YouTube at present launched its weekly music charts data for the December 26, 2025 via January 1, 2026 monitoring interval, revealing a platform the place world viral hits coexist with deeply entrenched regional preferences. “Golden” by HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI and KPop Demon Hunters Solid commanded the highest place throughout a number of territories, accumulating 72,321,287 views globally through the seven-day interval.

The observe’s dominance stems from Netflix’s “KPop Demon Hunters” animated movie, which grew to become one of many platform’s most-watched productions in 2025. In line with {industry} reporting, the film drove a number of soundtrack hits onto music charts all year long, with “Golden” reaching Billboard chart positions whereas accumulating viewing minutes on Netflix’s platform. The movie peaked at 1,579 million minutes seen through the July 28 – August 3, 2025 monitoring interval and maintained Nielsen chart presence via late summer season. This cross-platform phenomenon demonstrates how video streaming content material now drives music consumption patterns, with Netflix productions influencing YouTube chart positions months after preliminary launch.

The week spanning the year-end transition demonstrated how cultural boundaries form music consumption on the platform. Vacation content material, which dominated the previous week’s charts ending December 25, 2025, dropped precipitously as soon as the calendar turned. Mariah Carey’s “All I Need for Christmas Is You” and Wham!’s “Final Christmas” fell from their commanding positions as audiences shifted consideration to non-seasonal content material instantly following December 25.

Regional music ecosystems operated largely unbiased of world developments. Indian audiences concentrated viewing on Bollywood and regional language tracks, Brazilian listeners dominated consumption with funk carioca variations, whereas Japanese viewers maintained distinct preferences for home pop music. This fragmentation creates challenges for artists looking for cross-border attain via YouTube’s platform.

World weekly prime songs

In line with the World Weekly Prime Songs chart for December 26, 2025 – January 1, 2026:

  • Golden – HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI & KPop Demon Hunters Solid – 72,321,287 views
  • Zoo – Shakira – 40,155,532 views
  • Pal Pal – Afusic & AliSoomroMusic – 36,576,346 views
  • Soda Pop – Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, KEVIN WOO, samUIL Lee & KPop Demon Hunters Solid – 29,945,095 views
  • Shararat – Shashwat Sachdev, Madhubanti Bagchi & Jasmine Sandlas – 29,842,723 views
  • Gehra Hua – Shashwat Sachdev, Arijit Singh, Irshad Kamil & Armaan Khan – 28,954,205 views
  • The Destiny of Ophelia – Taylor Swift – 25,626,136 views
  • NO BATIDÃO (SLOWED) – ZXKAI & slxughter – 25,245,302 views
  • Cuando No Period Cantante – El Bogueto & Yung Beef – 25,145,646 views
  • CHANEL – Tyla – 24,579,460 views

The KPop Demon Hunters Solid tracks accrued substantial viewership throughout a number of entries. “Golden” maintained its primary place from the earlier week, whereas “Soda Pop,” “Your Idol,” and “How It is Executed” from the identical manufacturing appeared at positions 4, 20, and 36 respectively. This focus signifies profitable viewers seize by a single content material supply reasonably than distributed consumption throughout various artists.

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Australia weekly rankings

The Australian market confirmed choice for English-language content material with some crossover from world viral tracks. In line with the Australia Weekly Prime Songs chart:

  • Golden – HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI & KPop Demon Hunters Solid – 863,404 views
  • The Destiny of Ophelia – Taylor Swift – 409,334 views
  • Abnormal – Alex Warren – 406,791 views
  • Zoo – Shakira – 386,021 views
  • Soda Pop – Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, KEVIN WOO, samUIL Lee & KPop Demon Hunters Solid – 372,337 views
  • Lose Management (Stay) – Teddy Swims – 319,598 views
  • Man I Want – Olivia Dean – 242,682 views
  • Your Idol – Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, KEVIN WOO, samUIL Lee & KPop Demon Hunters Solid – 238,125 views
  • Gabriela – KATSEYE – 228,806 views
  • CHANEL – Tyla – 216,420 views

Taylor Swift’s “The Destiny of Ophelia” secured the second place with 409,334 views, climbing 4 positions from the earlier week. The observe appeared constantly throughout Western markets however confirmed minimal presence in Asian territories.

Brazil market dominance

Brazilian audiences concentrated viewership on home funk carioca and sertanejo content material, with minimal penetration from world viral tracks. The Brazil Weekly Prime Songs chart revealed:

  • Posso Até Não Te Dar Flores (feat. DJ DAVI DOGDOG) – DJ Japa NK, MC MENO Ok, MC Ryan SP & MC Jacaré – 16,922,586 views
  • P do Pecado (Ao Vivo) – Grupo Menos É Mais & Simone Mendes – 13,746,428 views
  • Eu Me Apaixonei – Vitinho Imperador – 10,599,750 views
  • SEQUÊNCIA FEITICEIRA (feat. MC Nito) – PEDRO SAMPAIO, MC GW, Mc Jhey & MC Rodrigo do CN – 9,288,823 views
  • SET DO JAPA NK 2.0 – DJ Japa NK, MC Ryan SP, MC MENO Ok & MC IG – 9,276,368 views
  • Vai Tomando Pock Pock (feat. MC MENO Ok) – MC Lele JP, MC GH Unique & MC Menor ZL – 8,865,936 views
  • Pela Última Vez (Ao Vivo) – Grupo Menos É Mais & Nattan – 7,811,710 views
  • Diário de um Cafajeste – Dj Oreia, MC Lele JP, MC Meno Ok, MC Ryan SP, MC Tuto & Mc Negão Unique – 7,660,936 views
  • JETSKI – PEDRO SAMPAIO, Melody & MC MENO Ok – 6,683,911 views
  • Me Apaixonei Nessa Morena (Ao Vivo) – Natanzinho Lima – 6,588,919 views

“Golden” appeared at place 40 with 2,804,243 views in Brazil, demonstrating how world viral content material struggles to penetrate markets with robust native music preferences. The highest 10 positions consisted fully of Brazilian-produced content material, primarily funk carioca variations and dwell sertanejo performances.

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France confirmed blended consumption patterns with robust home rap and pop preferences alongside world crossover hits. The France Weekly Prime Songs chart indicated:

  • PARISIENNE – GIMS & La Mano 1.9 – 3,373,431 views
  • MON BÉBÉ – RnBoi – 2,797,795 views
  • melodrama – disiz & Theodora – 2,713,369 views
  • Golden – HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI & KPop Demon Hunters Solid – 1,881,934 views
  • Zoo – Shakira – 1,681,417 views
  • Melrose Place (feat. Guy2Bezbar) – KeBlack – 1,512,626 views
  • Génération impolie – Franglish & KeBlack – 1,456,792 views
  • NINAO – GIMS – 1,336,873 views
  • CIEL – GIMS – 1,299,102 views
  • RUINART – R2 – 1,277,363 views

French rapper GIMS positioned a number of tracks within the prime 20 positions, with “PARISIENNE,” “NINAO,” “CIEL,” “SOIS PAS TIMIDE,” “APPELLE TA COPINE,” “BLOQUÉ,” and “SPIDER” all showing within the rankings. This focus demonstrates how established home artists keep viewers consideration in markets with developed native music industries.

Germany territory evaluation

German audiences balanced home content material with broader European and world tracks. In line with the Germany Weekly Prime Songs chart:

  • Golden – HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI & KPop Demon Hunters Solid – 1,416,255 views
  • Zoo – Shakira – 691,868 views
  • The Destiny of Ophelia – Taylor Swift – 685,625 views
  • Wackelkontakt – Oimara – 631,253 views
  • Kazdoura – Nassif Zeytoun & Ward Abu – 616,316 views
  • YAMA – DYSTINCT – 576,543 views
  • KUSURA BAKMA – Blok3 – 557,919 views
  • NO BATIDÃO (SLOWED) – ZXKAI & slxughter – 555,591 views
  • Final Christmas – Wham! – 522,590 views
  • Lush Life – Zara Larsson – 482,501 views

The German market demonstrated receptivity to various language content material. Turkish-language tracks “KUSURA BAKMA” by Blok3, “napıyosun mesela?” additionally by Blok3, and “Seni Düşündüm” by Çağla & Doğu Swag appeared within the prime 50, reflecting Germany’s substantial Turkish-speaking inhabitants.

India consumption patterns

Indian audiences maintained virtually unique concentrate on home content material throughout a number of regional languages. The India Weekly Prime Songs chart confirmed:

  • Pal Pal – Afusic & AliSoomroMusic – 26,503,346 views
  • Shararat – Shashwat Sachdev, Madhubanti Bagchi & Jasmine Sandlas – 26,058,619 views
  • Gehra Hua – Shashwat Sachdev, Arijit Singh, Irshad Kamil & Armaan Khan – 25,501,850 views
  • Awaara Angaara – A. R. Rahman, Faheem Abdullah & Irshad Kamil – 20,002,440 views
  • Fortuner (feat. Gulshan Music & Jaat Nia) – Raj Mawar & Ruchika Jangid – 17,052,578 views
  • Ishq Jalakar – Karvaan – Shashwat Sachdev, Shahzad Ali, Subhadeep Das Chowdhury, Armaan Khan, Irshad Kamil, Roshan & Sahir Ludhianvi – 15,897,162 views
  • Chikiri Chikiri – Mohit Chauhan – 13,845,531 views
  • فصلة – Flipperachi – 13,774,033 views
  • Sahiba – Aditya Rikhari – 13,401,004 views
  • Dhurandhar – Title Observe – Shashwat Sachdev, Hanumankind, Jasmine Sandlas, Sudhir Yaduvanshi, Charanjit Ahuja, Muhammad Sadiq, Ranjit Kaur & Babu Singh Maan – 12,664,999 views

A number of tracks from “Dhurandhar,” a soundtrack launch, appeared throughout the highest 50 positions. The focus of soundtrack content material signifies how movie music continues driving consumption within the Indian market. Tracks included “Shararat,” “Gehra Hua,” “Awaara Angaara,” “Ishq Jalakar – Karvaan,” “Dhurandhar – Title Observe,” and “Saiyaara.”

Japan market traits

Japanese viewers demonstrated robust choice for home J-pop content material with minimal crossover from Western or different Asian markets. The Japan Weekly Prime Songs chart revealed:

  • IRIS OUT – Kenshi Yonezu – 8,185,402 views
  • カリスマックス – Snow Man – 5,157,828 views
  • ダーリン – Mrs. GREEN APPLE – 4,862,122 views
  • 好きすぎて滅！ – M!LK – 4,507,661 views
  • ライラック – Mrs. GREEN APPLE – 3,413,385 views
  • JANE DOE – Kenshi Yonezu & Hikaru Utada – 3,182,526 views
  • Zoo – Shakira – 3,035,281 views
  • ROSE – HANA – 2,981,305 views
  • NON STOP – HANA – 2,910,568 views
  • Blue Denims – HANA – 2,627,207 views

Kenshi Yonezu positioned two tracks within the prime six positions, with “IRIS OUT” commanding 8,185,402 views and “JANE DOE” that includes Hikaru Utada securing 3,182,526 views. Mrs. GREEN APPLE equally achieved a number of prime 10 placements with “ダーリン” and “ライラック.”

Netherlands territory efficiency

Dutch audiences confirmed choice for digital music, slowed remixes, and worldwide pop crossovers. In line with the Netherlands Weekly Prime Songs chart:

  • Golden – HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI & KPop Demon Hunters Solid – 352,521 views
  • Final Christmas – Wham! – 191,252 views
  • YAMA – DYSTINCT – 163,985 views
  • The Destiny of Ophelia – Taylor Swift – 163,467 views
  • Zoo – Shakira – 161,303 views
  • All I Need for Christmas Is You – Mariah Carey – 144,208 views
  • Lush Life – Zara Larsson – 138,723 views
  • Kazdoura – Nassif Zeytoun & Ward Abu – 137,215 views
  • NO BATIDÃO (SLOWED) – ZXKAI & slxughter – 134,422 views
  • Базовый минимум – SABI & MIA BOYKA – 124,194 views

Christmas content material maintained stronger presence within the Netherlands in comparison with different markets, with “Final Christmas” by Wham! at place 2 with 191,252 views and “All I Need for Christmas Is You” by Mariah Carey at place 6 with 144,208 views. This implies completely different cultural timing for vacation music consumption in comparison with markets the place seasonal content material dropped instantly after December 25.

Portugal viewing conduct

Portuguese audiences balanced Brazilian Portuguese content material with home productions and worldwide crossovers. The Portugal Weekly Prime Songs chart confirmed:

  • Posso Até Não Te Dar Flores (feat. DJ DAVI DOGDOG) – DJ Japa NK, MC MENO Ok, MC Ryan SP & MC Jacaré – 570,959 views
  • SEQUÊNCIA FEITICEIRA (feat. MC Nito) – PEDRO SAMPAIO, MC GW, Mc Jhey & MC Rodrigo do CN – 392,686 views
  • Golden – HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI & KPop Demon Hunters Solid – 374,466 views
  • Pôr do Sol – Vizinhos – 360,623 views
  • JETSKI – PEDRO SAMPAIO, Melody & MC MENO Ok – 273,900 views
  • Leva Tudo – Calema & Dilsinho – 263,667 views
  • CAVALINHO (Remix) – PEDRO SAMPAIO, Gasparzinho & MC MENO Ok – 253,545 views
  • Respirar – Calema & Sara Correia – 244,145 views
  • Mussulo (feat. Dody) – DJ Malvado & DJ Aka-m – 237,289 views
  • The Destiny of Ophelia – Taylor Swift – 223,240 views

Language affinity drove consumption patterns. The highest place went to the identical Brazilian funk observe that dominated Brazil’s chart, whereas Portuguese-produced content material from artists like Vizinhos, Calema, and Sara Correia appeared all through the rankings alongside Brazilian imports.

South Africa market dynamics

South African viewers targeting amapiano, gqom, and different native digital music variations. In line with the South Africa Weekly Prime Songs chart:

  • Shela (feat. Mano) – Sam Deep, Nia Pearl & Boohle – 3,707,186 views
  • SNOKONOKO – Al Xapo, Benzoo & EeQue – 2,660,913 views
  • Rato Laka (feat. Slidoo Man) – Shebeshxt, Naqua SA & Zee Nxumalo – 2,451,973 views
  • Tobetsa – Myztro, Shaunmusiq & Ftears – 2,212,505 views
  • ZEP (feat. Uncool MC) – DJ Smallz 732, Zinedine x Sguch & 031CHOPPA – 2,131,196 views
  • Bengicela – MaWhoo, GL_Ceejay & Thukuthela – 1,958,845 views
  • Magumba (feat. Peekay Mzee & Kaytah) – Khadeair – 1,923,774 views
  • uValo – Thukuthela, Jazzworx & Babalwa M – 1,677,964 views
  • Uyoncengwa Unyoko – Umafkizolo – 1,576,906 views
  • Intaba Zokhahlamba (feat. SHENGE WASEHLALANKOSI & Mjolisi) – Mphathiwohlelo MC – 1,558,011 views

The South African market confirmed no crossover with world viral hits in its prime 50 positions. “Golden” appeared at place 23 with 748,827 views, whereas different worldwide tracks remained absent from prime positions fully. This demonstrates how developed native music scenes create self-contained consumption ecosystems.

Spain territory preferences

Spanish audiences balanced Latin American reggaeton and entice with home flamenco fusion and pop content material. The Spain Weekly Prime Songs chart indicated:

  • Palillos y Panderos – Niña Pastori – 1,952,892 views
  • La Perla – ROSALÍA & Yahritza Y Su Esencia – 1,642,306 views
  • Golden – HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI & KPop Demon Hunters Solid – 1,489,913 views
  • Dardos – Romeo Santos & Prince Royce – 1,414,181 views
  • La Morocha – Luck Ra & BM – 1,321,373 views
  • La Plena (W Sound 05) – W Sound, Beéle & Ovy On The Drums – 1,060,577 views
  • SUPERESTRELLA – Aitana – 1,037,384 views
  • Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido – KAROL G – 1,018,621 views
  • J Balvin: Bzrp Music Classes, Vol. 62/66 – Bizarrap & J Balvin – 904,934 views
  • Cuando No Period Cantante – El Bogueto & Yung Beef – 820,259 views

Spanish flamenco artist Niña Pastori’s “Palillos y Panderos” commanded the highest place with 1,952,892 views, whereas ROSALÍA’s collaboration “La Perla” with Yahritza Y Su Esencia secured second place with 1,642,306 views. The market confirmed receptivity to each home Spanish content material and Latin American productions, making a shared Spanish-language music ecosystem.

United Kingdom consumption

British audiences demonstrated various consumption spanning home artists, American crossovers, and European digital music. In line with the UK Weekly Prime Songs chart:

  • Golden – HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI & KPop Demon Hunters Solid – 2,257,915 views
  • Abnormal – Alex Warren – 1,102,124 views
  • Soda Pop – Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, KEVIN WOO, samUIL Lee & KPop Demon Hunters Solid – 895,385 views
  • Lush Life – Zara Larsson – 860,937 views
  • The Destiny of Ophelia – Taylor Swift – 773,202 views
  • Zoo – Shakira – 643,675 views
  • Final Christmas – Wham! – 568,462 views
  • Your Idol – Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, KEVIN WOO, samUIL Lee & KPop Demon Hunters Solid – 555,534 views
  • WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! – RAYE – 545,383 views
  • CHANEL – Tyla – 506,137 views

British artist RAYE’s “WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!” appeared at place 9 with 545,383 views, climbing 30 positions from the earlier week. The UK market confirmed stronger penetration for world viral content material in comparison with markets with extra developed native music industries.

United States market evaluation

American audiences concentrated viewership on hip-hop, Latin entice, nation, and pop crossovers. The USA Weekly Prime Songs chart revealed:

  • Golden – HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI & KPop Demon Hunters Solid – 9,348,447 views
  • FDO – Pooh Shiesty – 5,571,927 views
  • Zoo – Shakira – 4,872,331 views
  • Massive Man – Ice Spice – 4,832,816 views
  • Soda Pop – Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, KEVIN WOO, samUIL Lee & KPop Demon Hunters Solid – 4,355,531 views
  • Abnormal – Alex Warren – 3,989,552 views
  • Your Idol – Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, KEVIN WOO, samUIL Lee & KPop Demon Hunters Solid – 3,652,552 views
  • Marlboro Rojo – Fuerza Regida – 3,573,961 views
  • Folded – Kehlani – 3,243,441 views
  • The Destiny of Ophelia – Taylor Swift – 2,814,300 views

Ice Spice’s “Massive Man” climbed six positions to quantity 4 with 4,832,816 views in its fourth week on the chart. The observe demonstrated comparable upward trajectory throughout a number of markets, showing in prime 20 positions in Australia, Germany, Netherlands, and United Kingdom territories.

Artist rankings world

The World Weekly Prime Artists chart for the December 26, 2025 – January 1, 2026 interval confirmed Bollywood playback singers dominating the highest positions. Alka Yagnik maintained the primary place with 449,883,973 views throughout her catalog, adopted by Udit Narayan with 326,102,484 views and Arijit Singh with 299,860,717 views.

Kumar Sanu secured fourth place with 246,535,804 views, whereas Shreya Ghoshal rounded out the highest 5 with 233,413,910 views. These artists symbolize established Bollywood playback singers whose intensive catalogs spanning a number of many years proceed producing substantial viewership via movie music consumption within the Indian market.

Dangerous Bunny appeared at place 6 with 219,213,822 views, representing the highest-ranked Western artist. The Puerto Rican artist’s catalog viewership exceeded particular person Latin artists regardless of competitors from regional Mexican acts like Fuerza Regida and Peso Pluma.

Regional language artist Shilpi Raj claimed place 7 with 184,173,133 views, demonstrating how Bhojpuri music consumption drives substantial viewership. Khesari Lal Yadav, one other Bhojpuri artist, appeared at place 8 with 153,883,107 views after climbing 4 positions from the earlier week.

KPop Demon Hunters Solid entered at place 10 with 148,795,685 views of their twenty eighth week on the chart, benefiting from a number of high-performing tracks throughout completely different territories. Their concentrated launch technique positioned 4 songs within the world prime 100, creating accrued artist-level viewership that exceeded extra distributed catalogs.

Shorts content material preferences

The World Weekly Prime Shorts Songs chart for December 26, 2025 – January 1, 2026 confirmed distinct preferences from conventional music consumption. In line with the chart information, “فصلة” by Flipperachi maintained the primary place in its fourth week, whereas “Ishq Jalakar – Karvaan” by Shashwat Sachdev and collaborators climbed two positions to quantity 2 in its third week.

Slowed and modified variations dominated Shorts consumption patterns. “PASSO BEM SOLTO (Slowed)” by ATLXS appeared at place 3 in its forty first week on the chart, whereas “NO BATIDÃO (SLOWED)” by ZXKAI & slxughter secured place 4 in its ninth week. These modified variations usually outperformed unique recordings within the Shorts format.

Ice Spice’s “Massive Man” climbed 5 positions to quantity 5, demonstrating how viral tracks carry out throughout each conventional music video codecs and short-form vertical content material. The observe appeared constantly throughout World, Shorts, and a number of territory-specific charts through the monitoring interval.

“Montagem Miau (Slowed)” by Lenar debuted at place 15, displaying quick traction within the short-form format. The Brazilian phonk variation exemplifies how regional digital music kinds achieve worldwide publicity via Shorts distribution patterns.

Advertising implications

The December 26, 2025 – January 1, 2026 YouTube music charts show a number of patterns related to advertising professionals working with music content material and artist promotion methods.

Regional market fragmentation creates challenges for campaigns looking for cross-border attain. Artists attaining prime positions in Western markets confirmed minimal penetration in Asian, African, and South American territories the place native content material preferences dominate consumption patterns. Advertising budgets should account for territory-specific promotion reasonably than assuming world viral potential.

The end of YouTube’s Billboard charts partnership effective January 16, 2026 creates measurement issues for campaigns beforehand utilizing Billboard rankings as success metrics. YouTube now maintains unbiased chart methods throughout world markets, requiring advertising groups to trace efficiency via platform-specific metrics reasonably than industry-standard benchmarks.

Brief-form content material consumption differs considerably from conventional music video viewership. Shorts charts confirmed preferences for remixed, slowed, and modified variations of tracks reasonably than unique recordings. Advertising methods should account for these format variations when planning content material distribution, probably creating separate asset packages optimized for vertical video consumption.

YouTube Shorts achieved revenue parity with long-form content in the United States market during Q3 2025, demonstrating that transient vertical movies can match or exceed income era capabilities of standard horizontal content material. This monetization achievement creates alternatives for artists to generate earnings from a number of content material codecs reasonably than relying completely on conventional music video releases.

Artist monetization methods require understanding regional consumption patterns. Artists concentrating on world audiences ought to acknowledge that content material performs differentially throughout territories. Western market releases profit from English-language content material throughout most intervals, whereas Asian, African, and South American markets keep year-round consumption patterns for native content material in regional languages.

Algorithmic distribution patterns have an effect on content material efficiency considerably. Creators reported viewership drops following September 2025 algorithm changes, with main Shorts channels experiencing synchronized efficiency degradation beginning September 7, 2025. Advertising groups should set up monitoring processes to detect algorithm modifications that influence content material distribution.

Platform promoting alternatives via YouTube Choose present manufacturers entry to premium music content material. This system targets the highest 5 % of hottest channels, together with main music channels throughout vertical classes. Campaigns looking for affiliation with trending music content material can leverage these placement choices for model integration alternatives.

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Abstract

Who: YouTube launched weekly music charts information compiled from the December 26, 2025 via January 1, 2026 monitoring interval, measuring consumption throughout world and territory-specific rankings for songs, music movies, artists, and Shorts content material.

What: “Golden” by HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI and KPop Demon Hunters Solid dominated a number of charts with 72,321,287 world views, whereas regional markets confirmed fragmented consumption patterns with distinct native preferences. The charts demonstrated how cultural boundaries form music consumption, with Indian audiences specializing in Bollywood content material, Brazilian viewers concentrating on funk carioca, Japanese listeners sustaining J-pop preferences, and South African audiences consuming amapiano variations.

When: The information covers the seven-day interval from Thursday, December 26, 2025 via Wednesday, January 1, 2026, printed by YouTube on January 2, 2026. The week spanning the year-end transition confirmed quick drops in vacation content material consumption following December 25, with seasonal tracks from Mariah Carey and Wham! falling from commanding positions.

The place: YouTube printed charts for world territories and 13 particular markets: Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, India, Japan, Netherlands, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom, and United States. The platform maintains category-specific charts following the July 2025 closure of its centralized trending page, with music charts serving as the first discovery mechanism for standard audio content material.

Why: The charts matter for advertising professionals as a result of they reveal consumption patterns throughout fragmented world markets, show how regional preferences restrict cross-border viral potential, and supply metrics for marketing campaign efficiency following YouTube’s termination of its Billboard charts partnership. The information reveals that profitable world attain requires territory-specific promotion methods reasonably than assumptions about common viral distribution, whereas the divergence between conventional music video consumption and Shorts preferences signifies the necessity for format-specific content material creation approaches.


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