LOUD, Paper Rex and an Americas question under Shanghai's newest group stage replay
The full broadcast passed a million views in its first fourteen hours, and the comments are already looking ahead to the playoffs.
VALORANT Champions TourStory of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 1,548,817 views a day, 100 times a normal first day on this channel (15,439).
VALORANT Champions Shanghai — Group Stage
Can a team from the Americas take the trophy home from Shanghai? That is one of the questions running under the newest full replay from VALORANT Champions Shanghai, a single long upload titled simply "VALORANT Champions Shanghai — Group Stage." It passed a million views in its first fourteen hours, a start a full replay on this channel rarely sees.
The tournament runs from September 24 to October 18, with sixteen teams from the Americas, China, EMEA and Pacific playing for the year's biggest prize. The description frames 2026 as a year of challengers, with two different new champions crowned at the Masters events.
The comments read like a fan bracket being filled in. One of the most liked wishes for LOUD and Paper Rex (PRX) to meet as the match of the tournament: the Brazilian side and the Singapore-based team, both known for loud crowds and an attacking style. Others weigh up how the regions are doing, and one viewer simply came to see a favorite Sage on Sunset. The comment section is about twice as busy as a replay's usual first day.
Around the long upload, the channel cut the day into smaller pieces: highlights of FUT against T1, a short of FUT closing out a round in seven seconds, and quick clips of tkzin's four-kill eco round and PatMen keeping his nerve.
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What viewers say
Loud vs PRX should be match of the tournament
@mightymeme1971See it on YouTubei came to whatch my sage in sunset, dont dissapoint me, erde
@gabrielfelix2776See it on YouTubeWhat are the chances an american team takes it
@noahlau1128See it on YouTube
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- Channel
- VALORANT Champions Tour
- Subscribers
- 1,320,000 ▲ 10,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 12,285,375
- Channel views, pace per day
- 1,656,811 (on a normal day: 2,004,624)
- Video published
- October 4, 2026
- Video views so far
- 1,175,209 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 1,548,817
The numbers
The figures show a full-day replay that drew far more viewers in its first hours than this channel's long uploads usually do.
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The VALORANT map Sunset is set in which real city?
Sunset, added to VALORANT in 2023, is set in Los Angeles, with its streets, shops and sunny rooftops.
