Fox News piled up the eyeballs on YouTube last year, and the company says it closed 2025 with its best performance ever on Google’s massive video platform. If you pay attention to the clips that pop up in recommended feeds, or get shared endlessly in family texts, it is no surprise that Fox News finished on top.
According to data from Emplifi, the network earned an estimated 4.5B views in 2025, which Fox says was a 69 percent jump over the prior year. Video traffic naturally swings with elections, breaking news, wars, and whatever outrage cycle dominates the week, but the size of Fox’s gain shows its digital audience continues to expand.
MS Now landed second at 3.7B views, CNN followed with 2.3B, and NBC News logged 1.8B. ABC News hit 1.4B, and CBS News finished with 675M. The spread makes one thing clear. Fox is not barely clinging to first place. It has put a real gap between itself and every competing channel.
Fox Business also reported strong momentum. It generated 759M YouTube views in 2025, outpacing CNBC, the Wall Street Journal, and Bloomberg Business. Fox credits that win to constant clipping from both Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network, and wide distribution across Fox-owned digital outlets.
YouTube is only one part of Fox’s digital haul. The company says 2025 marked its 11th straight year as the top social brand, measured by Emplifi and Shareablee. Across Facebook, Instagram, X, and TikTok, Fox reports 1.5B interactions, a number that includes likes, shares, comments, and spirited arguments. Anyone who scrolls social feeds knows Fox content tends to spread fast, whether fans agree or critics dive in to debate.
In addition, Fox says it finished the fourth quarter on top, generating just under 1B views from October through December. That gives the network five straight quarters leading YouTube among news brands. MS Now followed in second place, with NBC News, CNN, ABC News, and CBS News stacking up behind it.
Fox News Media now covers a long list of properties that feed content into YouTube. The umbrella includes Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network, streaming service Fox Nation, Fox News Digital, Fox Weather, international offerings, radio and audio programming, and even Fox-branded books. All of those sources create short clips, interviews, live segments, and commentary that can be chopped into viral-ready videos, and Fox says it now reaches about 200M people each month across platforms.
A big reason for that scale is simple. Fox News Channel has been the most watched cable news network for more than 23 years. When a network runs live news from early morning until late at night, it naturally has far more raw material to slice into videos than competitors with smaller lineups. Once a clip gains traction, YouTube’s algorithm often helps carry it further.
Leading in YouTube views does not automatically mean Fox ranks highest in trust or accuracy, and viewers should always approach news with a questioning mindset. However, the numbers here confirm what many observers already see when browsing trending videos. Fox has a system built to turn cable programming into an online engine, and its rivals have work to do if they want to catch up.
Whether 2026 shifts the scoreboard depends on elections, major events, and whatever video moments spark the next big conversation. For the moment, Fox owns the YouTube throne, and it is not a photo finish.
