The story so far·How The PC Gamer got here

It started on Oct 18, 2025, the day I STARTED LANDSCAPING WITH A MOWER AND A TRUCK! published.

6 videos went up in the first thirty days, and lifetime views across that early batch now sit at 415.

I STARTED A ABANDONED WATER PARK! carried 60% of views in the first thirty days.

I STARTED LANDSCAPING WITH A MOWER AND A TRUCK! crossed 10 views on Oct 18, 2025.

I OPENED A DRIVE THRU! PT1 overtook I STARTED LANDSCAPING WITH A MOWER AND A TRUCK! for lifetime views (30 vs 26) — Nov 3, 2025, day 17.

I STARTED A ABANDONED WATER PARK! — first External views (2 views from External links) — Nov 12, 2025, day 26.

I STARTED A ABANDONED WATER PARK! overtook I OPENED A DRIVE THRU! PT1 for lifetime views (84 vs 76) — Nov 12, 2025, day 26.

I STARTED LANDSCAPING WITH A MOWER AND A TRUCK! crossed 25 views on Nov 2, 2025.

I OPENED A DRIVE THRU! PT1 crossed 25 views on Nov 3, 2025.

Channel crossed 100 total views on Nov 10, 2025 (day 24).

I OPENED A DRIVE THRU! PT1's lifecycle stage changed from peak to tail on day 21. The next stretch typically reads quieter than the previous one.

Shorts Feed overtook Suggested Videos in weekly views (2,073 vs 63 over the trailing 7 days) — Nov 24, 2025, day 38.

Who is the best Youtuber besides MrBeast? overtook I STARTED A ABANDONED WATER PARK! for lifetime views (1,308 vs 251) — Nov 24, 2025, day 38.

I STARTED A ABANDONED WATER PARK! crossed 100 views on Nov 14, 2025.

Channel crossed 500 total views on Nov 25, 2025 (day 39).

Channel crossed 1,000 total views on Nov 25, 2025 (day 39).

I BUILT A BASE FOR MY REAL ESTATE FLIPPING BUISNESS!'s lifecycle stage changed from peak to tail on day 35. The next stretch typically reads quieter than the previous one.

Don’t check the sound! 🥶🥶😱😱😨😨, Who is the best Youtuber besides MrBeast?, and FIVE FINGER FANS HERE! crossed 250 views between Nov 24, 2025 and Nov 25, 2025.

Don’t check the sound! 🥶🥶😱😱😨😨, Who is the best Youtuber besides MrBeast?, and FIVE FINGER FANS HERE! crossed 500 views between Nov 24, 2025 and Nov 25, 2025.

Who is the best Youtuber besides MrBeast? and Don’t check the sound! 🥶🥶😱😱😨😨 crossed 1,000 views between Nov 24, 2025 and Nov 25, 2025.

By day 40, I STARTED A ABANDONED WATER PARK! had been dormant for roughly 6 days. Dormancy is common in the long tail; some videos stay there, others light back up later.

Billie Eilish fans here! crossed 500 views on Dec 16, 2025.

The channel was quiet through this stretch — no publishes, no milestones, no first-time discovery shifts.

This was a close call!#americantrucksimulator #ats overtook Who is the best Youtuber besides MrBeast? for lifetime views (4,258 vs 2,261) — Jan 5, 2026, day 80.

Channel crossed 5,000 total views on Jan 5, 2026 (day 80).

On 2025-12-29, avg view duration (7-day mean) moved to a new baseline. Step shifts tend to read clearly only after a few weeks; the before and after rarely return to the same channel.

On Dec 30, 2025, the publishing rhythm broke. weekly cadence had held for roughly 8 days; rhythm breaks may be intentional or circumstantial.

Channel crossed 10,000 total views on Jan 6, 2026 (day 81).

Channel Page overtook Shorts Feed in weekly views (38 vs 30 over the trailing 7 days) — Jan 14, 2026, day 89.

This was a close call!#americantrucksimulator #ats and Why I cant be a truck driver PT: 2 crossed 1,000 views between Jan 5, 2026 and Jan 7, 2026.

This was a close call!#americantrucksimulator #ats crossed 2,500 views on Jan 5, 2026.

FIVE FINGER FANS HERE!'s view count picked up again on day 80 after roughly 1 quiet days. A re-emergence may stay or recede; the next two weeks usually tell.

Can you do it faster?'s lifecycle stage changed from peak to tail on day 84. The next stretch typically reads quieter than the previous one.

I got that vroom vroom in me 🏎️🏎️🗿🗿💰💰's lifecycle stage changed from peak to tail on day 85. The next stretch typically reads quieter than the previous one.

Day 88: What is the best season? moved from peak into tail. The arc usually follows publish energy first, then a long tail.

Jan 13, 2026 read as a convergence day: 3 videos each lifted at the same time. Patterns of this shape typically suggest a shared off-channel signal rather than a per-video event.

Something shifted in daily views (7-day mean) around 2026-01-14. The before-and-after means look meaningfully different; step changes often follow a routing change, a release, or a publish-cadence shift.

By day 95, This was a close call!#americantrucksimulator #ats had been dormant for roughly 6 days. Dormancy is common in the long tail; some videos stay there, others light back up later.

A skipped publish day on Jan 25, 2026. The prior streak ran about 8 days at weekly cadence. A single skip rarely shows up in the 28-day pattern; a second one usually does.

The channel was quiet through this stretch — no publishes, no milestones, no first-time discovery shifts.

Suggested Videos overtook Hashtag Page in weekly views (29 vs 0 over the trailing 7 days) — May 9, 2026, day 204.

CAN I PAY OFF THIS LOAN? and I STARTED A TRUCK DEALERSHIP crossed 10 views between May 9, 2026 and May 10, 2026.

CAN I PAY OFF THIS LOAN? crossed 25 views on May 9, 2026.

Day 205: That’s a good question but false answer. moved from quiet into peak. The arc usually follows publish energy first, then a long tail.

Day 205: Hope I’m not too late for this trend lol #jobapplication moved from peak into tail. The arc usually follows publish energy first, then a long tail.

I STARTED A TRUCK DEALERSHIP and CAN BEAM NG AI ESCAPE ME? crossed 25 views on May 11, 2026.

May 11, 2026 read as a skipped publish day. The channel had held a weekly cadence for about 10 days before; cadence breaks typically don't carry meaning by themselves, but they accumulate into shape.

CAN BEAM NG AI ESCAPE ME? crossed 100 views on May 12, 2026.

Shorts Feed overtook Suggested Videos in weekly views (368 vs 126 over the trailing 7 days) — Jun 5, 2026, day 231.

I STARTED A TRUCK DEALERSHIP crossed 50 views on May 24, 2026.

CAN I PAY OFF THIS LOAN? crossed 100 views on May 25, 2026.

May 30, 2026: the Test-then-scale distribution verdict moved from inconclusive to disagrees. The threshold's near; small samples flip easily. Worth watching whether the flip survives the next month.

I STARTED LANDSCAPING WITH A MOWER AND A TRUCK! stopped being shown on day 225 — about 10 days of impressions reached zero. Older videos go dormant when YouTube's surfaces stop recommending them; the catalog still carries the views it earned.

I STARTED A TRUCK DEALERSHIP and Comment your map suggestions below! crossed 100 views between Jun 2, 2026 and Jun 5, 2026.

CAN I PAY OFF THIS LOAN? and Comment your map suggestions below! crossed 250 views between Jun 3, 2026 and Jun 5, 2026.

CAN I PAY OFF THIS LOAN? entered a dormant stretch around day 230 — about 7 days without impressions. The watch graph keeps moving without it.

Comment your map suggestions below! crossed 50 views on Jun 5, 2026.

The channel was quiet through this stretch — no publishes, no milestones, no first-time discovery shifts.

Why I cant be a truck driver PT: 2 entered a dormant stretch around day 232 — about 6 days without impressions. The watch graph keeps moving without it.

Suggested Videos overtook Shorts Feed in weekly views (11 vs 0 over the trailing 7 days) — Jun 23, 2026, day 249.

I might be one of them's lifecycle stage changed from peak to tail on day 239. The next stretch typically reads quieter than the previous one.

I OPENED A DRIVE THRU! PT1 entered a dormant stretch around day 239 — about 7 days without impressions. The watch graph keeps moving without it.

By day 239, Don’t check the sound! 🥶🥶😱😱😨😨 had been dormant for roughly 11 days. Dormancy is common in the long tail; some videos stay there, others light back up later.

Something shifted in subscribers gained (7-day mean) around 2026-06-15. The before-and-after means look meaningfully different; step changes often follow a routing change, a release, or a publish-cadence shift.

By day 242, Billie Eilish fans here! had been dormant for roughly 11 days. Dormancy is common in the long tail; some videos stay there, others light back up later.

Comments over likes held for 0 days. Then on Jun 19, 2026 the verdict turned over. The channel's data crossed the threshold and the belief now reads inconclusive here.

I STARTED LANDSCAPING WITH A MOWER AND A TRUCK! crossed 50 views on Jul 2, 2026.

I STARTED LANDSCAPING WITH A MOWER AND A TRUCK! came back to life on day 258 after about 7 days of stillness. Re-emergence on YouTube is rarely permanent — whether this one holds reads over the next couple of weeks.

On day 258, United States accounted for at least 5% of I STARTED LANDSCAPING WITH A MOWER AND A TRUCK!'s last seven days of views (about 100% of the trailing 7-day window). Per-video country shifts typically run smaller than channel-level ones; sustained crossings tend to outline a real reach pocket.

United States crossed 5% of the trailing-week view share on Who can get the longest?, day 264 (about 100% of the trailing 7-day window). A single video tipping past 5% of its own country mix usually marks a region reading the video more than before; the share may settle higher or fade back.

Finland crossed 5% of the trailing-week view share on I STARTED A SUPERMARKET WITH $10,000 AND A STORE, day 266 (about 100% of the trailing 7-day window). A single video tipping past 5% of its own country mix usually marks a region reading the video more than before; the share may settle higher or fade back.

Jul 10, 2026: the First 24–48 hour fate verdict moved from inconclusive to agrees. The threshold's near; small samples flip easily. Worth watching whether the flip survives the next month.

15 subscribers, day 269. Sub counts grow on every published day in small increments and on a few days in larger jumps; this is one of the larger ones.

Day 270: United States reached 5% of R6 Moments #1's trailing-week views (about 100% of the trailing 7-day window). The next month usually tells whether the country settles into a steady share or drifts back below the line.

The channel was quiet through this stretch — no publishes, no milestones, no first-time discovery shifts.

I STARTED LANDSCAPING WITH A MOWER AND A TRUCK! shifted from quiet to tail on day 281. Transitions like this are often part of the natural arc; a video tends to peak, then tail.

I STARTED A SUPERMARKET WITH $10,000 AND A STORE stopped being shown on day 283 — about 13 days of impressions reached zero. Older videos go dormant when YouTube's surfaces stop recommending them; the catalog still carries the views it earned.

Jul 27, 2026: the Day-30 evergreen verdict moved from inconclusive to disagrees. The threshold's near; small samples flip easily. Worth watching whether the flip survives the next month.

CTR (7-day weighted) appears to have changed level on 2026-08-05. The trailing window before and the trailing window after sit at different baselines — what reads as a daily wobble before the shift reads as a level change after it.

I STARTED A TRUCK DEALERSHIP shifted from quiet to tail on day 298. Transitions like this are often part of the natural arc; a video tends to peak, then tail.

I OPENED A DRIVE THRU! PT1 entered a dormant stretch around day 300 — about 42 days without impressions. The watch graph keeps moving without it.

I STARTED A ABANDONED WATER PARK! stopped being shown on day 300 — about 46 days of impressions reached zero. Older videos go dormant when YouTube's surfaces stop recommending them; the catalog still carries the views it earned.

On day 307, Suggested Videos fell silent on CAN I PAY OFF THIS LOAN? after about 53 views from that source in the prior fortnight (last view dated 2026-08-13). A previously-active source going quiet is information without a verdict — the rest of the catalog often carries the slack.

Through Aug 25, 2026, the catalog holds 29 videos with 16,130 views, and 16 subscribers along for it. The record keeps going from here.