Nauru's phosphate story gives friendlyjordies' food essay an island detour

"Oh Sh*t..." has reached roughly 600,000 views in a four-upload week mixing geopolitics with crowd comedy.

Channel: friendlyjordies Story of October 20, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

Oh Sh*t...

An island's mined-away wealth becomes the cautionary tale inside friendlyjordies' busiest new upload. In "Oh Sh*t...", Jordan Shanks turns to Nauru to explain how a valuable phosphate resource can reshape a country's fortunes, then leave a difficult reckoning when it runs out.

As we reported here, the essay connects food production with fuel and fertilizer supplies. Its scope stretches well beyond nitrogen manufacturing: Shanks moves through Morocco and Western Sahara's phosphate deposits, Nauru's mining history and Canada's potash industry. The jokes punctuate an argument about dependencies, and about why disruption can take time to reach the dinner table.

The video has reached roughly 600,000 views and remains the channel's strongest daily viewing draw. Four uploads arrived this week, with "Let's revisit this and see how it's going!" drawing the next-largest audience. The newest crowd clip, "Another autistic American in the crowd...", is now the second-busiest upload by daily views, giving the week's political essay a distinctly different companion.

Subscribers held steady, while today's viewing pace is below the channel's usual level. Among nearby commentary channels, Stephen A. Smith and The Damage Report are drawing above their normal daily audiences. For friendlyjordies, the week's most substantial viewing remains concentrated on an unusually earthy subject: the ingredients that keep agriculture supplied.

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The videos drawing views on friendlyjordies right now

Let’s revisit this and see how it’s going!131,638 views · 2026-10-14 Another autistic American in the crowd...35,627 views · 2026-10-19 American audiences are full of this17,572 views · 2026-10-13

The numbers

Here is how friendlyjordies' uploads and audience moved over the past seven days.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

Trish Regan

12,314,222

Keith Edwards

11,753,152

Don Lemon

7,427,333

The Damage Report

6,637,699

Indisputable with Dr. Ras…

4,907,487

TYT Sports

4,385,042

Stephen A. Smith

2,063,776

The Ring of Fire

1,188,045

friendlyjordies

1,061,387

subscribers

1,430,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

369,631,293

views per day

118,045

typical day: 153,501

first-day views of each video posted this week

Oh Sh*t...

281,369

Let’s revisit this and see how it’s goi…

79,847

American audiences are full of this

9,034

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

TYT Sports

1,510,000

Don Lemon

1,480,000

Indisputable with Dr. Ras…

1,440,000

friendlyjordies

1,430,000

Stephen A. Smith

1,420,000

The Damage Report

1,380,000

The Ring of Fire

1,360,000

Keith Edwards

1,360,000

Trish Regan

1,350,000

As of October 20, 2026 · 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.