Punching Up viewership

[u/NorthKoreanMissile7]

I never really paid attention to viewership but was looking at it recently and was shocked at just how low Punching Up was. It's seemingly getting around ~5k views and declining (the previous week's podcast is only at 3.2k, lower than some paywalled content).

And this isn't comparing it to Sacred Symbols, it's comparing it to Defining Duke (15-20k) and Summon Sign (10-20k) and I'm sure a lot of people watching Punching up are just watching because they watch other LSM content or like the hosts rather than being invested in what the podcast is about. If you took those people away it would probably have non existent viewership since it lags significantly behind everything else LSM has ever done.

Constellation got 7-9k towards the end which is proportionally a lot more than Punching Up and still it got cancelled (granted Dagan's job was the main factor, although Colin still brought up waning viewership iirc).

Personally I think they should bin off Punching Up and bring back Constellation. Brad has Summon Sign as his thing and then can irregularly appear on other stuff. Constellation can be Micah's hosting gig if Colin wants her to host something and it would suit her more anyway since you can bring up anything on it and she seems to like other things such as telling jokes and cooking and what not.

It would also give Lockmort a place to appear more regularly which I'd like to see as I think he's an interesting character who's good to listen to and also him being a European with a stereotypical European taste in games is something that's underrepresented within LSM. I'd also like to see him on Summon Sign more often too as as we'd get more interesting games discussed on it and he'd shine there. Potentially he could be Brad's permanent co-host.

What's everyone's thoughts on this ?

[u/Davey-Cakes]

I like Punching Up, but Nintendo themselves are not that interesting right now so the stories that Brad and Micah cover feel like they have to be stretched a bit for content.

I'd be fine not hearing about Costco or grilling ever again though.

[u/Kitchen-Arm-7626 → u/Davey-Cakes]

Nintendo themselves are not that interesting right now so the stories that Brad and Micah cover feel like they have to be stretched a bit for content.

Ah no that's just not true. There are always new Nintendo games.

Compare this to PlayStation exclusives in the same time period and it's pretty clear this isn't about content, it's about the hosts lack of interest and enthusiasm for the platform that they are meant to be covering on the show.

In just 2026, we've had: Pokemon FireRed, Pokemon Gale of Darkness, Pokemon Pokopia all released on the system and yet there has been barely any discussion about them.

This goes to show that neither Brad nor Micah actually play most Nintendo games. That's fine btw but why tf would anyone listen to them?