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I think that depends on whether it's solid brick or this kind of brick.
Were I live (Portugal) houses tend to be made from the latter kind of brick.
That said, even the latter kind of brick doesn't provide as good insulation as double walls, either air gapped or (even better) with insulating foam in between, and I've only ever seen that used for external walls, mainly in colder (further to the North) countries in Europe.
What materials are preferred heavily depends on the local climate, too! Those bricks probably work great for the sweet spot Portugal is in for weather. They'd be very bad up here in the Midwest US, thermal mass works against you when it's below freezing out.
I've done a lot of what probably sounds like brick slander here but I'm not a hater, my dream home would have a brick exterior with a wood frame interior. I've just worked in a construction-adjacent industry for a long time and wanted to dispel the misinformation this guy is peddling