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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

The two police officers who never got the chance to come home | The Hunt for Dezi Freeman | EP 4

Video published

October 23, 2026

Video views so far

12,072

Video views, pace per day

13,044

Views in its first 20 hours

12,072

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

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 two police officers who never got the chance to come ho…	October 23, 2026	32:38	12,072	13,044	12,072 (20 hours)	84	0
How cops managed in a town that did not welcome them | The …	October 20, 2026	21:00	13,557	1,195	9,214	96	0
How the $1 million reward complicated the Hunt for Dezi Fre…	October 17, 2026	23:39	27,672	982	13,869	158	0
News at the heart of Channel Seven	October 15, 2026	1:10 short	2,376	9	1,699	52	1
Inside the deadly gunfight with Australia's most wanted man…	October 14, 2026	18:21	51,831	1,612	24,793	360	0
Australia’s Biggest Investigations LIVE | Spotlight Documen…	October 13, 2026	-	201,117	9,911	54,071	279	0
70 Years of Seven: Cub reporter Larry Emdur	October 12, 2026	0:51 short	14,108	18	1,766	42	1
Death by pizza? | The bizarre case of the body on the road	October 6, 2026	9:32	14,680	37	6,118	139	3
The dangers of uncontrolled air space	October 4, 2026	1:09 short	12,848	5	-	173	6
Australia's air traffic controller shortage	September 30, 2026	1:35 short	12,335	-3	6,029	143	13
'The secret' inside air traffic control | Aviation safety u…	September 28, 2026	43:21	181,189	443	32,861	1,073	126
The Truth About Amy | Astonishing new developments more tha…	September 22, 2026	51:35	163,164	685	-	1,388	-
'How I fell in love with a digital companion' | Inside the …	September 21, 2026	32:23	114,725	1,495	-	710	346
'Miraculous in her averageness' | The young girl who could …	September 14, 2026	50:56	208,945	2,493	-	2,886	347
'How I became the world's most famous detective' | Brenda B…	September 12, 2026	7:50	61,355	134	-	340	28

Audience engagement

likes per 1,000 views

7.3 in the category: 16.8

comments per 1,000 views

0.8 in the category: 2.5

a video's usual first day on this channel

7,842 views

short vs long

4 short (up to 3 minutes), 10 long
average views per short video: 10,416
average views per long video: 84,919