How many views does "Did Anthropic just kill the indie hacker...?" have?

As of Jul 29, 2026 · 14 days ago, it has reached 351.4K views.

How is "Did Anthropic just kill the indie hacker...?" performing versus Fireship's normal?

About 3.7x — it has 351.4K views versus the roughly 93.7K Fireship typically draws at the same age, measured against the channel's own 90-day baseline.

When was "Did Anthropic just kill the indie hacker...?" published?

It was published Jul 29, 2026 · 14 days ago.

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Did Anthropic just kill the indie hacker...?

Name: Did Anthropic just kill the indie hacker...?
Uploaded: 2026-07-29T16:33:51+00:00
Duration: 4 min 47 s
Channel: Fireship
Description: Try Blacksmith for free to run your GitHub Actions 2x faster - https://www.blacksmith.sh/ Anthropic just dropped Opus 5 and it may be killing the indie hacker dream. Let's dive in. #coding #programming Want more Fireship? 🗞️ Newsletter: https://bytes.dev 🧠 Courses: https://fireship.dev

Anthropic just dropped Opus 5 and Fireship's breaking down why it might be game-changing for indie hackers—this one's already pulling nearly 4x the channel's normal views.

Key facts

•3.7x Fireship's own 90-day median — this channel normally draws about 93.7K views at the same age.
•351.4K views so far, published 14 days ago.
•Category: Science & Technology · Language: en · Quality: HD
•"Breakout" is measured against this exact channel's trailing 90-day median at matching video age — not a generic niche average.

Updated 2026-07-29 22:50 UTC

Video thumbnail: Did Anthropic just kill the indie hacker...? — Watch on YouTube ↗ · Fireship · 4.2M subscribers

View trajectory

Views this upload has gathered since it published, last measured about 169h in — from our own tracking.

Published Jul 29, 2026 · 14 days ago. How breakouts are measured →

From the creator

Try Blacksmith for free to run your GitHub Actions 2x faster - https://www.blacksmith.sh/ Anthropic just dropped Opus 5 and it may be killing the indie hacker dream. Let's dive in. #coding #programming Want more Fireship? 🗞️ Newsletter: https://bytes.dev 🧠 Courses: https://fireship.dev

Category: Science & Technology · Language: en · Quality: HD

Topics: Technology

Tags: webdev, app development, lesson, tutorial

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