Views jump 14x the channel's usual pace

Johnstone makes every Pokémon Emerald badge wait for a shiny

His return to an older Pokémon adventure arrives alongside a sharp channel-wide jump to more than half a million daily views.

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Johnstone Story of October 28, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The whole channel is running at 517,440 views a day, 14 times a normal day (37,734).

I Caught a Shiny Before Each Badge (Pokemon Emerald)

Johnstone is marking two decades of playing Pokémon by putting a condition on his progress through Emerald: catch a shiny before earning each badge. Getting to the next Gym is no longer just a matter of having a strong enough team.

Shiny Pokémon are rare, differently colored versions of the usual creatures. Hunting them turns an otherwise familiar adventure into a waiting game, with each successful catch becoming its own milestone before the badge battle.

Posted on October 26, "I Caught a Shiny Before Each Badge (Pokemon Emerald)" has reached roughly 470,000 views. It arrives as Johnstone's daily channel views climb to almost fourteen times their usual level. That is a channel-wide rise, rather than a view count for the Emerald upload alone.

The premise has roots in his most-watched video, "I Caught Every Shiny Pokemon Before Each Gym." But the wording matters: this Emerald challenge asks for a shiny before each badge, not every available shiny. It also follows his sprawling Legends Z-A hunt, where ranking up came with another collecting requirement.

In the Emerald video's description, Johnstone says he had long wanted to attempt a challenge in the older generations. The chapter list follows that plan through the badges, then continues into the Elite Four, the Champion and a final hunt. The badge collection is not quite the finish line.

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The facts

Channel: Johnstone
Subscribers: 766,000 ▲ 1,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days: 760,032
Channel views, pace per day: 517,440 (on a normal day: 37,734)

The numbers

Johnstone's daily channel views are sharply above their usual pace. The new Emerald challenge adds context to that jump, though its total covers a different period.

views per day, whole channel

typical day

37,734

now

517,440

subscribers

766,000

▲ 1,000 in the last 7 days

total views

151,928,809

views per day

517,440

typical day: 37,734

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

882,000

857,000

769,000

766,000

749,000

644,000

As of October 28, 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.

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