How many views does "Is The Indie Game Industry Broken? (w/ Jonathan Blow) — Ep 70" have?

As of Jul 22, 2026 · 14 days ago, it has reached 51.3K views.

How is "Is The Indie Game Industry Broken? (w/ Jonathan Blow) — Ep 70" performing versus Thomas Brush's normal?

About 5.9x — it has 51.3K views versus the roughly 8.7K Thomas Brush typically draws at the same age, measured against the channel's own 90-day baseline.

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Is The Indie Game Industry Broken? (w/ Jonathan Blow) — Ep 70

Name: Is The Indie Game Industry Broken? (w/ Jonathan Blow) — Ep 70
Uploaded: 2026-07-09T16:00:23Z
Duration: 1 h 1 min 24 s
Channel: Thomas Brush
Description: I chat with Jonathan Blow about his 10 year project The Order Of The Sinking Star, and the state of the industry. ► Play Order Of The Sinking Star: https://store.steampowered.com/app/499170/Order_of_the_Sinking_Star/ ► Get 50% off my game dev course during the massive Summer Sale:…

Jonathan Blow is back breaking down his decade-long project and why the indie game industry might be fundamentally broken—this conversation is resonating way harder than usual.

Key facts

•5.9x Thomas Brush's own 90-day median — this channel normally draws about 8.7K views at the same age.
•51.3K views so far, published 27 days ago.
•Category: Gaming · 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 2026-07-22 16:55 UTC

Video thumbnail: Is The Indie Game Industry Broken? (w/ Jonathan Blow) — Ep 70 — Watch on YouTube ↗ · Thomas Brush · 440K subscribers

View trajectory

Views this upload has gathered since it published, last measured about 312h in — from our own tracking.

Published Jul 9, 2026 · 27 days ago. How breakouts are measured →

From the creator

I chat with Jonathan Blow about his 10 year project The Order Of The Sinking Star, and the state of the industry. ► Play Order Of The Sinking Star: https://store.steampowered.com/app/499170/Order_of_the_Sinking_Star/ ► Get 50% off my game dev course during the massive Summer Sale:…

Category: Gaming · Language: en · Quality: HD

Topics: Action-adventure game · Video game culture

Tags: how to make games, thomas brush, podcast, jonathan blow, order of the sinking star, indie game dev, game dev, game industry, steam, steam games, how to market a game, demo

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