Blue sunflowers and 'possibly in Michigan': poi reads Uncanny Reddit Stories
The week's only upload is a long run of r/nosleep tales, and its comments are full of fans who recognize one author's work on sight.
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Uncanny Reddit Stories
poi spent the week narrating other people's nightmares. "Uncanny Reddit Stories" was the channel's single new video, a long reading of r/nosleep posts that the description credits to their authors, and it passed nearly 100,000 views in five days. It is also the video moving fastest on the channel right now.
The comment section reads like a fan club for one writer. Several viewers say they knew the video would be good the moment a story by Saturdead turned up, and one points out that blue sunflowers are that author's calling card. Others latch onto a thumbnail line, "possibly in Michigan", and a few want to know whether one tale was describing delusional parasitosis. The most practical request comes from people who listen at speed or late at night: a pause or a sound between stories, so they can tell where one ends and the next begins.
Behind it, the channel's darker history essays are still drawing viewers. "Horrors of Christianity", more than three months old, has passed 1.2 million views, and "Horrors of Catholic Church", posted twelve days ago, keeps a steady pace beside it.
Overall it was a softer week than usual, with daily views running at roughly half the channel's normal pace and about 2,000 new subscribers. That is not unusual in this corner: most of the stories-and-mysteries channels near poi's size are running below their typical pace, while Rako, the animated-shorts channel, is having a very big week.
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What viewers say
I swear these random Redditors cook up better horror stories than some actual Hollywood writers
@Ducki99-pt5See it on YouTubeBlue sunflowers are Saturdead's Calling Card.
@artbongo302See it on YouTubeAny time a Saturdead story shows up, I know it's going to be a good video
@CuppycakeWillowSee it on YouTube
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POSSIBLY IN MICHIGAN 👀👀👀
@lastilnovistaSee it on YouTubeI do love me some good reddit stories and what a voice to narrate them with ❤
@kristen32685See it on YouTubeIt's 12.10am but can't stop that poi reddit story grind!
@Nicole_Gray_lolSee it on YouTubeWatching this while doing uncanny valley makeup….
@Sofiz21See it on YouTubeThe best thing about Reddit stories is you know they’re probably fake but there’s that chance that it’s real that make them terrifying
@LilycheeZpandaSee it on YouTube47:26 I totally thought he was gonna say “they wanted me back”
@livymisoSee it on YouTube
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The videos drawing views on poi right now
- Channel
- poi
- Subscribers
- 435,000 ▲ 2,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 978,667
- Videos published this week
- 1
- Video published
- October 3, 2026
- Video views so far
- 98,863
- Views on its first day
- 34,671
The numbers
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Reddit, the site behind poi's newest video, was founded in 2005 by Steve Huffman and which co-founder?
Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian founded Reddit together in 2005, after finishing college at the University of Virginia.
