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Tubular Labs's June 2020 leaderboard for the News and Politics category showed that GMA News is the top online news video publisher in the Philippines with 223.7 million views on Facebook and 139.9 million on YouTube and the only Filipino news outlet among the top 20 worldwide for the month. Contributing a significant amount of views on GMA News' official Facebook and YouTube pages is the livestreaming of GMA Network's premiere daily newscast 24 Oras which stands as the most watched news program online.
24 Oras' express version is also available for viewing worldwide along with Saksi and Unang Hirit. Last June, GMA News launched #BetterNormalPH, an online exclusive show hosted by veteran investigative journalist Malou Mangahas which seeks to explore how Filipinos are adjusting to the "new normal" brought by the continuing threat of the COVID-19 pandemic. GMA News' other original online video series are also likewise going strong such as "Quarantined With Howie Severino" which consistently guests the top newsmakers of the week and explanatory journalism effort "Need To Know" series shedding light on the social and political issued surfaced amidst the pandemic.
On the other hand, GMA Public Affairs emerged as the second top online video publisher in the country under the same category with 219 million views on YouTube, surprisingly, and 72.2 million views on Facebook. Leading the most viewed public affairs programs online is "Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho" (One At Heart, Jessica Soho), the number one television program in the Philippines, as well as Tadhana, Wish Ko Lang, iWitness and Imbestigador. A substantial number of views for GMA Public Affairs' Facebook and YouTube accounts also came from its own sleuth of online exclusive shows including Stand For Truth, Frontliners, Fact Or Fake, RTx, Survivors, The Better Normal PH, Juan Love, Quarantours, Sumbungan Ng Bayan and ECQusina.
Consistently bolsting the Network's digital presence globally is no less than GMA News and Public Affairs Digital which, by the way, currently handles the two accounts. These online exclusive shows are available at GMA News Online's official website, www.gmanews.tv, with new episodes premiering weekly as well as the official Facebook pages and YouTube channels of GMA News and GMA Public Affairs.
