CNN, MS NOW & Fox News Ratings: Which Network Just Had Massive Month?
What To Know
- Fox News saw a major ratings win against its cable news competitors in February.
- Both Fox News and CNN saw ratings increases for the week of February 9, while MS NOW had a decline in the key 25-54 demo for primetime viewership.
February was a huge month for Fox News, with the network averaging 34% more primetime viewers and 35% more total day viewers than competitors CNN and MS NOW combined throughout the month, according to Mediaite.
With an average 2.61 million primetime viewers between Monday and Sunday, Fox News crushed CNN and MS NOW, which averaged a combined 1.94 million primetime viewers (807,000 average for CNN and 1.14 million average for MS NOW). Notably, Fox News also topped CBS, which averaged 2.4 million primetime viewers in February.
For Fox News, these primetime numbers were a 28% increase compared to January, while CNN and MS NOW also saw 22% and 28% increases, respectively.
For the week of February 9 to 13, Fox News won against its cable news competitors with an average of 2.768 million total primetime viewers and 285,000 in the key Adults 25-54 demo. This was a 5% increase in total viewers and 4% increase in the demo compared to the week prior.
Meanwhile, MS NOW’s average primetime viewers for the same week were 1.126 million, with 127,000 in the key demo. This was a 3% increase in total viewers for the network, but a 5% decrease in the 25-54 demo compared to one week earlier. CNN averaged 895,000 primetime viewers, with 162,000 in the 25-54 demo, a 19% and 14% increase, respectively, compared to the previous week.
When it came to total day viewers for the week of February 9, Fox News averaged 1.841 million total and 187,000 in the key demo, a 7% increase from the prior week for both. MS NOW brought in an average 720,000 total day viewers and 79,000 in the key demo, which was up 6% and 5% from the previous week, respectively. CNN’s total day average numbers were 613,000 total and 99,000 in the 25-54 demo, a 16% increase for both compared to one week earlier.
Among all cable networks, Fox News was ranked first in primetime viewership and second in the key demo for the February 9 week. CNN finished in fourth place for total primetime viewers and sixth in the demo, while MS NOW was in third place for total primetime viewers and eighth in the 25-54 demo.
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When you have one right-leaning station (FOX) and two others who lean more to the left, you obviously will have more viewers on FOX than on just one of the other two because you are splitting the left-leaning viewers to two networks. If you had just FOX and CNN, or just FOX and MS Now, the %'s would be more equal.
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Did you read this sentence?
“With an average 2.61 million primetime viewers between Monday and Sunday, Fox News crushed CNN and MS NOW, which averaged a combined 1.94 million primetime viewers (807,000 average for CNN and 1.14 million average for MS NOW).”
Stop allowing liberalism to dumb you down.
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What i want to know is how can anyone that loves America be stupid enough to watch that propaganda spewing msnow channel
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Considering the majority of world has rejected the MAGA cult philosophy, that would indicate you’re in the minority. See you in November.
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We are having the shit show we have in this country because too many people are watching the real propaganda Network, Fox Not News!!! We could only hope more would watch MS Now, or at least CNN, and really educate themselves!!!
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You mean Sleepy Joe and Word Salad Harris were your definition of a brain trust!?!?!? I mean, come on, I know the left is all 'but we hate Trump'.... but it's so funny how you people can't help yourselves. If Trump said the sky was blue, you'd come out and say he is anti-feminist because the sky should be pink. Yes, that is how retarded you people are.
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Can't wait... right after SAVE Act becomes law. November can't come soon enough.
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You're ignorant too, huh? CNN has international reach Fox does not because Fox was created with the exclusive purpose of pushing a rightwing agenda. This was supposedly to address what they claimed was overwhelming overall media bias to he left BUT it's much more likely because conservatives can't exist in a world of facts and truth as it doesn't comport with their forever aggrieved personal views. Theres a saying: "your perception is your own reality." Trump takes that literally and so they aim to create a world of make believe that'll keep these aggrieved Americans watching. Best example off the top of my head (as evident in court filings galore): the Dominion Voting Systems case where Fox peddled election lies because they worried viewers would flee to Newsmax and OAN as both persisted in lying that Trump won in 2020.
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Lol
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Too many people watching Fox Not News is the dumb down of this country and why we have the shit show we are currently in!!!
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I am in Ireland watching CNN.
Fox News is not shown here. So I would say more people watch CNN
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If your population consists of only 4 million inhabitants—and you call that CNN—don't make me laugh.
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You do realize the population of all of Ireland (Republic + Northern) is less than Miami or a portion of NYC. Not exactly a sizable population. This is why CNN is there and Fox, CNN desperately needs Europe...for Fox, European viewership is a rounding error.
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