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Cadel and Mia reveal how their beach ball shrinks

A purple exercise ball becomes a tiny toy through an edit, and the behind-the-scenes version shows the separate shots that make it work.

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 3,323,807 views a day, 10 times a normal first day on this channel (320,112).

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Mia throws a large purple exercise ball overhead. Cut to Cadel, and what lands in his hand is a miniature purple suction toy. The beach dance depends on that switch, but Cadel and Mia are showing the work before the illusion.

Their behind-the-scenes Short has drawn nearly three million views in 18 hours, already far beyond the channel's usual full-day Shorts audience. A separate upload about the day they first met has attracted almost as many views, giving the couple two unusually fast starts alongside their skits and dance clips.

The beach video puts the setup first: Mia throws while Cadel records on his phone, then they trade filming duties so he can catch the tiny stand-in. Another shot has Cadel tossing the full-size ball high above Mia as she dances beneath it. Only then does the finished edit join the movements together, making the change in scale look effortless.

The comments pick up on the less seamless parts of filming, especially a ball bouncing off Cadel's head and Mia's walk-off. Others focus on the editing or the beach backdrop. For a clip built around a neat visual trick, the awkward attempts have become part of the attraction.

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What viewers say

  • I love when the videos are recorded right by the beach, it makes a really good background! Nice video guys!
    @GrinderGroundsSee it on YouTube
  • U guys are soo good at editing I love ur videos guys
    @thanabrarbrar7179See it on YouTube
  • Not the giant ball hitting Cadels head 😂
    @vasanttambade6008See it on YouTube
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  • Cadel getting hit in the head with the yoga ball 😂😅
    @meuf_2panamSee it on YouTube

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The facts
Subscribers
31,600,000 ▲ 200,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days
911,240,788
Channel views, pace per day
216,342,663 (on a normal day: 113,736,319)
Video published
October 26, 2026
Video views so far
2,966,176 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day
3,323,807

The numbers

The beach illusion is one of several unusually fast-starting Shorts for Cadel and Mia, while the channel's daily views are running at nearly twice their usual pace.

the video's first day
usual first day here
320,112
this video
3,323,807
subscribers
31,600,000
▲ 200,000 in the last 7 days
total views
81,079,277,802
views per day
216,342,663
typical day: 113,736,319
the video
views
2,966,176
likes
24,684
comments
127
days online
1
subscribers: this channel and similar channels
Cadel and Mia
31,600,000
ZHC
31,100,000
Rebecca Zamolo
23,500,000
FunnyMike
14,500,000
As of October 27, 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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