Hope, a Korean sci-fi film, brings back YMS's Quickie format

Adam's short, unscripted take on the film passed 110,000 views in three days, and his new look has the comments talking as much as the movie.

Channel: YMSStory of October 4, 2026Trari Newsroom

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.

Quickie: Hope

Adam Johnston, the film critic behind YMS, put out one video this week, and it was a Quickie: "Quickie: Hope," a short take on the Korean science fiction film Hope. It drew close to 90,000 views on its first day and has gone past 110,000 since.

The film gives the comment section plenty to chew on. Viewers trade notes on its alien language, which many say was built by linguists and left largely unsubtitled, on its well-armed humans who shoot first, and on its budget, which some call the most expensive Korean film ever made. One theme keeps returning: this is a movie people disagree about on its own merits. Several viewers guessed Adam would like it the moment horses showed up on screen.

The other running topic is Adam himself. A new hairstyle and outfit set off a long thread of jokes, and longtime viewers note that the Quickie is back in the loose, unscripted vlog style of his early years.

The Resident Evil Quickie he made with Sarah of just2film, now twelve days old, is still drawing a steady crowd behind it. The channel is running a little above its usual daily pace. Among the movie and commentary channels nearest its size, CineSavvy had by far the biggest week, while YMS sits near the quieter end of the group, as a channel built on one carefully made opinion at a time tends to.

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The videos drawing views on YMS right now

Quickie: Resident Evil242,606 views The End of Oak Street, Coyote vs. Acme, Tony, Camp Miasma - YMS197,118 views

The numbers

Here is how YMS's week looks in numbers.

views gained this week, compared with similar channels

CineSavvy

55,877,722

ClipZone: Heroes & Villai…

6,471,114

In Deep Geek

2,350,318

Science Fiction Station

1,525,460

The Cosmic Wonder

848,858

Mista GG

738,940

Mashable

493,143

YMS

414,069

Scott Adkins

122,089

subscribers

1,070,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

447,843,213

views per day

63,159

typical day: 56,805

this week's videos (first-day views)

Quickie: Hope

87,513

compared with similar channels (subscribers)

Mashable

1,180,000

Science Fiction Station

1,160,000

Mista GG

1,110,000

YMS

1,070,000

Scott Adkins

1,070,000

CineSavvy

1,070,000

ClipZone: Heroes & Villai…

1,020,000

In Deep Geek

1,010,000

The Cosmic Wonder

995,000

As of October 4, 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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