Top trending videos on YouTube: August 25, 2026

Taylor Swift Performance - The Icon Sessions at the Grammy Museum is the surprise on YouTube Trending for August 25, 2026, a new #1 after USA Today said the Recording Academy posted the full August 18 conversation on August 24. Yesterday's lead, CORTIS MONEYMONEYMONEY, is off the top 10. The board is almost a full turnover: studio uploads, a LEGO Marvel trailer, and two K-pop MVs that dropped at 6 p.m. KST on August 24.

Taylor Swift Performance - The Icon Sessions at the Grammy Museum
The Recording Academy's nearly 50-minute Icon Sessions talk, recorded August 18 at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles with CEO Harvey Mason Jr., is a new #1. USA Today dated the public upload to August 24. Swift closed on piano with a mashup of I Knew It, I Knew You, August, and All Too Well. get_growth on youtube was flat at value 0, so that percent is omitted.
LEGO Official Trailer Recreation | Avengers: Doomsday | In Theaters December 18
A new #2. ComingSoon dated the official shot-for-shot LEGO remake to August 24 as part of Disney, Marvel, and LEGO's All Moments Lead to Doomsday campaign. CBR said the brick version had passed about 1.3 million views, while Marvel's live-action trailer sat near 67 million on YouTube. The film is dated December 18, 2026.
I shouldn't be allowed to play this game...
A new #3. Trends24 listed a SMii7Y upload of this title among world YouTube movers on August 25, with about 208,000 views at the scrape. No separate news story named a launch or challenge beyond the creator's gameplay video.
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Olivia Rodrigo's surprise single, stylized in lowercase, is a new #4. Consequence said the track hit streaming on August 24 after 500 CD copies sold out at Analog Record Shop in Tustin, California, on August 21. Wikipedia lists a 3:05 runtime and a Daisy Chain Fields live debut dated August 29.
Lanterns Episode 3 Trailer: Prophecy Of Blackest Night Breakdown
A new #5. ComingSoon dated HBO's Episode 3 preview to August 24, with the episode set for August 30 at 9 p.m. ET. The teaser showed Hal Jordan's classic mask and Laura Linney as a Guardian after Episode 2's Sinestro warning.
FEED THE PIT!!
A new #6. Steam lists Feed The Pit, a Curious Fox Sox investigative horror title, with Act 1 out June 30, 2026, at $9.99 and a 20% sale ending August 25. The YouTube row is a gameplay or promo upload riding that store window, not a separate studio trailer dated today.
TUIDE (튜이드) ‘SUN KISS’ Official MV
HYBE's rookie girl group TUIDE is a new #7. StarNews said the SUN KISS video from mini-album TUNE & PLAY posted at 6 p.m. KST on August 24 on the HYBE Labels channel. The seven-member lineup includes Seo Hee, Seo Yeon, Elena, Jia, Saki, Se-a, and Lee Ha-neui.
The Gentlemen: Season 2 | Official Trailer | Netflix
A new #8. Dark Horizons dated the Season 2 trailer to August 24, with a September 3 premiere. Variety said Netflix also renewed the Guy Ritchie series for Season 3 the same day. Theo James and Kaya Scodelario return.
A Tornado Hit The Park… (Stanky Shores Ep 11)
A new #9. The title continues CaseOh's Stanky Shores water-park series after Episode 10, Jynxzi Showed Up To The Park. No separate news outlet dated a real tornado; the trigger is the Episode 11 upload itself.
NCT 127 엔시티 127 'Blingy' MV
A new #10. SMTOWN posted the title-track video on August 24 with the seventh album Blingy. MK said the five-member lineup (Taeyong, Johnny, Yuta, Jaehyun, Haechan) marks the group's 10th anniversary year while Doyoung and Jungwoo serve in the military. One aggregator showed about 554,000 views on day one.

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What changed on YouTube since yesterday

New in the top 10 versus August 24: all 10 titles. Drop-offs: CORTIS MONEYMONEYMONEY (#1), Golden Axe Trailer is Garbage... (#2), Huge GTA 6 Build Leak Threat Was Fake (#3), Stray Kids "After You" Video (#4), 3 SCARY GAMES #113 (#5), PACK IT UP (#6), FOOD TSUNAMI vs Doomsday Bunker! (#7), Lamasaga (#8), FREDDY CAN TELEPORT IN HELLO NEIGHBOR.. (#9), BBE AJ , Boosie Badazz - Got That Feelin (#10). No title repeated from August 24's list.

What today's YouTube videos reveal

Studio drops from August 24 dominate a board that turned over completely overnight. Swift at #1 and Rodrigo at #4 are music-industry uploads timed to Monday streaming. LEGO Doomsday at #2, Lanterns at #5, and The Gentlemen at #8 are trailer inventory for December 18, August 30, and September 3.

TUIDE at #7 and NCT 127 at #10 are the 6 p.m. KST MV window. SMii7Y, Feed The Pit, and Stanky Shores fill the creator slots. For YouTube rank tooling, see best YouTube trending research tools.

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This ranked list is the August 25, 2026 get_top_trends snapshot for type YouTube Trending with limit 10. Media teams that need the live board rather than a recap can call the same feed as titles rotate. The generating call:

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

See the YouTube Trending API page for source notes.