Bulin 47 news: the numbers and the week
On 16 October 2026, Kevin Wai's original TikTok of the Bulin 47 freestyle showed 8.1 million views and 943,100 likes, up from 5.6 million on 12 October. The official "Dame Hombro" video had about 10.5 million views on YouTube, and the song was #16 on Shazam's worldwide chart, #4 in Venezuela and #8 in Saudi Arabia. This week Uganda's Hypers Kids danced it, Egyptian media reported celebrities joining in, and Bulin 47 thanked fans from Europe. The bigger totals in the press (50 to 452 million) count reposts and remixes, so they cannot be checked.
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The numbers, with dates
Read by us from the posts and chart pages themselves. Counts change every hour; each row says when we read it.
| What | Count | Source | Read on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Wai's original TikTok | 8.1 million views, 943,100 likes, 50,400 shares | The post | 16 Oct 2026 |
| The same post, four days earlier | 5.6 million views, 669,000 likes | The post | 12 Oct 2026 |
| "Dame Hombro" official video | About 10.5 million views; busiest day 1.87 million (12 Oct) | Kworb's YouTube page | 16 Oct 2026 |
| "Dame Hombro" on Shazam | #16 worldwide, up 10 places in a day | Kworb's chart page | 15 Oct 2026 |
| "Dame Hombro" in the Dominican Republic | #7 on Spotify, #8 on Apple Music | Kworb's chart page | 15 Oct 2026 |
Why the totals in the news disagree
They count different things: one post or all reposts, one app or several, with or without the AI remixes. Only the numbers on a single post or chart can be checked, which is why the table above sticks to those.
- "More than 50 million views": Latination, 8 October.
- "65 million on Instagram": quoted by several explainers for the week of 7 October.
- "More than 70 million across platforms": Expreso, 13 October.
- "452.3 million": an Instagram news account, 15 October, without saying what it adds up.
Where the song is popular
Shazam ranks show where people hear the sound and want to know what it is. On 15 October "Dame Hombro" stood at #4 in Venezuela, #8 in Saudi Arabia, #9 in the UAE, #12 in Colombia, #13 in the United States, #14 in Egypt, Israel, Morocco and Tunisia, #22 in Chile, #23 in Spain and #24 in Germany (Kworb).
The Gulf numbers fit what we saw earlier: there the clip is called the "Mexican rap" trend, and Shazam often names the sound "Bulin 47 - Vito Melor". Both are explained in the "Mexican rap" trend and what song the trend uses.
What happened this week
| Date (2026) | What happened | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Oct | AI videos put Messi, Ronaldo, Mbappé, Haaland and Colombian politician Gustavo Petro in the freestyle; none of them took part | Expreso |
| 13 Oct | Bulin 47 and Kevin Wai on Egypt's Youm7 TV; NileFM reports Egyptian celebrities joining the craze | Youm7, NileFM |
| 13 Oct | Bulin 47 thanks his Dominican fans from Europe, where he is travelling | El Nuevo Diario |
| 15 Oct | Uganda's dance group Hypers Kids dance "Dame Hombro" and greet the Dominican Republic | N Digital |
| 17 Oct | Winner of the #DameHombroChallenge due, per posts sharing the contest | The challenge, explained |
Songs with his name that are not his
Fans are also putting out AI songs under his name. The most watched we found, "Dímelo Bulin", went up on 6 October on a channel unrelated to him, describes itself as an AI cover made as a fan homage, and showed 168,578 views on 16 October. It is not on the Bulin 47 Oficial channel. His real releases are listed in Bulin 47 songs.
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Questions people ask
How many views does the Bulin 47 video have?
Kevin Wai's original TikTok showed 8.1 million views on 16 October 2026; the official "Dame Hombro" video about 10.5 million on YouTube. Bigger totals in the press add up reposts and remixes.
Is the Bulin 47 trend still growing?
It was on 16 October: the original post gained about 2.5 million views in four days, and "Dame Hombro" climbed 10 places on Shazam's worldwide chart in a day.
Is "Dímelo Bulin" a real Bulin 47 song?
No. It is an AI cover by a fan channel, labelled as such, and not on his official channel.
When is the Dame Hombro challenge winner announced?
Posts sharing the contest name Saturday 17 October 2026. Check his own accounts in case it moves.