Network Continues Streak with Best September
Ever, Earning Double-Digit Increases Across All Key Indicators
Versus Prior Year
September Marks Highest Month in Unique
Visitors for the FOX News Mobile App and Tenth Consecutive Month
Earning Over 100 Million Multiplatform Unique Visitors
FOX News Digital closed out the third quarter of 2020 with its
highest quarter in network history in multiplatform views (nearly
6.1 billion) and multiplatform minutes (nearly 14.2 billion) and
secured double-digit increases versus the prior year across all key
metrics, including average monthly multiplatform unique visitors (a
16 percent increase from prior year quarter), multiplatform views
(a 14 percent increase from prior year quarter) and multiplatform
minutes (a 19 percent increase from prior year quarter), according
to Comscore. The digital network also finished the month of
September with its strongest performance of any on record and led
the news competition in multiplatform minutes (nearly 4.4 billion
and up 13 percent from the prior year).
September 2020 marked the highest month in history for unique
visitors on the mobile application, as well as the network’s tenth
consecutive month notching over 100 million multiplatform unique
visitors. Furthermore, the FOX News Mobile App surpassed the CNN
Mobile App for the 22nd month in a row in unique visitors (8.9
million versus CNN’s 7 million), and delivered its seventh
consecutive month scoring over 8 million unique visitors.*
Fox News finished the quarter as the most engaged brand on
social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) among the news
competitive set, according to Socialbakers. FOX News remained
number one in Facebook and Instagram interactions among news
competitors for the quarter, amounting 154.5 million on Facebook
and 70.9 million Instagram interactions and the highest quarter of
interactions across the board, also according to Socialbakers.
According to data from Crowdtangle, FOX News topped Facebook Video
for the quarter, driving 645.8 million total video views. For the
73rd straight month, FOX News remained the most engaged news brand
on social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) among the news
competitive set, driving over 76 million total interactions,
according to Socialbakers.
Additionally, FOXBusiness.com delivered its highest quarter in
history across all key performance metrics. FOXBusiness.com
averaged 31.5 million monthly multiplatform unique visitors, drove
693 million multiplatform total minutes and saw 419 million
multiplatform total views last quarter, securing double digit
growth increases across the latter metrics, and a triple digit
increase across average monthly multiplatform unique
visitors.**
SEPTEMBER 2020 FOX NEWS DIGITAL VS.
CNN.COM
Multi-Platform Total Minutes
FOX News Digital – 4,387,000,000 (up 13 percent vs. September
2019) CNN.com – 3,739,000,000 (up 19 percent vs. September
2019)
Multi-Platform Total Views
FOX News Digital – 2,009,000,000 (up 17 percent vs. September
2019) CNN.com – 2,101,000,000 (up 30 percent vs. September
2019)
Multi-Platform Unique Visitors
FOX News Digital – 108,851,000 (up 11 percent vs. September
2019) CNN.com – 144,471,000 (up 11 percent vs. September 2019)
3Q’20 FOX NEWS DIGITAL VS.
CNN.COM
Multi-Platform Total Minutes
FOX News Digital – 14,195,000,000 (up 19 percent vs. prior year
quarter) CNN.com – 13,250,000,000 (up 45 percent vs. prior year
quarter)
Multi-Platform Total Views
FOX News Digital – 6,075,000,000 (up 14 percent vs. prior year
quarter) CNN.com – 7,013,000,000 (up 48 percent vs. prior year
quarter)
Multi-Platform Average Monthly Unique Visitors
FOX News Digital – 114,951,000 (up 16 percent vs. prior year
quarter) CNN.com – 156,449,000 (up 20 percent vs. prior year
quarter)
FOX News Media operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business
Network (FBN), FOX News Digital, FOX News Audio and the
direct-to-consumer digital streaming services FOX Nation and FOX
News International. Currently the number one network in all of
cable, FNC has also been the most watched television news channel
for more than 18 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, September 2020 &
July-September 2020, U.S. & Comscore Mobile Metrix®, Mobile App
Only, [FOX News Mobile App and CNN Mobile App], September 2020,
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,
July-September 2020, U.S.
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FOX News Media Contact:
Tessica Glancey – 212-301-3285
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