Fox News tops all news brands with 1.4B YouTube views in second quarter
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FOX News Media finished the second quarter of 2026 at the top of all news brands in its competitive category, generating 1.4 billion YouTube video views across its portfolio, according to Emplifi.
During the quarter, Fox News generated 1.4 billion video views, more than 300 million views ahead of its closest competitor, MS NOW, which had 763 million views. Fox News more than doubled CNN, which had 511 million viewers, combined with ABC News’ 337 million viewers, NBC News’ 310 million viewers, and CBS News’ 136 million viewers.
FOX News Media has generated 3.3 billion YouTube video views since the beginning of 2026, with 2.5 billion of those views coming from Fox News Channel. Fox News outperformed all news brands on YouTube for the seventh consecutive quarter.
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FOX Business’ YouTube had 158 million video views during the quarter.
Its flagship Fox News account has more than 15.2 million subscribers, and its Fox News Clips platform, which launched last year and offers the latest news and analysis from Fox News Channel, continues to grow. (istock)
Fox News also ranked number one in social engagement, capturing 269 million social media interactions across Facebook, Instagram, X and TikTok in the second quarter of 2026, according to Emplifi.
The network has generated 122 million Facebook interactions, 51.9 million Instagram interactions, 18.2 million X interactions, and 76.8 million TikTok interactions, according to Comscore Social.
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Additionally, Fox News ranked number one on YouTube with 270 million video views during June.
In June, Fox News led MS NOW (245 million views), CNN (153 million), NBC News (113 million), ABC News (112 million) and CBS (36 million).
A YouTube logo displayed on the device. (Kurt “CyberGuy” Knutsson)
Fox Business continued its reign in June, earning 43 million video views, according to Comscore Social, earning its spot as the number one business news competition set for the 56th month in a row.
In May 2026, Fox News finished the month as YouTube’s #1 news brand, with 338.8 million video views, more than tripling the views of each of the three broadcast networks.
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Fox News surpassed MS NOW’s No. 2 ranking with more than 100 million viewers, with the progressive cable channel finishing with 212.8 million viewers. Fox News ranks No. 1 among competitive news brands on YouTube in video views each month in 2026.
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CNN managed 154.1 million video views, with broadcasters ABC News (105.7 million), NBC News (82.4 million) and CBS News (37.6 million) lagging far behind, with Fox News outpacing all three combined.
Fox News’ Brian Flood contributed to this report.
