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Fox News beats MSNBC, CNN in YouTube views during Q2

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Key Points:

  • Fox News Digital set a new record in Q2 2025 with an average of 138 million monthly unique visitors, per Comscore.
  • It led all news brands for the 12th consecutive quarter in multiplatform views and the 17th consecutive quarter in multiplatform minutes.
  • During Q2, Fox News Digital logged 12.1 billion total minutes (+31% compared to Q2 2024) and
    5.7 billion total views (+19%).

Fox News Digital achieved its strongest quarter ever in Q2 2025, attracting an average of 138 million monthly digital multiplatform unique visitors, according to new data from Comscore.

The milestone comes as Fox News Digital continues to dominate across core engagement metrics. It marked its 12th consecutive quarter leading all news brands in multiplatform views and 17th consecutive quarter in multiplatform minutes. During Q2, Fox News Digital generated 12.1 billion total minutes, a 31 percent increase year over year, and 5.7 billion views, up 19 percent from Q2 2024.

Fox News also outperformed traditional broadcast news rivals NBC News and ABC News in all digital metrics for the quarter. CNN saw double-digit declines across the board, including an 18 percent drop in views, 27 percent decline in total minutes, and 13 percent slide in monthly average unique visitors. It was CNN’s lowest quarter for views and minutes since 2015, according to Comscore.

The Fox News Mobile app reached 6.5 million unique users in Q2.

Fox News had its best quarter ever on YouTube, pulling in 1.2 billion video views, a 122 percent increase year over year. That outpaced MSNBC (1 billion), CNN (659 million), ABC News (345 million), NBC News (368 million), and CBS News (164 million), per Emplifi. Fox Business Network also led all business-focused media brands with 180 million YouTube views during the quarter.

In June alone, Fox News Digital recorded 4.4 billion multiplatform minutes, 2 billion views, and 148 million unique visitors, leading all other news competitors.

Fox News remained the most-engaged news brand on social platforms in Q2 2025, with 244 million total social interactions. That includes 177 million interactions on Facebook (up 630 percent year over year), 84.5 million on Instagram (up 19 percent), and 6.5 million on X (formerly Twitter) (up 16 percent). The brand also drew 59 million TikTok engagements, according to Shareablee.

Fox Business Network posted a solid performance as well, delivering 718 million multiplatform minutes, 396 million views, and 22.2 million unique visitors, topping CNN Business and Forbes.com for the 13th and 15th consecutive quarters, respectively.

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Matthew Keys

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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