FOX News Media closed out 2025 as the top news brand in the competitive set with YouTube video views for the full year, securing its best year in history, according to Emplifi.
Delivering 4.5 billion video views in 2025, FOX News grew 69% compared to 2024, besting all news brands and broadcast networks for the year, including MS Now (3.7 billion views), CNN (2.3 billion views), NBC News (1.8 billion views), ABC News (1.4 billion views) and CBS News (675 million views).
FOX Business also led business news brands on YouTube posting 759 million views, outpacing CNBC (356 million views), The Wall Street Journal (120 million views) and Bloomberg Business (69 million views), according to Shareablee.
On social media, FOX News Media marked its 11th consecutive year as the top news brand according to Emplifi and Shareablee. Seeing a 239% increase compared to 2024, FOX News drove 1.5 billion interactions across Facebook, Instagram, X and TikTok combined.
FOX News also finished the fourth quarter as number one on YouTube marking the fifth consecutive quarter it has accomplished this feat. Generating just under 1 billion video views, FOX News led MS Now (882 million views), NBC News (575 million views), CNN (562 million views), ABC News (362 million views) and CBS News (175 million views).
***Below is the data according to Emplifi:
2025 YouTube Video Views
On social media, FOX News Media marked its 11th consecutive year as the top news brand according to Emplifi and Shareablee. Seeing a 239% increase compared to 2024, FOX News drove 1.5 billion interactions across Facebook, Instagram, X and TikTok combined.
FOX News also finished the fourth quarter as number one on YouTube marking the fifth consecutive quarter it has accomplished this feat. Generating just under 1 billion video views, FOX News led MS Now (882 million views), NBC News (575 million views), CNN (562 million views), ABC News (362 million views) and CBS News (175 million views).
***Below is the data according to Emplifi:
2025 YouTube Video Views
- FOX News: 4.5 billion video views
- MS NOW: 3.7 billion video views
- CNN: 2.3 billion video views
- NBC News: 1.8 billion video views
- ABC News: 1.4 billion video views
- CBS News: 675 million video views