The Megyn Kelly Show recorded roughly twice as many viewers as CBS News' entire roster combined last month, figures show.
The Megyn Kelly Show recorded roughly twice as many viewers as CBS News' entire roster combined last month, its host has revealed.
Kelly took to X to tout the impressive February showing on Thursday.
The show scored 138million views on YouTube in the month alone, the Daily Mail confirmed - compared to CBS's 70million.
The results also put her in front of former employer NBC News by 46million, figures show - all without a crowded, costly newsroom.
'Just our one show with its 5 producers. This isn’t counting our HUGE podcast downloads or other socials. We love our audience & greatly appreciate the support!' Kelly wrote in her post.
She was sure to point out the number was '117million more than Ben Shapiro.'
When reached for comment Friday, Kelly told the Daily Mail a bit more about February's success.
'Americans have had it with corporate agendas and obvious but unacknowledged bias and manipulations,' she explained. 'They come to us because they want news that’s unfiltered, interesting, entertaining and real.
The Megyn Kelly Show recorded roughly twice as many viewers as CBS News' entire roster combined last month, its host revealed this week
Kelly took to X to tout the impressive showing for February - which eclipsed both NBC News and CBS News' entire show catalogues
'If we can have a laugh at ourselves or someone else in the process, so much the better. It’s a news show, yes, but it’s kind of closer to catching up with friends.
February's catalogue included an interview with Vice President JD Vance, Kelly's reporting on the Grammy's, and her relentless coverage of the ongoing search for Nancy Guthrie.
Such coverage is delivered in a familiar format, over the course of about two hours.
Topics typically touched on can range from politics to entertainment.
The show launched in 2020 out of her children's playroom.
A little more than five years later, it is reeling in more than 100million views a month.
Kelly's competitors, such as Shapiro, Don Lemon, David Rubin, and Piers Morgan, all regularly record tens of millions fewer viewers, with even major news organizations now being eclipsed by Kelly's coverage. Kelly is an independent who has tended to skew pro-MAGA in recent years, but who is not afraid to criticize Trump on issues like his Iran invasion.
The rise, moreover, does not appear to be slowing any time soon - with nearly 140 million views and 81,000 new subscribers last month.
The results marked Kelly's most successful month since the November 2024 election.
Kelly quit Fox News in 2017 for an ill-fated stint on NBC's Today, which lasted until October 2018.
Kelly said on a recent episode of her show late last year: 'When I was at Fox and then for that year at NBC, I was more in the center. I was like definitely center-right,'
'Now I think I'm pretty conservative. I mean, I just am now. I mean, the earth has shifted such that I think I have to say, yes, by today's standards, you'd call me conservative - But that's thanks to them.
'What they did to me, they were vicious. They're complete a**holes. Their woke ideology completely radicalized me against them.
'And I love that,' Kelly added. 'It empowered me in a way that allowed me to see the truth about them.
'That was very helpful to me. I wouldn't undo it if I could because it really helped me understand who I was dealing with over there.'
Kelly's coverage has continued to evolve ever since.
Her on-air rhetoric remains frank, with praise and criticism offered, at times, at the drop of hat.
The result is an approach to news that may soon become commonplace.
Kelly's 'Megyn Kelly Show' was signed by SiriusXM in 2021. Episodes can be found every weekday on YouTube, as well as Apple and Spotify as a podcast.