— Six-Hour Live Broadcast Brings In 236,220 Views —
— Coverage Peaked at 52,000 Views from 9-10 p.m. ET —
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 10, 2016 – The Young Turks’ (www.TYTNetwork.com) coverage of the New Hampshire primaries garnered the second-largest live audience in show history. The broadcast received 236,220 views over the course of its six hours of live coverage, continuing to establish The Young Turks, the largest online news and politics show in the world, as the online destination for political coverage.
Beginning at 6 p.m. ET, The Young Turks’ New Hampshire coverage opened to increased viewership in the first two hours from the previous week. The coverage peaked in the fourth hour of coverage, with 52,000 views, just off the record 53,000 views during the Iowa Caucus. Viewers tuned in for an average of 32:09, totaling 126,559 hours viewed throughout the night.
The Young Turks’ coverage was anchored from the show’s Los Angeles studio by Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, John Iadarola and Ben Mankiewicz. Jordan Chariton contributed reports from New Hampshire. The show was streamed live via YouTube on its YouTube channel (www.YouTube.com/TheYoungTurks) and its homepage (www.TYTNetwork.com/Live)
Below is the breakdown of views per hour (all times ET):
6 -7 p.m.: 25,000
7-8 p.m.: 34,000
8-9 p.m.: 34,000
9-10 p.m.: 52,000
10-11 p.m.: 32,000
11-12 p.m.: 28,000
The Young Turks set record views for its livestreamed show, which celebrated its 10th anniversary in December, during last week’s Iowa Caucus coverage. The show peaked with 53,000 views and totaled 256,000 views.
In December, The Young Turks celebrated the 10th anniversary of its daily live streamed show, making it the longest running show to be live streamed on a daily basis.
Throughout 2015, The Young Turks Network led all online News & Politics networks in comScore rankings among viewers aged 13-24 and 18-24. The Network finished the calendar as No. 1 in the category for 12 consecutive months.