# J. Draper: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

Markdown version of https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jdraper/videos/ from vidIQ YouTube Stats. Link to that page, not to this file.

As of 2026-10-28, J. Draper has 793,000 subscribers, 354,782,904 total views, and 546 videos. It ranks #94,684 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [J. Draper](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jdraper/). 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 J. Draper is “Meet Hannah”, a Short published Oct 19, 2026.
- These are J. Draper’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Jun 26, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026 (5 long-form videos and 43 Shorts).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 104,512. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “Why Wasn't Lesbian Sex Illegal?” (572,384 views, Oct 12, 2026). Least viewed: “In what order did Shakespeare write his plays?” (35,318 views, Sep 25, 2026).
- Median length: 9:47 for 5 long-form videos; 1:57 for 43 Shorts.
- In this sample, J. Draper’s consecutive uploads were a median of 2 days apart (shortest gap 0 days, longest 11 days).
- Views are lifetime totals as of Oct 28, 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Meet Hannah](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jdraper/videos/RWdRnJmyHqA/) | 2026-10-19 | Short | 53,584 | 2:51 | - |
| [The crafty church: Holy Trinity Sloane Square](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jdraper/videos/oLrsLIlE4a8/) | 2026-10-18 | Short | 96,275 | 2:25 | 1.09x |
| [What I've been working on this year](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jdraper/videos/F0AF-_lpscM/) | 2026-10-14 | Short | 58,384 | 1:29 | - |
| [Why Wasn't Lesbian Sex Illegal?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jdraper/videos/vf0o6tTadic/) | 2026-10-12 | Long-form | 572,384 | 9:47 | 4.46x |
| [This is definitely not a Saw trap](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jdraper/videos/i817CNUU4o4/) | 2026-10-12 | Short | 194,799 | 2:10 | 1.77x |
| [New studio tour!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jdraper/videos/_-7bW3YFWHI/) | 2026-10-09 | Short | 87,436 | 3:00 | - |
| [How to get J. Draper to come to your bookstore](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jdraper/videos/vJk3KaoPfis/) | 2026-10-05 | Short | 58,402 | 2:38 | - |
| [Where Is The Centre Of London?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jdraper/videos/b4HwdQtVRy8/) | 2026-09-28 | Long-form | 78,719 | 3:24 | - |
| [Where Is The Centre Of London?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jdraper/videos/Edb8A3UwP1A/) | 2026-09-28 | Short | 128,511 | 2:57 | 1.11x |
| [In what order did Shakespeare write his plays?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jdraper/videos/eGxie3FUq00/) | 2026-09-25 | Short | 35,318 | 1:12 | - |
| [Things Shakespeare Got Wrong](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jdraper/videos/3clCpsN5nHI/) | 2026-09-23 | Short | 437,577 | 2:58 | 3.49x |
| [Shakespeare's Biggest Hater](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jdraper/videos/i5hPKxgcP5o/) | 2026-09-21 | Short | 55,341 | 1:30 | - |
| [Why we know so little about the Globe Theatre](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jdraper/videos/VfX7v4kohZs/) | 2026-09-20 | Short | 124,181 | 1:44 | - |
| [A Frankly Silly Beginner's Guide To Shakespeare](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jdraper/videos/5nCKLS0s5pU/) | 2026-09-18 | Long-form | 266,248 | 46:10 | 1.04x |
| [When Etymology Gets Stupid: Car Edition](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jdraper/videos/1kx3K4_0GW0/) | 2026-09-07 | Long-form | 233,035 | 1:32 | 2.94x |
| [When Etymology Gets Stupid: Car Edition](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jdraper/videos/1kx3K4_0GW0/) | 2026-09-07 | Short | 357,526 | 1:32 | 2.94x |
| [Behold the mighty TIME BALL!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jdraper/videos/N60Qd1d1bjc/) | 2026-09-04 | Short | 126,728 | 2:58 | 1.28x |
| [Hot shirtless minotaur action](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jdraper/videos/KQrTQcMRg7U/) | 2026-08-30 | Short | 37,537 | 1:11 | - |
| [Get free books from Dolly Parton](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jdraper/videos/AZPgwioLGLE/) | 2026-08-28 | Short | 62,334 | 1:03 | - |
| [How did our ancestors get abortions?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jdraper/videos/0jMzd_rKbow/) | 2026-08-26 | Short | 116,120 | 2:33 | 1.24x |
| [How did our ancestors give birth?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jdraper/videos/KdVrlU877w8/) | 2026-08-24 | Short | 147,460 | 2:03 | 1.5x |
| [Where can you see First World War bomb damage in London?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jdraper/videos/s3jtsgGGlBg/) | 2026-08-23 | Short | 129,327 | 1:50 | 1.59x |
| [Horse-Drawn Buses](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jdraper/videos/s25AW2AF5AI/) | 2026-08-21 | Short | 57,595 | 0:50 | - |
| [YouTube Shorts are going to change.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jdraper/videos/9DwiHTO4bUw/) | 2026-08-12 | Short | 356,802 | 1:55 | 4.39x |
| [The Bloody History of Europe's First Kangaroo Painting](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jdraper/videos/-gOmBJ6K-nw/) | 2026-08-09 | Short | 89,126 | 2:43 | 1.15x |
| [Staircases: Surprisingly Interesting](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jdraper/videos/ca4IhGNTFno/) | 2026-08-07 | Short | 68,244 | 1:22 | - |
| [Murdoch v the Fascists](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jdraper/videos/bkNsko8jA38/) | 2026-08-03 | Short | 131,723 | 2:58 | 1.69x |
| [When Boycotts Don't Work](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jdraper/videos/H_TbDlv5Puo/) | 2026-08-02 | Short | 48,612 | 1:16 | - |
| [Swifties can't hold a candle to this Bing Crosby fan](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jdraper/videos/SKcFnIO7MF8/) | 2026-07-31 | Short | 107,072 | 2:23 | 1.12x |
| [I am writing a book again](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jdraper/videos/DB2YKPuFJ6A/) | 2026-07-29 | Short | 38,741 | 2:02 | - |
| [The Shadowy Secret Society of Comedians](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jdraper/videos/HXiRt3qvlW0/) | 2026-07-27 | Short | 73,501 | 1:30 | - |
| [Shackshoone, aka John Newmoone](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jdraper/videos/y1oSYJPT7hk/) | 2026-07-26 | Short | 66,394 | 2:52 | - |
| [When did London water become drinkable?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jdraper/videos/MjZC05KxjUg/) | 2026-07-20 | Short | 112,715 | 1:56 | 1x |
| [What Can You Do When You're Replaced By Machines?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jdraper/videos/NNpd96fmv8U/) | 2026-07-20 | Long-form | 193,606 | 1:28:18 | 0.66x |
| [London's Best Bookshops](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jdraper/videos/etL0TA0wwm4/) | 2026-07-19 | Short | 82,048 | 1:50 | - |
| [The Blob Monster Called London](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jdraper/videos/ZcmuwL6rEs8/) | 2026-07-17 | Short | 186,070 | 1:57 | 1.77x |
| [How did the suffragette movement start?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jdraper/videos/v_TNZEoXL6o/) | 2026-07-15 | Short | 47,589 | 1:30 | - |
| [Christopher Marlowe](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jdraper/videos/lKR6YJ8FsG4/) | 2026-07-13 | Short | 71,293 | 1:31 | - |
| [London was a ghost town for centuries](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jdraper/videos/gpeaPff72WE/) | 2026-07-12 | Short | 378,523 | 2:01 | 3.48x |
| [What is London's oldest toilet?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jdraper/videos/Ky7XLwxd3b0/) | 2026-07-10 | Short | 108,079 | 1:38 | 1.04x |
| [What's the oldest school in London?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jdraper/videos/KZdpRbaNfVg/) | 2026-07-08 | Short | 66,968 | 1:21 | - |
| [London's housing shortage](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jdraper/videos/oepiQJe2ZnM/) | 2026-07-06 | Short | 109,689 | 2:51 | 1.1x |
| [What did ordinary British people think about the American Revolution?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jdraper/videos/sNkx2SMuDks/) | 2026-07-04 | Short | 199,563 | 2:27 | 2.31x |
| [Foreign architecture styles in London](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jdraper/videos/qU0yYv8HYuo/) | 2026-07-03 | Short | 101,951 | 1:58 | 1.2x |
| [Digging Up Pants](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jdraper/videos/yAXmNBj6tFo/) | 2026-07-01 | Short | 44,916 | 1:07 | - |
| [What was life like in London after the Norman Conquest?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jdraper/videos/JmXl9F4WeGY/) | 2026-06-29 | Short | 172,352 | 1:52 | 2.54x |
| [The Cult of the Clitoris](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jdraper/videos/mr9r0ilu8Qk/) | 2026-06-28 | Short | 469,401 | 2:10 | 6.93x |
| [What is this statue doing in Trafalgar Square?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@jdraper/videos/4m9LbZcarHc/) | 2026-06-26 | Short | 98,158 | 2:07 | 1.54x |

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