What the sample collected
The batch was taken on 2026-10-13 at 01:22 UTC from a public account pool of ten accounts (@NASA, @NatGeo, @ESPN, @NBA, @NFL, @Discovery, @BBCEarth, @SkySports, @F1, @WeatherChannel), reading the latest 40 posts from each. 71 video posts were found; the list below sorts them by the likes recorded at sampling time, with views as the tie-break. One video per author is allowed, so no account can fill the list by itself. This is an account-pool observation, not an official X chart.
The clip at number one
The top entry came from @F1 (Formula 1) and shows Felix watching Charles receive his P2 trophy in Singapore, tagged #F1 and #SingaporeGP. It was posted on Mon 12 Oct 2026 10:27 UTC. Sampled counters:
- 20,237 likes
- 753,641 views
Why a pit-lane moment outranks the field
Sports clips travel on one condition: the emotion has to read in the first second. A podium reaction does that. You do not need to know the season standings, the tyre strategy, or who is leading the championship. You see a person watching a friend succeed — and that is the entire message. Motorsport also has a built-in re-share habit: fans repost to argue, to celebrate, and to tag each other, which is what turns a two-second reaction into a phrase people start using.
We are describing what the counters show, not explaining X's ranking system.
The rest of today's top three
| # | Author | Post | Likes | Views |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @F1 | Felix watching Charles get his P2 trophy in Singapore | 20,237 | 753,641 |
| 2 | @BBCEarth | 20 years of Planet Earth | 6,320 | 739,844 |
| 3 | @NASAMars | Perseverance sets a new off-world driving record | 2,515 | 167,274 |
The Planet Earth entry is the useful counter-example: nearly the same reach as number one, roughly a third of the likes. Reach and resonance are different measurements and this page keeps them apart.
How to save an X video
What this page is not
- The counters are point-in-time values from the sampling moment, not live numbers.
- This is a ten-account pool, not X-wide trending, and it is labelled as such.
- No engagement figure is estimated or back-filled; anything not collected is simply omitted.