Familiar voices get unfamiliar in Top5s' mimic encounters
Three new uploads explore paranormal imitation, portal folklore and witnesses to unexplained encounters.
Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.
The Most Disturbing Encounters With Mimics...
Hearing someone you know call from an empty room is the unsettling premise of "The Most Disturbing Encounters With Mimics..." Top5s explores accounts of purported entities that imitate familiar voices, appearances and behavior, making recognition itself the source of the scare.
It was the most-watched of the channel's three new uploads, reaching roughly 76,000 views. The comments bring a useful tension: viewers share stories of hearing familiar voices when nobody seemed to be there, while others question how easily such clips can be fabricated. Several connect the premise to AI voice imitation, a very different explanation for an eerily recognizable sound.
The rest of the week widens the mystery shelf. "I Went Down a Portal Rabbit Hole... I Wish I Hadn't" visits the Philadelphia Experiment, Montauk and stories surrounding Skinwalker Ranch and CERN. Its description explicitly acknowledges that some accounts are almost certainly fabricated, while others mix real places and research with later embellishment.
"I Can't Stop Thinking About What These People Saw..." turns to five named witnesses, including Stephen Michalak, Paul Freeman and Bob Gimlin. It had the strongest first-day audience of the new releases and is currently the channel's busiest video, drawing more daily views than the older interview and September 11 uploads that also remain active.
Subscriber numbers held steady, while daily channel views are running above their usual level. Nearby in size, Nexpo added subscribers during a comparatively steady viewing spell. For Top5s, the week's distinctive thread is its October marathon: familiar voices, impossible doorways and encounters that leave their witnesses searching for an explanation.
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What viewers say
Mimics are super scary, but I don't believe anything on TikTok.
@ElemarthSee it on YouTubeThis is likely going to be a big issue in the future with the rise of AI and how it recreates voices in fact its already happening
@seandelap8587See it on YouTubeThe thought of a mimic is absolutely my personal nightmare, nothing scares me more than that!
@ameliashostak4764See it on YouTube
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Mimic videos are way too easy to fake, but who knows... they could be real.
@adamwestbury7928See it on YouTubeWatching this in the dark. Creepy month vibes
@LeonKennedy9348See it on YouTubeMimics are a largely untapped subject in paranormal, investigations and videos, i'm glad that this channel decided to take a close look at them 😮
@bizzyizzy9526See it on YouTube
Public comments from the video's page on YouTube
The videos drawing views on Top5s right now
I Went Down a Portal Rabbit Hole... I Wish I Hadn't57,894 views · 2026-10-12
I Can't Stop Thinking About What These People Saw...57,526 views · 2026-10-14
When Interviewers Asked Serial Killers The Wrong Question...343,780 views
I've Researched 9/11 For 15 Years. These Things Still Don't Add Up...467,855 views
- Channel
- Top5s
- Subscribers
- 3,440,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 606,891
- Videos published this week
- 3
- Video published
- October 10, 2026
- Video views so far
- 75,803
- Views on its first day
- 37,873
The numbers
Here is how Top5s' uploads and audience moved over the week.
💡 Test your knowledge
Which research facility appears in Top5s' portal-themed upload?
The portal video's chapter list includes a section about stories claiming CERN is trying to open a portal.


