Migration's Gwen has a hug for her grumpy dad

The duckling compilation on meetsstar has passed three million views, with viewers recognizing a familiar hug exchange.

Channel: meetsstar Story of October 31, 2026Trari Newsroom

No. 42 on the daily chartNo. 1 on the Film & TV chart

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 2,645,899 views a day, 59 times a normal first day on this channel (44,933).

Migration (2023) | 🐥The Sweetest Little Duck in the Family!💕

Gwen wants to bring an alligator home. Her mother says no. That is the opening negotiation in meetsstar's Migration compilation, which gathers the youngest Mallard's requests, complaints and determined attempts to cheer everyone up.

The Short reached roughly 3.4 million views in just over a day, with an estimated first-day audience nearly sixty times the channel's usual for Shorts. It is an edited compilation from Illumination's animated film, not a new adventure made by the clips channel.

The moment drawing particular attention in the comments comes when Gwen approaches her father, Mack, at night. "You look mad. You need a hug!" she tells him. When the embrace fails to produce an immediate improvement, she adds: "Then it hasn't kicked in yet." Several viewers recognize the exchange from audio they have heard elsewhere and are connecting it to Migration.

The edit also follows Gwen's refusal to take a bathroom break midflight and her efforts to persuade Uncle Dan to join the family trip. The family may be heading south together, but Gwen has her own requirements for the journey.

Animation is moving elsewhere on meetsstar, too. Its Ice Age: Collision Course edit is drawing views much faster than usual, while the Wreck-It Ralph compilation about Fix-It Felix Jr. and Sergeant Calhoun has passed a million views.

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The numbers

The Migration edit's fast start comes alongside a week of substantial subscriber growth for meetsstar. Older Ice Age and Wreck-It Ralph compilations are also gaining views faster than usual.

the video's first day

usual first day here

44,933

this video

2,645,899

subscribers

340,000

▲ 57,000 in the last 7 days

total views

181,830,534

views per day

8,508,191

typical day: 5,346,857

the video

views

3,414,051

likes

100,561

comments

418

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

PushingUpRoses

350,000

Full Fat Videos

342,000

meetsstar

340,000

The Flick Pick

338,000

Stone Face Memes

335,000

Eggdar

331,000

As of October 31, 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.