John Nellis hands the football names to his partner

A new guessing upload joins a Premier League pack challenge and his backstage Strictly Come Dancing interviews.

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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.

My Partner Guesses Footballer’s Names

Knowing the face and finding the name are different football skills. John Nellis makes the latter the premise of "My Partner Guesses Footballer's Names," the newest of his three uploads this week. It has reached roughly half a million views in its opening seventeen hours.

That follows "Can a Premier League Player Pack Themselves?" and "Who is YOUR Football Lookalike? | Strictly Come Dancing Edition," the most watched of the week's releases. Backstage at Strictly, the answers range from Dominik Szoboszlai to Sebastian Vettel, stretching the football brief into Formula 1. Hair does some of the matchmaking: one participant explains his David Beckham comparison with, "I've been told David Beckham, but honestly I think it's the hair."

Viewers have their own scouting reports. The first participant prompts suggestions including Marc Cucurella and David Raya, while other comments offer alternatives to the comparisons on screen. A lookalike question is rarely settled by the person answering it.

Away from the new uploads, "Which Ball Bounces the Highest?" remains the channel's strongest daily draw, followed by "How Many Pumps to Explode a Football?" The partner guessing game is already among its most active titles, too.

Nellis added about 100,000 subscribers over the week. Daily viewing is now approaching four times its usual level; Futcrunch is also drawing more views than usual, while KSI is closer to its normal pace. For Nellis, the current mix stretches from ballroom faces to the much simpler mystery of a bouncing ball.

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The videos drawing views on John Nellis right now

Who is YOUR Football Lookalike? | Strictly Come Dancing Edition1,364,934 views · 2026-10-19 Can a Premier League Player Pack Themselves?805,164 views · 2026-10-20 Which Ball Bounces the Highest?47,816,483 views How Many Pumps to Explode a Football?24,203,276 views

The numbers

Here is how John Nellis's uploads and audience moved this week.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

Futcrunch

115,575,570

John Nellis

72,102,971

KSI

20,811,945

Miniminter

13,303,159

Sidemen

12,405,523

SV2

4,644,229

AllAttack

2,874,931

Zerkaa

189,783

ChrisMD

0

subscribers

16,800,000

▲ 100,000 in the last 7 days

total views

11,384,277,733

views per day

32,000,276

typical day: 8,458,072

first-day views of each video posted this week

Who is YOUR Football Lookalike? | Stric…

550,361

Can a Premier League Player Pack Themse…

542,985

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Futcrunch

24,200,000

Sidemen

23,400,000

KSI

19,200,000

John Nellis

16,800,000

Miniminter

10,600,000

ChrisMD

6,350,000

SV2

6,020,000

Zerkaa

4,690,000

AllAttack

3,890,000

As of October 23, 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.