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November 10, 2026 4.7x its usual first day 'One in a million confession': The horrific murde… The video opened at a pace of 64,511 views a day, 4.7 times a normal first day on this channel (13,583).

This week on the channel +1.4M views this week

7 News Spotlight closes Freeman series with pseudolegal claims under scrutiny

Michael Usher and legal expert Harry Hobbs examine how sovereign citizen beliefs spread through online networks and reach Australian courts.

Channel: 7 News Spotlight · Story of November 2, 2026

This week on the channel +530K views this week

Near-misses over Sydney: Liz Hayes looks up at Australia's uncontrolled skies

A second, shorter video brought in Civil Air Union president Scott Nugent to explain what happens inside the control tower.

Channel: 7 News Spotlight · Story of October 3, 2026

The video drawing the most views now

'One in a million confession': The horrific murders that Corey Breen boasted about to police

Video published

November 9, 2026

Video views so far

84,160

Video views, pace per day

24,499

Views on its first day

64,513

YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category

The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.

The channel's share of the category

0.1% of all views the category's channels gained this week

YouTube: The channel's latest videos

The last 15 videos uploaded to the channel, with today's numbers. Click a video to play it here.

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views	Per day	First day	Likes	Comments
'One in a million confession': The horrific murders that Co…	November 9, 2026	48:58	84,160	24,499	64,513	653	0
A police veteran shot days before retirement	November 8, 2026	1:15 short	1,938	224	1,427	54	2
How the search for Dezi Freeman evolved over time	November 7, 2026	1:01 short	2,732	162	1,936	43	4
Inside Victoria's biggest police operation	November 5, 2026	1:24 short	2,788	30	1,526	48	8
Wife meets her husband's killer | Widow sits down with man …	November 5, 2026	1:03:50	75,893	8,943	31,066	759	0
The story behind the final 24 hours of Dezi Freeman	November 5, 2026	1:49 short	4,502	52	2,901	124	9
Detective speaks on husband murdered by mushrooms	November 5, 2026	0:39 short	1,799	42	1,063	33	1
Man creates AI twin of his late mother	November 4, 2026	0:58 short	1,178	20	818	16	5
Meet the man who married an AI companion	November 3, 2026	0:46 short	1,943	11	400	25	15
Will AI models replace real models?	November 3, 2026	0:33 short	1,113	9	546	7	1
LinkedIn co-founder on most companies deploying digital twi…	November 3, 2026	0:35 short	691	9	362	5	2
The one that got away | How a 17-year-old fled two of Austr…	November 2, 2026	1:30:38	215,171	20,421	34,292	1,994	0
How dangerous air traffic control really is	November 2, 2026	1:02 short	1,783	2	817	41	0
Why air traffic controllers face extreme burnout	November 2, 2026	0:46 short	1,899	2	697	22	0
The near miss that changed an Australian flight path	November 2, 2026	0:37 short	4,961	10	2,433	55	1

Audience engagement

likes per 1,000 views

9.6 in the category: 18.7

comments per 1,000 views

0.1 in the category: 2.3

a video's usual first day on this channel

2,433 views

short vs long

12 short (up to 3 minutes), 3 long
average views per short video: 2,277
average views per long video: 125,074

YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
Father meets his children's killer | Extraordinary moment i…	August 17, 2025	50:14	27,909,696
Race Against Time | Families with kids diagnosed with aging…	October 22, 2018	20:24	22,230,275
The UFO Phenomenon | Full Documentary 2021 | 7NEWS Spotlight	September 6, 2021	1:18:48	16,930,210
QF72: Meet hero pilot Kevin Sullivan, whose quick thinking …	June 4, 2019	40:25	16,113,988
Courage and cannibalism: inside the Andes plane disaster | …	April 9, 2021	20:33	12,758,683

YouTube: Most watched Shorts

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
Jessica accepts that she will be known as the girl that kil…	May 19, 2025	0:49	148,663
Minister grilled over using millions in taxpayer subsidies …	April 13, 2025	2:01	134,517
Samuel Davidson, the drunk and drugged driver who killed 4 …	August 13, 2025	0:58	68,173
What exactly can't #jessicakumalawongso remember? #truecrim…	May 21, 2025	1:56	60,470
Mary Kay was a teacher who gained infamy after she started …	May 8, 2025	0:39	51,423

YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days

The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.

1. November 10, 2026Video taking off'One in a million confession': The horrific murde… The video opened at a pace of 64,511 views a day, 4.7 times a normal first day on this channel (13,583).
2. October 30, 2026Video surgingRelative danger: The hidden risks of DNA testing The video ran that day at 72,082 views a day, 3.5 times its usual pace (20,451).
3. October 29, 2026Video surgingRelative danger: The hidden risks of DNA testing The video ran that day at 96,660 views a day, 8.1 times its usual pace (11,983).
4. October 28, 2026Video surgingRelative danger: The hidden risks of DNA testing The video ran that day at 29,262 views a day, 2.9 times its usual pace (10,064).
5. October 27, 2026Video surgingRelative danger: The hidden risks of DNA testing The video ran that day at 20,635 views a day, 2.3 times its usual pace (8,889).