FOX NEWS MEDIA CONTINUES TO LEAD ALL NEWS BRANDS ON YOUTUBE THROUGHOUT JULY
FOX News’ America 250 Videos on YouTube Generate More than 20 Million Minutes Watched
NEW YORK – August 4, 2026 – FOX News closed July 2026 as the top news brand in the competitive set on YouTube, notching 324 million video views, posting monthly gains while dominating the competition for the first half of the year, according to Emplifi. Throughout July, FOX News led competitors including MS Now (246 million views), CNN (172 million views), ABC News (136 million views), NBC News (109 million views) and CBS News (35 million views). FOX Business was also number one on YouTube amongst business brands for the 57th consecutive month, up 19% month-over-month with 54.3 million video views, according to Emplifi & Comscore Social. Leading up to Independence Day and throughout the July 4 weekend, America 250 videos on FOX News’ YouTube channel generated more than 7.2 million video views and 20.1 million minutes watched.
Once again ranking number one in social engagement, FOX News nabbed 108.3 million social media interactions (up 42% month-over-month) across Facebook, Instagram, X and TikTok, according to Emplifi & Comscore Social. FOX News garnered 36.1 million Facebook interactions, 19.6 million Instagram interactions, 5.6 million X interactions and, according to Comscore Social, 47 million TikTok interactions (up 118% year-over-year). Collectively, FOX News drove 1.6 billion total social video views. FOX News’ X post about the couple who climbed the Empire State Building generated 87 million impressions, the highest-performing post in the account’s history.
***Below is the data according to Emplifi:
July 2026 YouTube Video Views
FOX News: 324,000,000 video views
MS Now: 246,000,000 video views
CNN: 172,000,000 video views
ABC News: 136,000,000 video views
NBC News: 109,000,000 video views
CBS News: 35,000,000 video views
FOX News Media operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Digital, FOX News Podcasts, 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 over 24 consecutive years, while FBN is the top business channel on cable. FOX News Media reaches nearly 200 million people each month and is also available to live stream on FOX One.
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