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FOX News Leads All Competitors on YouTube Notching 377 Million Video Views in October

FOX News Sees Second Best Month Ever with Social Media Video Views

NEW YORK – November 20, 2025 – During October, FOX News Digital secured 3.7 billion multiplatform minutes, 1.8 billion multiplatform views leading all broadcast and news brands, according to Comscore.* This marks the 56th consecutive month FOX News Digital has led all broadcast and news brands with multiplatform minutes and 18 straight months as number one with multiplatform views.* Additionally, FOX News Digital commanded 155 million total digital multiplatform unique visitors.** Meanwhile, CNN once again saw double-digit declines across the board with multiplatform views (down 42% vs. October 2024), multiplatform minutes (down 34% vs. October 2024) and unique viewers (down 24% vs. October 2024). **Additional highlights include:

• FOX News Media closed out October as the top news brand in the competitive set on YouTube for the sixth straight month, notching 377 million video views, according to Emplifi. FOX News led nearest competitor MSNBC by nearly 50 million video views and also topped NBC, ABC and CBS combined. Year-over-year, FOX News was up 45% with YouTube video views and led competitors including MSNBC (329 million views), CNN (186 million views), ABC News (130 million views), NBC News (113 million views), and CBS News (63 million views). FOX Business nabbed 59 million views on YouTube during the month.

• The FOX News Mobile app drew 6.5 million unique viewers during the month of October leading the CNN mobile app which saw 3.9 million unique viewers.**

• In October, FOX News led all news brands on social media with 154.6 million social media interactions across Facebook, TikTok, Instagram and X,  according to Emplifi and Shareablee. On TikTok, FNC nabbed over 24 million interactions, a 12% increase year-over-year.**** On Facebook, FNC drove 108 million interactions, a 529% increase vs. October 2024, while FNC also secured 23.2 million Instagram interactions and 7.1 million X interactions. FOX News also had its second best month ever with 2 billion social media video views across TikTok, X, Facebook and Instagram.

• FOXBusiness.com drove 194.3 million multiplatform minutes in October, finishing fourth in the business competitive set. Additionally, the business site delivered 122 million multiplatform views and 22.7 million total digital multiplatform unique visitors.***

OCTOBER 2025 FOX NEWS DIGITAL VS. CNN.COM, NYTIMES.COM, CBSNEWS.COM, ABCNEWS.COM AND NBCNEWS.COM

Total Digital Multiplatform Unique Visitors

FOX News Digital – 155,363,000 (up 34% vs. October 2024)

CNN.com – 87,813,000 (down 24% vs. October 2024)

CBSNews.com – 177,868,000 (up 28% vs. October 2024)

NYTimes.com – 71,211,000 (down 11% vs. October 2024)

NBCNews.com – 91,874,000 (down 21% vs. October 2024)

ABCNews.com Sites – 43,436,000 (down 45% vs. October 2024)

Multiplatform Total Views

FOX News Digital – 1,795,000,000 (down 11% vs. October 2024)

NYTimes.com – 1,436,000,000 (down 10% vs. October 2024)

CNN.com – 695,000,000 (down 42% vs. October 2024)

CBSNews.com – 405,000,000 (down 4% vs. October 2024)

NBCNews.com – 236,000,000 (down 21% vs. October 2024)

ABCNews.com Sites – 179,000,000 (up 9% vs. October 2024) 

Multiplatform Total Minutes

FOX News Digital – 3,746,000,000 (down 4% vs. October 2024)

NYTimes.com – 1,208,000,000 (down 23% vs. October 2024)

CNN.com – 1,225,000,000 (down 34% vs. October 2024)

CBSNews.com – 982,000,000 (down 4% vs. October 2024)

NBCNews.com – 608,000,000 (down 33% vs. October 2024)

ABCNews.com Sites – 404,000,000 (down 8% vs. October 2024)

*Source: Comscore Media Metrix® Multi-Platform, Desktop and Mobile. Custom-Defined List including CNN.com, NBCNews.com, ABCNews.com Sites, CBSNews.com, Fox News Digital, WashingtonPost.com, NYTimes.com, NYPost Network, Wall Street Journal Digital Network, Business Insider, and USAToday.com, October 2025, U.S.

**Source: Comscore Media Metrix® Multi-Platform, Total Digital Population including Social Incremental data for reportable entities. Fox News Digital, CBSNews.com, NBCNews.com, WashingtonPost.com, and ABCNews.com Sites have opted in to account for Social Incremental in Total Digital Multiplatform Unique Visitors, while brands like CNN.com and NYTimes.com have not opted in. Custom-Defined List including CNN.com, NBCNews.com, ABCNews.com Sites, CBSNews.com, Fox News Digital, WashingtonPost.com, NYTimes.com, NYPost Network, Wall Street Journal Digital Network, Insider Inc., and USAToday.com, October 2025, U.S. & Comscore Mobile Metrix®, Mobile App Only, [FOX News Mobile App and CNN Mobile App], October 2025, U.S.

***Source: Comscore Media Metrix® Multi-Platform, Total Digital Population including Social Incremental data for reportable entities. FoxBusiness.com, Yahoo! Finance, CNBC.com, TheStreet.com, Entrepreneur.com have opted in to account for Social Incremental in Total Digital Multiplatform Unique Visitors. Custom-Defined List including FoxBusiness.com, Bloomberg.com Sites, CNBC.com, CNN Business, Entrepreneur.com, Forbes.com, HuffPost Business, MarketWatch, Motley Fool, MSN Money, TheStreet.com, USA TODAY Money, WSJ Online, Yahoo! Finance, October 2025, U.S.

****Source: Comscore Social, PowerRankings, YouTube, October 2025, Report Date: 11/20/2025.  Custom-Defined List including CNN.com, NBCNews.com, ABCNews.com, CBSNews.com, Fox News Digital, WashingtonPost.com, NYTimes.com, NYPost Network, Wall Street Journal Online, Insider Inc., and USAToday.com.

FOX News Media operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Digital, FOX News Audio, FOX News Books, the direct-to-consumer streaming services FOX Nation and FOX News International and the free ad-supported television service FOX Weather. Currently the number one network in all of cable, FNC has also been the most watched television news channel for more than 23 consecutive years, while FBN is the top business channel on cable. Owned by Fox Corporation, FOX News Media reaches nearly 200 million people each month.

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