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Live · Updated Jun 11, 2026

Today in the News & Politics category, "Knicks Fans Brand Elmo a Traitor & Trump Storms Out of "Meet the Press" Interview | The Daily Show" by The Daily Show (2.9M views) is leading YouTube trending. Today's top 10 spans 10 different creators.

13MTop 10 combined views
2.9M#1 video views
20Videos in chart
yesterdayFreshest entry

THE PODIUM

★ Ranks 01 – 03

HOT STREAK

★ Ranks 04 – 10
  1. 04

    Scott Pelley on His Firing and the ‘Massacre’ at ‘60 Minutes’ | The Interview

    The Interview · 4 days ago
    CreatorDB175K subscribersTop 16.6% worldwide3.1% engagement
    1.9M
  2. 05

    Bad News in the LEGO Scandal

    penguinz0 · yesterday
    CreatorDB18M subscribersTop 0.1% worldwide4.8% engagement✔ Verified💼 Brand deals
    2.0M
  3. 06

    RecklessBen BANNED from His Own Bricks & Minifigs Investigation

    DeFranco News Clips · 2 days ago
    CreatorDB1.5M subscribersTop 2% worldwide5.4% engagement✔ Verified💼 Brand deals
    826K
  4. 07

    Racist Chat Gets Defended By Vance

    NowThis Impact · 2 days ago
    CreatorDB5.0M subscribersTop 0.4% worldwide7.0% engagement✔ Verified
    326K
  5. 08

    Ex-Air Canada pilot flew with forged licence: police

    The Globe and Mail · 2 days ago
    CreatorDB254K subscribersTop 12% worldwide2.4% engagement
    391K
  6. 09

    Epstein Moved $577M Two Days Before Death 😳

    Shawn Ryan Show · yesterday
    CreatorDB6.2M subscribersTop 0.3% worldwide3.5% engagement✔ Verified💼 Brand deals
    252K
  7. 10
    1.5M

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★ Ranks 11 – 20
★ Today’s top 20 — updated daily

News & Politics trending, analysed

As of Jun 11, 2026, “Knicks Fans Brand Elmo a Traitor & Trump Storms Out of "Meet the Press" Interview | The Daily Show” by The Daily Show is the #1 trending video in the News & Politics category, with 2.9M views. The top 20 have drawn 24M combined views across 20 different creators.

The largest creator on the board is Jimmy Kimmel Live (22M subscribers, top 0.1% of all YouTube channels worldwide, per CreatorDB). CreatorDB tracks 18 of the 20 creators on today’s board — 8 are verified — 6 actively run brand deals (33% of the tracked set). Worth a marketer’s attention: Idaho News on Demand is trending despite a smaller channel (38K subscribers) — the kind of early-momentum creator brands can reach before rates climb.

24MCombined views · top 20
20Unique creators
0 of 20New in last 24h
penguinz0Freshest entry
Jimmy Kimmel Live · 22MBiggest creator
18 of 20Tracked by CreatorDB

YouTube News & Politics Trending Today

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