Emmy-winning journalist Ari Naftali Melber is the host of The Beat show, “The Beat’s” ratings were 46% higher than the prior year among viewers under the age of 55. Also, The Beat made AdWeek’s list of “most watched cable news” shows in 2022 while trailing Fox News.

Where did Ari Melber go to college and high school?

The American attorney attended Garfield High School, in Seattle, Washington, and the University of Michigan where he graduated with an AB degree in political science. After college, he moved to Washington, D.C., and worked for Senator Maria Cantwell.

Moving on, Melber’s reach goes well beyond the dwindling number of people who watch cable television,” the Los Angeles Times noted in a 2023 profile, reporting that The Beat “accumulated more than 1.27 billion total views on YouTube since it launched in 2017,

In addition, Melber was a correspondent for The Nation, and he has been published in The Atlantic, Reuters, and Politico and several books; he wrote a report about Organizing for America. The Beat drew 21 million monthly YouTube viewers in 2022 and is the “most streamed MSNBC show on YouTube.