# Simple History: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

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

As of 2026-11-10, Simple History has 5,120,000 subscribers, 1,713,473,669 total views, and 1,424 videos. It ranks #8,686 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [Simple History](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simplehistory/). 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 Simple History is “Why Did This Soviet Gas Mask Have a HORN?!”, a Short published Nov 9, 2026.
- These are Simple History’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Sep 20, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026 (12 long-form videos and 36 Shorts).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 48,515. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “Gun Tricks that can give you an Advantage in Combat” (1,316,224 views, Sep 25, 2026). Least viewed: “The Woman Who Exposed Britain's Concentration Camps!” (5,149 views, Nov 8, 2026).
- Median length: 9:45 for 12 long-form videos; 1:41 for 36 Shorts.
- In this sample, Simple History’s consecutive uploads were a median of 1 day apart (shortest gap 0 days, longest 3 days).
- Views are lifetime totals as of Nov 10, 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 Did This Soviet Gas Mask Have a HORN?!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simplehistory/videos/zeLvFfI7Es0/) | 2026-11-09 | Short | 9,404 | 1:21 | 2.16x |
| [The Woman Who Exposed Britain's Concentration Camps!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simplehistory/videos/C98HR_gMQ_4/) | 2026-11-08 | Short | 5,149 | 1:21 | - |
| [Why American Soldiers Feared Every Step in Vietnam](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simplehistory/videos/ZSFSIQS4fyM/) | 2026-11-07 | Short | 9,130 | 1:21 | - |
| [Strange Secrets of the AK 47](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simplehistory/videos/M0RZasms4sA/) | 2026-11-06 | Long-form | 109,655 | 34:50 | - |
| [The Model T of Tanks – Renault FT!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simplehistory/videos/V6QjPiD5wrU/) | 2026-11-05 | Short | 7,148 | 0:45 | - |
| [The Gas Masks Designed NOT to Scare Children!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simplehistory/videos/1x2uzN7pqcc/) | 2026-11-04 | Short | 9,356 | 1:44 | - |
| [The Deadliest Secret of Unit 731](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simplehistory/videos/6XfjUF1C828/) | 2026-11-03 | Long-form | 102,242 | 9:46 | - |
| [AN 94 vs G11 The Hyper Burst Rifle Showdown!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simplehistory/videos/k79YYH7pw-c/) | 2026-10-31 | Short | 18,572 | 1:14 | - |
| [Weirdest Tanks Ever Made](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simplehistory/videos/fGJx14vE-8w/) | 2026-10-30 | Long-form | 274,046 | 36:02 | - |
| [An AK 47 M16 Hybrid](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simplehistory/videos/H1jn5LPXiKQ/) | 2026-10-29 | Short | 405,438 | 2:15 | 21.21x |
| ['mine was fully armed I was out there shooting coyotes with them'](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simplehistory/videos/OgMrEqGEg_I/) | 2026-10-28 | Short | 9,861 | 1:55 | - |
| [Weirdest Grenades](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simplehistory/videos/KawZ8FcBpCw/) | 2026-10-27 | Long-form | 137,888 | 9:10 | - |
| [Cambodia's 'Frankengun'](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simplehistory/videos/xYg_KRB6Gaw/) | 2026-10-26 | Short | 189,003 | 0:50 | 9.55x |
| [Duct Tape soldiers secret weapon](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simplehistory/videos/bPVWen5P7eU/) | 2026-10-25 | Short | 15,748 | 1:07 | - |
| [Weirdest North Korean Things](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simplehistory/videos/9Fq049To3dw/) | 2026-10-23 | Long-form | 330,690 | 1:01:03 | 1.02x |
| [Duct tape wasn't invented for ducts It was invented for war](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simplehistory/videos/qobWXiJlVg8/) | 2026-10-23 | Short | 43,911 | 1:05 | 1.85x |
| [From M1 Garands to attack helicopters what civilians can actually buy](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simplehistory/videos/DzG3R8O8uzE/) | 2026-10-22 | Short | 10,626 | 1:33 | - |
| [He used an attack helicopter to hunt coyotes](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simplehistory/videos/__Osge1bE_w/) | 2026-10-21 | Short | 23,746 | 2:46 | - |
| [This Gas Mask Has a Rhino Horn, and Changed Everything](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simplehistory/videos/HKYQqRcAeEU/) | 2026-10-20 | Long-form | 1,092,465 | 9:12 | 3.3x |
| [How a surplus loophole put attack helicopters in civilian hands](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simplehistory/videos/NRexH8hUirU/) | 2026-10-19 | Short | 15,728 | 1:58 | - |
| [Ingenious Hidden Firearm Features You Never Knew!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simplehistory/videos/8-pMHrt-zpo/) | 2026-10-18 | Short | 24,186 | 1:23 | - |
| [MAS 36 Bayonet Clever French Engineering Surprise!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simplehistory/videos/jC4yop4Wt_I/) | 2026-10-17 | Short | 12,272 | 1:20 | - |
| [Lucky People Survived the Impossible](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simplehistory/videos/A1ICiF_BTSE/) | 2026-10-16 | Long-form | 195,590 | 26:57 | - |
| [MAS 36 Rifle Ingenious Bayonet Storage and a Hilarious Flaw](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simplehistory/videos/4yIHxwAmY0Y/) | 2026-10-15 | Short | 16,482 | 1:05 | - |
| [The Confederacy's Insane 10 shot Revolver Shotgun](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simplehistory/videos/dAzDDAt0-Ls/) | 2026-10-14 | Short | 50,429 | 2:04 | - |
| [Inside the Strictest Gun Range Rules in the World](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simplehistory/videos/G68pam4WM5M/) | 2026-10-13 | Long-form | 380,209 | 8:57 | 1.05x |
| [The Luftwaffe's Insane 3 Barreled Gun](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simplehistory/videos/GnZ5JKTJ9b4/) | 2026-10-11 | Short | 293,124 | 1:56 | 3.58x |
| [The M3 Grease Gun they built a magazine loader inside the gun](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simplehistory/videos/IdszdaOie3s/) | 2026-10-11 | Short | 46,600 | 1:15 | - |
| [The MAS 36 Hidden Bayonet Inside the rifle](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simplehistory/videos/LnEZuQQur18/) | 2026-10-10 | Short | 126,329 | 2:13 | 1.54x |
| [The pink rubber band on this rifle saved more lives than the gun](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simplehistory/videos/hcMIxUdrkUI/) | 2026-10-09 | Short | 16,337 | 1:41 | - |
| [They're building frankenstein guns out of ak 47s and old Enfields](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simplehistory/videos/f9r9MXGKazc/) | 2026-10-08 | Short | 64,574 | 1:42 | - |
| [Why snipers tape over their own lenses](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simplehistory/videos/AKGb7DtnPtk/) | 2026-10-07 | Short | 195,580 | 1:37 | 3.22x |
| [Weird Things North Korea does to Intimidate the West](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simplehistory/videos/SKMmVO9UC6g/) | 2026-10-06 | Long-form | 378,532 | 9:03 | 1.06x |
| [Why soviet soldiers strapped their first aid kit to the rifle](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simplehistory/videos/nZhxTUn_j9I/) | 2026-10-05 | Short | 70,070 | 2:44 | 1.59x |
| [Rifle with a built in bottle opener?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simplehistory/videos/olbjFEt4flU/) | 2026-10-04 | Short | 581,098 | 2:32 | 17.73x |
| [Fentanyl Lollipops: Medics’ Fast Pain Relief](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simplehistory/videos/BIIufkBJWxg/) | 2026-10-03 | Short | 94,181 | 2:58 | 3.77x |
| [Super Glue Wounds: Medics’ Improvised Lifesaver](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simplehistory/videos/52N5Z0dWBLE/) | 2026-10-02 | Short | 14,610 | 1:39 | - |
| [Maus Tank: Outrun by a Jogging Soldier](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simplehistory/videos/sEDXmBPyxyA/) | 2026-10-01 | Short | 379,458 | 1:32 | 15.01x |
| [What Really Happened on the Highway of Death](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simplehistory/videos/aXQn-hKLV04/) | 2026-09-30 | Long-form | 456,683 | 9:01 | 1.15x |
| [He Grabbed the Gun Instead of the Phone (1992)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simplehistory/videos/sH0DjUoBrFk/) | 2026-09-28 | Short | 51,695 | 1:49 | 2.3x |
| [He Shot a Saguaro… and It Fell Back](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simplehistory/videos/-d0kdtMW3Vg/) | 2026-09-27 | Short | 12,365 | 2:17 | - |
| [WWII Veteran’s 1911 Hang Fire Kills Thief](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simplehistory/videos/3jP2JnX7pEQ/) | 2026-09-26 | Short | 36,984 | 1:26 | 1.71x |
| [Gun Tricks that can give you an Advantage in Combat](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simplehistory/videos/VRzAfowLiUM/) | 2026-09-25 | Long-form | 1,316,224 | 34:30 | 3.62x |
| [How FMJ Bullets Work: Penetration First](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simplehistory/videos/l1vK793B_Vw/) | 2026-09-24 | Short | 22,206 | 2:18 | 1.06x |
| [How a Mom’s Garage Shipped 80,000 Silly Strings](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simplehistory/videos/ME67_fwISa4/) | 2026-09-23 | Short | 27,977 | 2:19 | 1.34x |
| [Concentration Camps Before the N\*zis](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simplehistory/videos/ROCSb4NWPhY/) | 2026-09-22 | Long-form | 147,995 | 9:44 | - |
| [Armor-Piercing Rounds: Why They Don’t Fall Apart](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simplehistory/videos/poZ0MBIEbxI/) | 2026-09-20 | Short | 14,570 | 2:39 | - |
| [Find Bombs, Then Spray Each Other: Silly String](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@simplehistory/videos/OhuJSCZ0ssc/) | 2026-09-20 | Short | 21,269 | 2:28 | 1.01x |

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