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Dunk and Egg get the close-reading treatment from Preston Jacobs

His only new upload begins The Sworn Sword, with viewers asking about unfinished analyses as well as Part 2.

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2 Dunk 2 Egg: Reading and Analysis of the Sworn Sword Part 1

A hedge knight's small assignment can reveal a great deal about Westeros. The Sworn Sword follows Dunk and Egg into a local dispute over land and water, where old loyalties complicate what initially looks like a straightforward job. That makes it fertile territory for Preston Jacobs's particular brand of scrutiny.

His only upload this week, "2 Dunk 2 Egg: Reading and Analysis of the Sworn Sword Part 1", has reached roughly 15,500 views. It is also the channel's strongest daily draw right now, ahead of his earlier exploration of Euron's story in The Winds of Winter.

The comments make a useful distinction: viewers are talking about close reading rather than simply going over the plot. Some want a longer installment; others ask whether Preston will return to his unfinished Hedge Knight analysis. And the sequel-style title has prompted an appropriately elaborate joke about a future Dunk and Egg installment called Tumbleton Drift.

Elsewhere on the viewing shelf, "Head Canon: Mark 2:1-17 w/Trey the Explainer" takes the same interest in texts into a different setting, with Preston and Trey studying a passage from the New Testament.

Subscribers stayed unchanged, while the library added about 83,000 views over the week. Today's viewing is slower than Preston's usual daily pace. Among nearby book channels, his weekly views were close to Simon & Schuster Books, though their shelves offer quite different reading experiences: Preston's new installment is an invitation to linger over one Westerosi story.

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What viewers say

There are no words to describe my joy, that you give Dunk and egg a proper analysis instead of the usual 'going over' format. Nothing wrong with those videos but there's nothing quite like a classic pj tryhard asoiaf analysis
@guitarded55See it on YouTube
Can't wait for Dunk & Egg: Tumbleton Drift
@teedoificationSee it on YouTube
I could honestly watch a video in this format for two hours easy. Glad to have you back on the analysis train, Preston.
@theletterm5425See it on YouTube

5 more comments

Love these close reading videos. I do hope you continue to do the hedge knight as the show kinda pulled attention away from that. Very much enjoyed this video and am excited for part 2!
@jameson8010See it on YouTube
I think the Sworn Sword is the best ASOIAF story George has written. It's a bit apples to oranges but I even think it's stronger than Storm and Feast. Absolutely perfect.
@xiv_temperanceSee it on YouTube
all three dunk and egg stories open on scenes of dead men. Ser Arlan in HK, the criminals in SS, and the septon in MK
@pacodance29See it on YouTube
Honey wake up! Preston came out with another Ice and Fire analysis video!
@kingjbird92See it on YouTube
Thank you for this elaborate deep dive. I love these types of videos. I enjoy the streams but this highly produced thoughtful deep analysis is just great!

I would love something like the 1000 world book club again someday. That stuff was such a fun thing for the whole community. Though I’m not sure exactly what would read that way.

Maybe all chapters of winds of winter in 2045.
@BenrikbrokSee it on YouTube

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The videos drawing views on Preston Jacobs right now

Euron's Story in the Winds of Winter28,587 views

Head Canon: Mark 2:1-17 w/Trey the Explainer13,691 views

The facts

Channel: Preston Jacobs
Subscribers: 186,000
Channel views, last 7 days: 83,494
Videos published this week: 1
Video published: October 7, 2026
Video views so far: 15,497
Views on its first day: 10,234

The numbers

Here is Preston Jacobs's week in views and subscribers.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

4,789,346

900,352

494,418

258,460

143,287

83,494

Simon & Schuster Books

81,927

Men of the West

54,688

Tolkien Untangled

35,839

subscribers

186,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

105,128,750

views per day

7,593

typical day: 13,501

first-day views of each video posted this week

2 Dunk 2 Egg: Reading and Analysis of t…

10,234

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

1,310,000

386,000

308,000

284,000

255,000

193,000

186,000

159,000

Simon & Schuster Books

112,000

As of October 12, 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.

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