# The Fat Files: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

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As of 2026-10-28, The Fat Files has 890,000 subscribers, 84,625,718 total views, and 56 videos. It ranks #83,699 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [The Fat Files](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thefatfiles/). 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 The Fat Files is “Why Doctors Work 80 Hours a Week: Cocaine”, a long-form video published Oct 27, 2026.
- These are The Fat Files’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between May 17, 2024 and Oct 27, 2026 (44 long-form videos and 4 Shorts).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 1,545,257. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “The Most Gangster Beverage Company On Earth - Arizona Tea” (3,007,280 views, Sep 18, 2024). Least viewed: “Escobar's Hippos” (43,406 views, Jul 26, 2024).
- Median length: 18:24 for 44 long-form videos; 1:00 for 4 Shorts.
- In this sample, The Fat Files’s consecutive uploads were a median of 19 days apart (shortest gap 3 days, longest 38 days).
- Views are lifetime totals as of Oct 29, 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 Doctors Work 80 Hours a Week: Cocaine](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thefatfiles/videos/TCuNy5GX9Wk/) | 2026-10-27 | Long-form | 851,603 | 23:31 | 1.34x |
| [Domino's Pizza - A Government Psyop](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thefatfiles/videos/b4ILAIFHuio/) | 2026-09-30 | Long-form | 1,537,614 | 24:40 | 1.02x |
| [The Disturbing Story Behind Lunchables](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thefatfiles/videos/a9kebhMkEqE/) | 2026-09-11 | Long-form | 2,838,295 | 30:14 | 1.75x |
| [Lawsuit after Lawsuit, the Beaver Bully - Buc-ee's](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thefatfiles/videos/BiUx-VPZkJQ/) | 2026-08-27 | Long-form | 2,943,501 | 30:53 | 2.32x |
| [The Greatest Invention of the 20th Century - Air Conditioning](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thefatfiles/videos/1P4H0oly778/) | 2026-07-24 | Long-form | 1,238,266 | 19:01 | 0.97x |
| [All The Redboxes Were Stolen](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thefatfiles/videos/RNzRFtUp0lc/) | 2026-07-10 | Long-form | 1,025,788 | 20:34 | 0.83x |
| [Rabbits vs. Farmers - A History of Violence](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thefatfiles/videos/IHD92CGmHoU/) | 2026-06-25 | Long-form | 1,130,849 | 32:29 | 0.85x |
| [The Midwest's Taco Empire - Taco John's](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thefatfiles/videos/-B1V_0i1fc0/) | 2026-05-31 | Long-form | 1,069,501 | 14:39 | 0.66x |
| [The Real Reason Sriracha Disappeared](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thefatfiles/videos/1SVIxKB1nik/) | 2026-05-11 | Long-form | 2,152,548 | 23:39 | 1.31x |
| [The Gym That Doesn't Want You There - Planet Fitness](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thefatfiles/videos/NOHJSytycQo/) | 2026-04-11 | Long-form | 2,000,694 | 21:52 | 1.43x |
| [The Worst Franchise In America - Subway](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thefatfiles/videos/k2oj5895fp4/) | 2026-03-28 | Long-form | 2,118,638 | 21:15 | 1.54x |
| [Grey Goose & Jägermeister - A Marketing Psy-Op (And It Made Billions)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thefatfiles/videos/0nmPEUsGNyk/) | 2026-03-14 | Long-form | 1,164,742 | 18:06 | 0.87x |
| [The Company That Owns Sports Instead of Advertising](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thefatfiles/videos/eYlaRNnnWCM/) | 2026-02-25 | Long-form | 1,305,825 | 20:19 | 0.95x |
| [The Most Important Website Ever - Craigslist](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thefatfiles/videos/N0wK_yXf7wo/) | 2026-02-10 | Long-form | 1,369,428 | 22:02 | 0.98x |
| [Pepsi Had More Warships Than Some Nations... Allegedly](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thefatfiles/videos/ft5H7tvICS0/) | 2026-01-27 | Long-form | 1,180,382 | 21:32 | 0.79x |
| [Money Laundering? - Why Are There So Many Mattress Stores](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thefatfiles/videos/5NV3Mf1EHEk/) | 2026-01-06 | Long-form | 1,968,579 | 15:58 | 1.2x |
| [Anger Issues & Fried Chicken - The Life Of Colonel Sanders](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thefatfiles/videos/KjVHW7a4XUw/) | 2025-12-16 | Long-form | 1,888,741 | 25:26 | 1.2x |
| [Most Gangster Burger Place? - Five Guys Burgers & Fries](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thefatfiles/videos/ta7tliU6aCk/) | 2025-11-08 | Long-form | 1,401,596 | 21:27 | 0.95x |
| [Child Casino & Fight Club - Chuck E. Cheese](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thefatfiles/videos/t2uzCYPcE3I/) | 2025-10-06 | Long-form | 1,390,461 | 15:08 | 0.94x |
| [Stupid & Evil Business Model - Buy Now Pay Later](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thefatfiles/videos/FTnNGGP9vCw/) | 2025-09-10 | Long-form | 1,065,105 | 15:30 | 0.71x |
| [The Worst Rebrand Of All Time? - Cracker Barrel](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thefatfiles/videos/6Jj3bEM90lw/) | 2025-08-28 | Long-form | 1,277,588 | 16:04 | 0.81x |
| [You Will Wear Crocs](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thefatfiles/videos/qGBUP_4GN2E/) | 2025-08-23 | Long-form | 1,866,582 | 17:47 | 1.18x |
| [The FEMA Of Texas - HEB The Grocery Store](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thefatfiles/videos/23sehACMR6s/) | 2025-07-25 | Long-form | 1,867,217 | 22:51 | 1.18x |
| [Artifact Smuggling & Tax "Avoidance" - Hobby Lobby](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thefatfiles/videos/SQIdRNSdgQ0/) | 2025-06-30 | Long-form | 1,593,996 | 19:53 | 1.01x |
| [How To Become An Electrician - Trade School Is A Scam](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thefatfiles/videos/WYJDBDZURro/) | 2025-06-20 | Long-form | 1,676,404 | 22:52 | 1.04x |
| [The Best Pizza Place You've Never Heard Of - Casey's General Store](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thefatfiles/videos/tfKC_aQ6IOg/) | 2025-05-30 | Long-form | 1,562,216 | 14:28 | 0.93x |
| [The Movie Disney Deleted - Togo](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thefatfiles/videos/cDJXcgmlKHs/) | 2025-05-14 | Long-form | 1,248,047 | 16:31 | 0.74x |
| [The Most American Thing Ever - Bass Pro Shops](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thefatfiles/videos/IK_UoZa9KEE/) | 2025-04-07 | Long-form | 1,371,580 | 18:42 | 0.82x |
| [Coke’s Secret Recipe is The World’s Biggest Psyop](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thefatfiles/videos/7MuQsH3gi5s/) | 2025-03-23 | Long-form | 1,427,301 | 19:51 | 0.84x |
| [Most Gangster Pizza CEO - Little Caesars](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thefatfiles/videos/h7an6EBy2N0/) | 2025-02-27 | Long-form | 1,800,896 | 14:00 | 0.96x |
| [America's Raisin Cartel](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thefatfiles/videos/MpJQjUERSE8/) | 2025-02-08 | Long-form | 1,552,899 | 18:00 | 0.8x |
| [USA Broad Street Bullies vs. USSR Red Army - The Real Miracle On Ice](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thefatfiles/videos/jXia3VfWPYo/) | 2025-01-23 | Long-form | 2,418,757 | 16:49 | 1.19x |
| [Waffle House - The Roman Colosseum Of The South](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thefatfiles/videos/yxUO_tWibIs/) | 2025-01-01 | Long-form | 2,937,746 | 16:35 | 1.49x |
| [Burger King vs. Mcdonald's - Patty Rivalry](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thefatfiles/videos/k9fNU-Mhd04/) | 2024-12-24 | Long-form | 2,100,845 | 16:33 | 1.09x |
| [Taco Liberty Bell](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thefatfiles/videos/MEfTBxS9Nlk/) | 2024-11-27 | Short | 92,820 | 1:00 | - |
| [Biggest Troll In The Food Industry - Taco Bell](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thefatfiles/videos/ZftldlrLfLk/) | 2024-11-22 | Long-form | 1,947,422 | 13:07 | 1.01x |
| [No Tax On Tips - Even Trump And Kamala Agree](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thefatfiles/videos/iAnuKuFS0gI/) | 2024-11-05 | Long-form | 1,175,842 | 17:14 | 0.67x |
| [A Savagely Festive Company - Spirit Halloween](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thefatfiles/videos/7wXDhAYl62w/) | 2024-10-23 | Long-form | 1,122,532 | 10:06 | 0.64x |
| [Government "Helps" By Destroying 700,000 Working Cars - Cash For Clunkers](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thefatfiles/videos/z-JOYGlsnKw/) | 2024-09-30 | Long-form | 1,592,260 | 12:18 | 0.86x |
| [Arizona Tea Has The Best CEO](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thefatfiles/videos/x8trX1ODo_0/) | 2024-09-24 | Short | 101,788 | 1:00 | - |
| [The Most Gangster Beverage Company On Earth - Arizona Tea](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thefatfiles/videos/Fo3OzwgR1_Q/) | 2024-09-18 | Long-form | 3,007,280 | 18:06 | 1.53x |
| [World's Biggest Unregulated Bank - Starbucks](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thefatfiles/videos/Ym7YwFq8ZuM/) | 2024-08-30 | Long-form | 1,924,997 | 22:05 | 0.98x |
| [Costco Hot Dog](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thefatfiles/videos/Y389MmIVjWM/) | 2024-08-07 | Short | 83,982 | 1:00 | - |
| [The Most Gangster Grocery Store On Earth - Costco](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thefatfiles/videos/8RDQhsg50Ek/) | 2024-07-29 | Long-form | 2,928,368 | 16:00 | 1.56x |
| [Escobar's Hippos](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thefatfiles/videos/hEV2_OAvl8o/) | 2024-07-26 | Short | 43,406 | 1:00 | - |
| [Pablo Escobar’s Hippos Might Cause The Apocalypse](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thefatfiles/videos/rNhKC6kCkR4/) | 2024-07-14 | Long-form | 2,007,086 | 16:22 | 1.14x |
| [Modern Art Is CIA Propaganda - Was Jackson Pollock A Fed?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thefatfiles/videos/c_8wpOhoGVs/) | 2024-06-13 | Long-form | 1,284,740 | 15:50 | 0.84x |
| [Why Chick-fil-A Out Performs The Competition - Capitalism Done Right](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@thefatfiles/videos/LII_O-Gphw4/) | 2024-05-17 | Long-form | 2,464,095 | 19:00 | 1.4x |

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