TALHA'S THURSDAY LIVE: SURPRISE GUESTS AND 17K NEW SUBS

Gaming With Talha went live on Thursday, November 5, 2026 for another Thursday Special Live, and the plan to have a calm, well-behaved stream lasted only a few minutes. Over almost two hours, Talha counted 17,000 new subscribers in a single week, ate raw garlic on a viewer's dare, gave a tour of his website and then had the whole show taken over by two guests who walked into his studio unannounced.

17,000 new subscribers in one week

About 23 minutes in, Talha switched to his PC screen to compare numbers. During the previous Thursday stream the channel stood at 3,533,000 subscribers. Seven days later the counter had moved up by roughly 17,000, and he stopped to thank the community for it.

One viewer asked what he has planned for 4 million. Talha admitted that the channel is growing faster than his plans:

"While I was still planning for three million, it became three and a half." (Talha, translated from Bangla)

He also refused to call his viewers fans. In Bangladesh, creators and viewers often call each other "bhai" (brother), and Talha takes it seriously:

"I don't have fans. Everyone here is my brother." (Talha, translated from Bangla)

A chat too fast to read

The stream started three minutes late, and Talha said more than 9,000 people were watching live in the first half hour. The chat moved so quickly that it froze on his screen several times. He joked that his comment box was running "at 15 fps".

Most of those messages asked the same thing: when is Talha getting married? It is a running joke on the channel. His answer was simple: it will happen on the day it is meant to happen. When a 15-year-old viewer teased him about being single, he replied that he has crores (tens of millions) of brothers in his community, and that is enough for him.

The raw garlic dare

A week earlier, viewers had dared Talha to eat a chili on stream. He did it, and by his own account "cried a little". This time the dare was raw garlic. He held up two kinds, one Bangladeshi and one Indian, and let the chat choose. The chat voted for the local one, he pointed out that the local cloves are smaller, and then ate two cloves when only one was asked for. His verdict: nothing much happens, except a slow heat rising through the body.

A website tour and giveaway news

When someone asked how to find the channel's Discord server, Talha opened his own website live on stream and walked through it: the links to every social account, the media kit with audience numbers, the sponsors page, the blog, and a store with tools he has built himself, including an extension for Adobe Premiere Pro and a video recorder.

He also had news for the winners of a giveaway event on the Discord server. The gift boxes are finally ready. Talha apologised for the wait: the first company hired to make the boxes ran late, so he cancelled the order, lost an advance payment of 25,000 taka and started again with another maker.

Two guests take over the stream

Just after the one-hour mark, the door opened. Two friends, Sajjad and Nahid Hasan (called "Kaka", or uncle, on stream), walked into the studio without warning, and the stream became a three-person comedy show.

Nahid said it was the first time in his life that he had stood in front of a gaming setup this big, and he could not stay still. They brought Talha a bag of clothes as a gift, kept off camera because the designs are one-of-a-kind. Nahid also promised an 80% discount at his clothing shop if the channel reached 5 million subscribers that same night, a joke about Talha's real target of 5 million by March 2027.

The three then reviewed the week's fan-made memes together, a regular part of every Thursday stream, and Talha closed the night by singing a Bangla folk song for the thousands of viewers still watching.

The Thursday Special Live in numbers

The Thursday Special Live goes out every Thursday at 8:00 PM Bangladesh time. This stream ran for 111 minutes and has been viewed more than 406,000 times, with over 21,000 likes. Super Chats came in Indian rupees, Saudi riyals and UAE dirhams. Thank you to Pinaki (₹40 and ₹20), MD SAIFUL Islam (AED 10), HAKIM C K M (₹20), School boy asish (₹20) and SAKIL SHOT VIDEO (SAR 5), among others. The channel, Gaming With Talha Is Back, now has 3.56 million subscribers, 893 videos and more than 447 million total views.

Frequently asked questions

How many subscribers does Gaming With Talha have?

The channel has 3.56 million subscribers. On the November 5, 2026 stream, Talha said it had gained about 17,000 in the previous week.

When is the Gaming With Talha Thursday Special Live?

Every Thursday at 8:00 PM Bangladesh Standard Time (BST, UTC+6) on YouTube.

What happened on the November 5, 2026 stream?

Talha ate raw garlic on a viewer's dare, toured his website, announced that the Discord giveaway boxes are ready and hosted two surprise guests in his studio.

Watch the full stream: Thursday Special Live, November 5, 2026. Brands interested in working with Talha can find audience numbers and past collaborations in the media kit.