Ren's "Hi Ren" voice switch gets a reaction replay

His thank-you compilation puts other creators beside the performance during a week without a new upload.

Channel: Ren Story of October 31, 2026Trari Newsroom

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.

Thank you to the reactors for helping this reach the people that need it ❤️ #hiren #renreaction

Ren changes his voice, and the faces beside him change too. In his split-screen "Hi Ren" reaction compilation, the turn from a confrontational persona to a calmer answer brings widened eyes, gasps and double takes. The performance is familiar; watching other people encounter that switch gives it another angle.

The clip thanks reaction creators for helping the song reach people. Posted in September, it carries the most daily momentum among Ren's active uploads, even with nothing new posted this week. The original "Ren - Hi Ren (Official Music Video)" remains his most watched regular upload, with roughly 76 million views.

"Ren - The Music Business", released just before this week's window, is also drawing substantial attention and has passed a million views. The rather less grandly titled "I love my wok #wok" rounds out the active trio. Ren's catalogue has room for both an industry-facing title and kitchen wordplay.

The subscriber audience grew by about 20,000 over the week. Among nearby singer-songwriter channels, JohnMichaelHowell added a similar number, while Jhené Aiko and RAYE also grew. For Ren, the upload break hasn't meant a pause in people finding the channel, with that older "Hi Ren" encounter doing particularly visible work.

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The videos drawing views on Ren right now

Ren - The Music Business1,305,351 views I love my wok #wok1,193,324 views

The numbers

Here is Ren's week in subscribers, views and active uploads.

subscribers

2,840,000

▲ 20,000 in the last 7 days

total views

723,843,529

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Jhené Aiko

4,060,000

Peter Hollens

3,270,000

Ren

2,840,000

JENerationDIY

2,690,000

PARTYNEXTDOOR

2,520,000

Hayley Kiyoko

2,400,000

doddleoddle

1,960,000

JohnMichaelHowell

1,960,000

RAYE

1,940,000

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.