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October 23, 2026 3x its usual first day The Detective and the Chewing Gum Sting | Full Ep… The video opened at a pace of 501,387 views a day, 3 times a normal first day on this channel (165,287).

This week on the channel +10M views this week

"Friends for Life" brings 48 Hours back to the evidence

Erin Moriarty's archive episode approaches a million views alongside a marathon of her investigations.

Channel: 48 Hours · Story of October 18, 2026

This week on the channel 6 videos this week

Erin Moriarty's 2010 'Lies and Whispers' finds a new audience

A 2012 Troy Roberts report on a vacation death in Tortola, 'Shelley's Last Breath,' is closing in on a million views.

Channel: 48 Hours · Story of September 29, 2026

The video drawing the most views now

The Corn Rake Witness | Full Episode

Video published

October 23, 2026

Video views so far

396,999

Video views, pace per day

461,464

Views in its first 17 hours

396,999

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

3.3% of all views the category's channels gained this week

Subscriber growth this week

0.4% on this channel, 0.2% on the category's middle channel

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
"The People's Court" Mystery: Michelle Parker's Case Reopen…	October 23, 2026	17:51	16,929	31,013	16,929 (9 hours)	346	28
Investigators find "taunting" sticky notes in murdered man'…	October 23, 2026	0:42 short	3,759	5,671	3,759 (11 hours)	116	2
The Corn Rake Witness | Full Episode	October 23, 2026	42:29	396,999	461,464	396,999 (17 hours)	4,710	1,111
"Little minute details" help solve a murder #shorts	October 22, 2026	2:41 short	15,199	9,952	11,669	620	24
Multiple cameras capture the final moments of a woman's lif…	October 22, 2026	1:16 short	62,020	44,794	40,153	1,273	92
Sneak peek: The Mansion Above Dale Hollow Lake	October 22, 2026	3:43	78,768	30,938	58,073	734	34
The Detective and the Chewing Gum Sting | Full Episode	October 22, 2026	42:00	638,987	207,741	502,169	6,732	537
Sneak peek: What The Cameras Saw	October 22, 2026	2:45 short	24,919	7,779	19,789	409	25
Stark Raving Mad | "The Woman in the Woods" | "48 Hours" Po…	October 21, 2026	36:29	218,114	18,060	162,256	2,651	209
Did the Doctor Kill the Doctor? | Full Episode	October 20, 2026	41:43	791,937	47,062	499,712	6,918	1,479
“48 Hours” marathon of Erin Moriarty’s renowned crime inves…	October 17, 2026	2:05:55	505,707	35,884	191,778	3,836	185
Experts hired by Todd Mullis' attorneys believe Amy Mullis'…	October 16, 2026	2:33 short	22,895	1,304	8,309	685	30
A Mother Vanishes: Inside the Bhatt Murder Trial | Case by …	October 16, 2026	31:15	129,116	4,600	53,579	1,089	51
Celebrating the 39th season premiere of #48Hours with a BIG…	October 16, 2026	0:56 short	13,679	277	6,990	605	42
Why a convicted murderer's son believes his father didn't k…	October 15, 2026	1:58 short	24,625	296	12,235	796	81

Audience engagement

likes per 1,000 views

10.7 in the category: 19.8

comments per 1,000 views

1.3 in the category: 1.8

a video's usual first day on this channel

84,390 views

short vs long

7 short (up to 3 minutes), 8 long
average views per short video: 23,870
average views per long video: 347,069

Most watched videos (not Shorts)

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
Mandy Stavik: The Case No One Could Forget | Full Episode	November 1, 2022	41:16	15,529,899
Storm of Suspicion | Full Episode	October 25, 2022	42:37	13,830,521
The Writing on the Wall | Full Episode	March 14, 2023	41:56	13,308,000
Devil’s Island | Full Episode	January 25, 2023	42:59	12,736,531
The Stranger You Know | Full Episode	December 29, 2013	43:48	11,974,046

Most watched Shorts

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views
A Texas couple buys the car their daughter was assaulted in…	January 21, 2024	0:58	962,056
Security cameras show the final moments nurse Alex Pennig w…	August 17, 2025	2:59	493,531
Why did Texas mom Maria Muñoz have a high level of Propofol…	December 19, 2023	0:35	186,190
Woman recalls chasing coroner's van after daughter's body …	November 18, 2025	1:14	138,469
Nick Shaughnessy speaks to "48 Hours" about his role in the…	January 17, 2024	0:50	135,168

What happened on the channel in the last 30 days

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

1. October 23, 2026Video taking offThe Detective and the Chewing Gum Sting | Full Ep… The video opened at a pace of 501,387 views a day, 3 times a normal first day on this channel (165,287).
2. October 23, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 4,279,566 views a day, 3.2 times a normal day (1,335,527).
3. October 21, 2026Video taking offDid the Doctor Kill the Doctor? | Full Episode The video opened at a pace of 493,203 views a day, 4 times a normal first day on this channel (124,635).
4. October 19, 2026MilestoneFriends for Life | Full Episode The video passed 1,000,000 views.
5. October 16, 2026Video taking offFriends for Life | Full Episode The video opened at a pace of 487,744 views a day, 3.9 times a normal first day on this channel (124,635).
6. October 11, 2026MilestonePolice say S.C. soldier killed estranged wife, th… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
7. October 8, 2026Video people are talking aboutFamily Affair | Full Episode The video drew 628 comments in its first day, 9.4 times a normal first day on this channel (67).
8. October 5, 2026MilestoneRansom | Full Episode The video passed 1,000,000 views.
9. October 5, 2026MilestoneThe Alternate Suspects | Full Episode The video passed 1,000,000 views.
10. October 4, 2026MilestoneShelley's Last Breath | Full Episode The video passed 1,000,000 views.
11. October 2, 2026Video taking offRansom | Full Episode The video opened at a pace of 494,343 views a day, 5.9 times a normal first day on this channel (84,390).
12. October 1, 2026MilestoneLies and Whispers | Full Episode The video passed 1,000,000 views.