WFAA covers the Pope's return and North Texas travel disruptions
A Vatican health update joins reports on an I-35 vehicle fire and smoke aboard a flight to DFW.
WFAA
Story of Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.
Pope returns to work after surgery
"Pope returns to work after surgery" was WFAA's most-watched upload of the week, drawing about 21,000 views in its first twelve hours. The brief update on Pope Leo XIV also has the strongest daily momentum among the channel's active videos.
Closer to home, the Dallas-Fort Worth newsroom covered disruptions on the road and in the air. Southbound I-35 near Denton reopened after a three-vehicle fire, with transportation department cameras capturing the backup and clouds of smoke. In a separate report about smoke filling an American Airlines cabin on a flight to DFW, the airline attributed the smoke to a passenger's device.
The week's coverage also included a manslaughter charge following a crash that killed a young SMU couple. Two uploads on that case sit behind the Pope update among the videos drawing the most daily views.
WFAA added roughly 3.6 million views over the week while its subscriber count stayed unchanged. Its current daily viewing is below its usual level, a pattern also showing at fellow North Texas station FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth. Elsewhere among local stations, CBS LA is seeing daily viewing above its usual pace. For WFAA, the week's newest audience attention spans a distant Vatican update and the practical, local question of getting safely through North Texas.
Published on Trari
Where next?
Is this your channel?For the channel's owners and team: a ready picture, text and badge for your audience
Share the story with your audience. Everything is ready:
For an Instagram story or a WhatsApp status
For a community post or your channel's description
For your website
You may use the picture, the badge, and link it to this story.
The videos drawing views on WFAA right now
22-year-old charged with manslaughter after crash that killed young S…5,230 views · 2026-10-18
Southbound lanes of I-35 near Denton reopen after 3-vehicle fire4,818 views · 2026-10-18
22-year-old charged with manslaughter after crash that killed young S…4,144 views · 2026-10-18
Suspected burglar shot by resident, Mesquite police say1,876 views · 2026-10-18
Smoke fills cabin of American Airlines flight to DFW1,510 views · 2026-10-18
- Channel
- WFAA
- Subscribers
- 2,190,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 3,551,635
- Videos published this week
- 15
- Video published
- October 18, 2026
- Video views so far
- 20,623
The numbers
Here is WFAA's week in views and subscribers.
