Video taking off 35x its usual first day

KSI revives "Try Not to Laugh" with supermarket arguments and memes

The return to desktop reactions drew more than 380,000 views in 13 hours, alongside requests to keep the series going.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 525,949 views a day, 35 times a normal first day on this channel (14,856).

The Return Of TRY NOT TO LAUGH!

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0:00KSI introduces a challenge that requires him to resist something he says he loves: laughing.
2:30A grocery-aisle argument prompts KSI to point out how much room the shoppers have.
6:33A gamer's impression of Tom's scream brings a cartoon sound into a video game match.
12:25A stand-up audience member initially keeps his job secret, then identifies himself as an HBO comedy producer.
18:57KSI gives his verdict on the challenge and signs off.

KSI gives himself an assignment that runs against his own introduction: "Your boy loves to laugh, but today we gonna try not to." A grocery-store argument and a gamer's impression of Tom's scream are among the obstacles waiting for him.

"The Return Of TRY NOT TO LAUGH!" brings a familiar format back to KSI+. The upload is running far ahead of the channel's usual first-day pace, and this is territory with a history here: several of its most-watched regular videos are earlier attempts at the same challenge.

The setup leaves plenty of room for KSI to interrupt. Watching shoppers argue over who walked into whom in a grocery aisle, he spots the obvious problem: "Bro, look how much space there is, bro!" Elsewhere, a sketch imagines abandoning everyday conversations by simply announcing that they're boring. The Tom and Jerry impression earns a more appreciative pause.

The return also follows a chapter about bringing back desktop videos in his earlier upload, "I Finally Admit Everything.." In the comments, viewers ask for this series to continue and describe waiting for another installment. One practical request cuts through the welcome-back messages: make the clips bigger, because they're sometimes difficult to see beside his reaction.

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What viewers say

Welcome Back JJ/KSI <3
@MultiChristykSee it on YouTube
Sometimes it's a bit difficult to see the clips when they are only around 30% of the screen
@ReconPlaysYTSee it on YouTube
Thanks for making us smile through all our tough times. Love you JJ
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I waited ages for this video😭 and it was worth it great work JJ🙏♥️
@NoztrySee it on YouTube
Keep this series going !!
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The facts

Channel: KSI+
Subscribers: 775,000 ▲ 4,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days: 2,695,462
Channel views, pace per day: 302,985 (on a normal day: 306,271)
Video published: October 25, 2026
Video views so far: 383,569 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 525,949

The numbers

This familiar KSI format has made an unusually fast start on KSI+. The views so far are shown below beside the channel's usual opening-day performance.

the video's first day

usual first day here

14,856

this video

525,949

subscribers

775,000

▲ 4,000 in the last 7 days

total views

211,441,719

views per day

302,985