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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.
In short
On YouTube, Philosophy Tube has 1,670,000 subscribers and 134,949,871 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 292,264 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "I watched every Fast & Furious to learn about women", with 751,199 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 1,639 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 37 of 96 in category "Explainers, history and education". On Instagram, @theabigailthorn has 221,787 followers.
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
1,670,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
no significant change in the last month
no significant change in the last month
total views
134,949,871
▲ 292,264 in the last 7 days
▲ 1,096,368 in the last 30 days
▲ 1,096,368 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
18,840
on a typical day: 45,535
Videos on the channel
397
1 uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
today
November 11, 2026
Views per subscriber
80
a new short video usually gets 42,107 views
Next milestone
2,000,000 subscribers
330,000 subscribers to go
Instagram: The numbers today
@theabigailthorn · The account on Instagram
Followers
221,787
Posts
499
Views per Reel
27,951
usually, by 5 recent Reels
Likes per post
3,500
usually, by 15 recent posts
1.6% of followers
1.6% of followers
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Explainers, history and education | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 1,470 of 2,442 | 14 of 38 |
Ranked among the channels whose Instagram account is on Trari.
Instagram followers: Explainers, history and education
Latest posts
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| Post | Type | Posted | Views | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🧛♀️🎃 #halloween2026 | Carousel | November 1, 2026 | - | 4,220 | 20 |
| THREE new videos just dropped on watch.nebula including two exclusives! We’re so… | Carousel | October 24, 2026 | - | 4,504 | 15 |
| So many new people joining the Philosophy Tube Patreon this month! Thanks… | Carousel | October 12, 2026 | - | 551 | 4 |
| Full creative diary post over on my Patreon, link in bio! #acting #writing… | Reel | October 11, 2026 | 15,040 | 981 | 15 |
| Philosophy Tube S4 is on the way! | Photo | October 10, 2026 | - | 3,756 | 17 |
| Patreon dot com slash philosophy tube! Link in bio too 🙏 | Reel | October 2, 2026 | 23,195 | 1,833 | 28 |
| Soon. | Photo | October 1, 2026 | - | 3,500 | 34 |
| Swung down to #chinatown for the Autumn Moon Festival and bumped into… | Carousel | September 30, 2026 | - | 8,665 | 42 |
Of the 15 latest posts: 5 Reels, 8 carousels and 2 photos.
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
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.
The video drawing the most views now
I watched every Fast & Furious to learn about women
- Video published
- October 30, 2026
- Video views so far
- 751,199
- Video views, pace per day
- 17,096
- Views on its first day
- 198,287
Similar channels
YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Explainers, history and education | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 1,639 of 5,393 | 37 of 96 |
| By views gained this week | 3,870 of 5,274 | 65 of 96 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 3,890 of 5,043 | 69 of 91 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 0.2% of all views the category's channels gained this week
Subscribers in the category Explainers, history and education
Views gained this week in the category Explainers, history and education
YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 1,670,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 1,670,000 subscribers (no significant change in the last month)
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 133,867,392 views → November 11, 2026: 134,949,871 views · average: 37,326 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 November Creator Diary | November 11, 2026 | 1:41 short | 3,449 | - | 3,449 (4 hours) | 553 | 15 |
 I watched every Fast & Furious to learn about women | October 30, 2026 | 32:40 | 751,199 | 17,096 | 198,287 | 20,375 | 1,368 |
 October Creator Diary | October 11, 2026 | 1:46 short | 24,836 | 85 | - | 1,504 | 42 |
 Philosophy Tube Season 4 | October 2, 2026 | 1:38 short | 147,684 | 137 | - | 4,563 | 239 |
 New Philosophy Tube on the way! | September 8, 2026 | 2:26 short | 67,279 | 141 | - | 3,881 | 117 |
 The Shakespeare Rant | August 14, 2026 | 1:04 short | 26,679 | 16 | - | 1,468 | 16 |
 The Shakespeare Breakup Talk | August 12, 2026 | 0:52 short | 36,295 | 20 | - | 1,486 | 36 |
 What Are Thine Pronounes?? | August 10, 2026 | 0:36 short | 94,243 | 52 | - | 4,550 | 57 |
 August Creator Diary | August 9, 2026 | 2:02 short | 17,098 | 10 | - | 1,449 | 28 |
 How To Flirt Like Shakespeare | August 8, 2026 | 1:11 short | 56,829 | 13 | - | 3,257 | 86 |
 Trapped in the Shakespeare Multiverse | August 7, 2026 | 0:50 short | 42,107 | 15 | - | 2,020 | 23 |
 POV You Wake Up in Shakespeare | August 5, 2026 | 1:15 short | 174,607 | 113 | - | 11,279 | 173 |
 Meet the cast of THE PRINCE | July 27, 2026 | 0:30 short | 69,321 | 21 | - | 2,855 | 58 |
 Kinda nervous but excited! | July 25, 2026 | 1:08 short | 36,911 | 5 | - | 2,356 | 74 |
 Awesome News! | July 8, 2026 | 0:49 short | 19,292 | 4 | - | 954 | 25 |
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 39.9 in the category: 19.7
- comments per 1,000 views
- 1.5 in the category: 1.2
- short vs long
- 14 short (up to 3 minutes), 1 long
average views per short video: 58,330
average views per long video: 751,199
YouTube: 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 |
YouTube: 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, 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 +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.
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.