According to Nielsen live-plus-same-day data for the total day (Monday to Sunday 6), MSNBC averaged 95,776 viewers in the prime cable demo among adults aged 25–54, compared to CNN’s demo audience of 94,513. Scored a slight win over CNN in comparison. 6 a.m. to 6 a.m.).
However, as expected, Fox News trailed CNN and MSNBC with a demo viewership of 140,754 viewers during the same time frame.
Using a slightly different total day measurement (Monday through Sunday from 6 a.m. to 2 a.m.), which is not typically used by Nielsen, increased MSNBC’s lead against CNN in terms of demo viewership, MSNBC scored an average of 106,211 demo viewers, while CNN received 104,321 demo viewers. average viewer. Similarly, Fox News’ demo viewers averaged 156,430 during this time frame.
As expected, Fox News dominated all measured ratings categories, outpacing CNN and MSNBC in total daytime and primetime viewers for the ninth consecutive quarter and the most primetime viewers among cable news for 86 consecutive quarters. number achieved.
In terms of total daytime (Monday through Sunday 6 a.m. to 6 a.m.) total viewers, Fox News ranked No. 1 with 1.16 million viewers, while MSNBC came in second with 796,000 total viewers and CNN third. But stay 483,000 total viewers.
The trend held steady in the alternative total day measurement (Monday through Sunday 6 a.m. to 2 a.m.) as Fox News gained 1.32 million total viewers, while MSNBC took second place with 896,000 total viewers and CNN with 514,000 total viewers.
In primetime, Fox News led with 1.69 million total viewers, while MSNBC averaged 1.27 million total viewers and CNN averaged 573,000 viewers. In the primetime demo, Fox News averaged 179,000 adults 25–54 viewers, while MSNBC averaged 139,000 viewers in the demo and CNN averaged 126,000 viewers in the demo.
