Fox News Digital Leads News Brands in Q3 2026 Performance Metrics

Fox News Digital maintained its leading position among all news brands in both multiplatform views and minutes during the third quarter of 2026, according to data from Comscore. The digital arm of Fox News also outperformed broadcast networks in these key performance indicators.

During the quarter, Fox News Digital generated 4.6 billion multiplatform views. The New York Times followed with 3.8 billion views, and CNN registered 1.3 billion views. CBS News, NBC News, and ABC News each recorded fewer than one billion multiplatform views.

In terms of multiplatform minutes, Fox News Digital accumulated 10 billion, significantly surpassing The New York Times, which recorded 3.1 billion. This marks the 17th consecutive quarter Fox News has led news brands in views and the 22nd consecutive quarter as the top news brand for minutes.

The company also reported an average of 170 million total digital multiplatform unique visitors, an 11% increase year-over-year compared to the third quarter of 2025. Fox News delivered 76 million average desktop and mobile unique visitors, also leading all news brands in this category.

CNN experienced its lowest quarter since 2015 in average total digital unique visitors, multiplatform views, and multiplatform minutes. The Fox News Mobile app attracted an average of 6.5 million unique viewers per quarter, compared to CNN's mobile app, which had an average of 2.7 million unique viewers.

Fox News also ranked as the No. 1 news brand on YouTube for the eighth consecutive quarter, according to Emplifi. The platform garnered 918 million video views, with competitors MS NOW (889 million), CNN (712 million), ABC (442 million), NBC News (356 million), and CBS News (149 million) following. FOX Business's YouTube channel generated 140 million video views, leading business news competition for the 27th straight quarter.

Across its combined platforms on YouTube, Fox News Media amassed 1.2 billion video views for the quarter. The company also led all news brands in social media interactions, with 290 million interactions reported for the quarter, including 90.7 million on Facebook, 55.9 million on Instagram, and 14.7 million on X.