Giant teddy bears spring to life in AFV Shorts' scare reel

The jump-scare compilation has nearly 290,000 views in its opening hours, with oversized stuffed animals doing some of the ambushing.

Channel: AFV Shorts Story of October 29, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 381,447 views a day, 11 times a normal first day on this channel (33,696).

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AFV Shorts puts a man in a "Best Dad Ever" shirt through an unexpected hallway test: someone behind the camera is waiting to scare him. Elsewhere, a worker carrying a drink gets a similarly unwelcome surprise.

The official America's Funniest Home Videos channel's new compilation strings together ambushes in homes, workplaces and a store. It has reached nearly 290,000 views in 14 hours, already far beyond the channel's usual full-day audience for a Short.

The giant teddy bears get repeat duty. A woman approaches one sitting on a couch, only for the person concealed inside to move and grab her. On a porch, another oversized bear waits for someone to try moving it. These are costumes with people inside, not toys that have mysteriously developed an attitude.

Viewers pick out the bear encounters and trade their own scare-prank memories, including one involving an aunt and dishwater. Another points out the essential difference between watching a jump scare and being its target.

AFV Shorts also has a separate, fast-starting jump-scare upload alongside this compilation. Here, even an ordinary cardboard box at a store turns out to have someone waiting inside.

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The numbers

The scare compilation has already passed AFV Shorts' usual first-day views, before completing a full day online. The channel's daily views overall are also more than double their usual level.

the video's first day

usual first day here

33,696

this video

381,447

subscribers

233,000

▲ 22,000 in the last 7 days

total views

681,116,380

views per day

8,988,705

typical day: 4,283,845

the video

views

291,696

likes

8,178

comments

116

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

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659,000

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523,000

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468,000

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422,000

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233,000

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203,000

As of October 29, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.