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Fox News marks another milestone month for social media engagement

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Fox News Digital marked another month as the most-engaged news brand on social media across competitive metrics in April, according to data from leading measurement firms.

Fox News social media profiles had 24.8 million total social interactions, according to Emplifi, marking the 116th-consecutive month of high engagement compared to its peers. On Facebook, Fox News saw 8.5 million total interactions in April, an increase of 37 percent compared to March, along with 14.5 million Instagram interactions and 1.8 million interactions on X (formerly Twitter).

On YouTube, Fox News clips had 161.6 million video views, according to measurement firm Shareablee.

April was the 38th-straight month that Fox News Digital was the most-engaged brand in terms of multiplatform minutes measured by Comscore, with 3 billion total multiplatform minutes. Fox News Digital had 1.5 billion total multiplatform views and 105 million total digital multiplatform unique visitors in April, Comscore data revealed.

Here is how Fox News Digital compared to two of its closest competitors, CNN.com and the New York Times, in key data points:

Multi-Platform Total Views

  • NYTimes.com: 1,553,000,000 (+28% percent)
  • Fox News Digital: 1,532,000,000 (-1 percent)
  • CNN.com: 1,222,000,000 (+9 percent)

Multi-Platform Total Minutes

  • Fox News Digital: 2,976,000,000 (-8 percent)
  • CNN.com: 1,780,000,000 (-2 percent)
  • NYTimes.com: 1,585,000,000 (+30 percent)

Total Digital Multi-Platform Unique Visitors

  • CNN.com: 106,205,000 (down 8% vs. April 2023)
  • Fox News Digital: 104,813,000 (up 2% vs. April 2023)
  • NYTimes.com: 73,422,000 (down 6% vs. April 2023)

Fox Business generated 162 million multiplatform views in April, beating CNN Business for the 25th straight month and Bloomberg for the 36th month. The figure represented an 11 percent increase in views compared to April 2023.

Fox News Digital and Fox Business Network are operated by Fox News Media, a business unit of Fox Corporation.

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Matthew Keys is the award-winning founder and editor of TheDesk.net, an authoritative voice on broadcast and streaming TV, media and tech. With over ten years of experience, he's a recognized expert in broadcast, streaming, and digital media, with work featured in publications such as StreamTV Insider and Digital Content Next, and past roles at Thomson Reuters and Disney-ABC Television Group.
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