FOXNews.com ended 2021 as the top-performing news brand in the competitive set, according to Comscore, delivering 38 billion total multiplatform minutes.
Additionally, the website notched over 18 billion total multiplatform views and averaged more than 86 million monthly multiplatform unique visitors for the year, while the Fox News Mobile App finished 2021 averaging 7.2 million monthly unique visitors.
FOXNews.com also toppled nearly every news organization in the competitive set, outpacing NYTimes.com and WashingtonPost.com in all categories for the entire year.
Additionally, Fox News’ digital arm finished the fourth quarter with 8.5 billion multiplatform minutes, marking the network’s third consecutive quarter among the competitive set in the category with the most time spent.
Calendar year 2021 also marked Fox News’ highest non-election year on record in social engagement. The digital network hit a new high in Instagram interactions, reaching over 286 million, its best year to date.
2021 also was a record year for the highest amount of video views ever for Fox News, driving nearly 4 billion video views across YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook. The network saw increases of nearly 10 percent in YouTube Video Views versus the prior year, driving slightly over 3 billion views.
FOXBusiness.com also solidified a record year in both multiplatform views as well as multiplatform minutes. The business network earned 2.7 billion total minutes in 2021, its highest ranking since launch, with increases over the prior year while the majority of business news brands experienced double digit decreases.
FOXBusiness.com surpassed various other brands including CNN Business, Bloomberg.com, MarketWatch.com and Forbes.com in the category for the year for the first time ever.
In multiplatform views, Fox Business drove 1.6 billion, up nearly 10 percent over the prior year. Finally, FOXBusiness.com also saw double digit increases versus the prior quarter in all metrics.
Fox Business’ social videos notched the most viewed videos among the business news competitive set for the year (YouTube, Instagram, Facebook combined).