Interesting Times

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YouTube: What happened lately

October 22, 2026 2.8x the channel's usual pace The whole channel ran that day at 161,731 views a day, 2.8 times a normal day (58,593).

Video taking off 36x its usual first day

Dwarkesh Patel bets on 2030, and his first backer Tyler Cowen disagrees

On Interesting Times, the economist who helped fund Patel's podcast questions his forecasts on AI, from teamwork to consciousness.

Channel: Interesting Times · Story of October 16, 2026

This week on the channel +398K views this week

Reading's digital future gets a medieval lens on Interesting Times

James Marriott joins guest host Mary Harrington for a conversation about literacy, memory and self-government.

Channel: Interesting Times · Story of October 14, 2026

The video drawing the most views now

A Pornographer and Conservative Catholic Discuss Sex and Pleasure | Interesting Times

Video published

October 29, 2026

Video views so far

41,496

Video views, pace per day

773

Views on its first day

13,293

YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category

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

Subscriber growth this week

0.8% on this channel, 0.3% on the category's middle channel

YouTube: 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
‘Election Pornography’ Is Making Voters Anxious | Interesti…	November 2, 2026	1:36 short	1,667	31	791	28	8
What About Porn Addiction? | Interesting Times	November 1, 2026	1:54 short	2,635	23	1,068	22	3
The Risky Business of Sexual Fantasy | Interesting Times	October 31, 2026	2:39 short	2,255	6	1,260	37	6
Ancient Rome’s Sexual Revolution | Interesting Times	October 31, 2026	2:09 short	2,132	21	1,343	40	3
Is Porn Ruining Sex? | Interesting Times	October 30, 2026	2:28 short	2,495	16	1,221	42	13
‘Support Your Local Pornographer’ | Interesting Times	October 30, 2026	1:59 short	1,127	2	678	14	0
A Pornographer and Conservative Catholic Discuss Sex and Pl…	October 29, 2026	50:11	41,496	773	13,293	261	116
A Trump Adviser’s Perspective on A.I. Safety | Interesting …	October 25, 2026	2:25 short	2,668	16	1,614	44	3
Why the White House Won’t Say ‘A.I.’ | Interesting Times	October 24, 2026	1:29 short	2,621	2	1,673	23	18
America Has a STEM Problem | Interesting Times	October 23, 2026	1:58 short	4,473	1	2,940	90	24
Michael Kratsios Has A Plan To Turbocharge American Science…	October 22, 2026	45:55	33,551	50	17,002	293	115
What the A.I. Labs Know That We Don’t | Interesting Times	October 19, 2026	1:16 short	20,602	87	6,786	270	18
Dwarkesh Patel's Prediction for 2030 | Interesting Times	October 18, 2026	2:40 short	8,537	37	2,960	119	10
Silicon Valley Is Worried | Interesting Times	October 17, 2026	1:41 short	3,885	29	1,392	56	4
Dwarkesh Patel Is Happy If A.I. Is Conscious | Interesting …	October 16, 2026	2:12 short	3,016	20	1,570	50	2

Audience engagement

likes per 1,000 views

10.4 in the category: 39.8

comments per 1,000 views

2.6 in the category: 4.3

a video's usual first day on this channel

1,842 views

short vs long

13 short (up to 3 minutes), 2 long
average views per short video: 4,470
average views per long video: 37,523

YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days

The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.

1. October 22, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 161,731 views a day, 2.8 times a normal day (58,593).
2. October 16, 2026Video taking offTyler Cowen and Dwarkesh Patel Predict the Future… The video opened at a pace of 73,197 views a day, 36 times a normal first day on this channel (2,027).Read the story
3. October 15, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 157,207 views a day, 3.5 times a normal day (44,545).
4. October 14, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 106,142 views a day, 2.8 times a normal day (37,701).