Fox News Digital continued to dominate during the third quarter of 2026, topping all news brands and broadcast networks in both multiplatform views and minutes, according to Comscore.
Fox News Digital drove 4.6 billion multiplatform views, while The New York Times finished second with 3.8 billion and CNN finished third with 1.3 billion. CBS News, NBC News and ABC News each failed to crack the one-billion benchmark in the critical category.
Throughout the quarter, Fox News Digital piled up 10 billion multiplatform minutes to obliterate the competition as the Times finished second with only 3.1 billion. It was the 17th consecutive quarter that Fox News has led news brands with views, and the 22nd consecutive quarter it has been the top news brand among minutes.
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Fox News also posted 170 million average total digital multiplatform unique visitors, an 11% year-over-year increase compared to Q3 of 2025.
Fox News delivered 76 million average desktop/mobile unique visitors to lead all news brands in that category, too.
As Fox News thrived, CNN had its worst quarter since 2015 among average total digital unique visitors, multiplatform views and multiplatform minutes. Along the way, the Fox News Mobile app drew an average of 6.5 million unique viewers during the quarter to thump the CNN mobile app, which saw an average of 2.7 million unique viewers.
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FOX News Media also closed out the third quarter as the No. 1 news brand on YouTube for the eighth consecutive quarter, according to Emplifi.
During the news-heavy quarter, Fox News piled up 918 million video views to lead all competitors. MS NOW finished with 889 million, CNN managed 712 million, ABC delivered 442 million, NBC News secured 356 million and CBS News settled for 149 million video views, according to Emplifi.
FOX Business’ YouTube generated 140 million video views throughout the quarter, leading the business competition for the 27th consecutive quarter, according to Comscore Social. FOX News Media’s combined platforms amassed 1.2 billion video views on YouTube for the quarter.
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FOX News Media also topped all news brands among social media 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 on Facebook, 55.9 million on Instagram and 14.7 million on X.
Fox News Digital, CBSNews.com, NBCNews.com, WashingtonPost.com and ABCNews.com have opted in to account for Social Incremental in Total Digital Multiplatform Unique Visitors, while brands like CNN.com and NYTimes.com have not.
