Openings · 10 Nov 2026
What the biggest Shorts opened on
Worldwide Shorts list, updated 10 Nov 2026 at 09:15 UTC. 397 vertical videos of three minutes or less, published in the prior 14 days, combined from 22 countries and ranked by views. YouTube does not publish this chart. Figures below were copied that morning and were not re-counted here.
Shorts of 46–60 seconds averaged 13.3 million views. Shorts under 15 seconds averaged 7.3 million. The number one short that morning, a three-minute DIY, had 101.8 million views.
Length against average views
| Length | Shorts | Average views |
|---|---|---|
| Under 15s | 13 | 7.3M |
| 15–30s | 54 | 11.4M |
| 31–45s | 32 | 12.1M |
| 46–60s | 39 | 13.3M |
| 1–3 min | 259 | 6.9M |
Six openings, read from the title
The note under each title is what the title itself does. It is not a description of frames we watched. The linked hook is the visual version of that same first second.
#1 · 101.8M views · 3:00
I made a DIY payment ring from a credit card!
Crafter Duck GARAGE
The finished thing is named first
The title leads with the object that already exists. The making comes after.
#4 · 67M views · 0:15
They Handled It Perfectly
Mindova
A verdict, after the event
The title is a judgment. Whatever happened is already over when the line starts.
#5 · 65M views · 0:48
Trap Door Roulette
MrBeast
The hazard is the title
No story in the line. The danger is the whole opening.
#8 · 42.1M views · 0:17
How to fix a hole in the wall in under 10 minutes
AI Content University
A number before the method
The time box is the hook. The steps are not in the title.
#10 · 39.3M views · 2:11
Guess the sound!
Ian Hietala
A question with the answer withheld
The title asks. It does not show the answer.
#19 · 27.8M views · 1:06
Why Perfect Railroads Don't Work
Ricks Clips
The expected version fails
The title says the obvious version is wrong, then leaves the reason for the clip.