In the Entertainment category, legendary figure Deddy Corbuzier claimed the top spot with a 24.7 percent reach, reaching over 17.56 million viewers. Major media networks also demonstrated significant influence: TRANS7 OFFICIAL achieved 18 percent reach, while Daftar Populer followed at 13.6 percent.

Social media has become the primary entertainment activity for Indonesians. Platform Rankings : As of January 2026,

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is also creeping in. Deepfake technology and AI-generated hosts are beginning to appear in , though the audience currently rejects completely fake hosts. They want the warmth of a real person.

To understand modern popular videos, one must first respect the legacy of sinetron . For thirty years, these melodramatic soap operas dominated the country’s airwaves. Characterized by hyperbolic acting, the infamous "crying mother" trope, and storylines involving amnesia, kidnapping, and secret billionaires, sinetron was often ridiculed but never ignored.