In the final quarter of 2020, CNN averaged 412 thousand total day viewers aged between 25 and 54 years. The cable news network managed to attract a greater amount of viewers from this younger demographic compared to its competitors Fox News and MSNBC. Fox News was the leading network with almost 1.84 million total day viewers in Q4 2020.
Leading cable news networks in the United States in Q4 2020, by number of total day viewers
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