What is the YouTube trending videos chart?
The trending chart is YouTube's own list of the most popular videos in a country right now, published separately for each of 111 countries. YouTube builds it from signals such as views, how fast they're growing and how recent a video is, so it isn't simply the most viewed videos.
This page reads the chart from the YouTube Data API every 30 minutes and shows the top 50 videos for any country, with each video's views, upload time and channel. You can narrow it to a category such as Music, Gaming or Sports where YouTube publishes one, without a VPN. Marketers use it to spot what's catching on abroad, and creators to see which formats are trending in their category.
How to see what's trending on YouTube
1.Pick a country
Choose any country YouTube publishes a chart for. The United States is shown first.
2.Pick a category
Show every category, or only Music, Gaming, Sports, News and others.
3.Open a video or channel
Watch any video on YouTube, or see the full stats of the channel behind it.
Example: comparing two countries
Opening the Music category for two countries at the same moment:
- Country
- Brazil · Japan
- Chart
- top 50 Music videos in each
- Refreshed
- every 30 minutes
- Missing category
- if YouTube has no chart for it in that country
The two charts rarely overlap, which shows how local trending really is.
Where the chart comes from
The list is YouTube's own most popular chart for each country, read from the YouTube Data API. YouTube builds it from things like views, how quickly they're growing and how new a video is, so it isn't simply the most viewed videos.
Each country has its own chart, and not every category has one in every country. The chart is refreshed here every 30 minutes.
Frequently asked questions
How do I see trending videos in another country?
Pick the country above. You don't need a VPN: YouTube publishes each country's chart through its API.
Why does a category show no chart?
YouTube doesn't publish a chart for every category in every country. Pick All categories or another one.
How often does the list update?
Every 30 minutes. YouTube itself updates the chart throughout the day.
Can I see what was trending yesterday?
No. YouTube's chart only reflects what's popular now, and this page doesn't keep past charts. Check back through the day to see it change.
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