New Zealand's weed culture keeps The Department of Information busy

The documentary has passed three million views during a week with no new uploads.

Channel: The Department of Information Story of October 12, 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.

The World's Weirdest Weed Culture

The Department of Information left its upload schedule clear, but its documentaries brought in about 231,000 views across the week. Subscribers stayed unchanged, while the channel's daily viewing is running a little below its usual pace.

The main draw remains "The World's Weirdest Weed Culture," an investigation into cannabis culture in New Zealand. Made by Gryffin Cook, Louis Macalister and Noah Ferguson-Dudding, it credits a substantial filming crew and a soundtrack that includes New Zealand producer Christoph el Truento and Jamaican reggae artist Eek-A-Mouse. More than a month after posting, it is the channel's strongest daily draw.

Among nearby channels, Joey Engelman had a substantially larger viewing week, while Stoned Gremlin Productions added a similar volume of views to the Department. Here, the upload pause leaves room for a distinctly local documentary shelf: "50/50" is the next-biggest daily draw, followed by "Life in the Mongrel Mob," whose description recalls a trip to Rotorua to interview a member two years earlier.

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The videos drawing views on The Department of Information right now

50/50538,617 views Life in the Mongrel Mob511,674 views

The numbers

Here is how the channel's views and subscribers moved over the week.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

Tyler Movies

9,675,281

Morpheline

8,620,009

EastKage

4,101,908

Jaku

2,852,499

Joey Engelman

1,197,223

The Last Kingdom

512,525

The Department of Informa…

230,640

Stoned Gremlin Productions

213,467

RedTeamReview

46,830

subscribers

183,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

114,734,080

views per day

34,044

typical day: 41,733

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Tyler Movies

204,000

Joey Engelman

202,000

RedTeamReview

199,000

Stoned Gremlin Productions

197,000

Morpheline

194,000

The Last Kingdom

192,000

Jaku

191,000

The Department of Informa…

183,000

EastKage

163,000

As of October 12, 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.