What's Trending on YouTube This Week (Sep 27–Oct 4, 2026)

This week, YouTube Shorts made up 60% of uploads, continuing to dominate the platform. The most-viewed long-form videos included a mix of movie trailers, challenge content, and current affairs, while Shorts with simple stories and trends led in views.

Breakout videos showed both established and newer channels can see significant spikes, with one video performing 62 times better than its channel's usual median. The 'People & Blogs' and 'Entertainment' categories had the highest share of Shorts uploads.

Most-watched new long-form videos this week

• Prahaar: The Untold Story of Ujjwal Nikam | Official Trailer | Rajkummar R | Wamiqa Gabbi | 16th OctMaddock Films · 48.3M views
• Eat Everything In A Grocery Store, Win $1,000,000MrBeast · 41.5M views
• Gyanesh Kumar EXPOSED | Dhruv RatheeDhruv Rathee · 18.8M views
• JOGO COMPLETO: ÍNDIA X BRASIL | AMISTOSO DA SELEÇÃO | ge tvge tv · 17.6M views
• ALLDAY PROJECT - ‘CRASH’ M/VTHEBLACKLABEL · 12.6M views
• NiziU(니쥬) "Sour Grapes" M/VJYP Entertainment · 11.7M views
• Taşacak Bu Deniz 32. Bölüm @trt1Taşacak Bu Deniz · 10.0M views
• Peptides Are InsaneJeff Nippard · 10.0M views
• Mimpi Buruk Kemarin PART 9 - Dhot DesignDhot Design · 8.1M views

Most-watched new Shorts

• 🍦🍉 From Empty to Full: A Sharing Story in 3 Parts 💕KIDZOKI · 51.1M views
• #football #haaland #parodyjdfase · 48.1M views
• Thank you for watching, thank you for liking, I wish you happiness. #pov #foryou #storytime #fyphkjk · 40.5M views
• I mocked the father‑daughter pair, only to end up screaming in terror昕昕 · 39.3M views
• What’s Inside My Briefcase?MrBeast · 38.3M views
• Newbron baby🥰🥰 #babyGrowing Little Ones · 36.9M views

Breakouts: videos far above their channel's usual views

A big channel getting a million views is normal. These are the uploads that beat their own channel's median views by the widest margin — the clearest signal that the topic and packaging, not the channel size, did the work.

• Taşacak Bu Deniz 32. Bölüm @trt1Taşacak Bu Deniz · 62× its channel's usual
• Will Republicans Divorce Trump Over Xi Embrace? Probably Not | The Daily ShowThe Daily Show · 4.7× its channel's usual

Rising fastest right now

• INDONESIA JUARA MEDALI EMAS DI JEPANG 🇮🇩🥇KYLECTRIX · 159K views/hour
• 홈트로 샌드백 치는 사람나혼자산다 STUDIO · 155K views/hour
• RuneScape - Official 4th MMO Teaser TrailerIGN · 143K views/hour
• 安住アナで腹筋崩壊する瞬間ww #おもしろ #面白いバズ神殿 · 140K views/hour
• Sekolah penuh zombie #dellaseptt #dailyvlog #funny #comedy #funnyvideo #viral #trending #vlogDella Septiani · 118K views/hour
• TERLIHAT JELAS❗️PINTU LEMARI GERAK SENDIRI PAS LAGI MAIN LOMPAT KARET😱Adam Hidayat · 114K views/hour

What the top titles have in common

Top 100 long-form video titles are slightly shorter, with a median length of 49 characters compared to 53 for all uploads. This suggests concise titles may be more effective. There is no strong difference in most formatting traits except for the use of numbers, which is more common in top-performing titles.

Which categories filled the charts

Trending in several countries at once

• ADOPTED By GORILLA KING In Steal an Egg!Zoomy · charted in 9 countries
• Marvel Television’s VisionQuest | Official TrailerMarvel Entertainment · charted in 7 countries
• hate that i made you love meRelease - Topic · charted in 6 countries
• Dexter: Resurrection | Season 2 Official Trailer | Paramount+Paramount Plus · charted in 5 countries
• Stand by MeBen E. King - Topic · charted in 5 countries
• All The Things She SaidSeptemberry - Topic · charted in 5 countries

Countries with the most new uploads on their charts this week: Germany (371), Spain (356), France (349), Japan (340), Indonesia (340). Each country's live chart is on our YouTube trending pages, updated hourly.

Takeaways for your next upload

• Including a number in your title is more common among the top 100 long-form videos (43%) than in all uploads (35%). Consider using numbers when relevant.
• Using all-caps words, splitting titles with symbols, brackets, or posing a question does not make a significant difference in reaching the top 100. These traits do not matter much for performance.
• Emojis are less common in top-performing titles (10%) compared to all uploads (14%). Avoid relying on emojis to boost your video's reach.

How we measured this

Every hour we read YouTube's public trending charts in 15 countries (overall and by category) and the latest uploads of channels we track, then re-check each video's view count while it is under 7 days old. This report covers videos published Sep 27–Oct 4, 2026; view counts are as of our last check. "Usual views" is the median of the channel's recent uploads. Public data only — we never see CTR or retention.