Hegseth's Pentagon firings run ten times past FOX 13 Seattle's usual start

A national security story from a Seattle station drew about 43,000 views in its first day and a day's worth of comments far beyond anything the channel's local news usually gets.

Channel: FOX 13 SeattleStory of October 2, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 40,679 views a day, 10 times a normal first day on this channel (3,934).

Pete Hegseth fires top military leaders amid war in Iran | FOX 13 Seattle

Posted on September 30, FOX 13 Seattle's short report on Pete Hegseth firing top military leaders passed 40,000 views inside its first day. A new short on the channel usually opens to about 4,000.

The station's beat is western Washington: its news, weather, traffic, politics and sports. This story came from much farther away. As the description puts it, the standoff between the United States and Iran has raised fresh concern in the Strait of Hormuz, and the Pentagon has made a drastic staffing decision that affects its next generation of leaders.

The comment section moved faster than the views. More than 400 comments arrived on the first day, about twenty-seven times the channel's usual. Most of them are about Hegseth himself and what removing senior officers means for the military. One viewer explains that the military keeps a large bench of senior leaders so it can grow quickly in a major conflict.

The report helped roughly double the channel's daily views. Its Seattle stories from October 2 drew smaller audiences: falling home prices, a fruit vendor speaking out after a confrontation caught on camera, a small plane crash at Everett's Paine Field, and a coho salmon season that state officials say could be the best in twenty years.

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The numbers

A Pentagon story pulled a local news channel well past its usual pace, and its comment section grew even faster.

the video's first day

usual first day here

3,934

this video

40,679

subscribers

401,000

total views

377,146,336

views per day

215,520

typical day: 109,289

the video

views

42,999

likes

182

comments

412

days online

2

compared with similar channels (subscribers)

NBCLA

421,000

WCCO - CBS Minnesota

420,000

FOX 13 Seattle

401,000

KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco

387,000

WSB-TV

387,000

CP24

379,000

As of October 2, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.

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