In Q2 2024, Americans turned to Fox News Digital for information and analysis, with the company finishing as the No. 1 news organization in both multiplatform watch minutes and multiplatform viewership during a historic three-month period.
The second quarter was the quarter in which President Biden began to face continuing questions about his mental fitness to serve as president following his debacle during a debate with former President Trump on June 27. The quarter also saw other historic events, including Trump's “hush money” trial and conviction, shocking anti-Semitism on college campuses across the country, Israel's ongoing war with Hamas terrorists, and the start of the trial of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in Russia on espionage charges that have long been proven false.
At the same time, Fox News Digital ranked first in multiplatform watch time with an astounding 9.2 billion minutes. This marks the 13th consecutive quarter that Fox News Digital has outperformed all competing news brands in the category, including CBS News, NBC News, The Washington Post, ABC News, The New York Times, Insider and USA Today.
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Fox News Digital was the No. 1 news organization in both multiplatform watch time and multiplatform viewership in Q2 2024. (Fox News)
Fox News Digital took the No. 1 spot with 4.8 billion multiplatform views during the news-centric quarter, beating CNN's 3.4 billion. This marks the eighth consecutive quarter that Fox News Digital has led competing news brands in this key metric.
Fox News Digital averaged 104 million unique digital multiplatform visitors per month. On mobile apps, Fox News averaged 5.7 million unique visitors in the second quarter, while CNN averaged 4.6 million unique visitors.
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In June, Fox News Digital also led both multiplatform watch time and viewership, marking the 40th consecutive month that it has been the No. 1 news brand in watch time.
Fox News Digital reached 1.6 billion multiplatform views, while CNN fell below 1 billion monthly views for the first time since February 2015.
According to the announcement, FOXBusiness.com recorded 514 million multiplatform views, beating CNN Business for the ninth consecutive quarter. The business network delivered 718 million multiplatform viewing minutes in the second quarter and averaged 24.5 million digital multiplatform unique visitors, a 4% increase in unique visitors year over year.
According to Emplifi, Fox News remained the most engaged brand on social media in Q2, recording 77.6 million total social interactions, retaining the top spot for the 41st consecutive quarter. Fox News drove 24.2 million interactions on Facebook (up 39% year-over-year), 47.8 million interactions on Instagram and 5.6 million interactions on X during the quarter. On YouTube, FOX News garnered 507.8 million views, according to Shareablee.
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Brian Flood is a media editor/reporter for FOX News Digital. Send your story tips to him at brian.flood@fox.com or on Twitter: @briansflood.