# Urbanist Ariel: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

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

As of 2026-10-27, Urbanist Ariel has 613,000 subscribers, 296,603,600 total views, and 2,570 videos. It ranks #123,797 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [Urbanist Ariel](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@urbanistariel/). 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 Urbanist Ariel is “The German Village that Columbus Tried to Erase”, a Short published Oct 27, 2026.
- These are Urbanist Ariel’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Aug 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026 (1 long-form video and 47 Shorts).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 30,491. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “Trump Offered $250M to Fix This NYC Bridge. NYC Refused” (789,503 views, Oct 5, 2026). Least viewed: “Dan Snow's Secret to Making History Fun” (3,429 views, Oct 26, 2026).
- Median length: 2:48 for 47 Shorts.
- In this sample, Urbanist Ariel’s consecutive uploads were a median of 1 day apart (shortest gap 0 days, longest 5 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [The German Village that Columbus Tried to Erase](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@urbanistariel/videos/6Z6kZuuRYF8/) | 2026-10-27 | Short | 8,091 | 2:54 | - |
| [Dan Snow's Secret to Making History Fun](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@urbanistariel/videos/domEpf8RdAk/) | 2026-10-26 | Short | 3,429 | 2:24 | 13.28x |
| [89 Years Later, the Search for Amelia Earhart](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@urbanistariel/videos/2gIOa3mEvdY/) | 2026-10-23 | Short | 15,400 | 2:59 | - |
| [NYC Built 4,000 Homes on Top of a Highway](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@urbanistariel/videos/FmjskeA0o30/) | 2026-10-22 | Short | 447,941 | 3:00 | 5.84x |
| [The Biggest Battle of the Revolution Was in New York](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@urbanistariel/videos/9oicwZjapfY/) | 2026-10-21 | Short | 13,110 | 2:20 | - |
| [Why Train Station Parking Lots Are Worth a Fortune](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@urbanistariel/videos/lv5eRitexUg/) | 2026-10-18 | Short | 11,263 | 2:24 | - |
| [The Windowless NYC Building That Keeps Drivers Alive](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@urbanistariel/videos/D7xEbKNTuOU/) | 2026-10-17 | Short | 35,317 | 2:12 | - |
| [NYC Keeps Erasing This Puerto Rican Street Sign](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@urbanistariel/videos/ddnTThDO0j8/) | 2026-10-16 | Short | 67,054 | 2:53 | - |
| [NYC's Biggest Tourist Scam, Confronted on Camera](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@urbanistariel/videos/HuEPqXvvo_Q/) | 2026-10-15 | Short | 74,025 | 1:43 | - |
| [New York Built One Cable Car in 1976 and Never Built Another](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@urbanistariel/videos/6MT233reXaA/) | 2026-10-14 | Short | 79,191 | 2:59 | - |
| [The NYC Castle Built for Smallpox](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@urbanistariel/videos/QTwH7JSbbmo/) | 2026-10-13 | Short | 120,064 | 2:58 | 1.03x |
| [Why NYC Built this Tiny Park](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@urbanistariel/videos/5EZqegDNJKY/) | 2026-10-12 | Short | 57,279 | 2:01 | - |
| [The Allied Spy Mission that Help Win World War 2](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@urbanistariel/videos/ARkOg153Te4/) | 2026-10-10 | Short | 116,317 | 2:58 | 1.02x |
| [The NYC Bridge Built to Twist When Trains Cross](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@urbanistariel/videos/TYSqF1zT2gc/) | 2026-10-08 | Short | 122,010 | 3:00 | 1.44x |
| [One of NYC's Last Puerto Rican Kitchens](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@urbanistariel/videos/RNX-gFup23g/) | 2026-10-07 | Short | 54,506 | 2:42 | - |
| [$12 Billion Leaves This NYC Neighborhood Every Year](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@urbanistariel/videos/owy_zkOWIKg/) | 2026-10-06 | Short | 489,786 | 3:00 | 6.34x |
| [Trump Offered $250M to Fix This NYC Bridge. NYC Refused](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@urbanistariel/videos/9wZ19dTf7is/) | 2026-10-05 | Short | 789,503 | 3:00 | 11.7x |
| [Salsa Was Born in East Harlem, Not an Island](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@urbanistariel/videos/kU5m9oaJQsI/) | 2026-09-30 | Short | 22,226 | 2:33 | - |
| [Why Puerto Rican food is not Spicy](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@urbanistariel/videos/e1T13FTICYs/) | 2026-09-29 | Short | 685,698 | 2:38 | 15.45x |
| [How Puerto Ricans arrived to NYC](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@urbanistariel/videos/1gyMdPoq8M4/) | 2026-09-28 | Short | 117,499 | 2:35 | 4.35x |
| [One Vanderbilt Gave Away a Whole Floor](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@urbanistariel/videos/0bhi33nEHKQ/) | 2026-09-27 | Short | 19,404 | 3:00 | - |
| [This Statue Waves at the Statue of Liberty](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@urbanistariel/videos/sl_T5ctK2i0/) | 2026-09-26 | Short | 24,132 | 2:48 | 1.26x |
| [The Word "Nuyorican" Started as an Insult](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@urbanistariel/videos/oeLT8IGt4jw/) | 2026-09-25 | Short | 58,814 | 3:00 | 4.29x |
| [How Robert Moses Erased a Neighborhood to Build Lincoln Center](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@urbanistariel/videos/Jpgn2oy03MY/) | 2026-09-24 | Short | 90,154 | 3:00 | 6.57x |
| [Why the Met Is Actually 21 Buildings in One](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@urbanistariel/videos/9GiPsbep7QE/) | 2026-09-23 | Short | 72,743 | 2:39 | 5.41x |
| [The NYC Library Built on a Drained Reservoir](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@urbanistariel/videos/C9WhF7nFkbo/) | 2026-09-22 | Short | 31,286 | 2:32 | 2.46x |
| [Why 100 Acres of Jersey City Sat Empty for 50 Years](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@urbanistariel/videos/r99RetKe_4w/) | 2026-09-21 | Short | 13,875 | 2:28 | 1.24x |
| [Could Rural Places have great Urban Infrastructure?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@urbanistariel/videos/0kJw29jvorE/) | 2026-09-20 | Short | 10,156 | 2:55 | - |
| [Germany's Black Forest Is a Real-Life Fairy Tale](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@urbanistariel/videos/iUKDTVcdQoc/) | 2026-09-19 | Short | 11,979 | 2:15 | - |
| [Why the Black Forest's Real Fairy Tale Isn't a Grimm Story](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@urbanistariel/videos/638AH9DZtZA/) | 2026-09-18 | Short | 7,619 | 2:38 | - |
| [What NYC Can Learn From Venice's Squares](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@urbanistariel/videos/9y4JeMv-UGY/) | 2026-09-17 | Short | 9,473 | 2:26 | - |
| [Venice: The City that Runs on Water](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@urbanistariel/videos/6PsVLBH4db0/) | 2026-09-16 | Short | 13,560 | 2:54 | 1.01x |
| [How America’s Roads are Dangerous by Design](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@urbanistariel/videos/LjapulTh71Q/) | 2026-09-15 | Short | 30,845 | 2:59 | 1.88x |
| [Why Venice Might Be the Most Fascinating City on Earth](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@urbanistariel/videos/Pu3n6ogujIg/) | 2026-09-14 | Short | 13,326 | 1:29 | - |
| [Why NYC's Fish Market Left Manhattan After 183 Years](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@urbanistariel/videos/geixisPowbI/) | 2026-09-13 | Short | 9,677 | 1:14 | - |
| [Venice: The Republic That Outlasted Every King](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@urbanistariel/videos/E6GgPuuRFCI/) | 2026-09-12 | Short | 7,873 | 2:51 | - |
| [@Lufthansa Spent €70M to Rebuild Business Class](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@urbanistariel/videos/JabkUUtia54/) | 2026-09-11 | Short | 12,060 | 1:26 | - |
| [This NYC Skyscraper Is Older Than the Venice Tower It Copied](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@urbanistariel/videos/kp9P47ivLHI/) | 2026-09-10 | Short | 110,782 | 2:08 | 3.06x |
| [Stay curious, my friends!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@urbanistariel/videos/3CuEIw5LJxY/) | 2026-09-08 | Short | 6,048 | 0:52 | - |
| [10 Year Anniversary of Making Videos!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@urbanistariel/videos/_AKfCeub-Zs/) | 2026-09-08 | Long-form | 6,381 | 1:35:06 | - |
| [I Quit My NYC Job With $0 Saved. Now I Film across the World](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@urbanistariel/videos/MFaZtQTDpD8/) | 2026-09-07 | Short | 51,649 | 3:00 | 1.79x |
| [Venice Has No Metro. Just Boats](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@urbanistariel/videos/8DXzwSw6tkg/) | 2026-09-05 | Short | 19,246 | 2:52 | - |
| [How Venice Built Modern Finance Before Wall Street](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@urbanistariel/videos/S9eggYVW1uo/) | 2026-09-04 | Short | 30,137 | 2:26 | 1.11x |
| [Why did Venice Build a Jewish Ghetto in 1516](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@urbanistariel/videos/NKqguKJsjU4/) | 2026-09-03 | Short | 527,006 | 2:58 | 19.14x |
| [Venice Has Sunk for 1,500 Years. New York Just Started.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@urbanistariel/videos/pznqeqF1u9w/) | 2026-09-02 | Short | 122,670 | 2:51 | 4.46x |
| [€15 for a Coffee? Venice's Oldest Café](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@urbanistariel/videos/AObYgBkmcpU/) | 2026-09-01 | Short | 26,772 | 2:54 | 1.09x |
| [How Venice Stole a Saint to Become a Superpower](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@urbanistariel/videos/l-wn3mq6s0U/) | 2026-08-31 | Short | 18,846 | 3:00 | - |
| [The Clock Hidden in a NYC Sidewalk](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@urbanistariel/videos/FO1pgCUk1zQ/) | 2026-08-30 | Short | 42,218 | 1:32 | 1.64x |

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