Start of Campaign Season Boosts Fox News on Facebook

The lead-up to the first Republican presidential candidate debate helped jump-start July Facebook engagement and shares for Fox News, according to the latest data from NewsWhip.

The lead-up to the first Republican presidential candidate debate helped jump-start July Facebook engagement and shares for Fox News, according to the latest data from NewsWhip.

According to NewsWhip data for July, Fox News overtook BuzzFeed to claim second place behind The Huffington Post, marking the first time a legacy media brand has cracked the top two.

NewsWhip said of the surge by Fox News:

As per our rankings methodology, Fox’s score is made up for foxnews.com, but also local affiliates, such as Fox 8 Live (New Orleans) and Fox 4 News (Dallas-Fort Worth).

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