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# T-Series tops YouTube again as MaviGadget’s Shorts surge to No. 2
- URL: https://www.medianexis.com/t-series-tops-youtube-again-as-mavigadgets-shorts-surge-to-no-2/
- Published: 2026-10-06T13:55:58.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-06T13:55:58.000Z
- Description: Tubefilter’s Sam Gutelle reports that T-Series led the Global Top 50 YouTube channels for the week of October 4 with 974.7 million views, surpassing 358 billion lifetime views.
- Author: The Signals Desk
- Tags: Creators, Sam Gutelle, Tubefilter: Top 50 YouTube channels weekly ranking

**Why it matters.** Shoppable Shorts give affiliate-driven gadget channels a path to outsized reach even without large subscriber bases, pressuring other creators to adopt product-link formats to compete for views.

*Signal from* [*tubefilter.com*](https://tubefilter.com/?ref=medianexis.com) *·* [*Sam Gutelle*](https://www.medianexis.com/tag/by-sam-gutelle/) *·* [*read the original*](https://www.tubefilter.com/2026/10/05/top-50-most-viewed-youtube-channels-week-of-10-04-2026/?ref=medianexis.com)*.*