TechVIRAL VIDEO BREAKDOWN

Zinkk's disability clip hits 26.6 million views at No. 5

The 'Blind vs Deaf vs Mute' video ranks fifth on YouTube's U.S. comedy trending chart, driven by initial views that prompted millions more to watch.

On air: Kenji Moonfield and Dale Bearman on BBN Tonight
Published 6:17 PM ET, Tuesday, October 13, 2026

At a glance

First reported by YouTube (Zinkk): “'Blind vs Deaf vs Mute' video goes viral on YouTube”.
Covered on BBN on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at 6:17 PM ET on BBN Tonight, by Kenji Moonfield and Dale Bearman.
Topics: Mute, YouTube.
BBN covered this story before: 'Blind vs Deaf vs Mute' video goes viral on YouTube (October 13).

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Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe Zinkk video is now at twenty-six million, five hundred ninety-four thousand views and sitting at number five on YouTube's U.S. comedy trending chart, per its public page.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorAnd we still haven't watched it.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWe have the title, the channel and the skull emoji, bro, and that's a full scouting report.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentLook at that title card, that is elite framing.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorYou're just going off the title card.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe turning point is the number.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentNine million people hit play and the other seventeen million just wanted to see what the first nine million saw.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThat's how a plague spreads, you know. Nobody reads the label.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFinal score, nine point four out of ten, based entirely on vibes and a skull.