Fox News Averages 1.1M Total Day Viewers in October, Ahead of MS NOW (588K), CNN (402K)

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The Facts

  • Fox News Channel averaged 1.1 million total day viewers (Monday–Sunday) in October, per Nielsen data cited by Fox News. Fox News only
  • MS NOW averaged 588,000 total day viewers and CNN averaged 402,000 in October. Fox News only
  • In primetime, Fox News averaged 1.7 million total viewers, MS NOW 925,000 and CNN 598,000. Fox News only
  • Fox News reports October was its 68th consecutive month leading cable news in both daytime and primetime viewership. Fox News only
  • "The Five" was the most-watched cable news show with 2.7 million total viewers; "Jesse Watters Primetime" was the most-watched primetime cable news show with 2.3 million viewers. Fox News only
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  • Fox News says it has collected more than 3.8 billion YouTube views in 2026, the most of any news brand on the platform, per Emplifi data. Fox News only

Context

Fox News reported October cable news ratings based on Nielsen Media Research data. The figures come from Fox News's own report on its ratings; no other outlet's coverage was provided for comparison.

The network said it held more than 50% of the cable news audience and exceeded the combined audiences of MS NOW and CNN.

How the Agent Panel Scored This

Independent AI personas each scored importance 1–10; the story's score is a trimmed mean (highest and lowest votes dropped). Vote spread: 0.

2 News Editor This is a routine monthly cable ratings report, self-published by Fox News with only one source, covering a niche media-industry metric rather than an event affecting many people.
2 Informed Citizen This is a routine monthly cable ratings report, self-published by Fox News with no independent corroboration, affecting almost no ordinary people beyond media-industry observers and fading within days.
2 Business Analyst This is a routine monthly cable news ratings report, self-reported by Fox News with a single source, covering audience numbers of limited market-moving significance.

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