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Man Carrying Thing swaps skits for Shirer, in print and audio
His World War II reading reflection is the biggest of three new uploads, alongside Airbnb satire and a political-ad sketch.
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Man Carrying Thing
@mancarryingthing · The channel on YouTube
Website: letterboxd.com
In short
On YouTube, Man Carrying Thing has 1,020,000 subscribers and 436,381,473 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 10,000 subscribers and 8,093,391 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "pretty much how the midterms went", with 3,552,471 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 2,338 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 111 of 179 in category "Comedy sketches and skits". On Instagram, @mancarryingthing has 12,659 followers.
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
1,020,000
▲ 10,000 in the last 7 days
▲ 30,000 in the last 30 days
▲ 30,000 in the last 30 days
total views
436,381,473
▲ 8,093,391 in the last 7 days
▲ 26,429,245 in the last 30 days
▲ 26,429,245 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
765,074
on a typical day: 1,019,643
Videos on the channel
939
2 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
yesterday
November 10, 2026
Views per subscriber
427
a new short video usually gets 771,635 views
Next milestone
1,500,000 subscribers
480,000 subscribers to go
Instagram: The numbers today
@mancarryingthing · The account on Instagram
Followers
12,659
▲ 17 a day, on average over the last 2 days
Posts
45
1 new post in the last 7 days
Views per Reel
13,245
usually, by 9 recent Reels
Likes per post
660
usually, by 15 recent posts
5.2% of followers
5.2% of followers
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Comedy sketches and skits | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 2,267 of 2,442 | 86 of 87 |
Ranked among the channels whose Instagram account is on Trari.
Instagram followers: Comedy sketches and skits
Latest posts
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| Post | Type | Posted | Views | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Happy birthday to my best friend in the whole universe ❤️ | Reel | November 7, 2026 | 7,135 | 408 | 5 |
| Check out unitedbynature_ and the new season of The Fire Pit with the brilliant… | Reel | October 7, 2026 | 11,886 | 558 | 14 |
| NOT AN APRIL FOOLS JOKE i went outside, and United by Nature asked me to host… | Reel | April 1, 2026 | 26,437 | 794 | 25 |
| Coworker movies. | Reel | March 23, 2026 | 362,777 | 29,375 | 245 |
| how guys compliment each other | Reel | March 2, 2026 | 13,245 | 660 | 6 |
| having a college degree then vs now | Reel | February 21, 2026 | 13,569 | 955 | 6 |
| the 2 types of millennials | Reel | February 20, 2026 | 10,265 | 442 | 10 |
| criticizing Taylor Swift then vs. now | Reel | February 16, 2026 | 30,799 | 1,604 | 22 |
Of the 15 latest posts: 9 Reels and 6 carousels.
As of November 10, 2026
Follower, post, like, comment and view counts in this part are Instagram's. The changes and the "usually" figures are Trari's own calculations.
YouTube: What happened lately
November 6, 2026 passed 1M views pretty much how the midterms went The video passed 1,000,000 views.
A video worth knowing
Man Carrying Thing examines Nazi Germany's fatal overconfidence
His review of William L. Shirer's vast history weighs its eyewitness perspective, the failures of appeasement and the limits behind early m…
Milestone passed 1M subscribers
Man Carrying Thing reaches a million with books and internet satire
Video-essay parodies and a pair of MrBeast book readings sit among the channel's most-watched uploads.
The video drawing the most views now
the DCU after this
- Video published
- November 10, 2026
- Video views so far
- 923,085
- Video views, pace per day
- 869,406
- Views on its first day
- 858,545
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YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Comedy sketches and skits | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 2,338 of 5,393 | 111 of 179 |
| By views gained this week | 802 of 5,274 | 76 of 174 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 941 of 5,043 | 84 of 168 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 0.3% of all views the category's channels gained this week
- Subscriber growth this week
- 1.0% on this channel, 0.2% on the category's middle channel
Subscribers in the category Comedy sketches and skits
Views gained this week in the category Comedy sketches and skits
YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 991,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 1,020,000 subscribers
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 410,259,964 views → November 11, 2026: 436,381,473 views · average: 900,741 views a day
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 the DCU after this | November 10, 2026 | 1:40 short | 923,085 | 869,406 | 858,545 | 25,111 | 2,222 |
 basically the James Bond casting news | November 8, 2026 | 1:46 short | 608,959 | 50,915 | 415,699 | 15,805 | 1,326 |
 pretty much how the midterms went | November 4, 2026 | 1:19 short | 3,552,471 | 32,933 | 2,137,534 | 104,263 | 7,036 |
 basically every political ad lately | November 3, 2026 | 1:45 short | 575,404 | 8,895 | 348,509 | 22,899 | 1,325 |
 I read the 1,200 page book about the N@zis | October 28, 2026 | 27:30 | 2,272,093 | 72,059 | 540,510 | 31,985 | 6,438 |
 Airbnb hosts in 2016 vs. 2026 | October 27, 2026 | 1:30 short | 823,906 | 4,089 | 465,661 | 21,887 | 1,131 |
 the internet's collective reaction to this: | October 24, 2026 | 1:17 short | 2,111,185 | 2,194 | 1,053,272 | 54,830 | 4,650 |
 Republicans heading into the election | October 22, 2026 | 1:04 short | 506,564 | 930 | 298,909 | 19,605 | 1,258 |
 youtube after you watch something like this | October 20, 2026 | 1:35 short | 617,821 | 788 | 365,998 | 20,007 | 1,295 |
 i saw the Elizabeth Holmes movie and it's pretty much just … | October 17, 2026 | 1:01 short | 944,028 | 2,233 | 428,646 | 21,100 | 952 |
 i saw The Social Reckoning and it's pretty much just this: | October 14, 2026 | 1:30 short | 859,301 | 3,121 | 493,104 | 16,475 | 811 |
 i can make you touch the screen. | October 12, 2026 | 1:27 short | 765,146 | 365 | - | 25,058 | 3,109 |
 filmmakers after admitting they used AI | October 11, 2026 | 1:48 short | 545,013 | 1,602 | - | 15,826 | 824 |
 asking ages 1-100 if college is worth it | October 9, 2026 | 1:46 short | 460,065 | 1,039 | - | 16,078 | 614 |
 the Digger marketing team right now | October 7, 2026 | 1:56 short | 778,124 | 791 | - | 23,693 | 2,148 |
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 26.6 in the category: 28.9
- comments per 1,000 views
- 2.2 in the category: 0.7
- short vs long
- 14 short (up to 3 minutes), 1 long
average views per short video: 1,005,076
average views per long video: 2,272,093
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 that thing youtubers do when they want to sound smart. | May 18, 2023 | 0:19 | 5,424,437 |
 reading Mr. Beast's book until i physically can't. | September 6, 2026 | 1:08 | 5,261,488 |
 basically every video essay | September 27, 2021 | 0:15 | 4,793,518 |
 the joke in every 3+ hour video essay | December 12, 2025 | 0:45 | 4,722,079 |
 a literary analysis of MrBeast's book | October 1, 2026 | 40:34 | 4,639,227 |
YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- Milestonepretty much how the midterms went The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 2,872,681 views a day, 3.5 times a normal day (822,995).
- MilestoneI read the 1,200 page book about the N@zis The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Milestonethe internet's collective reaction to this: The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- MilestoneThe channel passed the 1,000,000 subscribers mark.Read the story
- Milestonepeople who don't notice AI writing The video passed 1,000,000 views.
Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube, Meta Instagram
Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.
Stories
This week on the channel +6M views this week
Man Carrying Thing swaps skits for Shirer, in print and audio
His World War II reading reflection is the biggest of three new uploads, alongside Airbnb satire and a political-ad sketch.
A video worth knowing
Man Carrying Thing examines Nazi Germany's fatal overconfidence
His review of William L. Shirer's vast history weighs its eyewitness perspective, the failures of appeasement and the limits behind early m…
Milestone passed 1M subscribers
Man Carrying Thing reaches a million with books and internet satire
Video-essay parodies and a pair of MrBeast book readings sit among the channel's most-watched uploads.
This week on the channel +4.9M views this week
James Patterson, a shark and an orca: Man Carrying Thing reads MrBeast again
A month after reading MrBeast's book until he physically couldn't, the books channel came back with a longer essay on what the novel, co-wr…