How many views does "The most interesting hack in history just got weirder..." have?

As of Sep 3, 2026 · 14 days ago, it has reached 1.6M views.

How is "The most interesting hack in history just got weirder..." performing versus Fireship's normal?

About 4.3x — it has 1.6M views versus the roughly 375.2K Fireship typically draws at the same age, measured against the channel's own 90-day baseline.

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The most interesting hack in history just got weirder...

Name: The most interesting hack in history just got weirder...
Uploaded: 2026-09-02T19:01:28+00:00
Duration: 6 min 46 s
Channel: Fireship
Description: Namespace is actually the fastest way to run your GitHub Actions (and more). Try it for free - https://namespace.so/github-actions OpenAI finally published the postmortem on the Hugging Face hack and it turns out it's way more interesting than we first though. Let's dive in. #coding #programming Want more Fireship?…

Fireship's upload has reached 1.6M views — about 4.3× the ≈375.2K this channel typically draws at the same age.

Key facts

•4.3x Fireship's own 90-day median — this channel normally draws about 375.2K views at the same age.
•1.6M 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 2026-09-03 01:10 UTC

Video thumbnail: The most interesting hack in history just got weirder... — Watch on YouTube ↗ · Fireship · 4.3M subscribers

View trajectory

Views this upload has gathered since it published, last measured about 168h in — from our own tracking.

Published Sep 2, 2026 · 14 days ago. How breakouts are measured →

From the creator

Namespace is actually the fastest way to run your GitHub Actions (and more). Try it for free - https://namespace.so/github-actions OpenAI finally published the postmortem on the Hugging Face hack and it turns out it's way more interesting than we first though. Let's dive in. #coding #programming Want more Fireship?…

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

Topics: Knowledge · Technology

Tags: webdev, app development, lesson, tutorial

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