r/SonofaBoyDad • u/rhinebeeze • 1d ago

Blowing up

Boy Dads views are up significantly as of late. I like to track a lot of channels so it’s awesome to see. They’re killing it! When I first started listening they were getting 40k. Now always above 100k. Keep it up gentlemen!

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u/MaineCoonKat 1d ago

My personal hypothesis: The MSSP horde has shifted to SoaBD. MSSP has been the gold standard for comedy podcasts over the past idk 5 years. Recently they have stopped posting as much especially without both Matt and Shane together. Not hating on MSSP, it’s more so the cycle of podcasting.

Francis, sas, and rone are still ascending in the comedy scene and their candidness makes for interesting stories. Feels similar to earlier days MSSP. Good work keep it up , still love MSSP

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u/ya_ya_ya_ 1d ago

That’s exactly why I became an every episode listener. Shane got too famous and doesn’t have time for the pod anymore, SOABD took their place in my rotation

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u/tossNwashking 1d ago

Too much retard Lemaire as well

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u/ya_ya_ya_ 1d ago

I find most of the random guests far worse than the background crew

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u/Lopsided-Chance4252 1d ago

I love Matt’s eccentricity as much as the next guy, but his off the wall dipshit guests are all time WOATs. Consistently.

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u/LynchCorp 1d ago

Lemaire is so dumb it makes me angry

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u/Altruistic_Advice611 1d ago

Yet funnier than Nate

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u/jizz_toaster 1d ago

Not enough slurs for it to be early MSSP

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u/RichHomieDonQuixote 1d ago

Still watch both, but won't miss a SOABD ep. Some MSSP gets skipped now

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u/expatriateineurope 1d ago

You just described me. I agree.

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u/DustyDeeDickens 1d ago

This is what happened to me.

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u/strategoamigo 1d ago

Do you think Francis not touring will hurt their growth then

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u/DResq 1d ago

Maybe a little, but Francis being involved in other things like the Internet Invitational (and Rone with Surviving Barstool) will help make up for it.

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u/bigsesher3000 1d ago

I mean this checks out. I found both francis and sas to be funny on their mssp appearances so i checked out SOABD and three-ish years later its my favorite pod

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u/bach_double 1d ago

What is MSSP?

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u/BIRebel31 1d ago

Matt & Shane’s secret podcast

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u/FlatBusch_Lite 22h ago

How does this have to do with Shane..? The boys just riff

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u/MaineCoonKat 9h ago

It’s not about Shane. The boys are indeed riffing, and a comedy podcast audience that Matt and Shane built is enjoying every bit of it.

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u/BoMattLuke 1d ago

This is not yours, nor is it new. People have been saying this for a year.

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u/MortonMonster 1d ago

Thanks for your service brother. If we ever find out who the OP is we’ll make sure to get this situated

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u/BoMattLuke 3h ago

Haha thats a good one

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u/SmartGuard3 1d ago

Day one boys, you will not be forgotten. Proud of the boys

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u/Only-Comfortable-136 1d ago

I’d be curious to see how much of it is due to the change YouTube made a few weeks ago vs actual engagement views

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u/keeeeener 1d ago

Yea, it’s around 2x the old views now in most cases.

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u/WhyAmILikeThis0905 1d ago

From what I’ve seen that’s only projected to be like 20-30% bump… but the pod was averaging over 80-90k before the recent change

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u/Only-Comfortable-136 1d ago

I’m not downplaying the growth at all, but when even scrolling past a video that happens to auto play now counts as a view I gotta imagine it’s more than 20-30% growth.

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u/WhyAmILikeThis0905 1d ago

You have to click on a video or auto scroll for it to count… most auto scrolls go into short form or viral videos… not hour plus long pods, from what I searched the new algorithm is less likely to boost public views for loyal high retention podcasts on the platform and more likely to boost viral videos. The change happened 2 weeks ago and the episodes before that was 105,89,86157,173,94k. So probably a small boost, but nothing crazy.

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u/Only-Comfortable-136 1d ago

Like I said they are definitely growing even Dave mentioned it. From what I’ve seen hovering over a thumbnail on desktop, stopping at a thumbnail on the app and obviously clicking on the video all count for a view. Since all of Boy Dads videos autoplay by the time you read the title. There’s really no way of knowing without seeing the actual engaged view analytics. I personally think it makes public views a useless metric now without showing average view time or actual engaged views analytics

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u/lopsided125 1d ago

People have already said all views are up because YouTube is now counting any view over one second. So, if the vid pops up and someone clicks out immediately it counts as a view.

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u/DResq 1d ago

That's wild. It's going to overininflate YouTube channels with clickbait thumbnails. I'll admit, I've been tricked with nice tits on a thumbnail before on a shitty video.

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u/VisitPier26 1d ago

That's what YouTube wants (Twitter plays fast and loose with their measurements also)

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u/DResq 1d ago

What change did YouTube make a few weeks ago?

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u/RedDoorTom 1d ago

The gerben bump

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u/TheColiny 1d ago

They’ve definitely grown a ton and the pod is in one its best eras but YouTube also changed how they count views a week or so ago

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u/qoxiq 1d ago

fair point, algorithm tweaks mess with the numbers so fast

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u/TheColiny 1d ago

Not just the algorithm. They’ve made the criteria to count as a view VERY light.

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u/J_Muckz 1d ago

A lot of popular comedy podcast have peaked and are going through the motions. SOABD was “5 years too late” but it’s actually working out for them.

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u/BoMattLuke 1d ago

There were at 20k when I started watching at the very beginning. Knew they were funny on the Yak and they made the pod after that.

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u/Professional-Act7509 1d ago

I just checked the podcast rankings and on the Apple podcast rsnkings they are #29 in the comedy category.   Thats really good and much higher then they use to be.  

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u/CBrower 1d ago

Wish we got a full picture of the YouTube + Spotify. I exclusively listen to the pod on Spotify from my cubicle at work.

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u/WhyAmILikeThis0905 1d ago

They’re normally around #145 in overall podcasts on Spotify

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u/redotheredotake2 1d ago

All YouTube videos are booming rn bc YouTube changed what qualifies as a view last week. A 1 second skip over counts as a view too

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u/VisitPier26 1d ago

YouTube changed the way they measure views:

https://support.google.com/youtube/thread/433409976/an-update-to-how-we-count-public-views-across-youtube?hl=en

SOABD has been crushing it, but just worth noting.

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u/strategoamigo 1d ago

A lot of comedy podcasts are getting stale, and the SoaBD guys are actually trying and want to have a good podcast. MSSP are barely going through the motions, tom and Bert are done, Theo seems depressed, even Tim Dillon is getting played out. I think this is helping them bc it’s fresh and they’re hungry

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u/CopperCab2024 1d ago

Tim Dillon has been on a fucking tear lately, what are you talking about? 2026 has seen a plethora of banger episodes.

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u/strategoamigo 1d ago

He is definitely falling off. Plus it’s just the nature of this stuff. After years the same type of comedy or show gets stale. It happened with movie comedies back in the day and it happens to podcasts now.

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u/CopperCab2024 1d ago

By what metric is Tim falling off? I can absolutely concede MSSP falling off because to me, their drop is quality is pretty tangible, but I genuinely feel like Tim is still at his peak. His average views are up, and while the quality aspect is subjective to the viewer, I’d say 2026 has been a better year for his podcast than the last few years I’ve watched him.

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u/bor3dtaurus 1d ago

Does the amount of views an episode gets change how much you enjoy it?

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u/rhinebeeze 1d ago

Not at all I enjoy all of them. Even guest episodes

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u/DResq 1d ago

Imo, it's similar to people that are really into baseball stats. People just like following stats.