FOX News claims that its YouTube has become a leading news brand for the eighth consecutive quarter.
CNN reported its worst quarter since 2015 in all key performance indicators
New York, October 16, 2026 / PRNewswire / -- According to Comscore data, in the third quarter of 2026, FOX News Digital led all news brands and broadcast networks in terms of multi-platform viewership and multi-platform viewing duration. The company stated that FOX News Digital achieved 4.6 billion multi-platform views and 10 billion minutes of multi-platform viewing duration during that quarter.
The company also stated that for the entire quarter, FOX News had an average of 170 million unique visitors across multiple platforms, representing a year-on-year increase of 11%. In terms of average unique visitors on desktop and mobile devices, FOX News ranked first among all news brands with 76 million. FOX News mentioned that this is their 17th consecutive quarter leading in viewership and their 22nd consecutive quarter ranking first in viewing duration among news brands.
Meanwhile, FOX News stated that CNN experienced its worst quarter since 2015, with an average of 57 million unique visitors, 1.3 billion views across multiple platforms, and a total viewing duration of 2 billion minutes.
FOX News indicates that in September 2026, FOX News Digital led all news brands and broadcast networks in terms of multi-platform views (1.5 billion times) and multi-platform viewing duration (3.3 billion minutes). In terms of unique visitors on desktop/mobile devices, FOX News ranked first among all news brands with 72 million. Additionally, its total number of unique digital multi-platform visitors reached 164 million.
Other highlights include:
- FOX News indicates that, according to Emplifi data, in the third quarter of 2026, its YouTube business ranked first among all news brands for the eighth consecutive quarter. During that quarter, FOX News received 918 million video views, leading ahead of MS NOW (889 million), CNN (712 million), ABC News (442 million), NBC News (356 million), and CBS News (149 million). Since the beginning of the year, FOX News claims to have reached 3.5 billion video views in 2026, a lead of 32% over its closest competitor, MS NOW. According to Comscore Social data, FOX Business's YouTube received 140 million video views during that quarter, ranking first in the commercial news competition for the 27th consecutive quarter. FOX News Media stated that its various platforms accumulated a total of 1.2 billion video views during that quarter on YouTube. In September 2026, FOX News received 307 million video views on YouTube.
- According to FOX News, in the third quarter, the average independent audience of FOX News mobile app reached 6.5 million, which is 2.7 million more than that of CNN mobile app.
- FOX News Media also indicates that, according to the data from Emplifi and Comscore Social, it leads all news brands in terms of social media interaction this quarter. FOX News received 290 million social media interactions during that period, of which Facebook accounted for 90.7 million, Instagram for 55.9 million, and X for 14.7 million. On TikTok, FOX News achieved 128.9 million interactions, a year-on-year increase of 20%. In addition, FOX News also received 4.4 billion views of social media videos.
- FOXBusiness.com achieved over 397 million minutes of multi-platform viewing time in the third quarter of 2026, ranking fourth in the commercial media competition group. In addition, the website recorded 227 million multi-platform views, with an average of 20.7 million unique multi-platform visitors.
Third quarter of 2026: FOX NEWS DIGITAL compared to CNN.COM, NYTIMES.COM, CBSNEWS.COM, ABCNEWS.COM, and NBCNEWS.COM
Average number of unique visitors across multiple platforms
- FOX News Digital: 169,741,000 (an increase of 11% compared to the third quarter of 2025)
- CNN.com: 57,355,000 (a decrease of 35% compared to the third quarter of 2025)
- CBSNews.com: 186,248,000 (an increase of 9% compared to the third quarter of 2025)
- NYTimes.com: 60,270,000 (a decrease of 13% compared to the third quarter of 2025)
- NBCNews.com: 105,384,000 (an increase of 7% compared to the third quarter of 2025)
- ABCNews.com Sites: 36,607,000 (a decrease of 23% compared to the third quarter of 2025)
Average number of unique visitors on desktop/mobile devices
- FOX News Digital: 75,664,000 (a 20% decrease compared to the third quarter of 2025)
- CNN.com: 57,335,000 (a decrease of 35% compared to the third quarter of 2025)
- CBSNews.com: 71,174,000 (a decrease of 14% compared to the third quarter of 2025)
- NYTimes.com: 60,270,000 (a decrease of 13% compared to the third quarter of 2025)
- NBCNews.com: 59,357,000 (a decrease of 25% compared to the third quarter of 2025)
- ABCNews.com Sites: 28,348,000 (a decrease of 32% compared to the third quarter of 2025)
Total views across multiple platforms
- FOX News Digital: 4,581,000,000 (a decrease of 18% compared to the third quarter of 2025)
- NYTimes.com: 3,814,000,000 (a decrease of 8% compared to the third quarter of 2025)
- CNN.com: 1,271,000,000 (a decrease of 41% compared to the third quarter of 2025)
- CBSNews.com: 853,000,000 (a decrease of 18% compared to the third quarter of 2025)
- NBCNews.com: 519,000,000 (a decrease of 35% compared to the third quarter of 2025)
- ABCNews.com Sites: 424,000,000 (a decrease of 10% compared to the third quarter of 2025)
Total viewing duration across multiple platforms
- FOX News Digital: 10,039,000,000 (a decrease of 12% compared to the third quarter of 2025)
- NYTimes.com: 3,074,000,000 (a decrease of 16% compared to the third quarter of 2025)
- CNN.com: 2,000,000,000 (a decrease of 34% compared to the third quarter of 2025)
- CBSNews.com: 2,606,000,000 (a 2% decrease compared to the third quarter of 2025)
- NBCNews.com: 1,384,000,000 (a decrease of 27% compared to the third quarter of 2025)
- ABCNews.com Sites: 1,017,000,000 (a decrease of 17% compared to the third quarter of 2025)
*Source: Comscore Media Metrix ® Multi-Platform, Desktop, and, Mobile. The custom list includes 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; the time is September 2026, in the United States.*
Source: Comscore Media Metrix ® Multi-Platform. The total digital population data includes social increment data of reportable entities. Fox News Digital, CBSNews.com, NBCNews.com, WashingtonPost.com, and ABCNews.com have chosen to include social increments in the total independent visitors across multiple digital platforms, while brands such as CNN.com and NYTimes.com have not chosen to do so. The custom list includes CNN.com, NBCNews.com, ABCNews.com, Sites, CBSNews.com, Fox News Digital, WashingtonPost.com, NYTimes.com, Wall Street Journal Digital Network, Insider Inc, and USAToday.com. The time frame is September 2026, in the United States. According to Comscore Mobile Metrix ®, this data is specifically for mobile applications only, [FOX News Mobile App and CNN Mobile App], also for September 2026, in the United States.
***Source: Comscore Media Metrix ® Multi-Platform. The total digital population data includes social increment data of reportable entities. FoxBusiness.com, Yahoo, Finance, CNBC.com, TheStreet.com, and Entrepreneur.com have chosen to include social increments in the total number of unique visitors across multiple platforms. The custom list includes 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, and Yahoo. The time frame is September 2026, in the United States.
****Source: Comscore Social, PowerRankings, YouTube, June 2026, Report Date: October 15, 2026. The custom list includes 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 FOX News Channel ( FNC ), FOX Business Network ( FBN ), FOX News Digital , FOX News Audio , FOX News Books , consumer-oriented streaming media services FOX Nation and FOX News International , as well as the free-ad-supported television service FOX Weather. The company states that FNC is currently the number one network among all cable TVs and has also been the most watched television news channel for 24 consecutive years, while FBN is the number one commercial channel among cable TVs. FOX News Media is owned by Fox Corporation and reaches nearly 200 million people each month, and can be watched live through FOX One.
FOX News Media Contact Person:
Connor Smith: 212-301-3879 or [ email protected ]
