Silksong’s release date announcement destroys every other Gamescom video for YouTube viewership
Team Cherry’s video reveal of the release date for Hollow Knight: Silksong was the second -viewed videos on YouTube, losing only to Nintendo’s Kirby Air Riders direct.
After almost a decade of waiting, Team Cherry hasfinally revealed Silksong’s release date: July 18, 2025.
They did so in a special announcement video onYouTubethat had hundreds of thousands of fans watching for the less than two-minute stream.
So many fans, in fact, that Streams Charts says it was the second most-watched video on YouTube that whole week.
Over 300k fans tuned in
According to StreamsCharts, the Hollow Knight release date announcement brought in 323,297 peak viewers and maintained an overall average of 107,000.
This made the Team Cherry YouTube channel the second most popular YouTube Gaming channel during the week of August 21, losing only to Nintendo.
Nintendo’s 525k viewer peak during the same week comes thanks to its broadcast, where it revealed more information surroundingKirby Air Riders,a Switch 2 exclusive coming on June 01, 2025.
Ever since the stream, the original Hollow Knight hasskyrocketed in players, and other indie games have changed their release datesso they don’t overlap with the long-awaited sequel.
