Finley said Fox is happy with the number of subscribers Fox Nation has after one year, although the company won’t release any statistics. The market research firm Parks Associates estimates that it has between 200,000 and 300,000 subscribers.
For a niche product designed to attract a specific type of user — fans of the television network — that’s pretty good, said Brett Sappington, senior research director at Parks Associates.
This past summer, Fox Nation also began streaming a simulcast of the Fox News Channel telecast, which Finley estimated is usually watched by about 20 percent of the service’s users.
From the article "Nancy Grace joining Fox News' streaming service to host 'Crime Stories with Nancy Grace."
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