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Austin Sweatt contrasts bigger touchscreens with Tesla's rocket thrusters

His Roadster commentary asks whether the stunt-ready machine makes more sense as a wealthy buyer's toy than an everyday car.

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 1,168,399 views a day, 6.6 times a normal first day on this channel (176,357).

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Footage of a car jumping over traffic leaves Austin Sweatt with a practical question: could it possibly be street legal?

In "Tesla Roadster Is Wild," he contrasts automakers turning dashboards into enormous touchscreens with Tesla's plans for SpaceX-style thrusters. One approach gives you a bigger display. The other invites comparisons with Rocket League.

Sweatt acknowledges the appeal of the claimed sub-second acceleration, then questions the usefulness of the whole package. This is commentary on the Roadster footage and Musk's thruster plans, not a hands-on test. By the end, Sweatt sees an expensive plaything rather than practical transportation.

The Short reached roughly 660,000 views in nine hours, already several times the channel's usual full-day Shorts audience. Its comment section has also surpassed a typical first day's activity several times over. Viewers imagine watching a Roadster sail above a traffic jam, or having to explain its aerial maneuvers to a traffic cop.

Elsewhere on Sweatt's channel, "GTA 6 Hacker Got Weird" and "Average Florida Man Journey" have both passed a million views, adding two milestones alongside the Roadster's fast start.

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What viewers say

  • Imagine you are stuck in traffic and you just see a roadster flying overhead 😂
    @thePersonincommentsSee it on YouTube
  • Holy rocket league 😭🙏
    @glitchsacc72See it on YouTube
  • the "we got this before flying cars" jokes are about to end
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The facts
Subscribers
513,000 ▲ 3,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days
26,853,567
Channel views, pace per day
3,657,306 (on a normal day: 2,668,883)
Video published
October 16, 2026
Video views so far
661,058 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day
1,168,399

The numbers

The Roadster Short has already exceeded Austin Sweatt's usual first-day Shorts audience, with much of its first day still ahead.

the video's first day
usual first day here
176,357
this video
1,168,399
subscribers
513,000
▲ 3,000 in the last 7 days
total views
2,011,902,744
views per day
3,657,306
typical day: 2,668,883
the video
views
661,058
likes
37,068
comments
1,056
days online
1
subscribers: this channel and similar channels
Pinely
592,000
TpindellTV
557,000
Donna
552,000
As of October 17, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube
Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.
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