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Today in the News & Politics category, "Jon Stewart Unpacks AI’s Dubious Promise of a "Better Future" | The Daily Show" by The Daily Show (5.0M views) is leading YouTube trending. Today's top 10 spans 10 different creators.
THE PODIUM
★ Ranks 01 – 03

Judge tells rapper Rick Ross: ‘I have no idea who you are’ | NBC4 Washington

Weekend Update: Trump’s Claims About His White House Ballroom, Hegseth’s New U.S. Military Standards
HOT STREAK
★ Ranks 04 – 10- 04

The Secret Service: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight · 4 days agoCreatorDB10M subscribersTop 0.1% worldwide1.7% engagement✔ Verified4.0M - 05
1.3M - 06

School Bus Accident That Shocked Everyone! #schoolbus #truestory #viralshorts #usa #news #shorts
YOYO TOM · 6 days agoCreatorDB213K subscribersTop 10.3% worldwide0.6% engagement✔ Verified1.7M - 07

The Creepiest Detail About John McAfee’s Death 😳
Shawn Ryan Show · 2 weeks agoCreatorDB6.6M subscribersTop 0.2% worldwide1.5% engagement✔ Verified💼 Brand deals5.3M - 08

Bond raised for Dakota Harper in Charleston arson case
WCHS-TV · 3 days agoCreatorDB47K subscribersTop 33.8% worldwide1.1% engagement1.7M - 09

Flock Camera Installer Calls Police On Reporter 📸😤 #bodycam #flockcameras #cops
Rideshare Coach · 5 days agoCreatorDB301K subscribersTop 7.6% worldwide5.3% engagement✔ Verified💼 Brand deals1.3M - 10

'Anabolic Cop' Fired, Arrested...
The Civil Rights Lawyer · last weekCreatorDB2.1M subscribersTop 0.9% worldwide3.6% engagement✔ Verified💼 Brand deals3.2M
THE REST OF THE CHART
★ Ranks 11 – 20
BREAKING NEWS! UVU Police Chief Resigns. Blake Neff's Freudian Slip About Erika Kirk. | Ep 399

Protests greet Trump despite 'safe space' tour schedule

Hayride crash injures more than a dozen people

'Not Funny': Navy Veteran Dan Osborn Condemns Trump Remarks On Bombing U.S. Cities

Pasan más de 7 horas en un techo para evitar a agentes federales en Nueva York

Republicans Hate Helping Poor

Trump approves firing squad execution for soldier who committed Fort Hood mass shooting

FOX Host CONFRONTS El-Sayed, GETS SCHOOLED!🚨

Judge scolds lawyer, mom accused of leaving 4 kids to go on cruise

HUMILIATING: GOP Senator’s Jack Smith ‘Gotcha’ Blows Up in His Face
News & Politics trending, analysed
As of Oct 9, 2026, “Jon Stewart Unpacks AI’s Dubious Promise of a "Better Future" | The Daily Show” by The Daily Show is the #1 trending video in the News & Politics category, with 5.0M views. The top 20 have drawn 40M combined views across 20 different creators.
The largest creator on the board is ABC News (20M subscribers, top 0.1% of all YouTube channels worldwide, per CreatorDB). CreatorDB tracks 19 of the 20 creators on today’s board — 17 are verified — 5 actively run brand deals (26% of the tracked set). Worth a marketer’s attention: WCHS-TV is trending despite a smaller channel (47K subscribers) — the kind of early-momentum creator brands can reach before rates climb.
YouTube News & Politics Trending Today
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