A fully automatic hammer keeps I did a thing swinging on a week off

Built during a tool room takeover with fellow maker Erik-not-Eric, the seven-week-old hammer has passed four million views.

Channel: I did a thingStory of October 1, 2026Trari Newsroom

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.

I made a fully automatic hammer

No new uploads. The workshop kept running anyway.

The busiest thing on the channel is "I made a fully automatic hammer," posted about seven weeks ago and now past four million views. Its description ties it to a tool room takeover, a round of builds and presents, and points to Erik-not-Eric. That fits a channel whose about text is a single shrug of a sentence: he likes to do things, so come watch.

Behind it sits "My Homemade Jet Boat Is Terrifying," from late spring, still drawing a steady stream more than four months on. It nods to BuildNPulsejets, a pulsejet channel. The hammer is pulling more than twice the boat's daily views, which says something about the appeal of a tool that swings itself.

Even older, the nearly two-year-old "How many fish does it take to pull my boat?" is still picking up views. It comes with a firm note in its own description: farmed fish do not belong in waters that are not theirs, so nobody should copy the stunt.

Among the DIY and building channels of similar size, the big stretch belongs to Home RenoVision DIY, running well above its usual pace, while Adam Savage's Tested is a little quieter than normal. I did a thing sits fourth of nine by subscribers, at about 5.7 million, with the hammer still doing the talking.

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The videos drawing views on I did a thing right now

My Homemade Jet Boat Is Terrifying5,651,672 views How many fish does it take to pull my boat?4,941,342 views

The numbers

Here are the figures behind I did a thing's week.

subscribers

5,660,000

total views

850,322,471

compared with similar channels (subscribers)

Adam Savage’s Tested

7,290,000

5-MINUTE REPAIR

6,780,000

Inventor 101

6,050,000

I did a thing

5,660,000

SB Mowing - Shorts

5,070,000

Living Big In A Tiny House

4,780,000

Half-Asleep Chris

4,680,000

Home RenoVision DIY

4,290,000

Enes Yilmazer

4,260,000

As of October 1, 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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