LADbible Stories introduces Brian Cox to a curious stranger

Explainer for a Stranger opens with alien life, alongside John Caudwell's Honesty Box questions about extreme wealth.

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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.

Brian Cox: 50 Years Searching for Aliens. Why Haven't We Found Anything?

Amaani has no prior relationship with Professor Brian Cox, just questions about whether humanity has company in the universe. That is the starting point for LADbible Stories' new series, Explainer for a Stranger: an expert meets someone whose curiosity sets the conversation moving.

"Are We Alone In The Universe? Professor Brian Cox Explains" explores habitable planets, extraterrestrial intelligence and the awkward question of why, if other civilizations exist, we haven't found them. It drew roughly 117,000 views in its first thirteen hours and has the strongest daily momentum on the channel. A separate Area 51 upload gives the scientific conversation a conspiracy-themed companion.

The biggest new upload by total views, though, was "We Asked a Billionaire 30 Tough Questions | Honesty Box," approaching a quarter-million views. Phones 4u founder John Caudwell takes questions about spending, happiness, inheritance and whether billionaires should exist. Three companion uploads pull out charity, tax and living-wage questions from the week's wealth theme.

Among viewers, one small language gap produced a running joke: several heard "PJs" and thought pajamas rather than private jets. Others discussed whether a hobby needs to make financial sense at all.

Across all six uploads and the wider catalog, LADbible Stories added about 4.6 million views, close to Nat Geo Animals' weekly gain. Subscribers stayed unchanged, while daily viewing is a little below its usual level. The fresh activity is concentrated around Cox: both his full conversation and the Area 51 upload are drawing views faster than the week's Honesty Box.

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The videos drawing views on LADbible Stories right now

We Asked a Billionaire 30 Tough Questions | Honesty Box247,265 views · 2026-10-14 Why This Billionaire Is Leaving 70% of His Wealth to Charity61,730 views · 2026-10-16 Do Billionaires Pay Tax? Billionaire John Caudwell Answers57,861 views · 2026-10-14 Could a Billionaire Survive on the Living Wage?47,651 views · 2026-10-15 Does Professor Brian Cox Believe in Area 51 Conspiracies? 👽30,220 views · 2026-10-18

The numbers

Here is how LADbible Stories' week looks in views and subscribers.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

Nat Geo Animals

4,602,672

LADbible Stories

4,574,788

Channel 5 with Andrew Cal…

3,454,792

Absolute History

3,229,281

FRONTLINE PBS | Official

2,818,418

British Pathé

2,172,233

Real Stories

1,968,036

Journeyman Pictures

528,504

subscribers

4,110,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

1,676,083,288

views per day

630,291

typical day: 710,753

first-day views of each video posted this week

We Asked a Billionaire 30 Tough Questio…

104,143

Why This Billionaire Is Leaving 70% of …

34,803

Do Billionaires Pay Tax? Billionaire Jo…

29,739

Could a Billionaire Survive on the Livi…

30,497

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Real Stories

6,770,000

Nat Geo Animals

6,520,000

FRONTLINE PBS | Official

4,730,000

LADbible Stories

4,110,000

Tommy G

3,790,000

Channel 5 with Andrew Cal…

3,730,000

Absolute History

3,700,000

British Pathé

3,650,000

Journeyman Pictures

2,610,000

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.