Published February 5, 2021, 5:03 PM
GMA News and Public Affairs dominated the Philippine online space for 2020, with viewers trooping to its digital platforms in a tumultuous year.
According to data from video analytics firm Tubular Labs, GMA News led all Philippine media organizations in video viewership across all digital platforms for the year, peaking at No.5 worldwide in May 2020 at the height of the Enhanced Community Quarantine in Luzon.
On YouTube, GMA News had over 2 billion video views, leading ABS-CBN News which had 1.6 billion views for the year.
Likewise on Facebook, GMA News had over 3 billion views, compared to ABS-CBN News’ 2.5 billion views. The Kapuso Network’s main news page also led all Philippine news pages in total engagement for the year, with 536 million likes, clicks, and shares as against ABS-CBN News’ 493 million, according to data from social analytics platform CrowdTangle. Across all platforms, GMA News ended the year with more than 52 million f