A Supersonic Trebuchet keeps Tom Stanton's workshop busy between builds

The 56-day-old siege engine has passed four and a half million views, with a supercapacitor wind-up plane from the spring close behind it.

Channel: Tom StantonStory of October 2, 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.

Supersonic Trebuchet

No new uploads. Tom Stanton, the aerospace engineering graduate whose about page admits he was sidetracked by 3D printing, took the week off, and his recent experiments kept the channel turning.

The one doing the most work is "Supersonic Trebuchet," posted 56 days ago and now past four and a half million views. A trebuchet is a medieval siege machine, a swinging arm and a counterweight, and the title promises something its builders never had in mind: a throw faster than sound. It is still drawing the biggest daily crowd on the channel.

Right behind it sits "Super Capacitor Wind-Up Plane," which is nearly half a year old and past two million views. It pulls in almost as many daily viewers as the trebuchet, and that is not a small thing for a video that age. Further back, "Building a Stirling Engine Bike - Part 1" keeps a small, steady following well over a year on. The heat engine on two wheels is a typical Stanton idea: an old piece of physics put to an unlikely job.

With nothing new posted, daily views sat somewhat below the channel's usual level, a little over 50,000 a day. That is a normal dip for a builder whose projects take weeks to make.

Among the DIY and building channels near its size, the busiest stretch belongs to 5MadMovieMakers and Gabie Vigneault, who draw daily views in the hundreds of thousands and beyond. Several neighbors, John Malecki and The Local Project among them, are also running below their usual pace.

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The videos drawing views on Tom Stanton right now

Super Capacitor Wind-Up Plane2,298,423 views Building a Stirling Engine Bike - Part 12,390,650 views

The numbers

Here is where Tom Stanton's channel stands this week.

subscribers

1,560,000

total views

211,707,628

views per day

52,976

typical day: 69,162

compared with similar channels (subscribers)

Evan and Katelyn

1,670,000

Gabie Vigneault

1,670,000

John Malecki

1,630,000

Tom Stanton

1,560,000

Blacktail Studio Uncut

1,550,000

5MadMovieMakers

1,480,000

The Local Project

1,460,000

Cleanwithbea

1,460,000

AvE

1,440,000

As of October 2, 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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