Food Theorists sees a chicken plan behind McDonald's AI push

The week's only upload argues that kitchen automation could make room for more labor-intensive, hand-breaded chicken.

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McDonald's Spent $8.5 BILLION... For THIS?!

Chicken, rather than a smarter drive-thru, is where The Food Theorists' latest investigation lands. After working through McDonald's plans for menus, personalized offers and restaurant automation, the essay proposes a less obvious goal: freeing up kitchen labor to expand fresh, hand-breaded chicken and draw business from Chick-fil-A.

That is the channel's theory, not an announced McDonald's chicken strategy. The argument arrives around eleven minutes into "McDonald's 8.5 BIllion AI Campaign is GENIUS?!", after a breakdown of how connected inventory systems and automated tasks might change restaurant work. The video also includes a sponsored merchandise segment.

The sole new upload this week has reached roughly 235,000 views and is currently the channel's busiest video by a substantial margin. In the comments, viewers keep bringing the discussion back to meal prices, mistaken drive-thru orders and memories of colorful restaurants with play areas. The promised technological makeover has prompted some decidedly low-tech requests.

Across the channel, viewing is running close to its usual daily pace, with nearly a million views added over seven days and the subscriber count unchanged. Among nearby food channels, FutureCanoe is enjoying an above-usual daily viewing pace, while Jamie Oliver's is quieter than normal.

Behind the McDonald's essay, "YOU Ruined Pillsbury Sugar Cookies" remains the next busiest upload. Its mixture of baking experiments and questions about nostalgic taste has more momentum right now than the newer Outback Steakhouse investigation. Restaurant strategy may be the week's main course, but the cookie troubleshooting has not left the table.

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The videos drawing views on The Food Theorists right now

YOU Ruined Pillsbury Sugar Cookies577,966 views Outback Steakhouse Has a HUGE Problem!289,154 views

The numbers

Here is how the channel's week and its busiest uploads add up.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

JOLLY

12,462,436

FutureCanoe

9,873,672

Guga Foods

5,853,182

Ha Sisters

5,263,204

Lisa Nguyen

4,753,631

Cooking with Kian

3,364,802

Essen Recipes

1,927,806

Jamie Oliver

1,821,553

The Food Theorists

997,580

subscribers

5,500,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

1,228,903,758

views per day

176,404

typical day: 177,254

first-day views of each video posted this week

McDonald's 8.5 BIllion AI Campaign is G…

163,656

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Jamie Oliver

6,220,000

Cooking with Kian

5,960,000

Guga Foods

5,890,000

Essen Recipes

5,640,000

The Food Theorists

5,500,000

JOLLY

5,460,000

Lisa Nguyen

5,450,000

Ha Sisters

5,120,000

FutureCanoe

4,890,000

As of October 30, 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.