Sơn Tùng M-TP's MV 'Run Now' had held the #1 spot on Trending YouTube Vietnam for 2 consecutive days since its official release on May 12th. This chart represents the top trending songs where every artist aims to be featured. Not only did 'Run Now' continuously top the Trending chart, but it also became the first music product to reach the record-breaking milestone of 1 million views just 18 minutes after its debut. Hence, the disappearance of 'Run Now' from the top Trending has left fans extremely worried and anxious.
'Run Now' has maintained the #1 spot on Trending YouTube Vietnam for 2 consecutive days since its release
Music video for 'Run Now'
Currently, the MV 'Run Now' has surpassed 30 million views and still holds a position in the top 5 most-viewed videos worldwide. Therefore, why Sơn Tùng's 'Run Now' lost its Top Trending spot on YouTube is a question that many are interested in, as YouTube has not officially provided an answer to this disappearance.
Before delving into the reasons why Sơn Tùng's 'Run Now' lost its Top Trending spot on YouTube, you may want to understand the criteria that YouTube currently uses to determine Top Trending. From there, people can easily identify the most accurate reason for the disappearance of 'Run Now' MV performed by Sơn Tùng MTP.
YouTube's Top Trending criteria:
- Must attract a diverse audience.
- Keep up with the current trends on YouTube and worldwide.
- Provide profound, meaningful, and innovative content.
- Avoid negativity and clickbait, no deceptive content for views.
Immediately after the incident, based on the criteria for calculating Top Trending, netizens and fans of this Thai Binh-born singer have come up with numerous hypotheses to explain the complete disappearance of this MV.
Why did Sơn Tùng's 'Run Now' lose its Top Trending spot on YouTube?
There are 2 possible reasons why the MV 'Run Now' disappeared from Top Trending on YouTube:
- First reason: The rapid increase in views of the 'Run Now' MV after 2 days of release (about 22 million views/day) prompted YouTube to review and filter out invalid views, fake views, and views that do not comply with regulations.
- Second reason: According to the terms, a YouTube channel is only allowed to have one product in the top trending. However, the 'Run Now' teaser was released on May 2nd and is currently holding the #22 Trending spot on YouTube with 4/5 million views, so the official release of the 'Run Now' MV on May 12th was excluded from this list.
The inexplicable disappearance of the 'Run Now' MV from Top Trending on YouTube is a cause of concern for many fans, especially Sky fans. The reasons given above are just initial assessments, speculations of netizens. To accurately answer why Sơn Tùng's 'Run Now' lost its Top Trending spot on YouTube, much more authentic evidence, other bases are still needed before any official conclusions can be drawn.