Lauren Watkins plays This or That on a one-upload week at CMT

The Nashville singer's quick-choice short was the network's only new video, while an Ella Langley summer and a 3,024-message inbox kept older shorts moving.

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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.

Lauren Watkins This or That | #CMT

One upload, one guest. Lauren Watkins, the Nashville singer-songwriter, sat down for CMT's This or That, the rapid-fire game of picking one thing over another. The description promises she does not hold back, and that is all it gives away. It is a small video by this channel's standards, but it is the most active of the recent shorts.

The others still moving are reminders of a busy summer. "Song of the Summer" crowned what the network calls an Ella Langley summer, filmed among the crowds at Stagecoach. "How Many Unread Texts Do You Have?" asked country artists to check their phones, and the answers ran from a single message to 3,024. The verdict in the description: country stars are not great at texting.

As usual, the real weight sits in the long catalog, which brought in more than a million views over the week. That is a little below the channel's usual daily pace, and about a thousand new subscribers came along. Among music channels of similar size, only alanjacksonVEVO and P110 added more views, and the Alan Jackson channel had a far bigger week than anyone nearby. OVO Sound and Amazon Music were on the quiet side.

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The videos drawing views on CMT right now

Song of the Summer | #CMT5,028 views How Many Unread Texts Do You Have? | #CMT2,747 views

The numbers

Here is how CMT's week looks in figures.

views gained this week, compared with similar channels

alanjacksonVEVO

4,190,918

P110: Music

1,269,418

CMT

1,155,761

BRADPAISLEYVEVO

990,432

Todd in the Shadows

921,691

3 Beat

596,008

Amazon Music

358,707

JDZmedia

204,664

OVO Sound

123,821

subscribers

617,000

▲ 1,000 in the last 7 days

total views

303,321,589

views per day

138,442

typical day: 169,281

this week's videos (first-day views)

Lauren Watkins This or That | #CMT

381

compared with similar channels (subscribers)

3 Beat

691,000

Todd in the Shadows

678,000

alanjacksonVEVO

661,000

Amazon Music

650,000

OVO Sound

644,000

BRADPAISLEYVEVO

621,000

CMT

617,000

P110: Music

597,000

JDZmedia

537,000

As of October 7, 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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