Horses asks whether violent entertainment reflects the culture behind it

Michael Sorensen pairs a media essay with "The Second Amendment," while "The Diamond Paradox" approaches 760,000 views.

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Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

Violent Media Consumption and Violent Behavior

Michael Sorensen puts the cause-and-effect question first: does violent entertainment shape American culture, or does American culture shape its entertainment? Horses' most-watched new upload, "Violent Media Consumption and Violent Behavior," argues for looking beyond the screen.

The voiceover begins by noting mixed research findings, then makes its central distinction: "They are more symptoms than virus." Sorensen organizes his explanation around tradition, rights and mythology, moving from historical uses of firearms to constitutional interpretation and the role of gun marketing in shaping identity. It's a compact essay with a large question underneath it: what gets missed when entertainment takes the blame?

That upload drew roughly 12,000 views, the larger audience of the channel's two releases this week. Its companion, "The Second Amendment," keeps the week's subjects closely connected.

Neither is the channel's busiest video right now. That remains "The Diamond Paradox," whose bibliography ranges from materialism to possessions and the self. The essay has reached roughly 760,000 views and is drawing more daily views than either new release.

Across Horses, daily viewing is below its usual level, and the subscriber total was unchanged over the week. Among similarly sized education channels, The People Profiles had a substantially busier week, while Philosophy Tube was quieter. For Horses, the distinctive split is between the new essays' questions about guns and culture and the continuing audience for an older question about what makes a stone desirable.

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The videos drawing views on Horses right now

The Second Amendment6,788 views · 2026-10-15 The Diamond Paradox759,534 views

The numbers

Here is how Horses' week looks in views and subscribers.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

Drew Durnil

3,006,533

The People Profiles

1,345,930

Speak English With Class

973,324

Horses

559,349

Invicta

468,485

Fall of Civilizations

441,472

Language Simp

189,901

Philosophy Tube

111,783

Learn Korean with KoreanC…

68,097

subscribers

1,600,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

108,499,650

views per day

74,843

typical day: 119,068

first-day views of each video posted this week

Violent Media Consumption and Violent B…

9,270

The Second Amendment

4,022

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

The People Profiles

1,680,000

Invicta

1,670,000

Philosophy Tube

1,670,000

Language Simp

1,670,000

Learn Korean with KoreanC…

1,650,000

Horses

1,600,000

Speak English With Class

1,590,000

Drew Durnil

1,560,000

Fall of Civilizations

1,520,000

As of October 20, 2026 · 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.