# Brandon Sanderson: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

Markdown version of https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@brandsanderson/videos/ from vidIQ YouTube Stats. Link to that page, not to this file.

As of 2026-10-29, Brandon Sanderson has 910,000 subscribers, 174,783,119 total views, and 1,416 videos. It ranks #81,791 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [Brandon Sanderson](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@brandsanderson/). Each video links to its own stats page. The page lists the rest of the channel's videos to signed-in vidIQ users.

## About this sample

- The latest upload vidIQ has for Brandon Sanderson is “The 2026 Halloween Takeover — Intentionally Blank Ep. 282”, a long-form video published Oct 28, 2026.
- These are Brandon Sanderson’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Aug 19, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026 (28 long-form videos and 20 Shorts).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 102,094. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “Why Is Every Book A Bestseller?” (3,480,782 views, Sep 12, 2026). Least viewed: “The 2026 Halloween Takeover — Intentionally Blank Ep. 282” (10,914 views, Oct 28, 2026).
- Median length: 30:46 for 28 long-form videos; 1:12 for 20 Shorts.
- In this sample, Brandon Sanderson’s consecutive uploads were a median of 1 day apart (shortest gap 0 days, longest 6 days).
- Views are lifetime totals as of Oct 29, 2026, so newer uploads have had less time to collect them. These figures describe only the videos listed here, not the whole channel, and do not show why any video performed as it did. Dates are UTC.

## Recent uploads

| Video | Published (UTC) | Format | Views | Duration | Outlier score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [The 2026 Halloween Takeover — Intentionally Blank Ep. 282](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@brandsanderson/videos/wpe-QU4tvig/) | 2026-10-28 | Long-form | 10,914 | 1:14:13 | - |
| [Last Chance For Light Day + Weekly Update](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@brandsanderson/videos/hb2VJinuceQ/) | 2026-10-27 | Long-form | 64,177 | 2:17 | - |
| [Creating the Iconic Shardplate \| Intentionally Blank #stormlightarchive #conceptart #characterdesign](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@brandsanderson/videos/x6dbFLXhNVE/) | 2026-10-26 | Short | 74,838 | 1:39 | 1.79x |
| [The Art that Sold Way of Kings \| Intentionally Blank #stormlightarchive #behindthescenes #conceptart](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@brandsanderson/videos/Yyz6wng48Uw/) | 2026-10-23 | Short | 223,988 | 0:58 | 4.15x |
| [Mr. Beast Wrote a Book? — Intentionally Blank Ep. 281](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@brandsanderson/videos/GzO3ZF8ICYc/) | 2026-10-21 | Long-form | 122,528 | 41:00 | 1.1x |
| [Light Day and a lot more news! + Weekly Update](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@brandsanderson/videos/fD__NFzwa-0/) | 2026-10-20 | Long-form | 125,922 | 8:18 | 1.21x |
| [Why You Should Read The Fires of December](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@brandsanderson/videos/oj1ZhmCkDG0/) | 2026-10-15 | Long-form | 267,474 | 5:07 | 2.53x |
| [Our Wacky Book Lists — Intentionally Blank Ep. 280](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@brandsanderson/videos/cFlU8Q_pM8M/) | 2026-10-14 | Long-form | 54,252 | 35:30 | - |
| [Am I buying Evermore? + Weekly Update](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@brandsanderson/videos/66fQIxWV2SA/) | 2026-10-13 | Long-form | 467,236 | 9:47 | 4.04x |
| [Why Persona Is the Best — Intentionally Blank Ep. 279](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@brandsanderson/videos/3N2gjbVdB1A/) | 2026-10-07 | Long-form | 101,246 | 37:50 | 0.95x |
| [What is the Light Day Market? + Weekly Update](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@brandsanderson/videos/9mvPgSUSaf8/) | 2026-10-06 | Long-form | 102,942 | 3:50 | 0.97x |
| [The Fires of December Audiobook Sample — Chapters 7 & 8](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@brandsanderson/videos/QZcDlBwvTJk/) | 2026-10-05 | Long-form | 39,761 | 35:35 | - |
| [The Fires of December Audiobook Sample — Chapters 5 & 6](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@brandsanderson/videos/Ie9bCIUHgcM/) | 2026-10-02 | Long-form | 43,064 | 43:44 | - |
| [Blightfall Celebration Livestream! \| Brandon Sanderson X Janci Patterson](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@brandsanderson/videos/740qIWGTLZU/) | 2026-10-02 | Long-form | 52,338 | 1:21:26 | - |
| [Is Time Real? — Intentionally Blank Ep. 278](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@brandsanderson/videos/NhNcHVMkoSA/) | 2026-09-30 | Long-form | 66,703 | 39:07 | - |
| [War for Roshar Reveal + Weekly Update](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@brandsanderson/videos/tsxrKNjnQKY/) | 2026-09-29 | Long-form | 180,091 | 4:09 | 1.36x |
| [FanX Charity Commander Game](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@brandsanderson/videos/87JCJT5kwys/) | 2026-09-26 | Long-form | 41,076 | 1:56:13 | - |
| [When Do You Become "Statue Worthy"? \| Intentionally Blank #soccer #sculpture #storytime](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@brandsanderson/videos/gJwhDJVeDq8/) | 2026-09-25 | Short | 73,720 | 1:12 | - |
| [The Fires of December Audiobook Sample — Chapters 3 & 4](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@brandsanderson/videos/1X3kLSUL9X0/) | 2026-09-25 | Long-form | 47,736 | 30:06 | - |
| [What The Heck is OG Dragonball?? \| Intentionally Blank #dragonball #anime #storytelling](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@brandsanderson/videos/-uvyt44AXzo/) | 2026-09-23 | Short | 94,892 | 0:57 | - |
| [The Colors We Love The Most — Intentionally Blank Ep. 277](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@brandsanderson/videos/SbYGQ50xfBg/) | 2026-09-23 | Long-form | 57,804 | 29:39 | - |
| [See You at FanX! + Weekly Update](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@brandsanderson/videos/nEHExH_JJOQ/) | 2026-09-22 | Long-form | 110,206 | 5:01 | 0.85x |
| [What is Live Aid?? \| Intentionally Blank #musichistory #queen #greatesthits](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@brandsanderson/videos/_hADZiEWLgU/) | 2026-09-21 | Short | 97,966 | 1:01 | 1.17x |
| [What Its Like Meeting Brandon Sanderson the First Time \| Intentionally Blank #celebrity #fantasy](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@brandsanderson/videos/7-E8y65PVcw/) | 2026-09-18 | Short | 39,255 | 1:11 | - |
| [The Fires of December Audiobook Sample — Chapters 1 & 2](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@brandsanderson/videos/Wvp60G2oLDw/) | 2026-09-18 | Long-form | 125,762 | 1:06:25 | - |
| [What's the Best Ghibli Film? \| Intentionally Blank #anime #epicfantasystory #storytelling](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@brandsanderson/videos/ln9lQR8EW0Q/) | 2026-09-16 | Short | 63,929 | 0:52 | - |
| [The Star Wars Prequels Rant — Intentionally Blank Ep. 276](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@brandsanderson/videos/YkgJPnxuoAE/) | 2026-09-16 | Long-form | 140,910 | 40:11 | 1.09x |
| [Campaign Fulfillment, FanX and The Fires of December + Weekly Update](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@brandsanderson/videos/fEO5kbowtNk/) | 2026-09-15 | Long-form | 124,152 | 5:30 | 1.04x |
| [The Spontaneous Epic Fantasy Theory \| Intentionally Blank #watchmen #bone #comics](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@brandsanderson/videos/T6-s6V0W7yw/) | 2026-09-14 | Short | 107,111 | 1:32 | - |
| [Why Is Every Book A Bestseller?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@brandsanderson/videos/AOsmvAv3G-0/) | 2026-09-12 | Long-form | 3,480,782 | 9:35 | 31.37x |
| [Holy Racism Batman \| Intentionally Blank #batman #oldcomics #comedy](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@brandsanderson/videos/1ay3Bu1iAmo/) | 2026-09-11 | Short | 206,670 | 1:06 | 1.56x |
| [My Magic: The Gathering — Reality Fracture Spoiler! \| MTG Spoilers #mtg #newcards #realityfracture](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@brandsanderson/videos/-1-XzBB0qjw/) | 2026-09-11 | Short | 44,215 | 2:38 | - |
| [Next Generation vs Deep Space Nine — Intentionally Blank Ep. 275](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@brandsanderson/videos/3aNBd05VUIo/) | 2026-09-09 | Long-form | 71,850 | 37:43 | - |
| [Hot Sexy Dangerous Boys Cannot Be Copyrighted \| Intentionally Blank #truecrimestories #comedy](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@brandsanderson/videos/0VWklpqVmcw/) | 2026-09-09 | Short | 549,024 | 1:12 | 4.15x |
| [FanX and the DSNX Art Gallery + Weekly Update](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@brandsanderson/videos/PIwmpWdbl_A/) | 2026-09-08 | Long-form | 98,163 | 4:54 | 1.1x |
| [Top Gun Maverick VS Top Gun \| Intentionally Blank #topgun #topgunmaverick #storytelling](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@brandsanderson/videos/r3rgB_yiXyU/) | 2026-09-07 | Short | 54,217 | 1:17 | - |
| [Brandon Sandersons First Cat: P. N. H. K. L. S. S. O. S. \| Intentionally Blank #cat #comedy #names](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@brandsanderson/videos/PxU6XMG_iUI/) | 2026-09-04 | Short | 106,994 | 1:41 | - |
| [Where Is Brandon's Pet Jello? \| Intentionally Blank #petcare #podcast](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@brandsanderson/videos/bmhlfk9Qwlw/) | 2026-09-02 | Short | 32,234 | 0:52 | - |
| [Project: Hail Mary Review — Intentionally Blank Ep. 274](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@brandsanderson/videos/_VbpGqhM_zY/) | 2026-09-02 | Long-form | 198,518 | 31:27 | 2.21x |
| [Weekly Update Any% 0:44.33 \[World Record\]](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@brandsanderson/videos/WhvdkbaYDDk/) | 2026-09-01 | Long-form | 142,017 | 1:33 | 2.06x |
| [The Cat Distribution System and The Sandersons \| Intentionally Blank #cds #cats #comedy](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@brandsanderson/videos/m8t1v0Nczmo/) | 2026-08-31 | Short | 124,426 | 1:23 | - |
| [They Changed Les Misérables? \| Intentionally Blank #lesmiserables #musicaltheatre #rant](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@brandsanderson/videos/2hSpY3TIw4E/) | 2026-08-28 | Short | 166,810 | 1:08 | 1.14x |
| [The JJ Abrams' Star Treks Are Hard To Rank \| Intentionally Blank #startrek #moviereview #ranking](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@brandsanderson/videos/Md9MD_97taI/) | 2026-08-26 | Short | 154,049 | 1:27 | 1.07x |
| [Spider-Man: Brand New Day Review — Intentionally Blank Ep. 273](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@brandsanderson/videos/evzcB8qUvLw/) | 2026-08-26 | Long-form | 134,863 | 45:43 | 2.13x |
| [Blightfall Release Party Next Week + Weekly Update](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@brandsanderson/videos/72gMslmGhRE/) | 2026-08-25 | Long-form | 61,329 | 1:47 | - |
| [The Most Brandon PSA For the Brits Ever \| Intentionally Blank #storytime #psa #rant](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@brandsanderson/videos/mKAylyoJ6-g/) | 2026-08-24 | Short | 140,919 | 1:13 | 1.24x |
| [The Best UK Food Ever \| Intentionally Blank #foodreview #worldtravel #storytime](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@brandsanderson/videos/g_o8HqvrcIg/) | 2026-08-21 | Short | 84,351 | 1:02 | 1.22x |
| [Brandon Sanderson's "One True Wish" \| Intentionally Blank #wishes #philosophy](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@brandsanderson/videos/7Tb8YCfaNdU/) | 2026-08-19 | Short | 140,338 | 1:12 | 1.45x |

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