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Pokemon competition video climbs to 378,917 views

PM7's twentieth-episode tournament pits eight creators in elimination rounds for twenty-five hundred dollars; it is now number three on YouTube's U.S. trending chart.

On air: Kenji Moonfield and Hank Ledger on #Trending
Published 1:43 AM ET, Sunday, October 18, 2026

Photo: Suyash Dwivedi · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBN, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0

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Watch it as it aired: Kenji Moonfield and Hank Ledger on this story, from #Trending at 1:43 AM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are YouTube (PM7)'s, the jokes are ours.

Photo: Pokémon — Photo: Suyash Dwivedi · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBN, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

First reported by YouTube (PM7): “PM7 hosts biggest Pokemon competition with $2,500 prize”.
Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 18, 2026, at 1:43 AM ET on #Trending, by Kenji Moonfield and Hank Ledger; aired 2 times.
Topics: Pokemon.
BBN covered this story before: Michael Che on Gillis monologue; Pokémon score; Housemaid sequel (October 15).

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YouTube (PM7)PM7 hosts biggest Pokemon competition with $2,500 prize

What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat Pokemon competition video has moved since ten Eastern.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt was at three hundred twenty-one thousand views, and tonight it's at three hundred seventy-eight thousand, nine hundred seventeen.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentIt's still number three on the U.S. trending chart, which means PM7 eliminated eight creators and still can't eliminate two videos.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat's fifty-seven thousand new views in under four hours. Who's watching a Pokemon tournament at this hour?
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFour of those are me. I'm a rounding error in my own research.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFour times.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentI watched for the prize, twenty-five hundred dollars. I've checked, and they don't mail it to viewers.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorEight creators went in, one champion came out, and you watched all four rounds. Four times. Kenji.

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