# HonestlyNotAi: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

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As of 2026-11-02, HonestlyNotAi has 407,000 subscribers, 17,065 total views, and 58 videos. It ranks #188,723 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [HonestlyNotAi](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@honestlynoai/). Each video links to its own stats page. The page lists the rest of the channel's videos to signed-in vidIQ users.

## About this sample

- The latest upload vidIQ has for HonestlyNotAi is “Why Your Grandparents’ Appliances Seemed to Last Forever”, a long-form video published Oct 1, 2026.
- These are HonestlyNotAi’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Jan 17, 2026 and Oct 1, 2026 (48 long-form videos).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 143. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “In 1971, America Froze Prices and Paychecks. What Happened Next Changed Your Money Forever” (2,314 views, Sep 19, 2026). Least viewed: “No Safe Drinking Water Until 1908 — Your Tap Was a Death Sentence” (22 views, Aug 22, 2026).
- Median length: 23:49 for 48 long-form videos.
- In this sample, HonestlyNotAi’s consecutive uploads were a median of 1 day apart (shortest gap 1 day, longest 182 days).
- Views are lifetime totals as of Nov 2, 2026, so newer uploads have had less time to collect them. These figures describe only the videos listed here, not the whole channel, and do not show why any video performed as it did. Dates are UTC.

## Recent uploads

| Video | Published (UTC) | Format | Views | Duration | Outlier score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Why Your Grandparents’ Appliances Seemed to Last Forever](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@honestlynoai/videos/acE-UhqHnDA/) | 2026-10-01 | Long-form | 190 | 23:09 | - |
| [Before the Civil War, Your Money Could Lose Value Just by Crossing a State Line](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@honestlynoai/videos/3GBhRetJ8Iw/) | 2026-09-28 | Long-form | 375 | 24:13 | 1.22x |
| [What Happened to the Five-and-Dime Stores We Grew Up With?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@honestlynoai/videos/4K8S7m6opoY/) | 2026-09-24 | Long-form | 118 | 23:12 | - |
| [In 1949, a New Home Cost $7,990. Why Can’t America Build Them Now?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@honestlynoai/videos/mrP3aIiXEyA/) | 2026-09-23 | Long-form | 340 | 23:58 | 1.09x |
| [How Shop Class and Home Economics Disappeared From American Schools](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@honestlynoai/videos/zKw_lNYyJmc/) | 2026-09-22 | Long-form | 116 | 24:10 | - |
| [Why Americans Filled Churches in the 1950s but Not Today](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@honestlynoai/videos/5pP9K_r2ZWU/) | 2026-09-21 | Long-form | 320 | 24:16 | 1.06x |
| [How America Created the Life We Now Call Middle Class](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@honestlynoai/videos/j-MthtrjayU/) | 2026-09-20 | Long-form | 72 | 23:26 | - |
| [In 1971, America Froze Prices and Paychecks. What Happened Next Changed Your Money Forever](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@honestlynoai/videos/KjRR1mJGX6Y/) | 2026-09-19 | Long-form | 2,314 | 23:47 | 6.95x |
| [How America Ate Before Cheap Food Existed](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@honestlynoai/videos/L1ihyYAxB58/) | 2026-09-18 | Long-form | 710 | 24:05 | 2.36x |
| [Vacuum Tubes Once Tested Free at Drugstores Are Now Worth Billions](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@honestlynoai/videos/0fv2dTOCnVQ/) | 2026-09-17 | Long-form | 295 | 24:12 | 1.32x |
| [The Forgotten School Disaster Behind Every Fire Drill in America](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@honestlynoai/videos/o_qySBe3zAc/) | 2026-09-16 | Long-form | 160 | 24:11 | 1.04x |
| [Why Groceries Were So Cheap in 1972 and Never Were Again](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@honestlynoai/videos/4hPCJEXCKzU/) | 2026-09-15 | Long-form | 1,647 | 24:12 | 14.32x |
| [How The Safest Room in Your House Was Once the Deadliest](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@honestlynoai/videos/lKF_CRzuq7E/) | 2026-09-13 | Long-form | 305 | 23:55 | 3.42x |
| [The Heat Wave That Killed More Than the Chicago Fire](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@honestlynoai/videos/OopW7k5O8js/) | 2026-09-12 | Long-form | 140 | 23:56 | 1.58x |
| [No Electric Light Until 1882 — So What Did People Do?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@honestlynoai/videos/MzbCWV2Us-A/) | 2026-09-11 | Long-form | 90 | 24:07 | - |
| [200 Packed Malls Went Bankrupt at Once — Here's Why](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@honestlynoai/videos/5vFyC_W3nxk/) | 2026-09-10 | Long-form | 830 | 22:33 | 9.4x |
| [75% More Income and Less Money Left — How?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@honestlynoai/videos/b_VQJr-nc5U/) | 2026-09-09 | Long-form | 362 | 23:43 | 4.16x |
| [No Airline Rules Until 1978 — Your Misery Was Engineered](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@honestlynoai/videos/2D1-9h47ZdU/) | 2026-09-08 | Long-form | 80 | 22:44 | - |
| [No Sunday Shopping Until the 1980s — Who Ended It?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@honestlynoai/videos/Kq0QuLICIq4/) | 2026-09-07 | Long-form | 91 | 22:27 | 1.05x |
| [A 1930 Law Secretly Kept 18 Million Jobs in America](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@honestlynoai/videos/gqfIbLtoypc/) | 2026-09-06 | Long-form | 67 | 23:35 | - |
| [No Medical License Until 1910 — Anyone Could Be a Doctor](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@honestlynoai/videos/LPH3oR7bImQ/) | 2026-09-05 | Long-form | 70 | 24:25 | - |
| [No Indoor Toilet Until 1940 — Half of America Walked Outside](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@honestlynoai/videos/MO3DkBgZZto/) | 2026-09-04 | Long-form | 91 | 23:55 | 1.01x |
| [No Health Insurance Until 1929 — So What Did Sick People Do?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@honestlynoai/videos/mj_ZeYx4s9k/) | 2026-09-03 | Long-form | 88 | 24:55 | 1.02x |
| [No Tornado Warnings Until 1950 — So What Did People Do?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@honestlynoai/videos/rM2SckaN0-w/) | 2026-09-02 | Long-form | 83 | 24:26 | - |
| [No Paramedics Until 1966 — Your Ambulance Was a Hearse](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@honestlynoai/videos/wrx0qAIiqlc/) | 2026-09-01 | Long-form | 266 | 23:45 | 1.78x |
| [No GDP Until 1934 — So How Did Anyone Know We Were in a Depression?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@honestlynoai/videos/QoJfihm6t5s/) | 2026-08-31 | Long-form | 87 | 23:53 | - |
| [No Birth Certificates Until 1933 — A Bible Was Your Only Proof](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@honestlynoai/videos/HPAm-KqKUxg/) | 2026-08-30 | Long-form | 80 | 22:49 | - |
| [No Emergency Number Until 1968 — So How Did You Call for Help?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@honestlynoai/videos/kFm8oATsJ5c/) | 2026-08-29 | Long-form | 78 | 23:51 | - |
| [No FDIC Until 1933 — Your Bank Could Lose Everything](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@honestlynoai/videos/JRuy4v2q5b0/) | 2026-08-28 | Long-form | 152 | 23:17 | 1.08x |
| [America Had No Credit Score Until 1989 — A Secret File Decided](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@honestlynoai/videos/y2ikbU8UBrE/) | 2026-08-27 | Long-form | 122 | 23:11 | - |
| [No Unemployment Benefits Until 1935 — You Just Went Broke](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@honestlynoai/videos/y5thb-rYrZE/) | 2026-08-26 | Long-form | 239 | 23:00 | 1.16x |
| [Your Employer Could Legally Steal Your Pension Until 1974](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@honestlynoai/videos/E7XXyD1IW00/) | 2026-08-25 | Long-form | 37 | 23:18 | - |
| [Your Paycheck Has Been Smaller Since 1943 — Here's Why](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@honestlynoai/videos/1nlr8yVtVM0/) | 2026-08-24 | Long-form | 290 | 23:55 | 1.44x |
| [No Passport Until 1918 — Americans Could Go Anywhere](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@honestlynoai/videos/uZ9y1CjeKQk/) | 2026-08-23 | Long-form | 361 | 23:41 | 2.21x |
| [No Safe Drinking Water Until 1908 — Your Tap Was a Death Sentence](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@honestlynoai/videos/aaA8ynWYH4A/) | 2026-08-22 | Long-form | 22 | 22:45 | - |
| [No Product Safety Until 1938 — This Poison Was Perfectly Legal](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@honestlynoai/videos/GNE2RFNu0GQ/) | 2026-08-21 | Long-form | 372 | 23:34 | 2.61x |
| [No Ingredient Labels Until 1906 — Nobody Knew What Was in the Can](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@honestlynoai/videos/Ou8nS-nQ_9E/) | 2026-08-20 | Long-form | 47 | 22:00 | - |
| [Your Bank Shared Everything With the Government Until 1978](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@honestlynoai/videos/lHOJW7wveH8/) | 2026-08-17 | Long-form | 129 | 23:24 | - |
| [No Layaway Rules Until 1930 — You Paid in Full or Got Nothing](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@honestlynoai/videos/kFOKim1NT5A/) | 2026-08-15 | Long-form | 219 | 23:11 | 1.74x |
| [What Happens When Corporations Fund Elections?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@honestlynoai/videos/hQSKNkixaWM/) | 2026-08-13 | Long-form | 191 | 25:14 | 2.94x |
| [The 401(k) Generation: Are We Doomed?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@honestlynoai/videos/Bi7DhO83DQ8/) | 2026-08-08 | Long-form | 222 | 27:34 | 3.43x |
| [No Standard Time Until 1883 — Trains Crashed Over Minutes](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@honestlynoai/videos/7Ch8htCCnRI/) | 2026-08-06 | Long-form | 26 | 26:36 | - |
| [No Food Safety Until 1906 — Your Milk Had Chalk In It](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@honestlynoai/videos/7jFI_YsR51A/) | 2026-08-04 | Long-form | 29 | 27:55 | - |
| [No Debt Collection Rules Until 1978 — They Could Do Anything](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@honestlynoai/videos/JR9g10YTMck/) | 2026-07-31 | Long-form | 72 | 22:57 | - |
| [Copper Crisis: Why We Need 156 New Mines by 2050](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@honestlynoai/videos/jV5MtIkATJI/) | 2026-01-30 | Long-form | 200 | 19:11 | - |
| [Why Japan & China Are Selling US Treasuries](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@honestlynoai/videos/NT4SQ_peGbg/) | 2026-01-19 | Long-form | 141 | 22:21 | - |
| [The $6 Trillion Disappearing Act: Why Your Grocery Bill Is About to Spike](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@honestlynoai/videos/yU-jxa073uI/) | 2026-01-18 | Long-form | 163 | 24:50 | - |
| [Why Marriage Can Cost You $200K](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@honestlynoai/videos/fECmY1j6zcI/) | 2026-01-17 | Long-form | 145 | 27:39 | - |

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