Zohran Mamdani, the American Dream and a very long tie on This Past Weekend

New York's mayor sat down for episode #687, and it passed a million views in about a day, on the same day Caleb Pressley's episode cleared the same mark.

Channel: Theo VonStory of October 3, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 962,155 views a day, 17 times a normal first day on this channel (56,759).

Zohran Mamdani | This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von #687

A new upload on Theo Von's channel usually ends its first day somewhere around 57,000 views. The episode with Zohran Mamdani came close to a million in its first 24 hours, and a few hours later it was past that line.

The description introduces the guest plainly: the 112th Mayor of New York City, before that a housing advocate and a member of the New York State Assembly, where he represented Astoria in Queens. The plan it lays out is loose in true This Past Weekend fashion: "overall mayoral stuff," catching strays from world leaders, and whether the American Dream still exists. Politicians are not new to Theo's microphone. Donald Trump, JD Vance and Bernie Sanders have all taken the chair across from him. Mamdani is the first New York mayor among them.

The comments are less about policy than about the room. The most popular running joke is the mayor's tie and how far down it seems to go. Close behind are Theo's own lines on the American Dream, including one tying it to a good night's sleep, and his usual detours into odd phrases such as an "ice cream aquarium." Some viewers point out that Theo was correcting his guest barely two minutes in, and others note how easily the mayor keeps up with his humor.

It makes two in a row. Episode #686, Caleb Pressley's return, which opened fast as we reported here, also crossed a million views today. The short clips posted between the two episodes, with titles like "she was brave" and "show em," are drawing a small fraction of that.

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The numbers

Two full episodes, back to back, have each passed a million views, and the newer one got there in about a day.

the video's first day

usual first day here

56,759

this video

962,155

subscribers

4,740,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

1,176,124,136

views per day

2,493,737

typical day: 869,731

the video

views

1,184,830

likes

33,519

comments

9,269

days online

2

compared with similar channels (subscribers)

Shawn Ryan Show

6,590,000

Jay Shetty Podcast

6,070,000

Theo Von

4,740,000

Club Shay Shay

4,310,000

Shawn Ryan Clips

3,170,000

PBD Podcast

2,970,000

As of October 3, 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.

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