{
  "id": 12801875,
  "title": "I Pulled X's 10 Most-Viewed Videos. Nine Were Posted by Accounts You Already Follow.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/i-pulled-xs-10-most-viewed-videos-nine-were-posted-by-accounts-you",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-08T06:06:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/mediadownloaderguides/i-pulled-xs-10-most-viewed-videos-nine-were-posted-by-accounts-you-already-follow-3fli"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "I conducted a thorough analysis of X's 10 most-viewed videos on October 7, 2026, and discovered an intriguing trend. Nine out of the ten videos were posted by accounts that users already followed, with no celebrities or personal accounts making the list. The videos, ranked by view count, highlighted exclusive content, contextual information already familiar to the audience, and existing audiences consuming the videos.",
  "summary": "I Pulled X's 10 Most-Viewed Videos. Nine Were Posted by Accounts You Already Follow. X doesn't hand you a \"most viewed videos\" leaderboard the way YouTube does, so I pulled public video posts on the morning of October 7, 2026, sorted them by view count, and kept the top ten to look at closely. Thirty-nine posts made it into the sample. The list that surfaced is not a ranking of the ten best…",
  "key_points": [
    "Nine of X's 10 most-viewed videos on Oct 7, 2026, were from accounts users already followed.",
    "No celebrities or personal accounts appeared in the top 10 video list.",
    "Videos ranked by view count featured exclusive content, familiar context, and existing audiences."
  ],
  "editors_take": "This finding suggests that X's most-viewed content is driven more by engagement with familiar creators than by viral or celebrity-driven content.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}