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Olivia Rodrigo's official video for "expectations" featuring Chappell Roan is rank 1 on YouTube Trending for October 16, 2026, snapshot 08:01:36.048850. Billboard dated the remix and game-show clip to October 15, with David Byrne hosting as Johnny Johnson. The row is new versus October 15, when Zara Larsson's Blue Moon video led. Rank 2 is Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto VI Launch Trailer, also dated October 15, with a November 19, 2026 console launch.
Top trending videos on YouTube: October 16
Olivia Rodrigo - expectations (feat. Chappell Roan) (Official Music Video)
New music video at rank 1. Universal Music Canada dated the remix to October 15 on Interscope. Billboard said it is Roan's first feature and that Bardia Zeinali directed a retro game-show clip with David Byrne and Dan Nigro. A youtube growth call printed 7-day minus 11.76 percent and 30-day plus 7.14 percent on the artist name.
Grand Theft Auto VI Launch Trailer
New trailer at rank 2. Rockstar dated the launch trailer to October 15 and listed a November 19, 2026 PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S release. The clip debuts "Flower in a Hurricane" from Justice with Tame Impala, SZA, and King Gizzard. A youtube 30-day growth call printed minus 20.0 percent; the 7-day print of 0.0 is omitted.
1000 Players Simulate End Prison in Minecraft
New Minecraft video at rank 3. Subsrank listed a Parrot upload dated October 15 with about 610000 views on Unstable SMP, a staged server where ParrotX2, Spoke, Wemmbu, and FlameFrags run prison stories in the End dimension.
Justice - Flower In A Hurricane (ft Tame Impala, SZA, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard) [from GTAVI]
New soundtrack clip at rank 4, the same October 15 Rockstar drop as rank 2. The song is the launch-trailer needle drop, so the board is carrying both the trailer and the track as separate rows.
GTA 6 Launch Trailer: Everything New YOU MISSED
New recap at rank 5. No widely reported original-studio trigger identified beyond the October 15 Rockstar trailer; the row is a reaction cut sitting under the official clip.
Their Worst Fishing Trip So Far...
New outdoor video at rank 6. Display title rewritten from the API string that used a first-person possessive. Kworb's Canada music-trending table listed the upload as a new entry near rank 16. No widely reported news trigger identified for October 16, 2026.
Zara Larsson - Blue Moon (Official Music Video)
Holdover at rank 7 after rank 1, down 6. The clip led October 15 and remains on the board a day after the Rodrigo remix overtook it. A 5-rank drop qualifies as a mover.
The Chosen: Season 6 Official Trailer
New faith-drama trailer at rank 8. Deseret News dated the clip to October 15. Creator Dallas Jenkins said Season 6 covers the 24 hours around the crucifixion. Prime Video lists episodes 1-3 on November 15, then weekly through December 6, with a theatrical finale in spring 2027.
ROAM0120.exe
New analog-horror row at rank 9. The itch.io page by NSO9019 describes a 2D point-and-click horror file rated 4.7 from 335 ratings, linked to Feldup's AT Connect ARG. Kworb listed the title as a new Canada trending entry.
Housewife
New music row at rank 10. Rolling Stone timestamped Tate McRae's "Housewife" video on October 16 after a October 15 single drop filmed in southern France. Just Jared said she teased the title at Lollapalooza and is booked for the October 18 Victoria's Secret show. October 15 carried a Housewife trailer at rank 8.
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What changed on YouTube since yesterday
New: Olivia Rodrigo at 1, GTA VI launch trailer at 2, Minecraft End Prison at 3, Justice soundtrack at 4, GTA recap at 5, fishing vlog at 6, Chosen Season 6 at 8, ROAM0120.exe at 9, Housewife at 10. Drop-off: Narnia trailer, ARC RAIDERS live, Going On A Date, Cyberpunk Edgerunners 2, This Game is Still Terrifying, Moy Bobadilla, Zelda Ocarina, Dirty Bird. Mover: Zara Larsson 1 to 7 (down 6). Clock 08:01:46.763347 on October 15 to 08:01:36.048850 on 2026-10-16.
What today's YouTube trends reveal
Release day, not a holdover chart. Rodrigo/Roan and Rockstar's GTA VI package occupy 1, 2, 4, and 5. Minecraft prison content and analog horror fill the mid-board. Zara Larsson is the only October 15 leader still in the ten, down 6. See the YouTube Trending API page and best YouTube MCP servers.
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This ranked list came from the Trends MCP get_top_trends tool for YouTube Trending with limit 10. The call is for video desks that need the live ranked board.
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