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Fox News Logs Record 2025 Non-Election Primetime, Extends Lead on TV and YouTube

New audience tallies point to host-led shows driving the surge.

Overview

  • Fox averaged 2.72 million primetime viewers in 2025, up 14% year over year and its best non-election result, second only to 2020.
  • Across the day, Fox drew 1.73 million viewers, up 18%, while CNN averaged 436,000 and MS NOW 552,000 with year-over-year declines.
  • In the key 25–54 demo, Fox averaged 287,000 in primetime versus CNN’s 105,000 and MS NOW’s 81,000.
  • On YouTube, Emplifi tallied 4.3 billion views for Fox in 2025, ahead of MS NOW’s 3.6 billion and CNN’s 2.2 billion.
  • Fox edged NBC in weekday primetime at 3.2 million to 3.1 million, as media reports say the rise coincided with increased access to the Trump administration.