wikiHow gives "touch grass" the step-by-step treatment

A meme-filled self-improvement animation has viewers checking that it really came from the official channel.

Channel: wikiHow Story of October 20, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video is running at 63,947 views a day, 27 times its usual pace (2,365).

How to Stop Being a Chud

wikiHow has turned getting offline into an animated how-to, complete with instructions to go outside, listen to other perspectives and accept a little embarrassment. The delivery is considerably less ordinary than the advice.

The video is titled "How to Stop Being a Chud," and its narrator opens by asking whether the viewer is ready to "lock in." An animated character heads outdoors to "touch grass." Beneath the internet slang, the suggestions are familiar: try new activities, read books, spend less time on social media and practice a growth mindset.

Posted six days ago, the video drew little attention on its first day. It has since picked up roughly 64,000 views in a day, bringing its total to about 88,000. Hundreds of new comments arrived alongside that jump.

Some viewers compare the animation to a deliberately remixed internet video; others emphasize that this really is official wikiHow. Several ask why it appeared in their recommendations. The contrast is particularly wikiHow: a channel whose enduring tutorials include kissing, poker and UNO is applying the same instructional approach to meme vocabulary.

Near the end, the narrator gives the lesson its most compact expression: "You may be cringe, but you are free."

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The numbers

This video's daily views jumped sharply, while views across wikiHow's channel stayed close to their usual pace.

views per day, this video

typical day

2,365

now

63,947

subscribers

919,000

▲ 2,000 in the last 7 days

total views

481,108,162

views per day

286,046

typical day: 279,872

the video

views

88,170

likes

7,551

comments

807

days online

6

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

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1,460,000

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919,000

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630,000

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622,000

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580,000

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555,000

As of October 20, 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.