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Jacques Vallée brings a scientist's UFO pursuit to HISTORY

An Ancient Aliens profile joins creature encounters, fast-food history and the Lagina brothers' treasure hunt in a fifteen-upload week.

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.

The Scientist Studying UFOs | Ancient Aliens (S20, E15) | Full EpisodeThe Scientist Studying UFOs | Ancient Aliens (S20, E15) | Full Episode

Jacques Vallée gives HISTORY's latest Ancient Aliens full episode a person to investigate, not just a mystery. "The Scientist Studying UFOs | Ancient Aliens (S20, E15) | Full Episode" turns to the author and researcher's long involvement with UFOs, and it currently has the strongest daily momentum among the channel's active uploads.

The week's most-watched new release, though, was "Legends of Extraterrestrial Influence | Ancient Aliens," a marathon linking hidden places and lost treasures to the show's theories about extraterrestrial visits. The comments include both a viewer remembering an earlier release and another questioning the evidence behind its account of Nibiru. Familiar material can bring fresh arguments.

MonsterQuest supplied another substantial new draw with "Creatures That SHOULDN'T Exist | MonsterQuest," collecting witnesses' accounts of strange creatures. A clip exploring the ruins of Puma Punku also sits among the channel's busiest uploads right now: unexplained things are doing much of the work.

HISTORY added roughly 17.5 million views over the week, while its subscriber count stayed unchanged. Daily viewing is close to its usual level. Among nearby television channels, BBC and Prime Video had larger weekly view gains; Dropout had a quieter week.

For viewers wanting mysteries with fewer spacecraft, the new slate offered Rick and Marty Lagina investigating a possible tunnel entrance on Oak Island. Elsewhere, American Pickers visited a West Virginia general store with Hatfield connections, while The Food That Built America followed Dave Thomas from Colonel Sanders' business toward the fast-food company he would build himself.

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The videos drawing views on HISTORY right now

The facts
Channel
HISTORY
Subscribers
15,500,000
Channel views, last 7 days
17,513,433
Videos published this week
15
Video published
October 18, 2026
Video views so far
146,518
Views on its first day
125,711

The numbers

Here is HISTORY's week in views and subscribers.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels
Prime Video
40,862,184
BBC
33,788,548
HISTORY
17,513,433
Adult Swim
9,704,718
Gordon Ramsay
3,860,869
Dropout
3,466,314
subscribers
15,500,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
total views
5,288,736,234
views per day
2,392,009
typical day: 2,424,377
subscribers: this channel and similar channels
Gordon Ramsay
22,000,000
BBC
15,700,000
HISTORY
15,500,000
Dropout
15,300,000
Comedy Central
12,600,000
Prime Video
9,810,000
Rooster Teeth
8,940,000
Adult Swim
8,380,000
As of October 19, 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.
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