Fox News Channel maintained its viewership lead among cable-news networks in October, averaging 1.1 million total-day viewers and more than 50% of the cable-news audience, Nielsen Media Research data reported, according to Fox News.
Fox News said MS NOW averaged 588,000 total-day viewers and CNN averaged 402,000, with Fox’s total topping the combined audiences of those two networks.
In primetime, Fox News averaged 1.7 million total viewers, MS NOW averaged 925,000 and CNN averaged 598,000, Fox News reported.
Fox News said October marked the network’s 68th consecutive month leading in both daytime and primetime viewership among the cable-news networks. The Five was listed as the most-watched show across cable news with 2.7 million total viewers, and Jesse Watters Primetime was reported as the most-watched primetime cable-news show with 2.3 million viewers. Special Report with Bret Baier, Gutfeld! and The Ingraham Angle rounded out the five most-watched shows, per Fox News.
Fox News also cited Emplifi data saying the network collected more than 3.8 billion views on YouTube throughout 2026, making it the most-watched news brand on that platform.
Jon Ross Myers is the executive editor and publisher of the Mississippi News Network, Mississippi's largest digital only media company. He can be reached at editor@tippahnews.com
