The explosion rate on Fox News Channel has begun in 2025, with the largest audience on average the largest audience in the first two months in cable news history, while CNN and MSNBC continue to struggle.
Fox News averages viewers on average smash all wired competitors as no other network exceeds the 1 million benchmark and the average of MSNBC is only 638,000. With Fox News’ MSNBC and CNN, CNN averaged ratings per day: 433,000 merge.
This is the most watched month of the network’s history Fox News Since its launch in 1996, its third-highest share of its cable news audience ended.

Fox News hosts Laura Ingraham, Jesse Watters, Sean Hannity and Greg Gutfeld. (Fox News)
During prime time at 8-11 PM ET, Fox News also flattened all other wired products. “Jesse Watters Prime Time”, “Hannity” and Gutfeld! “There are an average of 3.1 million viewers, while the second ESPN settled 1.4 million. MSNBC averaged 1.1 million, while CNN managed only 553,000 because the free network failed to even eliminate Fox Fox News audiences and could not even get 553,000 when merge The same is true in this category.
After the main months of February, Top 838 cable news TV broadcast Fox News has been aired since Election Day. Sean Hannity’s exclusive interview with Elon Musk and President Trump on February 18 averaged 5.4 million viewers, the second highest-rated cable TV this month broadcast.
With Greg Gutfeld, Jesse Watters, Dana Perino, Jeanine Pirro, and Spinner Co-host Jessie Jessica Tarlov and Harold Ford Jr. February was the 14th straight month, with the “five” having an average of more than 4 million viewers.
When Laura Ingraham continued as the highest-rated woman in cable news, Ingraham Angle had an average of 3.5 million viewers, Jesse Waters Primetime With 4.2 million viewers, “Hannity” averaged 3.6 million and “Gutfield!”! The best month with 3.4 million viewers when all four shows dominate their schedule.
More than 10 million viewers watched the inauguration of Fox News, smashing all other networks

The “Five” averaged 4.7 million viewers to be number one in all cable news in February.
The “Special Report with Bret Baier” averaged 3.6 million viewers and the new “Will Cain Show” increased by 81% compared to last year.
“American Report” with John Roberts and Sandra Smith, “Stories” with Martha MacCallum and Fox News @Night ( Night) has had its best months since 2020.
“Fox & Friends First”, “Fox & Friends”, Bill Hemmer and Dana Perino, “U.S. Newsroom”, “Faulkner Focus” and “Outnumbered” also have dominant months to help keep Fox News first. With another win, “Fox & Friends” has been the first-line cable news show in the morning for three consecutive years.
Fox News, an average of 25-54-year-old adult demographic audiences addressed by advertisers, ranks No. 1 in all cables in the key categories. ESPN, TNT, TBS and USA are in the top five in the CNN and MSNBC outside.
CNN averaged 82,000 viewers in key demos, while MSNBC attracted only 66,000 viewers with an average daily demo.
MSNBC’s prime time lineup has been the worst ever among advertisers’ coveted crowds

“Jesse Waters Prime Time” ranks first among the key population of adults aged 25-54.
This is the same as 8-11 pm ET, as Fox News has an average of 387,000 demo audiences during prime time, compared to 122,000 in CNN and 111,000 in MSNBC.
In cable news, “Jesse Waters Prime Time” ranked first in the demo, with an average of 518,000 advertisers’ most coveted viewers.
On weekends, Fox News beat CNN and MSNBC every hour in audiences and presentations as the “big weekend show” as the most watched cable news product throughout Saturday in February, while “Sunday” Morning futures” all won Sunday’s championship.
The debut of “My Perspectives with Lara Trump” attracted a record 2.4 million viewers, becoming the most watched show on the weekends of the entire cable event. It also beats everything CNN and MSNBC had to offer throughout the week.
Fox News received 65% of cable news in both total day and prime time, while CNN and MSNBC fell through the audience throughout date and prime time as well as the presentation.
According to Nielsen MRI Fusion, an increasing number of Democrats, independents and Republicans continue to watch Fox News through any other wired network. Although Fox News dominates cable news, 3.9 million nighttime viewers in prime time have beaten ABC, CBS, NBC since January, and it also goes beyond a variety of free TV options. Fox News’ “Five” or even More than “CBS Evening News”.
February marked the fifth highest month ever for Fox News until April 2003, October 2020, April 2020, and March 2020.
Rating data is provided by Nielsen Media Research.
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