Top trending videos on YouTube: August 23, 2026

CORTIS's MONEYMONEYMONEY official visualizer is #1 on YouTube Trending on August 23, ahead of a BIGHIT MUSIC extended-play drop dated August 24. None of today's top 10 titles appeared on the August 21 board, which was still led by Belly Gang Kushington. A fake GTA 6 build-leak threat sits at #3, next to two Avengers: Doomsday trailer breakdowns.

CORTIS 'MONEYMONEYMONEY' Official Visualizer
The HYBE act's visualizer leads YouTube Trending on August 23. InMusicBlog said BIGHIT MUSIC will issue GREENGREEN_playextended on August 24 with two leftover tracks, PACK IT UP and MONEYMONEYMONEY, first sung on the 2026 CORTIS TOUR BIRTHDAY PARTY. Rank #7, PACK IT UP, is the sibling clip.
I Destroyed The Planet For Science (TRAILER)
A science-destruction trailer sits at #2. No widely dated theatrical or platform premiere for August 23 was found in the fetch; the row is a new YouTube Trending entrant versus August 21.
Huge GTA 6 Build Leak Threat Was Fake
A recap of a hoax takedown threat around GTA 6 source builds. That sits beside the Cyberleek leak cycle that also leads Google Trends and TikTok searches on August 23. New versus August 21.
Stray Kids 'After You' Video
JYP's Stray Kids clip is a new #4. No separate August 23 chart-action story was attached in the fetch beyond the video's appearance on the YouTube Trending board.
Golden Axe Trailer is Garbage...
A reaction to the Golden Axe trailer occupies #5. No additional dated news item for August 23 was found; the rank is a YouTube Trending placement, not a box-office print.
How I Destroyed an Entire Minecraft Civilization
A Minecraft destruction longform is a new #6. No widely reported outside news trigger was identified for August 23.
PACK IT UP
The second CORTIS leftover track from the same August 24 GREENGREEN_playextended package. Stacked with #1, it is a two-row K-pop hold on one release.
I Watched Avengers: Doomsday Trailer in 0.25x Speed and Here's What I Found
A slow-motion trailer breakdown at #8. August 21 already had two Doomsday explainers at #2 and #5; the stack continues with a new title.
FOOD TSUNAMI vs Doomsday Bunker!
A food-vs-bunker stunt video. The Doomsday word is shared with rank 8; no separate Marvel news peg was found for this clip.
Lamasaga
A new #10 title. No widely reported trigger identified for August 23 beyond its YouTube Trending rank.

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What changed on YouTube since yesterday

No August 22 YouTube daily ran, so the comparison is August 21 versus August 23.

New in the top 10: all 10 titles. August 21's Belly Gang Kushington, BIGBANG, Fortnite Season 4, Modern Warfare 4 trailer, and CARITA FELIZ are gone.

Big movers: Avengers: Doomsday remains a theme (two rows on August 21, two different titles today). GTA 6 talk arrives as a YouTube recap at #3 after sitting only as a Google Trends leak query on August 21.

What today's YouTube trends reveal

K-pop catalog leftovers and Marvel trailer archaeology are sharing the YouTube Trending board with a GTA 6 hoax recap. CORTIS at #1 and #7 is one August 24 digital package split across two ranks, a cleaner double than August 21's split between Belly Gang Kushington and BIGBANG.

The Doomsday trailer still has two rows (#8 and a bunker stunt that borrows the name). That is continuity from August 21, not a new trailer drop dated August 23. Rank 3 is the day's news peg: a fake GTA 6 build-leak threat, which lines up with Cyberleek's Google Trends #2 and TikTok search #1.

Minecraft, Golden Axe reactions, and Lamasaga are filler around those two poles. For tooling, see best YouTube trending research tools.

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This list is the August 23 get_top_trends snapshot for type YouTube Trending with limit 10. Teams that watch ranks as they move, not after a recap, can call the same feed as new rows arrive. The generating call:

{
  "type": "YouTube Trending",
  "limit": 10
}

See the YouTube Trending API page for source notes.