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dcmfox

(581 posts)
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 06:46 PM Aug 2025

Good news for once

The latest Playboard charts show the MeidasTouch Network taking a strong lead over Fox News in digital views. MeidasTouch is now the #1 most-watched digital channel in the United States, with Fox coming in at #2. Fox has billions of dollars trying to knock us out of the top spot

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Dcmfox (@dcmfox.bsky.social) 2025-08-08T22:43:23.533Z


By Ben Meiselas

I have a great update to share!

The latest Playboard charts show the MeidasTouch Network taking a strong lead over Fox News in digital views. MeidasTouch is now the #1 most-watched digital channel in the United States, with Fox coming in at #2, according to Playboard. Fox has invested billions of dollars trying to knock us out of the top spot — and they failed. Playboard ranks YouTube channels in America by both views and overall engagement.

It’s pretty incredible that even with Fox pouring billions into their digital platforms, they’re still losing to us.

Thank you to our subscribers for making this possible.

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Good news for once (Original Post) dcmfox Aug 2025 OP
Good news indeed............... Lovie777 Aug 2025 #1
I'm glad they are beating Fox. Gore1FL Aug 2025 #2
They currently are not beating Fox. demmiblue Aug 2025 #5
I think they get to the point way faster than most questionseverything Aug 2025 #16
This is old data, per usual. Here are the current rankings: demmiblue Aug 2025 #3
I was able to get the same data as the OP newdeal2 Aug 2025 #6
So did I. nt CoopersDad Aug 2025 #12
What is MeidasTouch???? nt LAS14 Aug 2025 #4
A liberal channel. I watch it a lot. byronius Aug 2025 #9
So... to continue my education about the modern world.... LAS14 Aug 2025 #13
I'll chime in. It's a podcast. I listen on Spotify, but ... Whiskeytide Aug 2025 #15
Thank you!! nt LAS14 Aug 2025 #18
That's pretty impressive PatSeg Aug 2025 #7
That's pretty impressive PatSeg Aug 2025 #8
More Bullshit Fake News CloudWatcher Aug 2025 #10
Score/Ranking math: Total Score Number of views + (Number of likes X 10) CoopersDad Aug 2025 #11
Fantastic! GREAT news!!! SupportSanity Aug 2025 #14
Happy to read this! Congratulations to the Meidas team! liberalla Aug 2025 #17

Lovie777

(21,788 posts)
1. Good news indeed...............
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 06:50 PM
Aug 2025

hope see see and hear a lot of coverage on the protest on 8/9.

Gore1FL

(22,849 posts)
2. I'm glad they are beating Fox.
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 07:10 PM
Aug 2025

It'd be better news if they played less lengthy clips of Trump talking and got to the point faster.

I generally like the content when it finally gets there. I could do without the padding.

demmiblue

(39,255 posts)
5. They currently are not beating Fox.
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 07:18 PM
Aug 2025

This poster has a habit of posting old info, sometimes years old.

LAS14

(15,460 posts)
13. So... to continue my education about the modern world....
Sat Aug 9, 2025, 11:00 AM
Aug 2025

... a "channel" is.... a Youtube channel? Something else?

Whiskeytide

(4,633 posts)
15. I'll chime in. It's a podcast. I listen on Spotify, but ...
Sat Aug 9, 2025, 05:44 PM
Aug 2025

… I’m pretty sure it’s on quite a few platforms, including YouTube. I like it because most of their broadcasts are short (15-20 minutes), usually 2 a day, and they really just deliver facts. Sometimes it’s a panel discussion that is longer. They get some stuff wrong on occasion because they go with stories before they’ve been fully vetted, but still a good listen.

CloudWatcher

(2,127 posts)
10. More Bullshit Fake News
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 07:53 PM
Aug 2025

I'm getting pretty tired of reading fake news here .. with tons of recs.

Instead of a meme, here's a link to the actual playboard stats:

https://playboard.co/en/youtube-ranking/most-popular-all-channels-in-united-states-daily

It shows (as of just now):

Fox News #1 with 13 million views
Meidastouch #2 with 7 million views

I'd do a screen cap so you wouldn't have to follow a link to check my figures .. but life is short.

Sheesh.

Edited to add: Ok, I have no clue. Refresh on the web page and now the order is reversed (Meidastouch #1, Fox #2) but the views are basically still 2:1 in favor of Fox. I have no idea how their ranking works.

CoopersDad

(3,281 posts)
11. Score/Ranking math: Total Score Number of views + (Number of likes X 10)
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 09:33 PM
Aug 2025

This puts Meidas just a few thousand over Fox.

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