Niche report

News on YouTube

How often a news video beats its own channel, and the ones that did by the most.

Computed from 261 videos in Hook Detector's index of public YouTube data whose title matches “news” by its words or is close to it in meaning; 210 of them have a measured multiple (views over their channel's median). Counted 2026-10-27. Page built Oct 27, 2026.

Top outliers

Each one against its own channel’s median views. Opens on YouTube.

1. 116×
   ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Oct. 22, 2026

   ABC News1.1M views3d ago

   116× its channel’s median of 9K

2. 111×
   ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Oct. 25, 2026

   ABC News946K views1d ago

   111× its channel’s median of 9K

3. 87×
   BREAKING NEWS: Abdul El-Sayed Holds Press Conference After Trump Lobs Attacks At Him During Rally

   Forbes Breaking News35K viewstoday

   87× its channel’s median of 398

4. 65×
   BREAKING NEWS: Trump Goes Off On Obama Over Comments The Former President Made At A Midterm Rally

   Forbes Breaking News26K viewstoday

   65× its channel’s median of 398

5. 45×
   This Week with George Stephanopoulos Full Broadcast - Sunday, October 25, 2026

   ABC News382K views1d ago

   45× its channel’s median of 9K

6. 33×
   Over 400,000 take part in nationwide protests, says French government

   Sky News428K views2d ago

   33× its channel’s median of 13K

7. 25×
   Good Morning America: News to start your day | October 26

   ABC News210K viewstoday

   25× its channel’s median of 9K

8. 22×
   Morning Joe 10/26/26 | 🅼🆂🅽🅱️🅲 Breaking News Today October 26, 2026

   Billboard Beats230K viewstoday

   22× its channel’s median of 11K

9. 21×
   Good Morning America Full Broadcast — Sunday, October 25, 2026

   ABC News179K views1d ago

   21× its channel’s median of 9K

10. 18×
    Here we go again: Second storm bears down on UK after Austen batters southern England

    Sky News235K views2d ago

    18× its channel’s median of 13K

11. 16×
    The end of data centres? Apple and Meta’s bet against the cloud | AI Decoded

    BBC News1.2M views2d ago

    16× its channel’s median of 77K

12. 16×
    Jack Keane: This is happening RIGHT before our eyes

    Fox News2.1M views1d ago

    16× its channel’s median of 137K

Channels with the most outliers

1. Fox News12 outliers at 2× and over
2. BBC News9 outliers at 2× and over
3. Sky News9 outliers at 2× and over
4. ABC News7 outliers at 2× and over
5. NBC News7 outliers at 2× and over
6. Al Jazeera English3 outliers at 2× and over
7. Forbes Breaking News2 outliers at 2× and over
8. Reuters2 outliers at 2× and over
9. Billboard Beats1 outlier at 2× and over

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