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Pulling the latest uploads from YouTube. This usually takes a few seconds.
Median views per long-form video
0
Uploads per week
809.2
Average long-form length
19:54
In the sample
12 long-form · 38 Shorts
Beat the channel median
No long-form upload in the sample is old enough to compare with the channel median yet.
Trailed the channel median
No long-form upload in the sample is old enough to compare with the channel median yet.
Latest uploads
The 50 most recent uploads, newest first. Shorts are included; the badge marks them.
Transcripts on Prepublish
Transcripts of this channel's videos that have already been read from YouTube's own caption tracks.
Channel research pack
How ABC News opens its videos, how it builds them, and how it sounds, read from its public videos and transcripts and quoted in its own words.
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Guides for your own video
The guides behind the choices this video already made, from the opening line to the length of the script.
- the first 30 seconds of a YouTube video
What the Intro metric measures, and how to build an opening that earns the next minute.
- YouTube hook examples
Opening lines you can copy, grouped by type, with a note on when each one works.
- YouTube audience retention guide
What audience retention measures and how to read the graph in YouTube Studio.
- what a good YouTube retention rate is
The benchmark ranges for a good retention rate, by video length and format.
- how long a YouTube script should be
Word counts by video length, measured from the videos Prepublish has stored.
- YouTube Shorts retention
What YouTube Help says about Shorts retention, and how to fix a low rate.
Where these numbers come from
Counts from the YouTube Data API, read Nov 5, 2026. Refreshed at least every 7 days. The sample covers uploads published Nov 4, 2026 to Nov 5, 2026. A channel that would rather this page did not exist can ask for its removal through the contact page, and it is removed.