FOX News Media closed out 2Q ’26 delivering 1.4 billion YouTube video views across its portfolio, outpacing all news brands in the competitive set, according to Emplifi.
During the quarter, FOX News nabbed 1.1 billion video views, leading its closest competitor MS NOW (763 million views) by more than 300 million views, more than doubling CNN (511 million views), and topping ABC News (337 million views), NBC News (310 million views) and CBS News (136 million views) combined. Since the start of 2026, FOX News Media has generated 3.3 billion YouTube video views, with FOX News Channel accounting for 2.5 billion of those views.
For the seventh straight quarter, FOX News surpassed all news brands on YouTube. FOX Business’ YouTube generated 158 million video views throughout the quarter. Notably, FOX News Media’s combined platforms accrued 1.4 billion video views on YouTube for the quarter.
In 2Q '26, FOX News ranked number one in social engagement, nabbing 269 million social media interactions across Facebook, Instagram, X and TikTok, according to Emplifi. FOX News garnered 122 million Facebook interactions, 51.9 million Instagram interactions, 18.2 million X interactions (up 71% vs 2025) and, according to Comscore Social, 76.8 million TikTok interactions.
Additionally, FOX News was number one on YouTube during the month of June, delivering 270 million video views. During June, FOX News led MS NOW (245 million views), CNN (153 million views), NBC News (113 million views), ABC News (112 million views), and CBS (36 million views). FOX Business continued its reign during the month, driving 43 million video views, according to Comscore Social, and earning its spot as the number one business news competitive set for the 56th consecutive month.