Fredo catches up with an old mate on Mixtape Madness

The reunion Short has drawn an unusually large early audience for a channel better known for UK rap performances.

Channel: Mixtape Madness Story of October 13, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 50,007 views a day, 12 times a normal first day on this channel (4,006).

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Mixtape Madness's Fredo Short reached about 36,000 views in 13 hours, already well beyond the audience its Shorts usually draw in a full day. The subject isn't a new track or freestyle: the channel presents it as the rapper reuniting with an old mate.

Fredo is familiar to listeners well outside the freestyle circuit. His collaboration with Dave, "Funky Friday," reached number one on the UK singles chart in 2018. Here, though, the talking point is a catch-up rather than a chart hit. Viewers pick out the greeting and an emphatic reaction in the exchange, while some also notice the typo in the upload's title.

That informal moment sits alongside a more performance-focused run of uploads. Mixtape Madness has been featuring Mkormuni's appearance on "Next Up?", with a full session and shorter announcements around it. The Fredo clip offers a different side of the channel's UK rap world: a familiar artist away from the bars.

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The numbers

The Fredo Short has already exceeded Mixtape Madness's usual full-day views for this format, with its first day still unfinished.

the video's first day

usual first day here

4,006

this video

50,007

subscribers

1,840,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

1,973,831,406

views per day

131,093

typical day: 305,499

the video

views

35,961

likes

816

comments

12

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

BBC Radio 1Xtra

2,220,000

triple j

2,070,000

On The Radar Radio

1,860,000

Pressplay Media

1,850,000

Mixtape Madness

1,840,000

Apple Music

1,720,000

As of October 13, 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.