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Video taking off 33x its usual first day

SpaceX catches returning Starship upper stage for the first time

CNET's supercut follows the return from atmospheric reentry to the launch tower's waiting arms, with SpaceX crowds watching from three locations.

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No. 3 on the Science chart

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 1,093,899 views a day, 33 times a normal first day on this channel (32,836).

SpaceX Catches Starship for the First Time Ending Flight Test 15SpaceX Catches Starship for the First Time Ending Flight Test 15
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  1. 0:36Tyler Lionquist joins from Redmond, with employees gathered to watch the return.
  2. 2:43Onboard footage shows the ship reentering over Baja California and northern Mexico.
  3. 4:27Hosts confirm the ship has passed the Gulf gate and will return to the tower.
  4. 5:53The landing burn and Mechazilla catch sequence arrives.
  5. 7:35Lionquist recaps the mission's successful deployment of Starlink satellites.

"We have now passed the Gulf gate. We are going to return to the tower," a SpaceX host announces. The option of diverting to water has passed. Next comes the approach to a pair of giant mechanical arms.

CNET's "SpaceX Catches Starship for the First Time Ending Flight Test 15" captures the first catch of the Starship upper stage, rather than its Super Heavy booster. The ship returns to Starbase, Texas, after deploying Starlink satellites in orbit.

The upload is an edited compilation of SpaceX's livestream, bringing together onboard views, commentary and watch parties at Starbase, Hawthorne and Redmond. As sonic booms reach the launch site, the hosts head outside to see the arrival themselves. The landing burn slows the ship beside the tower before Mechazilla's arms take its weight.

More than 430,000 views arrived in six hours, an unusually fast start for CNET's regular-length videos. Its separate launch-and-deployment recap also drew a much larger audience than usual, but the return-and-catch edit has attracted more views despite being online for less time.

Among the comments are jokes about catching rockets with giant chopsticks and an appreciation of the name Mechazilla. Others reach for aviation history, invoking the Wright brothers and memories of watching the first Moon landing. In the video, the celebration stretches across the separate SpaceX viewing crowds, with the ship safely back at the tower.

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What viewers say

  • If you told people 100 years ago we would eventually launch reusable rockets and catch them from the sky with giant chopsticks, they would look at you like you were insane 😂
    @FractalNinjaSee it on YouTube
  • Even the aliens are saying" Pretty cool, humans!"
    @BrownHairWavyEyesSee it on YouTube
  • Mechazilla is such an awesome name for it lol.
    @anon8373See it on YouTube
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The facts
Channel
CNET
Subscribers
4,110,000 ▲ 10,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days
2,908,006
Channel views, pace per day
588,956 (on a normal day: 508,714)
Video published
November 14, 2026
Video views so far
434,087 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day
1,093,899

The numbers

The catch edit and the earlier mission recap both drew unusually large audiences for CNET. The catch video's total below covers its opening six hours, not a full day.

the video's first day
usual first day here
32,836
this video
1,093,899
subscribers
4,110,000
▲ 10,000 in the last 7 days
total views
2,151,180,852
views per day
588,956
typical day: 508,714
the video
views
434,087
likes
5,995
comments
632
days online
1
subscribers: this channel and similar channels
JayzTwoCents
4,350,000
Techquickie
4,300,000
TechSource
4,200,000
CNET
4,110,000
CarterPCs
4,070,000
Nikola Toy
3,920,000
As of November 15, 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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