Shane2 questions dating apps and AI shopping's impossible promises

Jerid and Sandy return from Montana for a podcast that ends with blindfolded mystery-box guesses.

Channel: Shane2 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.

The Dating App Conspiracy

An impossible vegetable cutter is a useful clue that an online shopping video might not be showing a real product. Shane Dawson and the crew spend part of "The Dating App Conspiracy" picking through just such clips, from improbable kitchen gadgets to sentimental AI-generated advertising.

The week's only Shane2 upload has reached roughly 665,000 views. Ryland Adams, Spencer Bernard and Chris Breitinger join Shane, with Jerid and Sandy Yaw back after a two-month van trip in Montana. The conversation moves from Amazon's generated shopper profiles to what Shane calls "AI slopshipping": artificial videos used to sell products whose real-life versions may be rather less impressive. One viewer suggests making the next step a shopping experiment, comparing the advertised objects with whatever actually arrives.

The title's dating-app discussion arrives about halfway through. Shane wonders whether keeping people searching could be more profitable for an app than helping them find a lasting relationship. It's his theory, not an established finding about how the services match people. The episode includes paid sponsor segments, then eventually trades algorithms for something more tactile: a blindfolded "What's in the Box" game.

The new episode is currently the channel's most active upload, drawing about twice the daily views of "Michaels Conspiracy Investigation." That earlier retail investigation has passed a million views, keeping shopping firmly in the channel's active lineup.

Across Shane2, weekly viewing totaled roughly 1.4 million, while subscribers stayed unchanged. The current daily viewing pace is below its usual level. Nearby mystery channels Nexpo and Top5s also had unchanged subscriber totals this week, while Andy Jiang and Doctor NOS drew much larger weekly audiences. For Shane2, the newest conversation is doing the most work, with its shopping questions extending naturally from the Michaels episode.

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The videos drawing views on Shane2 right now

Michaels Conspiracy Investigation1,191,860 views I Investigated Viral Conspiracy Theories!923,274 views

The numbers

Here is Shane2's week in views and subscribers.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

Andy Jiang

30,330,592

Doctor NOS

24,541,919

Tyler Blanchard

11,761,467

Davidjustinn

2,291,424

SCP Explained - Story & A…

1,556,687

Shane2

1,378,865

Ali Koca

784,412

Nexpo

653,814

Top5s

614,731

subscribers

2,740,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

257,788,229

views per day

133,754

typical day: 195,937

first-day views of each video posted this week

The Dating App Conspiracy

327,921

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Tyler Blanchard

5,090,000

Nexpo

4,000,000

Andy Jiang

3,500,000

Top5s

3,440,000

Shane2

2,740,000

SCP Explained - Story & A…

2,490,000

Doctor NOS

2,400,000

Ali Koca

2,320,000

Davidjustinn

2,060,000

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.