'Disastrously Bad': CNN's Primetime Viewership Plunged in July, Report Says
CNN's primetime viewership plunged to 497,000 in July—a 42 percent drop from the same time last year—leaving the network far behind its cable news rivals, according to multiple reports Tuesday.
The network "averaged only 497,000 total viewers in prime time for the month of July, despite unrelenting waves of major news," journalist Oliver Darcy reported on his
Substack. "
MSNBC, by comparison, averaged 865,000 total viewers. Meanwhile,
FOX NEWS averaged 2.41 million viewers."
While Darcy's Substack is only available to paid subscribers, former CNN host Chris Cillizza quoted from the report in an X post,
describing the numbers as "disastrously bad."
The figures indicate that CNN viewership dropped 42 percent from last year,
Deadline reported.
CNN's finances and ratings have
cratered in recent years. The liberal network's revenue tanked by around $400 million in three years, according to financial metrics revealed at a defamation trial in January.
CNN's primetime viewership plunged to 497,000 in July—a 42 percent drop from the same time last year—leaving the network far behind its cable news rivals, according to multiple reports Tuesday.
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