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Petronas Towers, Sepang and a Grand Prix that came back: Live The Dash in Malaysia

Five uploads came out of one trip to Kuala Lumpur, from a paddock ticket upgrade to the story of who built the world's tallest twin towers.

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.

World’s tallest twin towers were built by…World’s tallest twin towers were built by…

A usual day on Live The Dash brings in a little over half a million views, and this week held close to that line. What changed was the scenery. The whole week came out of Malaysia, where Formula 1 returned to Sepang for the first time since 2017 to host the 2026 Bahrain Grand Prix.

The trip produced five uploads. The race-weekend videos covered the obvious ground: why F1 left Sepang in the first place, whether the one-off return worked, and what an upgraded ticket buys you. That one comes with a Four Seasons stay in Kuala Lumpur and a paddock pass, and the description adds a wet, chaotic race won by Max Verstappen ahead of Kimi Antonelli and Lewis Hamilton. But the video that took off was a side trip. "World's tallest twin towers were built by…" tells the story of the Petronas Towers. Malaysia split the contract in two and set a Japanese firm and a South Korean one against each other, one per tower. It passed 700,000 views in five days.

The title leaves its answer hanging, and the comments fill it in. The most liked one names Samsung C&T, others carefully point out that it is not the electronics company, and a long thread of Malaysian viewers simply say hello. One remembers watching the towers rise from across the street at the age of four.

An older video is still working too: "Unhinged Road Trip Tips…", eleven days old and closing in on 760,000 views. Subscribers grew by about 4,000 over the week. Among the motorsport and off-road channels near its size, none added more views than Live The Dash. DirtFish came closest, and most of the group, from Danny MacAskill to Edwin Olding, ran below their usual pace.

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What viewers say

  • Btw the company is Samsung C&T
  • It was an unforgettable experience watching this tower being built right in front of my house until it was completed. I was only 4 years old back then, living in Bukit Aman
  • hey mate, good to know you are here at Malaysia. i am your subscriber from quite some time and i lived at Kuala Lumpur. hope you have a pleasant stay here at Malaysia and hope we can see. Love from Malaysia
    @loose_cauliflowerSee it on YouTube
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  • The company is Samsung C&T not the same as Samsung Electronics btw
    @RekkabgamingSee it on YouTube
  • The company that built tower 2 , burj khalifa and merdeka 118 also built was Samsung C & T and also went on to build Taipei 101 with another company
    @RafaelYT4472See it on YouTube
  • Side quest before F1💀🔥
  • The Petronas towers are iconic
  • Marvellous 🤩
    @yuzazuryatibintimohdyusofk139See it on YouTube

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The videos drawing views on Live The Dash right now

The facts
Subscribers
471,000 ▲ 4,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days
4,892,437
Videos published this week
5
Video published
October 3, 2026
Video views so far
705,194
Views on its first day
197,827

The numbers

Here is how Live The Dash's Malaysia week looks in figures.

views gained this week, compared with similar channels
Live The Dash
4,892,437
DirtFish
1,677,437
GMBN Tech
612,411
Edwin Olding
605,589
Danny MacAskill
478,552
Axell Hodges
384,203
Tsumi
244,568
All 4 Adventure
234,122
The Story Till Now
214,029
subscribers
471,000
▲ 4,000 in the last 7 days
total views
585,351,212
views per day
551,464
typical day: 580,020
compared with similar channels (subscribers)
Danny MacAskill
567,000
GMBN Tech
559,000
Axell Hodges
546,000
The Story Till Now
502,000
Live The Dash
471,000
DirtFish
440,000
Edwin Olding
411,000
All 4 Adventure
397,000
Tsumi
384,000
As of October 8, 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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