What is ranking on YouTube today: August 26, 2026
Taylor Swift Performance - The Icon Sessions at the Grammy Museum still leads YouTube Trending on August 26, 2026, for a second day at #1 after the August 24 upload. The surprise is the rest of the board: nine of ten titles are new versus August 25. Avengers Endgame: Encore sits at #2 after tickets went on sale August 25 for a September 25 re-release. gamescom Opening Night Live 2026 is a new #3 after Geoff Keighley's August 25 showcase in Cologne.
Top trending videos on YouTube: August 26
Taylor Swift Performance - The Icon Sessions at the Grammy Museum
Holds #1. Rank is unchanged from August 25. The August 24 museum session is still the music flagship. get_growth on youtube returned 0.0 versus 0.0 with a low-quality flag, so that flat print is omitted.
Avengers Endgame: Encore | Official Trailer | In Theaters Sep 25
A new #2. Marvel's trailer supports the September 25 theatrical encore. Polygon said AMC lists a 185-minute runtime, four minutes longer than the 181-minute 2019 cut. IGN dated that runtime note to August 21. Disney said tickets went on sale August 25, with IMAX and Infinity Vision sneak peeks for Avengers: Doomsday on December 18. get_growth on youtube showed 6.0 versus 7.0 over 7 days (-14.29%) and 6.0 versus 1.0 over 30 days (+500%).
gamescom Opening Night Live 2026
A new #3. The Cologne showcase ran August 25 at 8:00 p.m. CEST (2:00 p.m. ET), hosted by Geoff Keighley, with a 30-minute pre-show. Nintendo Life put the runtime near two hours. get_growth on youtube showed 4.0 versus 1.0 over 7 days (+300%). The 30-day zero-baseline print is omitted.
Miley Cyrus & Dolly Parton Perform "Wrecking Ball" / "I Will Always Love You" | Full Performance
A new #4. The clip is a catalog duet resurfacing after Parton's August 25 death at 80. Rolling Stone and DollyParton.com dated the Rockstar album cut to 2023. No new 2026 Grammy Museum date was attached at fetch time.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered | Official Announcement Trailer
A new #5. CD Projekt Red announced the remaster at Opening Night Live for a September 29, 2026 launch on PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2, as a free upgrade for existing owners. Kotaku noted the 2015 game is about 11.5 years old.
JOINING THE CIRCUS | Endacopia - Part 3
A new #6. No widely reported news-desk trigger for this YouTube series episode was identified for August 26, 2026.
BIG30 - First Day Back
A new #7. No widely reported news-desk trigger for this upload was identified for August 26, 2026.
FINAL FANTASY VII REVELATION | The Planet's Crisis Trailer
A new #8. Square Enix dated the second official trailer to Opening Night Live on August 25. The game is the third Remake-series entry, due spring 2027 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC. Gematsu said the clip shows Ruby, Emerald, and Ultima Weapon plus the Highwind.
THE FINAL BATTLE OF KATANA KINGDOM (Brawl Stars Animation)
A new #9. No widely reported news-desk trigger beyond the animation upload itself was identified for August 26, 2026.
Jarahn - Lamasaga (Audio) feat. Ragga Siai & Tyron Scott
A new #10. No widely reported chart or label announcement was identified for August 26, 2026.
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What changed on YouTube since yesterday
New in the top 10 versus August 25: nine titles. Only Taylor Swift Performance - The Icon Sessions at the Grammy Museum holds from yesterday, still at #1. Drop-offs include the LEGO Avengers: Doomsday trailer (#2), Lanterns Episode 3 (#5), The Gentlemen Season 2 (#8), TUIDE 'SUN KISS' (#7), and NCT 127 'Blingy' (#10). Big movers: the board is a near-full turnover, not a 5-rank shuffle inside a stable list.
What today's YouTube videos reveal
Gamescom is the theme under the Taylor Swift holdover. Ranks 3, 5, and 8 are Opening Night Live artifacts from August 25: the showcase itself, Witcher 3 Remastered for September 29, and Final Fantasy VII Revelation's Planet's Crisis trailer for spring 2027. That is a Cologne dump, not three unrelated game channels.
Marvel still occupies #2 with Endgame Encore, tickets dated August 25 and theaters dated September 25, four minutes of extra footage on a 185-minute clock. The Miley and Dolly clip at #4 is memorial traffic after the August 25 death, not a new session. For YouTube tooling, see best YouTube trending research tools.
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This ranked list is the August 26, 2026 get_top_trends snapshot for type YouTube Trending with limit 10. Product and research teams that watch the live board as it moves 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.