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The calendar changed from October to November, but the leader of the Global Top 50 chart stayed the same. Double Date, an Australian couple channel that got more than 1.9 billion weekly views, is still the most-watched channel among all active YouTube hubs.
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The benchmark for entry into the ranking continues to rise. This week, channels needed at least 336 million weekly views to break into the Top 50. Here’s how YouTube’s standouts reached that mark:
Want viewers to watch your long-form videos? Just play Roblox.
When I peruse the ranks of short-form superstars in search of channels to feature in this column, one audience growth strategy seems to be most common: Channels attract viewers through a simple call-to-action — usually one that includes buzzwords like “oddly satisfying” or, lately, “Kpop Demon Hunters” — and then keep the new fans around with more relevant content. That’s how companies like ElaFrame have turned oddly satisfying Shorts into free marketing material.
The initial call to action can be based around almost anything, from a “happy family” to a “cool gadget.” In the case of the #37 channel in this week’s Global Top 50, Roblox is the draw that turns heads.
The creator in question goes by the name FishCat, though her channel in the Global Top 50 is titled Catfish Blox. That hub is fairly typical as far as Top 50 gaming destinations are concerned: Its short-form library collects millions of views per day (and 374.1 million weekly views in our latest count) by delivering quick hits of pixelated entertainment. Some contact with Gen Alpha memes is present (hello, Italian brainrot), though viewers seem to be most entertained by the bases FishCat designs for herself.
Where things get really interesting in on the Catfish Blox homepage. That’s where FishCat links to her main channel, which she implores fans to “pls watch.” It seems like it’s harder for FishCat to get eyes on her long-form Roblox content, but that’s where she wants her audience to be, so she’s increasing her Shorts activity to indirectly draw attention to her longer work.
In the case of FishCat, there is continuity between the long-form and short-form hubs: Both offer Roblox gameplay. One could imagine, though, that a short-form Roblox hub could be linked to a completely different long-form destination. Were that to happen, Roblox would become the next oddly satisfying or Italian brainrot: A short-form cheat code that can even extend to other formats.
Roblox certainly has the community to make that shift work. Channels like Rumi Blox have been surging over the past month, suggesting that Roblox’s ten digits of 2025 payouts are just the beginning.
Data via Gospel Stats
I would prefer to keep the Roblox content on the Roblox channels, and vice versa. But if YouTube is going to tip the scales to favor short-form hubs, I won’t be surprised if creators turn their Shorts channels into glorified marketing engines.
Channel Distribution
Here’s a breakdown of the Top 50 Most Viewed channels this week in terms of their countries of origin:
- India: 22
- United States: 10
- Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Pakistan, and South Korea: 2
- Brazil, China, Egypt, Germany, Indonesia, Taiwan, Türkiye, and Vietnam: 1
This week, 41 channels in the Top 50 are primarily active on YouTube Shorts.
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