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Nongshim, Vitality and a spoiler shield on Champions Shanghai's day 12

The second day of playoff replays reached past 1.3 million views within 13 hours, and its comment section is built around not ruining the results.

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 1,859,488 views a day, 54 times a normal first day on this channel (34,724).

VALORANT Champions Shanghai — Playoffs Stage — Day 12VALORANT Champions Shanghai — Playoffs Stage — Day 12

Day 12 kept going. The full broadcast of the Playoffs Stage at VALORANT Champions Shanghai had passed 1.3 million views about 13 hours after it went up, on a channel where a long replay or stream usually ends its first day nearer 35,000.

The most liked comment is not about a play at all. It is a spoiler shield, with timestamps tucked into its replies, so viewers who missed the live broadcast can jump straight to the matches without seeing a scoreline first. In a replay this long, that kind of courtesy matters.

Below it, one series gets most of the attention. Several viewers single out the final map between Nongshim and Vitality. One points to Nongshim's thrifties, the rounds a team wins on a cheap buy against opponents carrying full rifles. Another compares Vitality to Batman: give the team enough preparation time and enough footage of you, the argument goes, and it will find a way. A lockdown, Killjoy's area-sealing ultimate, gets its own praise. G2 comes up as the team spoiling a lot of people's bracket predictions, and one viewer calls the lower bracket a bloodbath.

The event, as the description sets it out, runs from September 24 to October 18, with sixteen teams from the Americas, China, EMEA and Pacific playing for the 2026 world title.

Around the long replay, the channel's Shorts have been telling the players' side of Shanghai. Jinggg receives a surprise message from his mother. Invy honors the sacrifices his mother made for his career. Asuna of 100 Thieves tries to guess a number, BABYBAY and valyn keep calm in a two-against-five clutch, and another Short lets viewers listen in on the comms behind a lockdown from Ivy.

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What viewers say

  • What a final map out of ns and vit!
    @thelatenightperson1749See it on YouTube
  • Vitality is the batman of Valorant, give them enough prep time and vods they'll find a way to beat you
  • nongshim with their thrifties omg
    @HitokaAdcy...See it on YouTube
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The facts
Subscribers
1,320,000 ▲ 10,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days
10,850,675
Channel views, pace per day
2,405,645 (on a normal day: 1,659,949)
Video published
October 8, 2026
Video views so far
1,367,772 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day
1,859,488

The numbers

A playoff day in Shanghai sits far above what this channel's long broadcasts usually gather on their first day.

the video's first day
usual first day here
34,724
this video
1,859,488
subscribers
1,320,000
▲ 10,000 in the last 7 days
total views
434,643,118
views per day
2,405,645
typical day: 1,659,949
the video
views
1,367,772
likes
8,855
comments
16
days online
1
subscribers: this channel and similar channels
Google Play
1,600,000
100 Thieves
1,460,000
Marvel Rivals
1,290,000
Warhammer
1,090,000
As of October 9, 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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