# Xiran Jay Zhao: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

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As of 2026-10-29, Xiran Jay Zhao has 663,000 subscribers, 116,276,227 total views, and 166 videos. It ranks #114,279 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [Xiran Jay Zhao](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@xiranjayzhao/). 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 Xiran Jay Zhao is “Napoleon was really 19th-century-photoshopping himself a happier family life #history #historymemes”, a Short published Nov 15, 2025.
- These are Xiran Jay Zhao’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Apr 2, 2025 and Nov 15, 2025 (48 Shorts).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 130,970. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “How was I supposed to know doors are girls” (1,628,942 views, Jun 14, 2025). Least viewed: “NO GODS NO QUEENS (Shoutouts to Dashcon 2 co-director Simone Miller with the heartfelt speech tho!)” (47,417 views, Jul 18, 2025).
- Median length: 0:24 for 48 Shorts.
- In this sample, Xiran Jay Zhao’s consecutive uploads were a median of 3 days apart (shortest gap 1 day, longest 19 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Napoleon was really 19th-century-photoshopping himself a happier family life #history #historymemes](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@xiranjayzhao/videos/JA4Y1UJE0MU/) | 2025-11-15 | Short | 78,107 | 1:00 | - |
| [Special Interest Level: Catching governmental attention (Thanks so much to Antoine Léaument!)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@xiranjayzhao/videos/Ep6trvLDSoc/) | 2025-11-08 | Short | 50,597 | 0:29 | - |
| [how serious am I being? read to find out #ironwidow #heavenlytyrant #booktok](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@xiranjayzhao/videos/dleJmFRkmvc/) | 2025-11-01 | Short | 65,170 | 0:31 | - |
| [Not everything is Enemies to Lovers! Sometimes love is never involved at all! #booktok](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@xiranjayzhao/videos/vyfJVpQD6sY/) | 2025-10-28 | Short | 73,640 | 0:11 | - |
| [when he says "No Kings" he REALLY means it #nokings #nokingsday #historymemes #robespierre](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@xiranjayzhao/videos/mSNTwGKHss0/) | 2025-10-26 | Short | 96,567 | 0:11 | - |
| [It just keeps getting worse 😭 #napoleon #josephine #josepoleon](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@xiranjayzhao/videos/BJ9boX4wBUU/) | 2025-10-24 | Short | 171,823 | 2:48 | 1.05x |
| [Ended up not being able to get on the plane and out of France :/ Discrimination smh #louvreheist](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@xiranjayzhao/videos/BBLf6gqtQ1g/) | 2025-10-22 | Short | 192,191 | 0:08 | 1.1x |
| [We were worried for a couple of days but managed to find a buyer!! 😽](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@xiranjayzhao/videos/-d5t9U-zjVM/) | 2025-10-21 | Short | 88,448 | 0:51 | - |
| [He was almost sad for a minute there #louvreheist #history #historymemes](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@xiranjayzhao/videos/EP2QBzfeaPk/) | 2025-10-20 | Short | 190,213 | 0:06 | - |
| [Napoleon's family jewels haven't been seized this efficiently since he met Josephine #historymemes](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@xiranjayzhao/videos/04BIdzc7iTk/) | 2025-10-19 | Short | 219,442 | 0:32 | 1.16x |
| [I am not letting anyone leave here thinking Napoleon III was just Napoleon's grandson or something](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@xiranjayzhao/videos/bUc6qKJrmzU/) | 2025-10-10 | Short | 137,099 | 0:31 | - |
| [least dysfunctional French couple be like #history #historymemes #napoleon #josephine #josepoleon](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@xiranjayzhao/videos/xxfE0b1MQow/) | 2025-10-04 | Short | 701,193 | 1:26 | 3.66x |
| [WHO JUST DOES THIS TO SOMEONE 😭 WHAT WAS WRONG WITH HIM #history #historymemes #napoleon](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@xiranjayzhao/videos/la2YI2pBs9k/) | 2025-09-28 | Short | 685,292 | 0:28 | 4.84x |
| [Born to guard the cave entrance at night, stuck living as a dysfunctional modern human 😔](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@xiranjayzhao/videos/9MtLkCG7Z_A/) | 2025-09-26 | Short | 157,554 | 0:31 | 1.52x |
| [sometimes the world is so bad you just gotta give a toxic woman a giant mecha and see what she does](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@xiranjayzhao/videos/sC5bF2S5gsg/) | 2025-09-20 | Short | 125,849 | 0:20 | 1.58x |
| [Luckily there's a perfect trap card for him #yugioh #politicalmemes](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@xiranjayzhao/videos/xLoD5_VTOMI/) | 2025-09-06 | Short | 62,307 | 0:15 | - |
| [A short explanation of what's happening in Indonesia 🇮🇩, done at the request of my friends there](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@xiranjayzhao/videos/Ul9jkaZTTfs/) | 2025-09-04 | Short | 1,111,440 | 2:58 | 10.54x |
| [when you forget you're talking to a grandpa #georgerrmartin](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@xiranjayzhao/videos/csKbDNi22qg/) | 2025-08-16 | Short | 225,182 | 0:09 | 2.53x |
| [Weaponize thirst for the greater good 😌 #booktok #booktube #ironwidow](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@xiranjayzhao/videos/TNzVrxpD288/) | 2025-08-09 | Short | 77,990 | 0:11 | - |
| [It's like the words are not getting processed at all 😭 #booktok #booktube #books](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@xiranjayzhao/videos/nc8le1nnBSU/) | 2025-08-08 | Short | 1,340,995 | 0:19 | 15.1x |
| [What did you do today? Got any upcoming plans?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@xiranjayzhao/videos/eIg8lzTjCzM/) | 2025-08-02 | Short | 76,444 | 0:34 | - |
| [NO GODS NO QUEENS (Shoutouts to Dashcon 2 co-director Simone Miller with the heartfelt speech tho!)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@xiranjayzhao/videos/pRzpbTWsG34/) | 2025-07-18 | Short | 47,417 | 2:35 | - |
| [Happy #BastilleDay! Robespierre was never a dictator! #history #frenchhistory](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@xiranjayzhao/videos/UE9k28uqtxI/) | 2025-07-14 | Short | 81,649 | 2:08 | - |
| [Guess who went to Dashcon 2 in accidental matching arch-rival outfits with the original founder?!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@xiranjayzhao/videos/vPjSFCAsTWc/) | 2025-07-11 | Short | 56,224 | 2:59 | - |
| [Why don't YOU have one in your house?? 😠🫵](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@xiranjayzhao/videos/VcdXMeysldU/) | 2025-07-01 | Short | 129,308 | 0:30 | - |
| [Just trying not to get squeezed off the shelves when there's less and less room for POC books ok](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@xiranjayzhao/videos/nsUmxVabaNk/) | 2025-06-28 | Short | 326,082 | 0:25 | - |
| [What did you all do today? Got any plans for the summer? #summerfashion](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@xiranjayzhao/videos/wMXvOesUo38/) | 2025-06-27 | Short | 96,037 | 0:26 | - |
| [If you can get how Star Wars / The Hunger Games etc is just scifi Roman Empire then you can get this](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@xiranjayzhao/videos/pKzmmygRYpo/) | 2025-06-23 | Short | 396,669 | 0:17 | 1.64x |
| [Listening to music explicitly inspired by your books is the COOLEST THING #booktok #ironwidow](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@xiranjayzhao/videos/a975_ao1xQY/) | 2025-06-21 | Short | 62,267 | 0:13 | - |
| [How was I supposed to know doors are girls](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@xiranjayzhao/videos/J_WuvcoRN2Q/) | 2025-06-14 | Short | 1,628,942 | 0:09 | 10.29x |
| [Doesn't Safaa do such amazing work? Support her campaign in the 🖇️🌴 in my ☣️](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@xiranjayzhao/videos/VzRXE3xWUOQ/) | 2025-06-01 | Short | 101,620 | 0:16 | - |
| [Did y'all see the new #kingofthehill revival trailer?! Perfect time for this #ironwidow AU 😂](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@xiranjayzhao/videos/Zvyi1F06f6M/) | 2025-05-30 | Short | 139,608 | 0:09 | - |
| [WE COULD'VE HAD IT ALLLLLLLL (My full #mulan analysis is right here on my channel btw)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@xiranjayzhao/videos/22L_WbDxA7E/) | 2025-05-25 | Short | 405,466 | 0:24 | 2.71x |
| [These are SO gorgeous I'm obsessed 😭 #booktok #ironwidow #heavenlytyrant](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@xiranjayzhao/videos/gHEDaocZqJc/) | 2025-05-23 | Short | 62,996 | 2:54 | - |
| [Why I use They/Them pronouns](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@xiranjayzhao/videos/Rm7a5QtWYgo/) | 2025-05-21 | Short | 323,092 | 0:13 | 2.16x |
| [Always go the Chinese way if you're able because it's by far the funniest #history #historymemes](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@xiranjayzhao/videos/2IZspZ8JIg4/) | 2025-05-18 | Short | 709,554 | 0:31 | 4.74x |
| [The real kicker is that they could've just turned off the holograms 😭 #yugioh #setokaiba #yamiyugi](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@xiranjayzhao/videos/eIe42Fx67vs/) | 2025-05-12 | Short | 161,142 | 0:15 | - |
| [yeah i do. so what lol #booktok #ironwidow #booktube](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@xiranjayzhao/videos/QyX17SvEI8s/) | 2025-05-09 | Short | 155,501 | 0:08 | - |
| [Happy #InternationalWorkersDay from the ultimate Red Flag Man #booktok #heavenlytyrant #qinzheng](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@xiranjayzhao/videos/ltlZzLh_QQU/) | 2025-05-01 | Short | 143,676 | 0:11 | - |
| [Toxicity is only fun when it's mutual #booktok #heavenlytyrant #qintian](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@xiranjayzhao/videos/fPXxRAC3PYA/) | 2025-04-23 | Short | 73,972 | 0:19 | - |
| [What even WAS that sequence of events 😭 #booktok #booktube #georgerrmartin](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@xiranjayzhao/videos/HSHkHFpPmk0/) | 2025-04-20 | Short | 132,632 | 0:11 | - |
| [if you understand this you deserve a veteran's discount #homestuck #ironwidow #heavenlytyrant](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@xiranjayzhao/videos/Lyq_OuDLLpk/) | 2025-04-18 | Short | 67,380 | 0:10 | - |
| [This is why you don't let weird art kids run countries #history #historymemes #chinesehistory](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@xiranjayzhao/videos/CCserHXcxz4/) | 2025-04-15 | Short | 251,603 | 0:27 | 2.55x |
| [Did you know about the women who actually started International Women's Day? #womenshistorymonth](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@xiranjayzhao/videos/cHLr8MoWcro/) | 2025-04-12 | Short | 103,966 | 2:58 | - |
| [No more apologizing for wanting the best for yourself 😌 ✨ #ironwidow #booktok](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@xiranjayzhao/videos/TUtU9j9XTV0/) | 2025-04-12 | Short | 230,768 | 0:09 | 2.45x |
| [Please help my friend Soumi survive losing all her life savings!](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@xiranjayzhao/videos/Fnj59f_aDo8/) | 2025-04-08 | Short | 94,205 | 0:52 | - |
| [I just think it's better to be mentally prepared that a business will act like a business!! #booktok](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@xiranjayzhao/videos/cUM4Kh8Qrk0/) | 2025-04-04 | Short | 103,186 | 2:35 | - |
| [There are people who side with the government over Zetian and they scare me #ironwidow #booktok](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@xiranjayzhao/videos/nmBbV25_NSk/) | 2025-04-02 | Short | 77,121 | 0:13 | - |

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