Thomas Frank's breakout videos
Every recent long-form upload, scored against the channel's own median. These are the videos the audience pushed far past normal. Updated weekly.
The 5 Hour Rule
How to Organize Your Calendar - The Ultimate Guide2.7×3
The 10 Best Windows Productivity Apps in 20222.5×4
How to figure out what to do with your life2.4×5
How to Wake Up Early Without Feeling Tired2.3×6
How to Break Your Phone Addiction2.3×7
A video for anyone feeling behind in lifeWhat's working for Thomas Frank right now
The channel's typical long-form video gets about 335K views. “The 5 Hour Rule” reached 1.7M, roughly 5.2 times that. Among this channel's outliers, the most common title formats are how-to (4), personal story (1), listicle (1). When one idea outperforms a channel's baseline this much, the audience is telling you the topic and packaging resonated, which makes it worth studying before you plan your next video.
How these scores work
We take the channel's latest long-form uploads (Shorts excluded), find the median view count, and divide each video's views by it. A 5× score means five times the channel's normal performance. Data comes from the public YouTube Data API and refreshes weekly. Last updated November 5, 2026.
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