'What it meant to Joey' opens sixteen times above NRL on Nine's norm

With just a name, a teary-eyed emoji and two hashtags in its title, the short passed a quarter of a million views within a day of going up.

Channel: NRL on Nine Story of September 28, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 322,973 views a day, 16 times a normal first day on this channel (19,926).

This is what it meant to Joey. 🥹 #9WWOS #NRL

NRL on Nine kept this one spare: "This is what it meant to Joey. 🥹 #9WWOS #NRL". The title offers no scoreline, no team names and no explanation, only a feeling and a first name.

That has been enough. A new upload on the broadcaster's channel usually starts with a steady trickle on its first day. This short opened at around sixteen times that pace, and viewers have been generous with likes while leaving comparatively few comments.

The title never says who Joey is. On Nine's rugby league coverage, though, the name usually belongs to Andrew Johns, the Newcastle Knights great who sits in the commentary team. The #9WWOS tag points to Nine's Wide World of Sports banner, which puts this video firmly inside the network's own football family.

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The numbers

The figures show how far this first day ran ahead of what the channel's new uploads usually manage.

the video's first day

usual first day here

19,926

this video

322,973

subscribers

334,000

total views

467,087,804

views per day

516,724

the video

views

247,506

likes

7,973

comments

427

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

US GOLF TV

337,000

RugbyPass

336,000

Best Gymnastics

335,000

NRL on Nine

334,000

The Art of Simple Golf

333,000

Skratch

331,000

As of September 28, 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.