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How Painless Was A Guillotine Execution?

34.4× channel medianLong-form4:50EducationPublished Oct 12, 2026, 3:53 PM · 1w ago
TheFortress
TheFortress
174K subscribers · median 24.5K views
Open on YouTube
Views
843,362
+120 views/hour
Views / hour now
120
measured 5h ago
Peak views / hour
1.2K
2d ago
First 24 hours
—
not tracked from upload
Engagement
0.2%
likes + comments / views
Likes
1.7K
0.2% of views
Comments
374
0.04% of views
Est. ad revenue
$2,361–$5,313
lifetime, $2.8–6.3 RPM

Checked every 12 h while the video is this age · last check 5h ago · next in 369 min. YouTube itself updates public counts with a short delay.

Avg views / day
81K
since upload
vs channel median
34.4×
this video's views ÷ the channel's usual
Rank in channel
#1
of 22 tracked

Views over time

5 readings

Total views Views gained per hour

Description

It was one of the most ruthless execution methods in History. But the guillotine is often said to have been a painless execution method. But there is some evidence on the contrary... so how painless was it?
Tags
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Details

Published
Oct 12, 2026, 3:53 PM
Length
4:50 (290 s)
Format
Long-form
Category
Education
Audio language
EN
Quality
HD
Captions
No
Made for kids
No
Licensed content
Yes
Video ID
fRY8UxFqj04

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