Fox News Digital hits 165 million unique visitors in May to crush broadcast networks, news competitors

Fox News Digital finished May as the No. 1 news organization across key metrics, including multiplatform unique visitors, as the brand continues to dominate the media industry. 

Fox News Digital piled up 165 million total digital multiplatform unique visitors throughout the month to finish No. 1 in the category for the third consecutive month. Fox News Digital grew +23% compared to May 2025 while CNN, CBS News, New York Times, NBC News and ABC News all shed visitors. 

Along the way, Fox News Digital also nabbed 1.5 billion multiplatform views to top all competitors for the 25th consecutive month. When it comes to multiplatform minutes, Fox News Digital led the way for the 63rd consecutive month with 3.2 billion. 

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Fox News’ dominant month coincides with CNN dropping as the organization’s 57 million unique visitors, 456 million multiplatform views and 674 million minutes were its worst since at least 2015 when data was first tracked. 

Fox News also finished May 2026 as the No. 1 news brand on YouTube, with a staggering 338.8 million video views, more than tripling viewership of each of the three broadcast networks. 

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Fox News beat No. 2 MS NOW by over 100 million views, as the progressive cable outlet finished with 212.8 million. Fox News has been No. 1 among competitive news brands on YouTube with video views every month in 2026.

CNN managed 154.1 million video views, while broadcast outlets ABC News (105.7 million), NBC News (82.4 million) and CBS News (37.6 million) fell far behind, with Fox News outdrawing the three combined.

The flagship Fox News account has over 15.4 million subscribers and the Fox News Clips platform, which launched last year and provides the latest reporting and analysis from Fox News Channel, continues to grow. FOX Business was also No. 1 on YouTube among business brands for the 55th consecutive month with 42.2 million video views, according to Shareablee.

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Fox News also finished No. 1 in social engagement with 79.5 million social media interactions across Facebook, Instagram, X and TikTok, according to Emplifi & Comscore Social.

Fox News piled up 38.1 million Facebook interactions, 15.8 million Instagram interactions, 5 million X interactions and, according to Comscore Social, 20.7 million TikTok interactions. Altogether, Fox News drove 1.3 billion total social video views.

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.