FOX News Marks 8th Consecutive Quarter as Top News Brand on YouTube

CNN Marks its Worst Quarter Since 2015 Across All Key Performance Indicators

NEW YORK, Oct. 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — During the third quarter of 2026, FOX News Digital led all news brands and broadcast networks with multiplatform views and multiplatform minutes, according to Comscore.** FOX News Digital drove 4.6 billion multiplatform views and 10 billion multiplatform minutes throughout the quarter. Additionally, FOX News posted 170 million average total digital multiplatform unique visitors throughout the quarter, an 11% increase year-over-year. With average desktop/mobile unique visitors, FOX News nabbed 76 million to lead all news brands. This marks the 17^th consecutive quarter it has led news brands with views and 22^nd consecutive quarter it has been the top news brand with minutes.* Meanwhile, CNN marked its worst quarter since 2015 with average total digital unique visitors (57 million), multiplatform views (1.3 billion) and multiplatform minutes (2 billion). 

During September, FOX News Digital led all news brands and broadcast networks with multiplatform views (1.5 billion) and multiplatform minutes (3.3 billion). With desktop/mobile unique visitors, FOX News led all news brands with 72 million. Additionally, it drove 164 million total digital multiplatform unique visitors. **Additional highlights include:

• On YouTube, FOX News closed out 3Q ’26 leading all news brands for the eighth consecutive quarter, according to Emplifi. During the quarter, FOX News secured 918 million video views, leading all competitors including MS NOW (889 million views), CNN (712 million views), ABC News (442 million views), NBC News (356 million views) and CBS News (149 million views). Year-to-date, FOX News has driven 3.5 billion video views in 2026 leading nearest competitor MS NOW by 32%. FOX Business’ YouTube generated 140 million video views throughout the quarter, leading the business competition for the 27th consecutive quarter, according to Comscore Social. Notably, FOX News Media’s combined platforms accrued 1.2 billion video views on YouTube for the quarter. In the month of September, FOX News drove 307 million YouTube video views.
    
• The FOX News Mobile app drew an average of 6.5 million unique viewers during the quarter leading the CNN mobile app which saw an average of 2.7 million unique viewers.**
    
• FOX News Media also led all news brands on social media with interactions for the quarter, according to Emplifi and Comscore Social. FOX News delivered 290 million social media interactions for the quarter with 90.7 million interactions on Facebook, 55.9 million interactions on Instagram and 14.7 million interactions on X. Meanwhile on TikTok, FOX News drove 128.9 million interactions, a 20% increase year-over-year.**** Additionally, FOX News drove 4.4 billion social media video views.
    
• FOXBusiness.com drove 397 million multiplatform minutes in Q3 2026, finishing fourth in the business competitive set. Additionally, the business site delivered 227 million multiplatform views and an average of 20.7 million total digital multiplatform unique visitors.***

Q3 2026 FOX NEWS DIGITAL VS. CNN.COM, NYTIMES.COM, CBSNEWS.COM, ABCNEWS.COM AND NBCNEWS.COM

Average Total Digital Multiplatform Unique Visitors

FOX News Digital – 169,741,000 (up 11% vs. Q3 2025)

CNN.com – 57,355,000 (down 35% vs. Q3 2025)

CBSNews.com – 186,248,000 (up 9% vs. Q3 2025) 

NYTimes.com – 60,270,000 (down 13% vs. Q3 2025)

NBCNews.com – 105,384,000 (up 7% vs. Q3 2025)

ABCNews.com Sites – 36,607,000 (down 23% vs. Q3 2025)

Average Desktop/Mobile Unique Visitors

FOX News Digital – 75,664,000 (down 20% vs. Q3 2025)

CNN.com – 57,335,000 (down 35% vs. Q3 2025)

CBSNews.com – 71,174,000 (down 14% vs. Q3 2025) 

NYTimes.com – 60,270,000 (down 13% vs. Q3 2025)

NBCNews.com – 59,357,000 (down 25% vs. Q3 2025)

ABCNews.com Sites – 28,348,000 (down 32% vs. Q3 2025)

Multiplatform Total Views

FOX News Digital – 4,581,000,000 (down 18% vs. Q3 2025)

NYTimes.com – 3,814,000,000 (down 8% vs. Q3 2025)

CNN.com – 1,271,000,000 (down 41% vs. Q3 2025)

CBSNews.com – 853,000,000 (down 18% vs. Q3 2025) 

NBCNews.com – 519,000,000 (down 35% vs. Q3 2025)

ABCNews.com Sites – 424,000,000 (down 10% vs. Q3 2025) 

Multiplatform Total Minutes

FOX News Digital – 10,039,000,000 (down 12% vs. Q3 2025)

NYTimes.com – 3,074,000,000 (down 16% vs. Q3 2025)

CNN.com – 2,000,000,000 (down 34% vs. Q3 2025)

CBSNews.com – 2,606,000,000 (down 2% vs. Q3 2025) 

NBCNews.com – 1,384,000,000 (down 27% vs. Q3 2025)

ABCNews.com Sites – 1,017,000,000 (down 17% vs. Q3 2025)

*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, September 2026, 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, September 2026, U.S. & Comscore Mobile Metrix®, Mobile App Only, [FOX News Mobile App and CNN Mobile App], September 2026, 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, September 2026, U.S. 

****Source: Comscore Social, PowerRankings, YouTube, June 2026, Report Date: 10/15/2026. 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 24 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 and is also available to live stream on FOX One.

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