News Networks Saw Major Viewership Drop in 2021

By Ken Lund (Flickr: CNN Center, Atlanta, Georgia) [CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Over the past year, news networks have seen major drops in viewership, especially left-leaning networks like CNN. Data is revealing just how many Americans stopped watching news networks in a port-Trump era.

The Hill reports:

The drop in viewership this year was larger among cable news networks, The Associated Press reported, citing Nielsen data, with a 38 percent drop in weekday prime-time viewership for CNN, 34 percent drop for Fox News Channel and 25 percent drop for MSNBC.

Network news channels fared somewhat better than their cable counterparts, with viewership at ABC’s “World News Tonight” and “CBS Evening News” dropping by 12 percent each and viewership for NBC’s “Nightly News” dropping by 14 percent.

Outlets such as CNN have recently turned to other revenue opportunities, including making investments in streaming services. For example, CNN hired former NBC News anchor Kasie Hunt as an anchor for its streaming service in August and announced earlier this month that longtime “Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace would join its streaming service in early 2022.

Earlier this month, it was reported that Fox News was the most watched cable news channel for a sixth consecutive year, commanding 44 percent of the day audience and 47 percent of the primetime audience in 2021. Like CNN, Fox News’s streaming service, Fox Nation, acquired a big name this year when it was announced in September that Piers Morgan would be joining to host a new show set to air in 2020.

During Trump’s time in the White House, many news networks enjoyed their highest viewership ratings in years. Many left-leaning networks like CNN capitalized on their hatred of Trump but then experiencing a major drop in ratings when they no longer could continue their witchhunt against the President.



  1. If the ratings are to be believed maybe there is hope for the country. More people tuning out the propaganda channels and seeking another source of truth is a sure sign of a change. Once the pathological liar is exposed, everything is subject to scrutiny. God Bless America.

      1. Guaranteed the minority is the Trump haters, the liberals, the communist, the socialist. But if that is what their ratings reflect, there are still a lot of idiots walking, talking and voting. Sad fact!

          1. The Trump haters aren’t the majority. They’ve been made to look like they are by the financial elite but that will change. They have created an illusion by censorship of their opposition that will come back to bite them soon. “Truth, though buried, contains within it the seeds of resurrection.”

        1. Trump is believes in the law and knew it would take time for his challenge to their censorship to make it through the courts. Social media shut down Trump only because they could, but they don’t realize yet the enormous backlash it has started that will come back to bite them in the ‘you know where.’ It was a terrible mistake on their part. It has made people hate them and no longer trust them because of the lies they have been telling.

  2. Terrifying? No, this will be concerning to the lamestream media but they are too blinded by TDS to make the changes necessary to recover viewership.

    1. You just broke one of the 10 Commandments (not Suggestions). “You shall not take the name of the Lord God in vain.” Repent while you still have a chance. Time runs out much too quickly and then it will be too late. Heaven is awaiting your response as they have the upper hand and time is on their side.

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