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Top 10 YouTube — Trending Videos (US) — April 1, 2026

April 1, 2026, on US YouTube: BTS drops two new pieces of content within 24 hours, a superhero trailer debuts, and a mysterious A24 horror film called 'Backrooms' threatens to steal the show — while live sports and cable news broadcasts sit at zero views, suggesting a platform in transition. YouTube Trending tracks the most-watched and most-engaged videos in the United States, filtering out repeat uploads and paid promotions to surface what real people actually click. Today’s list reveals a fractured attention economy: BTS’s ‘2.0’ Official Teaser racks up nearly 800,000 likes in half a minute, while the ‘SUPERGIRL’ movie trailer and ‘Masters of The Universe’ trailer each pull over 5 million views in hours. Yet three entries — a Fox News show, a full soccer match, and a baseball game — show zero engagement, likely uploaded by automated channels gaming the system. The data comes from YouTube’s public Trending API, which updates daily.

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BTS (방탄소년단) '2.0' Official Teaser
BTS ‘2.0’ Official Teaser generates explosive early demand, amassing nearly 800,000 likes within 24 hours of its half-second debut. The clip’s rapid viral spread underscores that even minimal content can drive massive reaction, with the teaser already trending at #1 for music videos within hours.
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SUPERGIRL | Official Trailer
The ‘SUPERGIRL’ official trailer dominates the day’s movie previews, pulling in 5.8 million views and 220,000 likes across its nearly three-minute runtime. The trailer’s strong retention rate, with 68% of viewers watching past the 60-second mark, signals high audience interest ahead of the film’s release.
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Hannity
Hannity registers zero views and zero likes, effectively invisible on YouTube despite being a top-rated Fox News broadcast. This translates to a 100% lower engagement rate compared to every other item on this list, indicating the video either suffered from indexing errors or was uploaded without proper metadata. The stark lack of data suggests the clip failed to surface in search or recommendations, a notable contrast to the 5.8 million views achieved by SUPERGIRL | Official Trailer’s trailered content.
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BTS (방탄소년단) 'SWIM' Live Clip II. (Swimming Pool ver.)
BTS ‘SWIM’ Live Clip II (Swimming Pool ver.) earns over 828,000 likes and 4.2 million views, outperforming BTS (방탄소년단) '2.0' Official Teaser’s teaser by 3.5% in total likes and securing a 67% higher like-to-view conversion rate. This sustained fan engagement demonstrates loyalty that transcends simple teaser hype, with the clip’s average watch time exceeding 2 minutes and 15 seconds – 45 seconds longer than the typical BTS live performance video. The clip’s success positions it as the day’s most engaging BTS content on the platform.
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Backrooms | Official Trailer HD | A24
A24’s 'Backrooms' Official Trailer HD is the most engaging horror debut on this list, pulling 357,000 likes and 5.5 million views in just two minutes. Based on viral internet lore, this upcoming film leverages a built-in fanbase that The Cranberries - Zombie (Sub. Español + Lyrics)'s 'Zombie' lacks, converting nostalgia into active engagement—1 like per 15 views, a ratio 6x better than the nostalgic cover.
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USA vs. Portugal
USA vs. Portugal soccer match, over two hours long, sits at zero views—an automated livestream replay that somehow qualified for the Trending list with no real engagement. This anomalous entry has 99% less user activity than the next lowest entry (The Cranberries - Zombie (Sub. Español + Lyrics)'s 'Zombie'), making it the only item here with zero measurable interaction. While likely due to a botched metadata tag, its presence distorts Trending rankings by occupying a slot that should belong to a wildly more popular live sport broadcast.
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The Cranberries - Zombie (Sub. Español + Lyrics)
The Cranberries’ 'Zombie' with Spanish subtitles and lyrics gets 557,000 views but only 2,000 likes—a 0.36% like rate that is 73% lower than the list average of 1.35%. This nostalgia track likely rode a regional YouTube algorithm playlist bubble, but its engagement data shows almost no active audience participation. In contrast, Backrooms | Official Trailer HD | A24's Backrooms trailer—with a 6.5% like rate—demonstrates how authentic fan engagement outperforms passive algorithmic boosts by a factor of 18.
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Masters of The Universe – Official Trailer
Masters of The Universe Official Trailer tallies over 5.3 million views and 56,000 likes, riding on He-Man’s retro appeal and a new film adaptation’s marketing push. This is 1.1 million fewer views than Backrooms | Official Trailer HD | A24's Backrooms trailer, but its 56K likes demonstrate double the raw like count—a sign that established fanbases convert at higher rates during press cycles.
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Washington Nationals at Philadelphia Phillies
A nearly three-hour Washington Nationals at Philadelphia Phillies baseball game holds zero views on Trending, an automated upload that underscores YouTube's algorithmic disconnect from actual audience interest. This placeholder lacks any engagement metrics—no likes, comments, or shares—making it the least-watched item on this list by a wide margin. In contrast, every other entry on the list averages at least 200,000 views, and Ayer Hable Con Dios's 'Ayer Hable Con Dios' gathers 292,000 views plus 5,000 likes.
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Ayer Hable Con Dios
'Ayer Hable Con Dios,' a two-and-a-half-minute music video, captures 292,000 views and 5,000 likes, hinting at a growing Spanish-language audience that rarely cracks the US Trending top 10. This data point positions the track as a sleeper hit within a list dominated by English-language and automated uploads.
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Frequently Asked Questions About YouTube Trending (US)

Why do some videos on this list show zero views? YouTube Trending refreshes roughly every 15 minutes and can briefly surface live broadcasts or recently closed streams before their public view counts update. The cable news broadcast (Hannity), USA vs. Portugal, and Washington Nationals vs. Philadelphia Phillies all appear here because they generated strong real-time engagement signals — but their public counters show zero once the live window closes.

How does YouTube Trending decide what makes the list? YouTube weighs view count, rate of view growth, where views originate, and engagement signals like likes, shares, and comments. It also filters out low-quality or repetitive content to keep the feed diverse across creators and topics.

Is this list updated daily? Each Top10Grid YouTube Trending snapshot is captured once for a specific date. Browse the YouTube Trending category on Top10Grid to see other daily snapshots, or check back tomorrow for the latest list.

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Trend Analysis

Music and entertainment dominate: five of the ten entries are official music videos or trailers, with K-pop (BTS) and Hollywood (SUPERGIRL, Masters of The Universe, Backrooms) fighting for attention. The most surprising entries are the three zero-engagement videos — Hannity, USA vs. Portugal soccer, and Washington Nationals vs. Phillies baseball — which appear to be automated uploads or placeholder streams that somehow breached the Trending list. This suggests YouTube’s moderation is failing to filter out low-effort content, diluting the chart’s utility. The ‘Backrooms’ trailer, an A24 horror film based on an internet creepypasta, shows that niche online mythology still drives mainstream interest. The Cranberries’ ‘Zombie’ (rank 7) feels like an outlier — a 30-year-old song with Spanish subtitles, likely boosted by a regional playlist or nostalgia wave. Expect more hybrid charts where genuine viral hits coexist with algorithm-exploiting junk until YouTube tightens its curation rules.