Fox News leads all news brands in YouTube video views and social engagement for second quarter 2026

FOX News Media closed out the second quarter of 2026 by delivering 1.4 billion YouTube video views across its portfolio, topping all news brands in the competitive set, according to Emplifi.During the quarter, Fox News garnered 1.4 billion video views, leading its closest competitor MS NOW, who had 763 million views, by more than 300 million views.Fox News more than doubled CNN, which had 511 million views, and topped ABC News' 337 million views, NBC News' 310 million views, and CBS News' 136 million views, combined.FOX News Media has generated 3.3 billion YouTube video views since the start of 2026, with Fox News Channel accounting for 2.5 billion of those views.
Fox News surpassed all news brands on YouTube for the seventh straight quarter.FOX NEWS HITS THIRD-HIGHEST YOUTUBE MONTH EVER IN APRIL, NEARLY QUADRUPLING COMPETITORSFOX Business’ YouTube generated 158 million video views throughout the quarter.The flagship Fox News account has over 15.2 million subscribers and the Fox News Clips platform, which launched last year and provides the latest reporting and analysis from Fox News Channel, continues to grow.(istock)Fox News also ranked number one in social engagement in the second quarter of 2026, nabbing 269 million social media interactions across Facebook, Instagram, X and TikTok, according to Emplifi.The network garnered 122 million Facebook interactions, 51.9 million Instagram interactions, 18.2 million X interactions and, according to Comscore Social, 76.8 million TikTok interactions.FOX NEWS DIGITAL POSTS BEST QUARTER EVER WITH 187 MILLION MONTHLY UNIQUE VISITORS IN EARLY 2026Additionally, Fox News was number one on YouTube during the month of June, delivering 270 million video views.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 a device.
(Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson)Fox Business continued its reign during June, driving 43 million video vi...