Video taking off 52x its usual first day

Michael Ian Black's mock optimism meets JD Vance's rally footage

Have I Got News For You US turns Vance's defense of Ramaswamy's ad into a short setup for Roy Wood Jr.'s retort.

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Have I Got News For You US Story of October 26, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 242,548 views a day, 52 times a normal first day on this channel (4,703).

JD Vance Defends Ramaswamy's Ad | Have I Got News for You US S5 E6

Michael Ian Black supplies the answer nobody on the panel seems to believe: "He obviously condemned it as he should."

Roy Wood Jr. has asked what JD Vance said about Vivek Ramaswamy's political advertisement targeting Amy Acton. Black's mock reassurance, followed by another panelist's sarcastic praise, sets up the reversal. Wood introduces rally footage in which Vance defends the commercial and calls Acton a liar.

This is a comedy-panel segment, not a straight news report. Back in the studio, Wood answers with a personal roast of Vance, prompting laughter and applause around the table. The whole exchange takes less than a minute.

That compact setup brought the channel an unusually large response: an estimated 240,000 views in its first day, roughly fifty times the usual start for its Shorts. The comment section was also far busier than a typical first day.

The episode's longer uploads are drawing unusually strong starts of their own, each running at about five times the channel's usual first-day pace for regular videos. Guests David Pakman and Jenny Hagel join Wood, Black and Amber Ruffin for the wider discussion, with the Ramaswamy-Acton advertisement receiving a longer examination alongside reactions from Ohioans and Republican officials.

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The facts

Channel: Have I Got News For You US
Subscribers: 309,000 ▲ 9,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days: 2,444,295
Channel views, pace per day: 407,348 (on a normal day: 228,281)
Video published: October 24, 2026
Video views so far: 304,996 (2 days online)
Video views, pace per day: 253,653

The numbers

The Short's fast start stands out against the channel's usual Shorts performance. The episode's longer segments are also running well above their own usual pace.

the video's first day

usual first day here

4,703

this video

242,548

subscribers

309,000

▲ 9,000 in the last 7 days

total views

60,959,325

views per day

407,348