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

ABC News1.1M views20:584d agoWatch on YouTube

125× its channel’s median of 9K views

63 / 100 the mean of the six sub-scores below, times 10; each is counted from this video's timed words

Computed from Counted in code from the video's own words as ElevenLabs Scribe v2 heard them (20:58 of 20:58), with YouTube's replay peaks; views and the multiple from Hook Detector's index (views over the median of 8,552 views across the channel's 13 recent uploads), read 2026-10-29. Page built Oct 30, 2026.

What costs attention counted from the timed words

  1. High

    0:00 Stakes go quiet for 10:35

    Nothing at stake is said from 0:00 to 10:35 (the rule: under 5:00).

  2. Medium

    0:57 A question opened and never answered

    “Will police find the gunman behind the FAMU homecoming shooting?” is asked at 0:57 and never answered.

  3. Medium

    1:23 A question opened and never answered

    “Should the Eagles quarterback have been allowed to play and then fly home?” is asked at 1:24 and never answered.

  4. Medium

    8:57 A question opened and never answered

    “Was a tornado confirmed in Santa Fe?” is asked at 8:57 and never answered.

  5. Medium

    16:07 A question opened and never answered

    “Is the Ukraine ceasefire in Oleksii real?” is asked at 16:07 and never answered.

The first 0:30 7 / 10

David Muir, ABC's World News Tonight, America's most watched newscast, now streaming same day with all the breaking news of the day on Disney+. Most watched, most trusted. Now on Disney+ every night. Tonight, the midterm blitz in the final stretch. A tale of two presidents with two visions criss-crossing a nation at a crossroads. Donald Trump storms through Republican strongholds. Barack Obama campaigns for candidates calling for change. Amid rising inflation and soaring gas prices, American voters have nine days to decide. The emergency appeals court hearing over the Justice Department's demand that California put aside the ballots of some 20,000 potential non-citizen voters. A huge show of force as protests spread across Europe from France to Italy to Brussels and Spain. People united, taking to the streets over the high cost of living. Hundreds of high-water rescues after historic flooding in the Southwest.

half the title's words said by 0:02, no question opened in the first 15 s

Written by Hook Detector, not said in the video: With just nine days until the midterms, Trump and Obama are barnstorming battleground states, and 27 million Americans have already voted. Tonight: the Florida A&M homecoming shooting that wounded 12, historic flooding across the Southwest, and new Iran threats forcing embassies to cut staff. Stay with us.

Six sub-scores

  1. hook7half the title's words said by 0:02, no question opened in the first 15 s
  2. structure8.612 sections and 3 re-hooks in 20:58
  3. concept6.2the title's words said by 0:30: 5 of 8
  4. stakes6.8what is at stake said every 5:14 on average (3 times)
  5. emotion4.84 turns of feeling marked in the lines
  6. payoffs4.56 payoffs, the longest gap 8:33

A predicted curve Predicted, not measured: drawn only from the risk zones counted below

0:0010:2920:58

Pace by section 171 words a minute overall

  1. 0:00Cold open headlines163 wpm
  2. 1:50Anchor greeting and midterm lead-in177 wpm
  3. 5:12California voter roll lawsuit166 wpm
  4. 6:33Europe protests135 wpm
  5. 8:32Southwest flooding193 wpm
  6. 10:52Iran security threats167 wpm
  7. 12:40FAMU homecoming shooting160 wpm
  8. 14:03Six Flags safety review167 wpm
  9. 15:23Ukraine assault and Cuba203 wpm
  10. 16:53Quick hits: Oregon fire, NFL review, custodian177 wpm
  11. 18:59Halloween graveyard feature159 wpm
  12. 20:21Sign-off169 wpm