"My brain is not braining" turns a staircase into an illusion

Videos that make your day better's fast-starting clip has viewers inspecting the shadows for clues.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 3,925,231 views a day, 31 times a normal first day on this channel (124,850).

My brain is not braining

The stairs don't add up. A man in a dark jacket walks down them while talking on his phone, then appears to step into an opening where the landing should be.

He disappears downward, steps back up looking confused and checks his phone. Eventually, he jumps across the apparent gap and carries on with his call. The everyday phone conversation makes the impossible-looking detour the whole joke.

Posted by Videos that make your day better, "My brain is not braining" reached roughly 3.7 million views in 21 hours, far beyond the channel's usual first-day Shorts audience. This is an optical-illusion clip presented in security-camera style, not footage establishing that someone walked through a solid floor. The channel specializes in re-editing other people's videos.

Viewers are picking apart the effect rather than simply repeating the title's bewilderment. Several point to a shadow that seems to appear suddenly; others suggest an edit, a change in camera angle or something held close to the lens. Those are proposed explanations, not a confirmed account of the trick. Under this particular staircase gag, the shadow has become almost as much of a subject as the man.

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The numbers

The staircase clip's early views are far above the channel's usual Shorts start. Its comment section is also busier than on a typical first day.

the video's first day

usual first day here

124,850

this video

3,925,231

subscribers

676,000

▲ 42,000 in the last 7 days

total views

4,148,546,790

views per day

56,708,577

typical day: 37,791,462

the video

views

3,714,346

likes

30,667

comments

218

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

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650,000

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646,000

As of October 14, 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.