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Fox News Caps 2025 With Record Non‑Election Ratings, Leads Cable and Edges NBC on Weeknights

Fresh Nielsen–Comscore data confirms Fox translating audience gains into clear leadership across TV plus digital.

Overview

  • Fox averaged 2.72 million primetime viewers in 2025, up 14% year over year, with 1.7 million in total day up 18%, according to Nielsen.
  • Weekday primetime on Fox averaged 3.2 million viewers, narrowly surpassing NBC’s 3.1 million and sitting just behind ABC and CBS.
  • Fox programs occupied the top 12 cable news shows and the network aired the top 1,080 cable news telecasts for the year.
  • In the 25–54 demo, Fox averaged 287,000 in primetime and 185,000 in total day as CNN and MS NOW posted steep declines, including record lows for CNN.
  • Digitally, Emplifi counted 4.3 billion YouTube views for Fox in 2025, while Comscore tracked November totals of 1.6 billion multiplatform views, 3.1 billion minutes, and 165 million unique visitors.