Video taking off 56x its usual first day

Olise takes the seat beside Mbappé at the Ballon d'Or

ESPN FC's candid auditorium clip turns a brief arrival into a talking point, with viewers comparing it to meeting friends at a school assembly.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 1,030,017 views a day, 56 times a normal first day on this channel (18,332).

The French sitting together 🇫🇷 (via Ballondor/TT)

Michael Olise arrives carrying a water bottle, follows an usher down the aisle and slips into the front row. The black-tie setting is formal; the brief laugh he shares with Kylian Mbappé is rather less so.

That small exchange is the centerpiece of ESPN FC's Short from the Ballon d'Or ceremony, credited to the event's TikTok account. It drew more than 400,000 views in seven hours, already far beyond the channel's usual first-day audience for a Short.

The on-screen caption asks why everyone is looking at Olise that way. There is no intelligible conversation to supply an answer: he puts his bottle on the floor, exchanges a few words with Mbappé, then joins the applause. The appeal is in the glances, not a speech or an award announcement.

Viewers supply their own familiar comparisons. One likens the scene to friends linking up at a school assembly; others read the greeting as an affectionate, younger-brother moment or recall watching the French attackers together over the summer.

ESPN FC also has separate clips of the ceremony and Mbappé heading straight to his seat drawing unusually large early audiences. Away from the auditorium, its El Clásico highlights feature Mbappé scoring both goals in Real Madrid's win over Barcelona.

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What viewers say

When you link up with the bros in the auditorium for the class assembly 😂
@ShingoChanelTVSee it on YouTube
They're proud of him. He's like their little brother
@OsloNorway247See it on YouTube
That trio was so beautiful to watch this summer 😢
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This reminds of R9 Ronaldinho and Rivaldo the best 3 attacking players you could find
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The facts

Channel: ESPN FC
Subscribers: 5,400,000
Channel views, last 7 days: 13,410,122
Channel views, pace per day: 3,241,452 (on a normal day: 1,619,367)
Video published: October 26, 2026
Video views so far: 411,298 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 1,030,017

The numbers

The seating clip passed ESPN FC's usual first-day Short audience within its opening hours. Several other Ballon d'Or uploads also drew unusually strong starts.

the video's first day

usual first day here

18,332

this video

1,030,017

subscribers

5,400,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

5,116,533,976

views per day

3,241,452