After the presidential election, Fox News Channel has seen its share of prime-time cable news viewership soar as liberal networks MSNBC and CNN continue to hemorrhage viewership.
From the Nov. 5 election through Thursday, Fox News captured a staggering 73% of all cable news prime-time viewers, including advertisers, according to Nielsen Media Research. That includes 71% of the coveted 25- to 54-year-old demo viewers.
Fox News averaged 3.2 million total viewers in prime time, a 34% increase from before President-elect Donald Trump's election, and 417,000 in the key demo, a huge 46% increase.
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FOX News Channel's prime-time viewership has skyrocketed since the presidential election. (Fox News)
Meanwhile, CNN averaged just 469,000 prime-time viewers, down 35% from its pre-election audience, and just 99,000 in the key demo, down 36%.
But MSNBC suffered the biggest losses versus CNN, despite having more total viewers. After the election, prime-time programming averaged 702,000 viewers, a whopping 47% drop, but the all-important demonstrations drew just 69,000 viewers, more than half the number before the election.
FOX News continues to dominate overall daytime programming, averaging 2 million total viewers since the election, while MSNBC and CNN have averaged just 368,000 and 527,000 viewers, respectively. I am.
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MSNBC and CNN have continued to captivate viewers since President-elect Donald Trump won the election earlier this month. (Evan Vucci/Associated Press)
Perhaps most notable this week is the popularity of MSNBC after co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski revealed that they met with President Trump at Mar-a-Lago. This is probably a rebellion among viewers against the morning program “Morning Joe.'' The left fan base.
MSNBC's “Morning Joe” averaged 1.1 million total viewers from 6 a.m. ET in 2024, but after the powwow with President Trump was revealed, liberal viewing declined. Viewer numbers dropped to 769,000 on Monday as viewers changed channels.
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Viewership dropped again on Tuesday, averaging 683,000 total viewers, and fell even further on Wednesday, averaging just 618,000 total viewers.
Viewership for Thursday's major demonstrations was 55% lower than before the election.
“Morning Joe” has seen viewership decline after co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski said they had met President-elect Donald Trump in person. (Screenshot/MSNBC)
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CNN and MSNBC both face uncertain futures, with MSNBC being spun off from parent company Comcast along with other cable networks, marking a corporate divorce with its sister networks, so CNN is expected to move forward in the coming months. is expected to face mass layoffs and budget cuts. NBC News, a decision is expected to be finalized next year.
Fox News' Brian Flood contributed to this report.
