Top Gainers
During a week when Muslims celebrated the feast of Eid al-Fitr, many viewers visited YouTube to watch a show regarded as one of the most popular offerings in the Islamic world. That show is known as Diriliş: Ertuğrul in its native Turkish, but it was the Urdu version of the historical epic, titled Ertugrul Ghazi, that made the biggest splash on YouTube this week. (The English translation of the title is Resurrection: Ertuğrul.)
Ertugrul Ghazi follows the titular Ertugrul, who was the father of Osman I, the founder of the Ottoman Empire. The show, set in the 13th century, has been likened to Game of Thrones and has become quite popular among Islamic viewers, particularly in the Middle East and South Asia. A month ago, Turkish public broadcaster TRT began posting full episodes of Ertugrul Ghazi on a new channel. The uploads have been extremely popular, with the first episode receiving close to 40 million views in its first month on YouTube.
The week, viewership on the TRT Ertugrul by PTV channel jumped by 17%, allowing it to rise from 49th place in our charts up to 33rd. In total, the Ertugrul Ghazi episodes (along with a few adjacent videos) scooped up 136.7 million weekly views on their Urdu-language home.
TRT has bigger goals in mind for its TRT Ertugrul by PTV channel. It would like to set an #ErtugrulYouTubeRecord by receiving more subscriptions in a month than any other channel. Right now, it has 4.07 million subscribers, so it still has a ways to go before it surpasses the record-high total of 6.6 million subscribers in a month.
Channel Distribution
Here’s a breakdown of the Top 50 Most Viewed channels this week in terms of their countries of origin:
United States: 14 channels in the Top 50.
India: 12 channels in the Top 50.
South Korea: 3 channels in the Top 50.
Argentina, Canada, The Philippines, Russia, United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom: 2 channels each in the Top 50.
Brazil, Jordan, Mexico, South Korea, Netherlands, Pakistan, Puerto Rico, Romania, Thailand, and Turkey: 1 channel each in the Top 50. Source: www.tubefilter.com
