago
October 19, 2026
Views per subscriber
291
a new long video usually gets 1,589,259 views
Next milestone
10,000,000 subscribers
3,260,000 subscribers to go
What happened lately
October 22, 2026 3.7x the channel's usual pace The whole channel ran that day at 1,405,888 views a day, 3.7 times a normal day (377,670).
This week on the channel +3M views this week
Strawberries give Tom Scott's robot tour a delicate problem
His visit to Wilkin & Sons in Tiptree brings agriculture, automation and a scone debate into the same episode.
This week on the channel one video this week
Tom Scott's tiddlywinks challenge nears a million views in a week
His only new upload is moving well ahead of the tank engine and the badly flown plane that came before it.
The video drawing the most views now
Clocks are so much more interesting than I thought.
- Video published
- October 19, 2026
- Video views so far
- 952,627
- Video views, pace per day
- 36,385
- Views on its first day
- 650,449
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Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Explainers, history and education | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 409 of 5,387 | 13 of 96 |
| By views gained this week | 1,700 of 5,295 | 19 of 96 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 1.1% of all views the category's channels gained this week
Subscribers in the category Explainers, history and education
Views gained this week in the category Explainers, history and education
Subscribers, last 30 days
September 26, 2026: 6,740,000 subscribers → October 24, 2026: 6,740,000 subscribers
Total views, last 30 days
September 26, 2026: 1,955,314,717 views → October 24, 2026: 1,967,614,569 views · average: 439,280 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clocks are so much more interesting than I thought. | October 19, 2026 | 21:05 | 952,627 | 36,385 | 650,449 | 24,128 | 1,241 |
| Why robots still can't pick strawberries | October 12, 2026 | 31:10 | 2,047,957 | 16,169 | 823,241 | 32,918 | 2,157 |
 In this arcade, you drop metal balls on rich people. | October 5, 2026 | 11:01 | 1,735,124 | 7,991 | 794,668 | 34,843 | 948 |
 When I blow this whistle, a swimming pool appears. | September 28, 2026 | 26:07 | 2,353,844 | 4,383 | 839,030 | 44,246 | 1,571 |
| Can I get into the Top 100 of tiddlywinks in one day? | September 21, 2026 | 25:58 | 1,358,729 | 2,525 | - | 25,387 | 1,466 |
 Thomas, a tank engine, is not Thomas the Tank Engine. | September 14, 2026 | 18:00 | 2,047,115 | 1,713 | - | 40,141 | 2,002 |
 Flying a plane badly, on purpose. | September 7, 2026 | 17:40 | 2,053,520 | 1,200 | - | 36,117 | 1,083 |
 This Mars rover's cool. But have you seen its wheels? | August 31, 2026 | 22:40 | 1,896,932 | 1,154 | - | 31,027 | 1,430 |
 How do you keep 8,995 codebreakers secret? | August 24, 2026 | 26:25 | 1,453,115 | 963 | - | 39,286 | 1,476 |
 This 100-year-old ride must never change again. | August 17, 2026 | 16:37 | 908,935 | 569 | - | 36,132 | 1,699 |
 Turns out building dry stone walls is difficult | August 10, 2026 | 24:45 | 1,040,375 | 1,080 | - | 35,696 | 1,699 |
 I'm so glad this hidden monorail broke down. | August 3, 2026 | 27:22 | 1,394,487 | 1,517 | - | 65,881 | 2,666 |
 I get excited about &. | July 27, 2026 | 23:40 | 989,898 | 547 | - | 41,921 | 1,806 |
 I have a weird conspiracy theory about this bridge | July 20, 2026 | 12:40 | 1,725,403 | 1,461 | - | 70,195 | 2,912 |
 If I get this wrong, 50,000 people will hear it. | July 13, 2026 | 23:14 | 650,711 | 672 | - | 32,631 | 1,687 |
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 26.1 in the category: 21.0
- comments per 1,000 views
- 1.1 in the category: 1.3
- short vs long
- 0 short (up to 3 minutes), 15 long
average views per long video: 1,507,251
Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 This Video Has 77,302,457 Views | April 6, 2020 | 10:39 | 77,302,477 |
 We Sent Garlic Bread to the Edge of Space, Then Ate It | April 23, 2018 | 5:24 | 63,626,029 |
 Why California's musical road sounds terrible | October 16, 2017 | 3:29 | 28,452,551 |
 Why the US Army electrifies this water | August 22, 2022 | 7:42 | 20,926,249 |
 The US-Canada border splits this road down the middle | May 28, 2018 | 2:55 | 17,934,383 |
What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 1,405,888 views a day, 3.7 times a normal day (377,670).
- MilestoneWhy robots still can't pick strawberries The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- MilestoneTurns out building dry stone walls is difficult The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 920,047 views a day, 2.5 times a normal day (361,665).
- MilestoneIn this arcade, you drop metal balls on rich peop… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 1,104,400 views a day, 3.3 times a normal day (336,303).
- MilestoneWhen I blow this whistle, a swimming pool appears. The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- MilestoneCan I get into the Top 100 of tiddlywinks in one … The video passed 1,000,000 views.
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
This week on the channel +3.2M views this week
Tom Scott discovers what he got wrong about pendulum clocks
A Cumbria workshop visit pairs an enormous Victorian mechanism with 3D-printed prototypes for traditional repairs.
This week on the channel +3M views this week
Strawberries give Tom Scott's robot tour a delicate problem
His visit to Wilkin & Sons in Tiptree brings agriculture, automation and a scone debate into the same episode.
This week on the channel one video this week
Tom Scott's tiddlywinks challenge nears a million views in a week
His only new upload is moving well ahead of the tank engine and the badly flown plane that came before it.
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