The Pope's pirate republic and a British Endsieg for iSorrowproductions

The Crusader Kings 3 papacy run went up with the new By God Alone expansion, and the Hearts of Iron IV scenario followed three days later.

Channel: iSorrowproductionsStory of October 5, 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.

So You Can Play The Pope In Crusader Kings 3 Now (I Destroyed The Church)

Two uploads, two very different wars. iSorrowproductions spent the week in the two Paradox games the channel leans on most, and both came back with something to show.

First came the Pope. "So You Can Play The Pope In Crusader Kings 3 Now (I Destroyed The Church)" digs into By God Alone, the new expansion that makes the papacy playable, with chapters running from excommunication to great holy wars and a risky succession plan. The comment section had the most fun with the name itself, joking about how little time went into it, and a popular remark marvels that the run ended with the Pope ruling a pirate republic. Others asked for more Crusader Kings on a channel better known for Hearts of Iron, and one viewer suggested the papacy for a future megacampaign.

Then, on Saturday, Hearts of Iron IV took over. "So I Tried The Impossible UK Endsieg Scenario In HOI4" plays Britain in a world where Germany has already won much of the war. The description admits it is not really the hardest challenge, and pleads for someone to make a proper UK mod. It is moving far faster than the Pope video, and passed 140,000 views on its first day.

That burst lifted the whole channel to well over twice its usual daily pace. Among strategy and simulation channels close to its size, only PragMagik added more views over the week, while KG Gaming was also running hot. Further back, last week's Black Ice mod run with fellow Paradox player Bokoen1 is still drawing a steady crowd.

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The videos drawing views on iSorrowproductions right now

So I Tried The Impossible UK Endsieg Scenario In HOI4170,884 views · 2026-10-03 So I Finally Played HOI4's Hardest Mod - Black Ice Ft @Bokoen1333,016 views

The numbers

Here is how iSorrowproductions' week looks in figures.

views gained this week, compared with similar channels

PragMagik

2,880,261

iSorrowproductions

1,717,301

Squirrel

778,697

shadypenguinn

718,797

Pixelated Apollo

455,427

Johnstone

298,563

United Plays

229,654

PythonGB

58,503

subscribers

856,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

547,211,980

views per day

590,673

typical day: 234,290

this week's videos (first-day views)

So You Can Play The Pope In Crusader Ki…

119,085

So I Tried The Impossible UK Endsieg Sc…

142,103

compared with similar channels (subscribers)

Pixelated Apollo

1,000,000

Squirrel

881,000

iSorrowproductions

856,000

shadypenguinn

769,000

Johnstone

764,000

KG Gaming

745,000

United Plays

644,000

PragMagik

635,000

PythonGB

612,000

As of October 5, 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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