FOX News Finishes January as Top News Brand on YouTube With 410 Million Video Views More Than Doubling Nearest Competitor NBC News

FOX News Marks its Second-Best Month Ever on YouTube, Becomes the Top News Brand for Third Consecutive Month

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FOX News finished January 2025 as the top news brand on YouTube with 410 million video views leading the nearest competitor NBC News by 145%, according to Emplifi. FOX News has now solidified itself as the top news brand on YouTube marking the third consecutive month at number one in the news competitive set and its second-best month on YouTube ever. Notably, FOX News led NBC News by 242 million views during January, its widest gap the network has seen over the competition in history. Compared to December 2024, FOX News saw an increase of 74% with YouTube video views and led competitors including MSNBC (153 million views), ABC News (140 million views), CNN (137 million views), CBS News (62 million views) and The New York Times (7 million views).

The YouTube performance comes on the heels of a strong 2024 for FOX News Digital where it led all news brands with multiplatform views and minutes while posting growth across all key performance metrics, according to Comscore. FOX News Channel also finished this past month with its most-watched January in network history across total day and marked 23 consecutive years as the most-watched cable news network, according to Nielsen Media Research.

FOX News Media operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Digital, FOX News Audio, FOX News Books, the direct-to-consumer streaming services FOX Nation and FOX News International and the free ad-supported television service FOX Weather. Currently the number one network in all of cable, FNC has also been the most watched television news channel for 23 consecutive years, while FBN is the top business channel on cable. Owned by Fox Corporation, FOX News Media reaches nearly 200 million people each month.