Handshakes and backwards running fill The Johnson Brothers' week

Five uploads include "The Last Boys Night," alongside a friend-group sketch that has passed 13 million views.

Channel: The Johnson Brothers Story of October 30, 2026Trari Newsroom

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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.

When the “glue” of the friend group leaves…🫥 #theboys #viral #shorts

The Johnson Brothers added roughly 120,000 subscribers over seven days, with a lineup that put friendship through several very different tests: dapping, running backwards and surviving the departure of the person who organizes everything.

The week's most watched upload was "When the "glue" of the friend group leaves…🫥 #theboys #viral #shorts." Isaiah announces he's moving away, and the remaining friends discover that their social circle apparently operates under cosmic law. The house shakes; people begin fading from existence. A friend in pink supplies the explanation: "There is no friend group without him."

That exaggerated premise prompted a surprisingly personal thread in the comments. One viewer recalled separate friend groups falling apart after their organizer moved away. Others concentrated on the special-effects logic, wondering whether the friends had disappeared or merely become invisible.

The dapping challenge also found a substantial audience, while the alien-invasion sketch is currently drawing the most daily views of any individual upload. All three are busy at once. Across the channel, daily viewing is well above its usual pace; among nearby sketch-comedy channels, Viva La Dirt League is also having a lively week, while Buttered Side Down is running more quietly than usual.

The newest additions change the scale again: a backwards-running challenge and "The Last Boys Night." The latter's description credits Amos, Isaiah and Sam Johnson alongside Jadon Socher, Jerry Jiang, Mike Miller and Josiah Phelan, giving the week's closing title a full ensemble.

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More from The Johnson BrothersOn today's chart 4M views since yesterdayThe Johnson Brothers have jobs to finish during an alien invasionTheir backyard sci-fi sketch gives every friend a different survival strategy, from keyboard diplomacy to simply ignoring the emergency.Channel: The Johnson Brothers · Story of October 29, 2026 Also in Comedy sketches and skitsVideo taking off 11x its usual first dayJJEverettRose's toddler insists Halloween won't scare himA toy lightsaber offers limited reassurance in a fast-starting seasonal return to the creator's toddler sketches.Channel: JJEverettRose · Story of October 31, 2026 A different discovery todayVideo taking off 47x its usual first dayDiane Sawyer's Patrick Stewart interview closes World News TonightThe October 29 edition also covers Alaska's Senate probes and a Pentagon firing, but its comment section belongs largely to the actor.Channel: ABC News · Story of October 31, 2026

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The videos drawing views on The Johnson Brothers right now

The Boys try the “Dapping Challenge” #theboys #viral #shorts #dap12,304,231 views · 2026-10-24 Different types of friends during an Alien Invasion 👽 #theboys #vira…7,099,526 views · 2026-10-28 The BOYS try the “backwards running” challenge…🏃 #theboys #viral #sh…587,451 views · 2026-10-29 The Last Boys Night0 views · 2026-10-29

The numbers

Here's how the channel's audience and viewing grew across the week.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

The Johnson Brothers

122,040,897

Viva La Dirt League

44,827,140

Dimucc

12,539,536

Buttered Side Down

6,147,378

Amalia Triple Charm

1,835,335

The Try Guys

1,788,354

Smosh Alike

1,732,352

Brandon Rogers

1,397,599

sWooZie

44,965

subscribers

7,290,000

▲ 120,000 in the last 7 days

total views

5,335,781,751

views per day

27,255,961

typical day: 15,592,138

first-day views of each video posted this week

When the “glue” of the friend group lea…

7,160,334

The Boys try the “Dapping Challenge” #t…

1,506,594

Different types of friends during an Al…

4,612,647

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Dimucc

8,000,000

The Try Guys

7,860,000

sWooZie

7,590,000

Viva La Dirt League

7,560,000

Smosh Alike

7,520,000

Buttered Side Down

7,400,000

The Johnson Brothers

7,290,000

Brandon Rogers

7,250,000

Amalia Triple Charm

6,990,000

As of October 30, 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.