CNN’s new streaming platform is already a big fat failure just two weeks after launch

If you are reading this, chances are you don’t have a very high opinion of the fake news network CNN.

But if you were to guess how many people are using their new streaming platform, CNN+, which they have been hyping for months, you’d probably guess a lot higher than what is reality.

The latest numbers show that CNN is averaging less than TEN THOUSAND daily users, as CNBC joyfully reported.

Fewer than 10,000 people are using CNN+ on a daily basis two weeks into its existence, sources tell CNBC, casting doubt on the future of the app following the combination of Discovery & WarnerMedia.https://t.co/20GmjuQafQ

— CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) April 12, 2022

In contrast, CNN’s cable network currently averages 773,000 viewers a day (which is less than half what Fox News averages daily).

CNN was hoping this new platform would be what finally turns things around for them, reversing what has been a horrible past few years for their network.

They went all-out, poaching big name talent from rival networks, like Kasie Hunt from NBC News and Chris Wallace from Fox News.

Yet, it has instead perhaps been the worst rollout of any streaming platform yet.

Just to put this into context, when Disney+ (who CNN+ likely stole their naming format from) was released, they brought in over 10 MILLION subscribers on day one.

Considering that CNN reportedly invested over $300 MILLION into this project, this is an abysmal failure.

CNN invested $300 million in CNN+ and has fewer than 10,000 people watching a day. That incredible failure has CNN+ already on the cancellation ropes: https://t.co/4CbtYJRuk4

— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) April 12, 2022

But reportedly, CNN is is still holding onto hope.

“We continue to be happy with the launch and its progress after only two weeks,” a CNN spokesperson reportedly told CNBC.

It turns out that constantly pushing fake news isn’t a good business model. Who would have thought?