NBC ranked first in the U.S. midterm election vote counting broadcast... Conservative Fox ranked only 5th.

As the U.S. midterm elections attracted national attention, viewership ratings for vote counting broadcasts rose significantly.

Citing preliminary Nielsen data, Bloomberg News reported on the 5th that the number of viewers for primetime news covering the midterm election vote count results on the night of the 3rd (local time) was 27.1 million.

This is a 22% increase compared to the 2022 midterm elections, and is interpreted as an increase in viewership as votes fluctuate in battleground states such as South Carolina, Ohio, Texas, and Michigan.

By broadcasting station, NBC had the largest number of viewers at 6.8 million.

ABC followed with 5.1 million viewers, followed by CNN and Microsoft Now with 4.16 million viewers each.

Fox News, a conservative broadcaster, ranked 5th overall with 4.04 million viewers. Until the 2022 midterm elections, Fox News' viewership reached 7.4 million, but this time it decreased by 45%.

In addition, CBS News ranked 6th with 2.8 million viewers.

Fox News was once the most watched channel by conservatives, including Republican supporters, and was ranked first in the number of viewers among cable channels in the United States.

However, while the Democratic Party won a landslide victory in this midterm election, viewership ratings were also sluggish.

US President Donald Trump also posted a criticism targeting Fox News.

He pointed out on the social networking service (SNS) Truth Social on the night of the 3rd, "Fox News is constantly featuring the 'Dumocrat' (foolish Democratic Party) forces, and is responsible for this defeat."

Meanwhile, the number of cases of watching election results broadcast on YouTube has also increased.

On the day of the midterm elections, NBC announced that it conducted a live streaming with commentary by political analyst Steve Kornaki between regular broadcast segments, and that the total number of views was 29 million.