Botswana's wealth question keeps Wendover's catalog busy

The economics explainer has passed a million views during a week without new uploads.

Channel: Wendover Productions Story of October 16, 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.

Why Botswana Got So Wealthy

Botswana has given Wendover Productions a fresh economic puzzle to put beside its infrastructure explainers. "Why Botswana Got So Wealthy" is the channel's busiest video by daily views right now, a little over two weeks after publication.

Diamonds are central to Botswana's economic history, making the country a natural subject for Wendover's interest in how geography and economics connect. The writing credits pair Sam Denby with Tristan Purdy and Christine Benedetti, a reminder of the team behind these tightly focused explainers.

No new uploads arrived this week, which fits comfortably with the channel's stated every-other-Tuesday schedule. Its catalog nevertheless collected about 775,000 views. The subscriber count stayed unchanged, while today's viewing is roughly a third above the usual daily pace. Among nearby education channels, Tom Scott and MIT OpenCourseWare both added subscribers this week; Wendover's was a steadier stretch.

The Botswana video has now passed a million views. "How the Channel Tunnel Works," published six weeks ago, is the next-biggest daily draw, keeping a very different question in circulation: not how a country became wealthy, but how a major transport connection works.

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The videos drawing views on Wendover Productions right now

How the Channel Tunnel Works2,214,113 views How Taiwan is Preparing to Get Invaded1,716,901 views

The numbers

Here is Wendover Productions' week in views and subscribers.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

Extra History

3,437,110

Tom Scott

2,995,877

Xiaomanyc 小马在纽约

2,659,887

Simple History

2,579,117

Simplilearn

1,851,276

MIT OpenCourseWare

1,434,196

Wendover Productions

774,471

mathantics

626,165

mmmEnglish

241,838

subscribers

4,920,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

840,940,037

views per day

170,285

typical day: 130,014

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Xiaomanyc 小马在纽约

7,120,000

Tom Scott

6,750,000

Simplilearn

6,740,000

MIT OpenCourseWare

6,540,000

mmmEnglish

6,390,000

Simple History

5,120,000

Wendover Productions

4,920,000

Extra History

4,620,000

mathantics

3,870,000

As of October 16, 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.