Steve Kornacki’s Record-Long Livestream on YouTube Held Twice as Many Live Viewers as Competition
NBCNews.com Recorded Historic Number of Page Views, +247% vs 2022 Midterms
November 4, 2026 – NBC News’ “Kornacki Cam” ranked as the #1 election livestream on YouTube last night, with a record 29 million views across all platforms.
Featuring 10.5 hours of nonstop coverage, the unfiltered, behind-the-scenes livestream gave viewers a continuous look at Steve Kornacki as he tracked and analyzed election results throughout the night. For the first time ever, Kornacki was able to simultaneously appear in NBC News’ special election broadcast coverage and his dedicated “Kornacki Cam” livestream, all from the same physical set at NBC News’ state-of-the-art election headquarters at 30 Rockefeller Plaza.
On YouTube alone, the livestream reached 6.1 million views and had twice as many live viewers compared to all key broadcast and cable competitors with over 300,000 peak concurrents between 8:30-11:30 p.m. ET. This follows a highly-watched primary cycle, with the “Kornacki Cam” generating more than 41 million livestream starts across 22 nights of primary coverage this election cycle.
Additionally, NBCNews.com recorded its second-highest number of page views ever, up +247% compared to the 2022 midterms and trailing only the 2024 presidential election. NBCNews.com also marked its fifth-highest number of unique viewers of all time, up 141% vs. the 2022 midterms.
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Source: YouTube hourly concurrents across NBC News, CBS News, CNN, ABC News, MS NOW and Fox News channels
