A Mbappé meme takes hoser from football to diplomacy
Three new uploads connect a viral AI edit, China's scissors industry and Brazil's internal conflict.
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.
China vs. Mbappé
Kylian Mbappé laughs at an AI-edited image of himself as Mao Zedong. In hoser's "China vs. Mbappé", that interview moment becomes the starting point for a story about the distance between an internet joke and an international backlash.
The clip identifies the original as an AI-made meme, then shows Mbappé discussing it on The Bridge. hoser reports that Chinese sponsors withdrew support, demands for apologies followed and La Liga broadcasts were suspended in China. The video closes with an apology letter attributed to the footballer. It was the most watched of the channel's three new uploads, reaching nearly half a million views.
China supplied another subject in "How China makes 69% of scissors", which drew a substantial audience of its own. The newest upload, "Brazil's Hidden Civil War", is now attracting the most daily views on the channel. Meanwhile, October's "Where is the REAL Springfield??" remains among its busiest uploads, giving the week a distinctly hoser mixture of geopolitics, manufacturing and a deceptively simple question about a place name.
Across the channel, the week brought about 2.8 million views, the largest weekly gain among the nearby education and explainer channels. The subscriber count held at a million, while daily viewing is below its usual level. Asianometry and BBC Timestamp are both having busier-than-usual days; for hoser, the fresh activity is concentrated most strongly on the Brazil upload.
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Where next?
The videos drawing views on hoser right now
- Channel
- hoser
- Subscribers
- 1,000,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 2,791,563
- Videos published this week
- 3
- Video published
- October 28, 2026
- Video views so far
- 476,488
- Views on its first day
- 280,273
The numbers
Here is how hoser's uploads and audience moved over the week.
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Which country did Kylian Mbappé help win the 2018 men's World Cup?
Mbappé scored in the final as France defeated Croatia to win the 2018 World Cup.



