FOX News Digital Outperforms All News Brands in Multiplatform Minutes, Surpassing CNN.com for Second Consecutive Month

Rhea-AI Summary

In April, FOX News Digital surpassed CNN.com in total multiplatform minutes for the second consecutive month, achieving over 3.5 billion total multiplatform minutes. The network attracted over 89 million unique visitors and nearly 1.7 billion views, outperforming major news brands. Additionally, FOX News led social media engagement for the 80th consecutive month and dominated YouTube views with over 240 million, reflecting a 54% increase month-over-month. FOXBusiness.com also showed strong performance with over 20 million unique visitors.

Positive

• FOX News Digital surpassed CNN.com in multiplatform metrics for the second month in a row.
• Total multiplatform minutes reached over 3.5 billion, indicating strong audience engagement.
• FOX News maintained its status as the top news brand on social media for 80 consecutive months.
• A significant 54% increase in YouTube video views, totaling over 240 million views.
• FOXBusiness.com secured over 20 million unique visitors.

Negative

• Total multiplatform minutes down 20% versus April 2020.
• Total multiplatform views down 16% compared to April 2020.
• Unique visitors down 27% year-over-year.

FOX News Digital closed out the month of April surpassing CNN.com in total multiplatform minutes for the second consecutive month and outperforming all other news brands in the metric, totaling over 3.5 billion total multiplatform minutes, according to Comscore. April also delivered over 89 million total multiplatform unique visitors and nearly 1.7 billion total multiplatform views for the digital network, surpassing the New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, NBCNews.com and ABCNews.com across the board. FOX News Digital saw a month over month increase in traffic across total multiplatform minutes while CNN.com fell short versus the prior month in all key metrics. Additionally, the FOX News Mobile App totaled 7.4 million unique visitors in April.*

For the 80^th consecutive month, FOX News remained the most engaged news brand on social media (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram). FOX News was also the top-performer in Facebook and Instagram interactions among news competitors, with over 33 million Facebook interactions and 19 million Instagram interactions, according to Socialbakers. FOX News also reigned as the top news outlet in YouTube video views, with over 240 million views, up a whopping 54 percent versus the prior month and nearly 5 percent compared to last year.

Additionally, FOXBusiness.com secured over 20 million multiplatform unique visitors and drove 97 million multiplatform views as well as 175 million multiplatform total minutes last month. The business network also notched its seventh consecutive month surpassing Forbes.com in multiplatform minutes.**

APRIL 2021 FOX NEWS DIGITAL VS. CNN.COM

Multi-Platform Total Minutes

FOX News Digital – 3,587,000,000 (down 20 percent vs. April 2020)
CNN.com – 3,104,000,000 (down 43 percent vs. April 2020)

Multi-Platform Total Views

FOX News Digital – 1,653,000,000 (down 16 percent vs. April 2020)
CNN.com – 1,684,000,000 (down 43 percent vs. April 2020)

Multi-Platform Unique Visitors

FOX News Digital – 89,115,000 (down 27 percent vs. April 2020)
CNN.com – 139,085,000 (down 16 percent vs. April 2020)

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 digital streaming services FOX Nation and FOX News International and the recently announced AVOD platform FOX Weather. Currently the number one network in all of cable, FNC has also been the most watched television news channel for 19 consecutive years, while FBN currently ranks among the top business channels on cable. Owned by FOX Corporation, FOX News Media reaches 200 million people each month.

*Source: Comscore Media Metrix® Multi-Platform, Total Digital Audience, Custom-Defined List including CNN.com, NBCNews.com, ABCNews.com, CBSNews.com, Fox News Digital Network, WashingtonPost.com, NYTimes.com, HuffPost U.S., Wall Street Journal Online, Reuters.com, and USAToday.com, April 2021, U.S. & Comscore Mobile Metrix®, Mobile App Only, [FOX News Mobile App and CNN Mobile App], April 2021, U.S.

**Source: Comscore Media Metrix® Multi-Platform, Total Digital Audience, Custom-Defined List including FoxBusiness.com, Bloomberg.com, CNBC.com, CNN Business, Entrepreneur.com, Forbes.com, HuffPost Business, MarketWatch, Motley Fool, MSN Money, TheStreet.com, USA TODAY Money, WSJ Online, Yahoo! Finance, April 2021, U.S.

View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210518005814/en/

FAQ

How did FOX News Digital perform compared to CNN.com in April 2021?

FOX News Digital exceeded CNN.com in total multiplatform minutes with 3.5 billion minutes compared to CNN's 3.1 billion minutes.

What were the total multiplatform unique visitors for FOX News Digital in April 2021?

FOX News Digital had over 89 million unique visitors in April 2021.

How many total views did FOX News Digital achieve in April 2021?

FOX News Digital recorded nearly 1.7 billion total multiplatform views in April 2021.

What was the increase in YouTube video views for FOX News in April 2021?

FOX News achieved over 240 million YouTube video views, a 54% increase from the previous month.

How did FOXBusiness.com perform in April 2021?

FOXBusiness.com secured over 20 million multiplatform unique visitors and drove 97 million multiplatform views.