YouTube channel

Philosophy Tube

@philosophytube · The channel on YouTube

Explainers, history and education

In short

Philosophy Tube has 1,670,000 subscribers and 134,023,542 views in all, as of October 24, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 70,988 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "Philosophy Tube Season 4", with 142,965 views. By subscribers it is No. 1,627 of the 5,387 channels on Trari, and No. 37 of 96 in category "Explainers, history and education".

The numbers today

subscribers

1,670,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

134,023,542

▲ 70,988 in the last 7 days

views a day (current pace)

8,444

on a typical day: 15,786

Videos on the channel

395

2 uploaded in the last 30 days

Last upload

13 days ago

October 11, 2026

Views per subscriber

a new short video usually gets 41,667 views

Next milestone

2,000,000 subscribers

330,000 subscribers to go

What happened lately

This week on the channel +112K views this week

Eight episodes, neon lights: Philosophy Tube sketches its next season

Abigail Thorn promises monthly releases with different lengths and styles, filmed in a batch over a few days.

Channel: Philosophy Tube · Story of October 20, 2026

This week on the channel

'New Philosophy Tube on the way!' keeps Abigail Thorn's waiting room warm

No new essay went up, so a 24-day-old announcement, a Shakespeare sketch and an August diary carry a channel of 1.67 million subscribers.

Channel: Philosophy Tube · Story of October 2, 2026

The video drawing the most views now

Philosophy Tube Season 4

Video published: October 2, 2026
Video views so far: 142,965
Video views, pace per day: 307
Views on its first day: 75,649

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Position on Trari and in the category

	Among all channels on Trari	In the category Explainers, history and education
By subscribers	1,627 of 5,387	37 of 96
By views gained this week	4,789 of 5,295	88 of 96

The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.

The channel's share of the category: 0.0% of all views the category's channels gained this week

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Subscribers, last 30 days

September 26, 2026: 1,670,000 subscribers → October 24, 2026: 1,670,000 subscribers (no significant change in the last month)

Total views, last 30 days

September 26, 2026: 133,491,654 views → October 24, 2026: 134,023,542 views · average: 18,996 views a day

The channel's latest videos

The last 15 videos uploaded to the channel, with today's numbers. Click a video to play it here.

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views	Per day	First day	Likes	Comments
October Creator Diary	October 11, 2026	1:46 short	22,821	151	13,572	1,442	39
Philosophy Tube Season 4	October 2, 2026	1:38 short	142,965	307	75,649	4,387	229
New Philosophy Tube on the way!	September 8, 2026	2:26 short	64,435	191	-	3,812	114
The Shakespeare Rant	August 14, 2026	1:04 short	26,325	17	-	1,460	15
The Shakespeare Breakup Talk	August 12, 2026	0:52 short	35,806	16	-	1,475	36
What Are Thine Pronounes??	August 10, 2026	0:36 short	93,289	45	-	4,517	56
August Creator Diary	August 9, 2026	2:02 short	16,898	5	-	1,447	28
How To Flirt Like Shakespeare	August 8, 2026	1:11 short	56,622	12	-	3,258	86
Trapped in the Shakespeare Multiverse	August 7, 2026	0:50 short	41,667	15	-	2,005	23
POV You Wake Up in Shakespeare	August 5, 2026	1:15 short	172,913	51	-	11,228	173
Meet the cast of THE PRINCE	July 27, 2026	0:30 short	68,966	18	-	2,851	58
Kinda nervous but excited!	July 25, 2026	1:08 short	36,818	5	-	2,355	73
Awesome News!	July 8, 2026	0:49 short	19,225	2	-	953	25
July Creator Diary	July 5, 2026	2:01 short	32,906	3	-	2,500	51
“The Prince” in Hollywood!	June 29, 2026	1:21 short	42,651	5	-	3,236	110

Audience engagement

likes per 1,000 views: 53.7 in the category: 21.1
comments per 1,000 views: 1.3 in the category: 1.3
short vs long: 15 short (up to 3 minutes), 0 long
average views per short video: 58,287

Most watched videos (not Shorts)

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
Jordan Peterson's Ideology \| Philosophy Tube	April 9, 2021	35:04	3,955,007
Identity: A Trans Coming Out Story \| Philosophy Tube ★	January 30, 2021	37:40	3,470,870
The Rich Have Their Own Ethics: Effective Altruism & the Cr…	February 24, 2023	41:34	3,062,190
Transhumanism: "The World's Most Dangerous Idea" \| Philosop…	April 22, 2022	46:28	2,973,583
I Emailed My Doctor 133 Times: The Crisis In the British He…	November 11, 2022	1:27:54	2,600,648

Most watched Shorts

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
A Man Plagiarised My Work. Full Video This Friday!	December 4, 2023	0:31	409,991
I’m in House of the Dragon🐉	June 4, 2024	0:48	392,569
BBC Reports on ICE	January 26, 2026	0:15	377,919
Just Because It's Legal, Does That Make it Right?	August 11, 2023	0:22	302,883
Surprised I Need to Say This	February 2, 2026	0:12	297,832

Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.

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