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Glowing cats video climbs to number fifteen on YouTube trending
The Coco Verse video now has more than four million views and ranks fifteenth on YouTube's U.S. trending chart in Pets and Animals; nobody here has seen the cats.
On air: Kenji Moonfield and Gloria Vance on #TrendingPublished
At a glance
- First reported by YouTube (Coco Verse): “Coco Verse posts "These Cats Glow in the Dark" video”.
- Covered on BBN on Monday, October 12, 2026, at 12:34 AM ET on #Trending, by Kenji Moonfield and Gloria Vance; aired 2 times.
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- YouTube (Coco Verse)Coco Verse posts "These Cats Glow in the Dark" video
What BBN said about it
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe glowing cats video has gone from three point three million views to four million, and it now sits at number fifteen on YouTube's trending chart, under Pets and Animals.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorTo be clear, we haven't actually watched this video. We only know its name, who posted it, what it claims to show, and that it's been viewed four million times.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFour million people have seen more than we have.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentI said the word glow was the turning point, and I stand by that, mostly because I cannot see the cats.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorFour million witnesses and no footage on this desk. I have run smaller investigations on less.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo the cats are real, and the glow is a rumor.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIn my experience, the cats will be in the dark when I meet them, and I will judge the glow myself.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe hashtag is glowcats. Dr. Byte, if anything in this video is science, please say so before I believe it.
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