FOX News Media closed out Q1 2026 delivering a record setting 1.5 billion YouTube video views, outpacing all news brands in the competitive set, according to Emplifi.
During the quarter, FOX News led its closest competitor MS NOW (974 million views) by almost 500 million views, doubled CNN (707 million views), and topped ABC News (440 million views), NBC News (364 million views) and CBS News (194 million views) combined. For the sixth straight quarter, FOX News surpassed all news brands on YouTube and grew 21% compared to the prior year and 51% quarter-over-quarter with video views. FOX Business’ YouTube saw 193 million video, a 25% advantage over the previous quarter. Notably, FOX News Media’s combined platforms accrued nearly 2 billion video views on YouTube for the quarter.
In Q1 2026, FOX News ranked number one in social engagement, nabbing 426 million social media interactions across Facebook, Instagram, X and TikTok, according to Emplifi. FOX News garnered 219 million Facebook interactions (up 52% vs 2025), 75 million Instagram interactions (up 25% versus Q4 ‘25), 20 million X interactions (up 20% vs 2025) and, according to Comscore Social, 115.9 million TikTok interactions (up 35% vs. 2025).
Additionally, FOX News was number one on YouTube during the month of March, delivering its highest month of YouTube video views ever with 621 million video views. During March, FOX News led MS NOW (320 million views), CNN (265 million views), ABC News (177 million views), NBC News (156 million views) and CBS (73 million views). FOX News grew 46% year-over-year and 68% month-over-month during March. FOX Business continued its reign during the month, driving 67 million video views, according to Comscore Social, and earning its spot as the number one business for the 52nd consecutive month.
