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Video taking off 15x its usual first day

A car waits as soldiers keep crossing the road

Military Exposed Shorts' repost turns a roadside delay into a fast-starting clip, with viewers supplying excuses for being late.

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 1,855,303 views a day, 15 times a normal first day on this channel (123,779).

When Soldiers Tried Crossing The Road In Formation 😂🪖When Soldiers Tried Crossing The Road In Formation 😂🪖

The road ahead is full of soldiers, and the people inside the car are laughing in disbelief. Then someone tells the other person to look right. The camera turns, revealing a column stretching far down the roadside: this crossing isn't clearing just yet.

The footage, reposted by clips channel Military Exposed Shorts, drew an estimated 1.9 million views in its first day, far beyond the channel's usual start for a Short. It captures uniformed troops jogging across the vehicle's path in low light, with the occupants' running commentary providing the soundtrack.

Viewers are turning the delay into imaginary conversations with their bosses about why they couldn't get to work. Others compare the passing formation to a seemingly endless train arriving precisely when you're in a hurry. The comments came in roughly thirteen times faster than on the channel's usual first day.

Another upload, "When The Army Band Goes To War 🎺😂", also passed a million views. But the road-crossing clip needs no elaborate setup: the camera's turn to the right supplies the scale of the problem.

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What viewers say

  • “Why were you late to work?” “Boss the 82nd airborne division all decided to go for a walk”
    Edit: how the fuck dose this have over 3 k likes?
    @BigCountry1861See it on YouTube
  • Switching to your secondary crossing guard is faster than reloading.
    @TheVonjokerSee it on YouTube
  • "Oh god there another train"😂
    @xavierguzman4705See it on YouTube
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The facts
Subscribers
139,000 ▲ 6,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days
54,537,918
Channel views, pace per day
2,585,802 (on a normal day: 6,935,907)
Video published
October 26, 2026
Video views so far
2,638,837 (2 days online)
Video views, pace per day
2,504,087

The numbers

The road-crossing Short had an unusually large first day for Military Exposed Shorts, both in views and in comments.

the video's first day
usual first day here
123,779
this video
1,855,303
subscribers
139,000
▲ 6,000 in the last 7 days
total views
538,538,572
views per day
2,585,802
typical day: 6,935,907
the video
views
2,638,837
likes
56,056
comments
612
days online
2
subscribers: this channel and similar channels
viralpoly
149,000
MRMC
133,000
Vilux
133,000
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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