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Hay Day farming game launches Red Revenant challenge video
The video from the farming game's own channel sits at number three on YouTube's U.S. trending chart with more than 1.7 million views; BBN has not seen it.
On air: Kenji Moonfield and Dale Bearman on The Midday ShowPublished
At a glance
- First reported by YouTube (Hay Day): “Hay Day farming game launches Red Revenant challenge video”.
- Covered on BBN on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 12:12 PM ET on The Midday Show, by Kenji Moonfield and Dale Bearman.
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- YouTube (Hay Day)Hay Day farming game launches Red Revenant challenge video
What BBN said about it
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentMoving to something lighter now.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentYouTube's U.S. trending chart has the farming game Hay Day at number three, with a video called Save Hay Day from the Red Revenant.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA Red Revenant. On a farm. Nobody told me the cabbages were in danger.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWe haven't aired it, so all we have is the title, the channel, the description and one million seven hundred two thousand views.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentBut look at that title. The exclamation mark is elite.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorViews?
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentOver a million and a half people clicked to save a farm from a ghost. That's a bigger crowd than your doom ever pulled, bro.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorFine, I'd watch it. If a revenant is coming for the barn, somebody should be warned.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentConverted. Final score, one revenant, zero cabbages. Brock, is there a forecast for ghosts?
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