FOX News Digital Dominates CNN in Total
Viewers and Minutes for March 2019
FNC’s Mobile App Scores Fourth Consecutive
Monthly Win over CNN’s Mobile App in Unique Visitors
Network Continues Reign as Most Engaged News
Brand on Social Media
FOX News Digital delivered a platform milestone, marking its
strongest quarter in its history among page views (4.6 billion in
Q1 2019), according to Comscore. For the first quarter of 2019
among the multi-platform minute category, FOX News Digital bested
CNN.com with nearly 11.4 billion minutes spent, compared to
CNN.com’s 9.1 billion. FOX News Digital was up 56 percent versus
the first quarter of 2018 in multi-platform minutes while CNN.com
only increased 11 percent.
For the month of March, FOX News Digital also dominated the
landscape in multiple categories. FOX News Digital achieved 104.6
million in monthly unique visitors, in addition to surpassing
CNN.com for the second consecutive month with 1.6 billion total
views. Additionally, March marks the third consecutive month that
FOX News Digital surpassed 100 million multi-platform uniques, as
well as the sixth month in a row of exceeding CNN.com in minutes
spent. For the fourth month in a row, the Fox News Mobile App also
surpassed the CNN Mobile App in Unique Visitors, with 7.5 million
versus 6.9 million. ***
In March, FOX News Digital also outperformed others in the
competitive space in monthly unique visitors, including NYTimes.com
(98.6 million), WashingtonPost.com (86.6 million) and NBCNews.com
(78 million).*
In commenting on the milestone performances, FOX News Digital
Editor-In-Chief Porter Berry said, “We are consistently number one
in the ratings and now we are increasingly dominating the digital
space as well. The quarterly milestone and March success proves
that our investment in news and relentless focus on compelling
storytelling has made FOX News an industry leader across all major
platforms.”
In the competitive set, FOX News was the number one most engaged
news brand on social media in Q1 2019 with 139 Million interactions
(Facebook, Twitter, Instagram), up seven percent versus Q4 2018,
according to Socialbakers and Shareablee. This marks the 19th
consecutive quarter that FOX News has been number one in total
social interactions, accounting for 31 percent of all social
interactions in the first quarter of 2019. Additionally, FOX News
drove 50 percent more interactions than the cable news competition
(CNN+MSNBC) combined in Q1 2019. FOX News Facebook interactions
were up 15 percent this quarter versus Q1 2018 and FOX News
Instagram interactions were up 27 percent this quarter versus the
prior year.
Q1 2019 FOX NEWS DIGITAL VS.
CNN.COM (January 1, 2019 – March 31, 2019)
Multi-Platform Total Minutes FOX News Digital –
11,403,000,000 (up 56 percent vs. Q1 2018)CNN.com –
9,084,000,000 (up 11 percent vs. Q1 2018)
Multi-Platform Total Views FOX News Digital –
4,571,000,000 (up 6 percent vs. Q1 2018)CNN.com –
4,629,000,000 (down 9 percent vs. Q1 2018)
MARCH 2019 FOX NEWS DIGITAL VS.
CNN.COM (February 2019 – March 2019)
Multi-Platform Total Minutes FOX News Digital –
3,968,000,000 (up 9 percent vs. February 2019)CNN.com –
2,897,000,000 (up 1 percent vs. February 2019)
Multi-Platform Total Views FOX News Digital –
1,553,000,000 (up 5 percent vs. February 2019)CNN.com –
1,485,000,000 (up 5 percent vs. February 2019)
Multi-Platform Total Unique Visitors FOX News
Digital – 104,604,000 (up 1 percent vs. February
2019)CNN.com – 120,826,000 (up 6 percent vs. February
2019)
FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news
service delivering breaking news as well as political and business
news. The number one network in cable, FNC has been the most
watched television news channel for 17 consecutive years. According
to a 2019 Suffolk University poll, FOX News is the most trusted
source for television news or commentary in the country while a
2019 Brand Keys Emotion Engagement Brand Analysis survey found that
FOX News was the most trusted cable news brand. A 2017
Gallup/Knight Foundation survey also found that among Americans who
could name an objective news source, FOX News is the top-cited
outlet. Owned by FOX Corporation, FNC is available in nearly 90
million homes and dominates the cable news landscape, routinely
notching the top ten programs in the genre.
*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.,
WSJ Online, Reuters.com, and USAToday.com, Average of
metrics for Q1 2019 (Jan - March), U.S.
**Source: Comscore Media Metrix® Multi-Platform, Total
Digital Audience, Fox News Digital Network, March 2019,
U.S.
**Source: Comscore Mobile Metrix®, Mobile App Only, [FOX News
Mobile App and CNN Mobile App], March 2018 vs. March 2019, U.S.
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