FOX News Digital Surpasses CNN With Total Digital Multiplatform Unique Visitors for First Time Ever

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FOX News Digital outperformed CNN in total digital multiplatform unique visitors, views, and minutes in February 2024. FOX News Mobile App also surpassed CNN's app for the third consecutive month. FOX News was the most engaged brand on social media, driving millions of interactions across various platforms. FOXBusiness.com led in multiplatform views, minutes, and unique visitors, showing significant year-over-year growth. FOX News Digital maintained its dominance over CNN and NYTimes.com in total views, minutes, and unique visitors.

FOX News Digital Continues to Lead News Brands with Multiplatform Views and Minutes

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FOX News Digital finished February leading CNN with total digital multiplatform unique visitors for the first time ever, according to Comscore. Additionally, FOX News Digital also led news brands with multiplatform views and minutes. FOX News Digital closed out the month reaching 3.1 billion total multiplatform minutes, 1.6 billion total multiplatform views, and 115 million total digital multiplatform unique visitors.* Additionally, FOX News Mobile App reached 5.8 million unique visitors in February, beating CNN’s mobile app for the third straight month.** Year-over-year, CNN was down 6% with total digital multiplatform unique visitors and down 2% in multi-platform minutes, while FOX News Digital was up 18% and 8% respectively in each category.

• FOX News was once again the most engaged brand on social media in the competitive set in February, with 23.9 million total social interactions, marking the 114th consecutive month FOX News has placed on top, according to Emplifi. FOX News drove 5.7 million interactions on Facebook, 16 million Instagram interactions and 2.2 million X interactions, seeing month-over-month gains across all platforms. On YouTube, FOX News secured 189.0 million video views, according to Shareablee.****
  
  
• FOXBusiness.com drove 161 million multiplatform views in February, surpassing CNN Business and Bloomberg.com once again, while seeing 25% year-over-year growth. Additionally, the business site delivered 235 million multiplatform minutes and 29.7 million multiplatform unique visitors (up 37% vs. February 2023).*** FOX Business’ videos on YouTube remained the most viewed among the business news competitive set for the 27^th straight month, achieving 56.1 million views in February which was up 39% year-over-year, according to Shareablee.*****

FEBRUARY 2024 FOX NEWS DIGITAL VS. CNN.COM AND NYTIMES.COM
Multi-Platform Total Views
FOX News Digital – 1,575,000,000 (down 6% vs. February 2023)
CNN.com – 1,183,000,000 (flat vs. February 2023)
NYTimes.com – 1,450,000,000 (up 18% vs. February 2023)

Multi-Platform Total Minutes
FOX News Digital – 3,117,000,000 (up 8% vs. February 2023)
CNN.com – 1,788,000,000 (down 2% vs. February 2023)
NYTimes.com – 1,516,000,000 (up 19% vs. February 2023)

Total Digital Multi-Platform Unique Visitors
FOX News Digital - 115,432,000 (up 18% vs. February 2023)
CNN.com – 110,957,000 (down 6% vs. February 2023)
NYTimes.com – 73,946,000 (down 7% vs. February 2023)

*Source: Comscore Media Metrix® Multi-Platform, Total Digital Population including Social Incremental data for reportable entities. Fox News Digital, CBSNews.com, NBCNews.com, WashingtonPost.com, and ABCNews.com have opted in to account for Social Incremental in Total Digital Multiplatform Unique Visitors, while brands like CNN.com and NYTimes.com have not opted in. Custom-Defined List including CNN.com, NBCNews.com, ABCNews.com, CBSNews.com, Fox News Digital, WashingtonPost.com, NYTimes.com, NYPost Network, Wall Street Journal Online, Insider Inc., and USAToday.com, February 2024, U.S.

**Source: Comscore Media Metrix® Multi-Platform, Total Digital Population including Social Incremental data for reportable entities. Fox News Digital, CBSNews.com, NBCNews.com, WashingtonPost.com, and ABCNews.com have opted in to account for Social Incremental in Total Digital Multiplatform Unique Visitors, while brands like CNN.com and NYTimes.com have not opted in. Custom-Defined List including CNN.com, NBCNews.com, ABCNews.com, CBSNews.com, Fox News Digital, WashingtonPost.com, NYTimes.com, NYPost Network, Wall Street Journal Online, Insider Inc., and USAToday.com, February 2024, U.S. & Comscore Mobile Metrix®, Mobile App Only, [FOX News Mobile App and CNN Mobile App], February 2024, U.S.

***Source: Comscore Media Metrix® Multi-Platform, Total Digital Population including Social Incremental data for reportable entities. FoxBusiness.com, Yahoo! Finance, CNBC.com, TheStreet.com, Entrepreneur.com have opted in to account for Social Incremental in Total Digital Multiplatform Unique Visitors. 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, February 2024, U.S.

****Source: Comscore Social, PowerRankings, YouTube, February 2024, Report Date: 3/19/2024. Custom-Defined List including CNN.com, NBCNews.com, ABCNews.com, CBSNews.com, Fox News Digital, WashingtonPost.com, NYTimes.com, NYPost Network, Wall Street Journal Online, Insider Inc., and USAToday.com.

*****Source: Comscore Social, PowerRankings, YouTube, February 2024, Report Date: 3/19/2024. 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.

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 22 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.

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FOX News Media Contact:

Connor Smith: connor.smith@fox.com or 212-301-3879

Source: FOX News Digital

FAQ

How did FOX News Digital perform compared to CNN in February 2024?

FOX News Digital surpassed CNN in total digital multiplatform unique visitors, views, and minutes in February 2024.

How did FOX News Mobile App perform against CNN's app?

FOX News Mobile App beat CNN's mobile app for the third consecutive month in February 2024.

Which brand was the most engaged on social media in February 2024?

FOX News was the most engaged brand on social media in February 2024, driving millions of interactions.

How did FOXBusiness.com perform in February 2024?

FOXBusiness.com led in multiplatform views, minutes, and unique visitors, with significant year-over-year growth.

How did FOX News Digital compare to NYTimes.com in February 2024?

FOX News Digital maintained its dominance over NYTimes.com in total views, minutes, and unique visitors in February 2024.