2025 Q2 Cable News Ratings: Top Networks & Viewership
News Context
At a glance
- The threat of widespread conflict in the Middle East and the U.S.
- Despite these bubbling tensions, the second-quarter cable news ratings were not as impressive as those in the first quarter, as all three cable news networks experienced declines in...
- MSNBC was the lone bright spot for the quarter as it was the only news network not to lose viewers in either of the measured categories during total...
Among Adults 25-54
- The Five – Fox News – (410,000)
- Jesse Watters Primetime – Fox News – (396,000)
- Hannity – Fox News – (370,000)
- Gutfeld! – Fox News – (360,000)
- The Ingraham Angle – Fox News – (317,000)
- Special Report with Bret Baier – Fox News – (314,000)
- The Will Cain Show – Fox News – (265,000)
- Fox News at Night – Fox News – (243,000)
- Outnumbered – Fox News – (241,000)
- America Reports – Fox News – (239,000)
- The Story – Fox News – (233,000)
- The Faulkner Focus – Fox News – (222,000)
- America’s Newsroom – Fox News – (212,000)
- Fox and Friends – Fox – (184,000)
- The Rachel Maddow Show – MSNBC – (177,000)
2025 Q2 Cable News Ratings (Nielsen Live+SD data):
| PRIMETIME | Fox News | MSNBC | CNN |
| • Total Viewers: | 2,663,000 | 1,008,000 | 538,000 |
| • A25-54: | 304,000 | 91,000 | 105,000 |
| TOTAL DAY | Fox News | MSNBC | CNN |
| • Total Viewers: | 1,632,000 | 596,000 | 406,000 |
| • A25-54: | 202,000 | 57,000 | 71,000 |
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