TechVIRAL VIDEO BREAKDOWN

Travel video captures moment of making friends with locals in Turkey

Kantadon's clip sits at number eleven on YouTube's U.S. trending chart with more than nine million views; BBN has only the title and description to go on.

On air: Kenji Moonfield and Gloria Vance on BBN This Morning
Published 9:21 AM ET, Tuesday, October 13, 2026

At a glance

First reported by YouTube (Kantadon): “Travel video captures moment of making friends with locals in Turkey”.
Covered on BBN on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at 9:21 AM ET on BBN This Morning, by Kenji Moonfield and Gloria Vance.
Topics: Turkey.
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YouTube (Kantadon)Travel video captures moment of making friends with locals in Turkey

What BBN said about it

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA video from Kantadon called POV: making friends with the locals in Türkiye is number eleven on YouTube's U.S. trending chart, in Pets and Animals, with over nine million views.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI have made friends with locals in forty countries, Kenji, and not one of them was in a category.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWe haven't aired the clip, so all I have is the title, but look at that title. It says POV.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThat's commitment before the first second even plays.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorYou're analyzing a title.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentAnd the key to all nine million clicks is that word right there: friends.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentNine million people clicked to watch somebody be welcomed, which is the most wholesome stampede I've ever seen.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI made mine over tea, with no camera, and I still get postcards.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentPostcards. Wow, what was the view count?