American Idol's day-old 'soaring to the moon' short takes the lead

Posted after the announcement that Carrie, Luke, Lionel and Ryan return for season 25, a one-day-old vocal clip is already moving roughly twice as fast as anything else on the channel.

Channel: American IdolStory of September 28, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

String Cheese, an iconic Idol moment.

"Her vocals are soaring to the moon! 🌖" has been up for about a day on American Idol's official channel, and it is already the channel's fastest mover. It is drawing views at around twice the pace of Lionel Richie's ants-in-his-pants moment, which sits second.

Eleven uploads went up, most of them short, playful clips. The biggest total belongs to "String Cheese, an iconic Idol moment.", which opened strongest of the batch and has since gone almost still. The newer arrivals are the ones doing the work now, with "The bait money will always get ya! 💸" holding third. The week's real news, that Carrie, Luke, Lionel and Ryan are returning for the 25th season, came in a post that drew a modest crowd next to the jokes around it.

The channel as a whole kept exactly its usual pace. Among talent and reality channels it sits fifth by subscribers, a close neighbor to Little Big Shots in daily views, while Family Feud and Viral Feed are running far busier days than anyone else nearby.

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The videos drawing views on American Idol right now

The bait money will always get ya! 💸30,166 views · 2026-09-25 Got ants in your pants, Lionel Richie? 🐜19,451 views · 2026-09-26 Straight up now tell us Paul Abdul! #americanidol15,015 views · 2026-09-22 Carrie, Luke, Lionel, and Ryan are returning for the 25th season of A…13,765 views · 2026-09-25 Lights. Camera. Your turn West Coast! ✨12,358 views · 2026-09-21 Her vocals are soaring to the moon! 🌖7,019 views

The numbers

Here is how American Idol's week looks in figures.

subscribers

3,930,000

total views

699,782,443

views per day

315,409

this week's videos (first-day views)

String Cheese, an iconic Idol moment.

43,433

The bait money will always get ya! 💸

12,828

Got ants in your pants, Lionel Richie? …

14,998

Carrie, Luke, Lionel, and Ryan are retu…

13,253

compared with similar channels (subscribers)

Magician's Got Talent

5,310,000

Viral Feed

5,250,000

The X Factor USA

4,800,000

Family Feud

4,510,000

American Idol

3,930,000

Kids Got Talent

3,360,000

BondiRescue

3,270,000

Idols Global

3,060,000

Little Big Shots

2,620,000

As of September 28, 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.

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