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Double Date is continuing to roll at the top of our Global Top 50 ranking. With more than 1.6 million weekly YouTube views, the Australian channel featuring a pair of popular couples is setting the pace for the rest of the world.
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The top ten is a diverse group overall, with seven different nationalities represented among that elite cohort. YouTube’s most-watched channels have taken different paths to the top of the rankings, but there are some strategies that many of our chart-toppers have in common.
The popularity of aggregator channels show why inspirational content is so big
There’s a creator named Sameer surging up the charts, and I’m not talking about Colin’s other half. An Indian channel called Sameer Verse has become one of the biggest channels in the world thanks to quick-hitting videos that venture across cultural boundaries.
Sameer Verse is one of many content aggregators active on YouTube Shorts. Like many of the creators who operate in his specific category, he does whatever he can to connect his uploads to the internet’s favorite short-form trends. If that means he has to invoke Cristiano Ronaldo wherever possible, he’ll do it.
Based on Sameer Verse’s most-watched videos, there’s not enough CR7 references in the world to make that trend as big as inspirational content is on Shorts. Sameer likes to share stirring stories that remind viewers of the power of the human spirit, even if those videos sometimes require the use of AI to turn their inspiring stories into reality. Luckily for the genAI haters out there, Sameer also offers plenty of content that was shot without LLM assistance.
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Sameer Verse took the 38th spot in this week’s Global Top 50 by collecting 480.2 million weekly views. That total was good for a 24% week-over-week increase, with Sameer cementing himself as one of Shorts’ foremost aggregators. With Shorts getting 200 billion views per day — with more on the way — creators like Sameer are positioned to become the biggest thing on the format.
It’s not just him, either. Zack D. Films has been a regular entrant in our Global Top 50 rankings, and he is surging toward the top of the charts amid the widespread fascination with aggregated content. Zack had his best week since May — and his second-best week since the start of 2025 — during the last full week of July. Like Sameer, he aggregates videos that tend to show the indomitable human will in action.
Data via Gospel Stats
If aggregators are well-positioned on Shorts, and if inspirational vibes are the best way to a grow an aggregation hub, then we can understand why inspiring videos are popular all over YouTube. These days, short-form trends set the tone, and the rest of the platform plays catch-up.
Channel Distribution
Here’s a breakdown of the Top 50 Most Viewed channels this week in terms of their countries of origin:
- India: 15
- United States: 14
- Hong Kong: 4
- Australia, South Korea, and Taiwan: 2
- Belgium, Canada, China, Czechia, Germany, Kazakhstan, Peru, Spain, Tanzania, Turkey, and Vietnam: 1
This week, 37 channels in the Top 50 are primarily active on YouTube Shorts.
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