Call of Duty creator

Stract

@Stracts

422K subscribers · 1,900 videos · data from October 23, 2026

Warzone loadout challenges and comparisons

Stract makes long Warzone challenge and loadout-comparison videos, many over an hour. The thumbnails rotate between three layouts: split panels that compare weapons under bold labels, a face next to one gun with a short lowercase comment, and grey tier cards with four weapons.

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Standout videos

The videos that beat Stract's usual views

Compared with the median of the last 30 uploads: 18.5K views.

  1. 01
    5.1×the channel's usual views

    Warzone's Halloween Update is HERE & its.. (watch on YouTube, new tab)

    'Warzone's Halloween Update is HERE & its..' reached 95K views, 5.1 times the 18.5K median. It drops the sunny rooftop for a dark blue in-game menu: a Ghostface operator with a bloody knife, 'THE HAUNTING' in orange horror type with a NEW tag, a grid of operator portraits along the bottom, and Stract scratching his head in surprise. It shows the new content itself rather than a weapon. A big seasonal update probably brought much of the interest; the thumbnail makes clear this is that update.

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  2. 02
    4×the channel's usual views

    Warzone but, 1 Win = Older Loadout (watch on YouTube, new tab)

    'Warzone but, 1 Win = Older Loadout' reached 74K views, 4.0 times the median. Two panels show WIN #1 and WIN #5 joined by a red arrow, with the BO7 logo on a teal skin and the VANGUARD logo on a pink studded gun, so the whole challenge is readable in one look. The newest upload, '1 Win = Newer Loadout', uses the mirrored thumbnail and has 20K after 3 days; the gap may come from the first video's novelty, its extra time online, or the pull of older guns.

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  3. 03
    3×the channel's usual views

    I Tested EVERY Loadout in Warzone! (watch on YouTube, new tab)

    'I Tested EVERY Loadout in Warzone!' reached 56K views, 3.0 times the median, and runs just over three hours. Three panels labelled KIDS, MAX DAMAGE and PRO show three very different guns (a green toy-like gun, a black chrome one, a gold leopard one). The word EVERY promises a complete answer, and the three panels show the range of what is covered.

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Thumbnail style

What Stract's thumbnails have in common

  • Comparison panels

    11 of the last 30 thumbnails are split into 2 or 3 vertical panels, each with a coloured label on top: KIDS / MAX DAMAGE / PRO, PS5 / XBOX / PC, CASUAL / SWEATY, LEVEL 1 / LEVEL 1000. Each panel holds one weapon skin, so the comparison is visible before the title is read.

  • Face, gun and a one-line comment

    10 thumbnails put Stract's face on the left (white T-shirt, wide eyes and open mouth, or a pained grimace) next to one weapon, with a red arrow pointing at it and a short lowercase comment in the top right: 'you suck', 'nerf this now.', 'it sucks now', 'girlfriend loadout', 'he's 15'.

  • Same rooftop, same sky

    Most gameplay shots are taken from the same rooftop with a red-brick tower and a bright cyan sky. It ties the different layouts together, so the uploads still look like one set.

  • Game logos as labels

    Older Call of Duty games appear as their logos instead of words: MW (2019), VANGUARD, MWIII, BO7, COLD WAR. Fans read these instantly, and it keeps the text very short.

  • Grey tier cards

    A rarer layout shows four weapons on a dark grey card with the face small at the bottom centre (SEASON 1 vs SEASON 6, BRONZE vs IRIDESCENT, DAMAGE vs NO RECOIL, DIABLO vs BIFFLE). Three of these four videos sit below the 18.5K median.

What you can borrow

Ideas to take to your own channel

  1. If the video compares things, give each one its own panel and a one-word label, so the comparison is visible without reading.
  2. Reusing a winning format is fine, but each follow-up is judged on its own: the 'Older Loadout' and 'Newer Loadout' videos share a mirrored thumbnail and stand at 74K and 20K so far.
  3. Make the caption a reaction, not a description: 'nerf this now.' or 'it sucks now' tells viewers how to feel about the gun shown.
  4. When a big seasonal update lands, show the new thing itself (a new character, a new map) instead of your usual gameplay shot.
  5. Use game logos as shorthand for an audience that already knows them; it saves words.
Latest uploads

30 recent videos, newest first

The numbers

Stract in three numbers

Subscribers
422K
Median views, last 30 uploads
18.5K
Best multiple
×5.1
Warzone's Halloween Update is HERE & its..

YouTube rounds public counts (118K, 1.2M…), so every number here is approximate. The multiple is a video's views divided by the median of the channel's recent uploads: ×3 means three times the usual audience. A high multiple is a lead worth studying, not proof that the thumbnail caused it: the topic, the timing and YouTube's recommendations play a part too. Click-through rate and impressions are private; only the channel owner can see them.

FAQ

Questions about Stract

How many subscribers does Stract have?
As of 23 October 2026, Stract has about 422K subscribers and roughly 1,900 videos on YouTube. The median of the 30 most recent long videos is about 18.5K views. The most-watched video in that sample, about Warzone's Halloween update, had about 95K views.
What does Stract make videos about?
Stract makes Call of Duty: Warzone challenge and loadout videos: '1 Win = Older Loadout', PlayStation vs Xbox vs PC loadouts, level 1 to level 1000 loadouts, letting viewers or a girlfriend build the class. Many videos run an hour or more, and the longest recent one lasts just over three hours.
What do Stract's thumbnails look like?
They use three layouts: split panels comparing weapons under bold coloured labels (KIDS / PRO, PS5 / XBOX / PC), Stract's face next to one gun with a red arrow and a short lowercase comment such as 'nerf this now.', and grey cards with four weapons. Most share the same sunny rooftop background.
What game does Stract play?
Stract plays Call of Duty: Warzone, including Rebirth Island. Many challenges bring back weapons from older Call of Duty games such as Modern Warfare (2019), Vanguard, MW3, Black Ops 6 and Black Ops 7, and compare them with the current meta.
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