One giant rutabaga becomes The Onion's food-stamp policy
The satirical USDA announcement has passed a quarter million views, far more than anything else the channel posted in seven days.
The OnionStory of 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.
USDA Replaces Food Stamps With One Giant Rutabaga
What does America's Finest News Source do with a week? It files seven reports, and one of them swaps food stamps for a single enormous root vegetable. "USDA Replaces Food Stamps With One Giant Rutabaga" is the week's clear favorite, past a quarter million views and still busy six days on. Its description points viewers toward a video about the wealth gap, which tells you where the joke is aimed.
The rest of the week ran through the usual Onion News Network beat: God leaving "Secret Lives Of Mormon Wives," the Hulu reality series about Utah influencers, American parents outsourcing child care overseas, a proposed ban on loveless marriages, and a child who bankrupts the Make-A-Wish Foundation. That last one is two days old and still moving briskly.
The quickest video right now is the newest: "FDA Approves Depressant Drug For The Annoyingly Cheerful," barely a day old and already gathering views faster than the rutabaga. Subscribers held steady through the week.
Among talk and late-night channels, The Graham Norton Show is having a busier stretch than usual, while The View is right on its normal pace. The Onion sits sixth of nine by subscribers, a satire outlet in a group made mostly of real talk shows.
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The videos drawing views on The Onion right now
God Announces Departure From ‘Secret Lives Of Mormon Wives’53,817 views · 2026-09-24
New Marijuana Study Confirms Everyone Knows You're High And You Will …52,146 views · 2026-09-22
Many U S Parents Outsourcing Child Care Overseas40,825 views · 2026-09-25
New Law Would Ban Marriages Between People Who Don't Love Each Other25,652 views · 2026-09-26
Child Bankrupts Make-A-Wish Foundation21,380 views · 2026-09-27
FDA Approves Depressant Drug For The Annoyingly Cheerful10,259 views
- Channel
- The Onion
- Subscribers
- 3,280,000
- Videos published this week
- 7
- Video published
- September 23, 2026
- Video views so far
- 280,496
The numbers
Here are the figures behind The Onion's week.
