Fox News generated more than 402 million video views on YouTube during October, an increase of 7 percent from a year earlier, surpassing its broadcast news competitors and narrowly leading MS NOW, according to figures released by the network on Tuesday.
ata from social media analytics firm Emplifi showed Fox News ahead of MS NOW, which recorded 396 million views during the month. ABC News followed with 207 million views, while NBC News generated 166 million and CBS News recorded 71 million.
Fox News also maintained its lead in year-to-date YouTube traffic, generating 3.9 billion views through October, compared with 3 billion for MS NOW and 2.4 billion for CNN. The combined YouTube audiences of ABC News, NBC News and CBS News generated nearly 3.15 billion views during the same period.
Fox Business recorded 64 million YouTube views in October, an increase of 9 percent from the previous year. The separate Fox News Clips channel generated 44 million views, up 15 percent.
Fox News also reported 86.4 million social media interactions across Facebook, Instagram, X and TikTok during October. Those interactions included 24.6 million on Facebook, 21.8 million on Instagram and 3.8 million on X, according to Emplifi. TikTok generated another 36.1 million interactions, an increase of 46 percent from a year earlier, based on data from Comscore Social.
Fox News Digital, Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network are operated by Fox News Media, a division of Fox Corporation. MS NOW is part of Versant, while NBC News is part of Comcast’s NBC Universal. ABC News is owned by the Walt Disney Company. CBS News and CNN are part of Skydance.
