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Olivia Rodrigo's official video for "expectations" featuring Chappell Roan remains rank 1 on YouTube Trending for October 18, 2026, snapshot 08:01:43.031507. Billboard dated the remix to October 15. Rank 2 is still Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto VI Launch Trailer from October 15. Something Appeared In The Sky is new at rank 3; kworb listed it as a new United States trending row. A youtube growth call for Olivia Rodrigo printed 7-day plus 43.33 percent (43.0 versus 30.0) and 30-day plus 65.38 percent (43.0 versus 26.0).
Top trending videos on YouTube: October 18
Olivia Rodrigo - expectations (feat. Chappell Roan) (Official Music Video)
Holdover music video at rank 1, same slot as October 16 and October 17. Billboard dated the remix to October 15, with David Byrne hosting as Johnny Johnson. youtube 7-day plus 43.33 percent, 30-day plus 65.38 percent.
Grand Theft Auto VI Launch Trailer
Holdover trailer at rank 2, same slot. Rockstar dated the launch trailer to October 15 and listed a November 19, 2026 PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S release. A youtube call for GTA VI printed 7-day plus 133.33 percent (14.0 versus 6.0) and 30-day plus 180.0 percent (14.0 versus 5.0). Top1Trend listed about 34.6 million views, plus 27 percent, on October 17.
Something Appeared In The Sky
New clip at rank 3. Display drops the API ellipsis. kworb marked the row NEW on the United States chart. No widely reported named-creator studio note was found beyond the rank 3 capture.
ROCHY RD - EL TEMBLOR 1 | RIP ARCANGEL and ALFA
New Dominican music video at rank 4. Display uses ASCII in place of the API accent. Tribute-title single. No separate October 18 label release sheet is attached.
Visionquest Episode 3 Trailer WTF Is The Client?!
New series trailer at rank 5. Episode-3 promo. No widely reported network airdate beyond the title is attached.
he ate them NEW CHAPTER
New serialized-story clip at rank 6. Display drops the trailing dots. No named-publisher print is attached.
Wanuga Tarugana(ft.Jah-Ben and Java Gee)
Music row at rank 7. kworb listed a plus-6 move on the United States chart. No October 18 chart-position wire is attached.
LAST TRAILER | BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War Final Part - The Calamity | VIZ
New anime trailer at rank 8. Crunchyroll dated the final PV to October 16. Episode 49 is listed for October 19 and episode 50 for October 26.
PLAYING FORTNITE RANKED UNTIL IM UNREAL DAY 3
New ranked-grind video at rank 9. Day-3 series title. No October 18 Epic patch note is attached.
Heal My Faith (Lyric Video) Kid Rock and Eminem
Holdover lyric video at rank 10, same slot as October 17. Detroit Free Press dated Eminem's move onto Kid Rock's Halfway 2 Jesus album, out October 17. Display drops the trailing apostrophe from the API string.
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What changed on YouTube since yesterday
New: Something Appeared In The Sky at 3, Rochy RD at 4, Visionquest Episode 3 at 5, he ate them NEW CHAPTER at 6, Wanuga Tarugana at 7, BLEACH last trailer at 8, Fortnite Ranked Day 3 at 9. Drop-off: Hay Day Red Revenant (rank 3), Tom MacDonald (rank 4), GTA 6 NEW THINGS (rank 5), Who Joined My Game (rank 6), Lodi When (rank 7), GTA 6 Everything New YOU MISSED (rank 8), Deji Bro V Bro (rank 9). Held: Olivia Rodrigo 1, GTA VI launch trailer 2, Heal My Faith 10. Clock 08:01:39.006720 on October 17 to 08:01:43.031507 on 2026-10-18.
What today's YouTube trends reveal
Release-week holdovers still occupy 1 and 2, then the board turns over. Rodrigo/Roan printed 7-day plus 43.33 percent. GTA VI printed 7-day plus 133.33 percent under the official trailer; the recap rows from yesterday are gone. BLEACH at 8 is a dated October 16 final PV ahead of October 19. Hay Day's 2.7 million-view event clip left after one day at rank 3. See the YouTube Trending API page and best YouTube MCP servers.
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The ranked list came from the Trends MCP get_top_trends tool with type YouTube Trending and limit 10. Desks tracking this board can poll the same call.
{
"type": "YouTube Trending",
"limit": 10
}
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