Video taking off 24x its usual first day

Candace Owens, a fifth child on the way and a friendship on This Past Weekend #688

A day later Nick Saban took the guest chair ahead of his ESPN docuseries, and that episode also opened far beyond the channel's usual pace.

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 1,186,001 views a day, 24 times a normal first day on this channel (50,140).

Candace Owens | This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von #688Candace Owens | This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von #688

"Candace Owens | This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von #688" seats the host of the show "Candace" across from the Louisiana comedian. The description sums up the conversation in three parts: getting ready for her fifth child, fending off lawsuits from world leaders, and why she is not letting up on her investigation into Charlie Kirk's murder.

The episode passed a million views inside its first day. A new upload here usually gathers about 50,000 in that time, so this one ran more than twenty times ahead of the routine.

The comment section talks less about the headline topics than about the two people at the table. Viewers describe the episode as two friends joking around at home, and more than a few ask for the pairing to come back once a month. One of the most liked comments points to the moment Theo forgot that his guest was pregnant. Many also remark on the swing in the guest list: Owens arrived just days after Zohran Mamdani's visit, which, as we reported here, ran long on the American Dream.

The next episode followed a day later with Nick Saban. The former Alabama coach talks about the mentality behind his dynasty, how recruiting has changed and learning to have fun in retirement. The episode arrived ahead of his ESPN docuseries "Saban", which the description dates to October 8. It opened at more than ten times the usual first day, and a short clip from it, "Social Media vs Self w/ Nick Saban", went up soon after.

Two episodes, two days apart, and neither came anywhere close to an ordinary start for this channel.

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The facts
Channel
Theo Von
Subscribers
4,760,000 ▲ 20,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days
8,576,341
Channel views, pace per day
1,549,024 (on a normal day: 996,596)
Video published
October 5, 2026
Video views so far
1,405,155 (2 days online)
Video views, pace per day
1,223,411

The numbers

The figures below show two episodes in a row running far ahead of what a new upload on this channel usually does.

the video's first day
usual first day here
50,140
this video
1,186,001
subscribers
4,760,000
▲ 20,000 in the last 7 days
total views
1,180,436,795
views per day
1,549,024
typical day: 996,596
the video
views
1,405,155
likes
49,719
comments
8,210
days online
2
compared with similar channels (subscribers)
Shawn Ryan Show
6,610,000
Jay Shetty Podcast
6,090,000
Theo Von
4,760,000
Club Shay Shay
4,320,000
Shawn Ryan Clips
3,170,000
PBD Podcast
2,970,000
As of October 7, 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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