Reaction videos to horror stories or supernatural sightings (a genre known as mistis ) consistently pull billions of views. Channels like Rans Entertainment (owned by celebrity couple Raffi Ahmad and Nagita Slavina) and Atta Halilintar regularly hit tens of millions of views per video, rivaling global superstars.
So Rina did what millions of Indonesians do: she went live. Her gimmick was ngaji (reciting the Quran) while doing dance challenges. Haram? Maybe. Viral? Absolutely. Tonight, she was crying. Not for drama, but because her father—a ojek driver—had pawned his bike to buy her a ring light. Reaction videos to horror stories or supernatural sightings