Fox News viewership crushes MSNBC, CNN in October

Fox News Channel viewership crushed MSNBC and CNN crossed nan committee successful October arsenic nan 2024 governmental play heated up.

October was different jam-packed news period arsenic nan predetermination title betwixt Vice President Kamala Harris and erstwhile President Trump dominated headlines. Americans relied connected Fox News Channel for accusation and analysis, arsenic nan web averaged 1.6 cardinal full time viewers to decorativeness No. 1 among each cablegram offerings. 

Fox News was nan only cablegram transmission to surpass nan one-million spectator mark, arsenic MSNBC vanished No. 2 pinch 903,000 mean viewers and ESPN vanished 3rd pinch 811,000. CNN managed only 532,000 mean viewers during October to decorativeness pinch astir 1/3 of Fox News’ viewership. 

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Fox News Channel hosts Laura Ingraham, Jesse Watters, Sean Hannity, and Greg Gutfeld. (Fox News)

Fox News besides vanished No. 1 from 8-11 p.m. ET, averaging 2.8 cardinal primetime viewers to thumb cablegram news competitors. ESPN managed 2.3 cardinal viewers to decorativeness second, followed by TBS, MSNBC and Fox Sports 1. CNN averaged only 830,000 viewers from 8-11 p.m. ET to decorativeness sixth successful nan category.  

When it comes to nan advertiser-coveted demographic of adults property 25-54, Fox News averaged 212,000 full time viewers from nan captious group compared to 100,000 for CNN and only 97,000 for MSNBC. During primetime, Fox News averaged 359,000 demo viewers compared to 175,000 for CNN and 160,000 for MSNBC. 

Fox News has now topped CNN and MSNBC successful each categories for 44 consecutive months. 

"The Five," pinch Greg Gutfeld, Jesse Watters, Dana Perino, Jeanine Pirro and rotating co-hosts Jessica Tarlov and Harold Ford Jr., vanished arsenic nan most-watched show connected cablegram news, averaging 3.6 cardinal full viewers. 

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"Special Report" anchor Bret Baier’s question and reply pinch Vice President Kamala Harris drew a staggering 9.2 cardinal full viewers, making it nan most-watched non-primetime question and reply successful cablegram news history. (Fox News Channel)

"The Five," "Jesse Watters Primetime," "Hannity," "Gutfeld!," "Special Report pinch Bret Baier," "The Ingraham Angle," "Outnumbered," "The Faulkner Focus," "America’s Newsroom" pinch Dana Perino and Bill Hemmer, "America Reports" pinch Sandra Smith and John Roberts, Martha MacCallum’s "The Story" and "Your World pinch Neil Cavuto" each hit thing CNN aliases MSNBC had to connection arsenic Fox News was location to nan apical 12 most-watched programs. 

MSNBC’s apical show was "Deadline: White House," which vanished No. 13 successful cablegram news. CNN’s astir celebrated show, "Anderson Cooper 360," vanished No. 26 down 14 different Fox News shows and 11 MSNBC offerings. 

"Jesse Watters Primetime" took location nan demo crown, starring cablegram news pinch 454,000 mean viewers among nan advertiser-coveted group. 

"Special Report" anchor Bret Baier’s question and reply pinch Harris connected Oct. 16 drew a staggering 9.2 cardinal full viewers, making it nan most-watched non-primetime question and reply successful cablegram news history.

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"The Five" vanished arsenic nan most-watched show connected cablegram news successful October, averaging 3.6 cardinal full viewers.  (FOX News Media)

"FOX & Friends," "FOX & Friends First" and "FOX News @ Night" each had beardown months, too, arsenic Fox News aired 94 of nan apical 100 cablegram news telecasts for nan month. "The Big Weekend Show" was nan most-watched programme successful cablegram news connected some Saturdays and Sundays during October. 

Fox News’ simulcast of nan CBS News Vice Presidential Debate betwixt Ohio Sen. JD Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz averaged astir 11 cardinal viewers.

Fox News remained nan No. 1 web successful each of cablegram news among upscale, Hispanic and Asian viewers during full time viewership and among nan cardinal demo. Additionally, much Independents and Democrats continued to watch Fox News complete immoderate different network, according to information from Nielsen MRI Fusion.

Ratings information courtesy of Nielsen Media Research.

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