ABC News YouTube channel stats and outlier videos
ABC News is your daily source for breaking national and world news, exclusive interviews and 24/7 live streaming coverage that will help you stay up to date on the events shaping our world. https://abcnews.com
| Subscribers | 20M |
|---|---|
| Total views | 19B |
| Videos | 123K |
| Average views per video (est.) | 138K |
| Country | US |
| Language | EN (est.) |
| Created | 2006-08-07 |
Niches: AI Tools & News, True Crime (faceless).
Best outlier videos
Uploads that beat this channel's own median views, strongest first.
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Oct. 25, 2026 | 175× | 1.1M | 2026-10-26 |
| ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Oct. 26, 2026 | 171× | 1.1M | 2026-10-27 |
| 3-year-old soccer player escorted from field by police | 77× | 1.6M | 2026-10-27 |
| Good Morning America: News to start your day | October 26 | 33× | 231K | 2026-10-26 |
| Emergency landing after hijack scare on plane | 24× | 505K | 2026-10-27 |
| This Week with George Stephanopoulos Full Broadcast - Sunday, October 25, 2026 | 16× | 463K | 2026-10-25 |
| Texas early voting tops 4 million ballots | 16× | 340K | 2026-10-26 |
| Catastrophic flooding across the Southwest | 14× | 328K (as of 2026-11-02) | 2026-10-26 |
| Good Morning America Full Broadcast — Monday, October 26, 2026 | 12× | 136K | 2026-10-26 |
| Rockslide closes Utah hiking trail | 11× | 250K (not yet checked) | 2026-10-26 |
Latest uploads
| Video | Outlier | Views | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft offers buyouts to 60,000 employees as spending on AI grow | 9.7× | 208K | 2026-10-27 |
| Vincent Battiloro pleads not guilty in fatal New Jersey hit-and-run case | 0.7× | 17K | 2026-10-27 |
| True Crime Vault: The Pointe of No Return | 1.1× | 12K | 2026-10-27 |
| ABC News Live Prime: October 26, 2026 | 0.6× | 45K | 2026-10-27 |
| Employer-based health insurance costs keep rising | 1.3× | 11K | 2026-10-27 |
| Rep. Pete Session on what's at stake in the Texas midterm elections | 0.5× | 4.1K | 2026-10-27 |
| Record early voting in key states as Trump, Obama appeal to voters on campaign trail | 0.8× | 7.6K | 2026-10-27 |
| LIVE: ABC News Live - Monday, October 26 | 9.8× | 108K | 2026-10-27 |
| ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Oct. 26, 2026 | 171× | 1.1M | 2026-10-27 |
| NICU babies are ready for Halloween at Cleveland Clinic Children's | 1.4× | 30K | 2026-10-27 |
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Repeatable pattern
A number in the title. 23 of the last 97 uploads use it, with a median of 2.3× the channel's usual views. Example: "ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Oct. 25, 2026".
Content map
What the last 97 indexed uploads look like, by length.
| Format | Uploads | Median views | Median outlier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shorts | 73 | 18K | 0.8× |
| Under 20 minutes | 13 | 8.6K | 0.9× |
| 20 to 60 minutes | 9 | 45K | 0.6× |
| Over 60 minutes | 2 | 74K | 6.7× |
Levers to test
- Titles of this kind ran at 2.3× the channel's usual views across 23 uploads, against 0.8× for all uploads. Test the same title shape on your topic.
- Under 20 minutes did best here, at 0.9× against 0.6× for 20 to 60 minutes. Start with that format.
- The channel posted about 94.3 uploads a month over its last 30 uploads. Plan a pace you can hold for the same stretch.
These come from the channel's public numbers. They show what went with better results, not what caused them.
Frequently asked questions
How many subscribers does ABC News have?
ABC News has about 20M subscribers, from the public count YouTube shows.
How often does ABC News upload?
About 94.3 uploads a month, going by the last 30 indexed uploads.
What is the best recent video from ABC News?
"ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Oct. 25, 2026" reached 175× the channel's usual views, the strongest of the uploads we hold.
Can I see the age, gender or income of the ABC News audience?
No. YouTube keeps audience details private to the channel owner in YouTube Studio, and the public API does not share them. TubeMind does not guess them.
Public statistics from the official YouTube Data API; averages and multipliers are TubeMind estimates, see how scores work. Open ABC News on YouTube.