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Fox News Digital has reason to celebrate its October performance, as it surpassed CNN in total unique visitors during the month.
In the lead-up to the 2024 election, Fox News Digital saw nearly 116 million unique multi-platform unique visitors according to Comscore. That figure represented a 26% increase year-over-year.
In total, the Fox News mobile app reached 6.5 million unique visitors during the month.
CNN, meanwhile, saw a decrease of 11%, finishing the month with 115,500,000 unique visitors for the month.
Fox News was also up in other metrics. In multi-platform total views, the network eclipsed 2 billion, compared to 1.1 billion for CNN.com and 1.6 billion for The New York Times. Additionally, Fox News saw a 13% increase in multi-platform minutes, with 3.9 billion for the month. CNN was down 16% to 1.9 billion, while The Times was up 2% to 1.6 billion.
On social media, Fox News was the most engaged brand with 47 million social interactions between Facebook, Instagram, X, and YouTube. The network saw 283.2 million views on the video platform, up 11% compared to October 2023.
