The Nielsen Company says an estimated 24.6 million people watched coverage of President Donald Trump's second inauguration.

Summary

Donald Trump’s second inauguration drew an estimated 24.6 million television viewers, the lowest audience for a presidential inauguration since Barack Obama’s second in 2013.

Viewership declined compared to Joe Biden’s 2021 inauguration (33.8 million) and Trump’s first in 2017 (30.6 million).

Fox News led coverage, averaging 10.3 million viewers during the swearing-in and speech, while other networks saw smaller audiences.

    • prole
      11·
      10 hours ago

      I tried. It was the Nazi salute that broke through for me. I just couldn’t ignore it… I didn’t actually see it until watching the rerun of Monday’s Daily Show last night, but I saw the still shots.

    • spooky2092English
      5·
      9 hours ago

      I only found out about Nazi Space Karen’s antics cuz of the memes.

    • undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch
      39·
      17 hours ago

      If I hear his droning groggly voice going off about some fake shit, I usually snap and tell whoever to shut that shit off. It’s unbearable. The guy sounds how I imagine anyone would after a 40+ years of Quarter Pounders and Diet Coke, he’s probably way over his fair share in carbon emissions from his diet alone.

      I thought I could tolerate reading quotes of him but it’s a mess every time. Whatever schools he attended failed him greatly.

      • MagicShel@lemmy.zipEnglish
        17·
        12 hours ago

        I feel like I’m being mansplained to by the stupidest man in existence. Which works since apparently Trump’s executive order makes me a woman now.

        • prole
          2·
          10 hours ago

          This really is the perfect way to put it, and I feel like it even comes from a similar place of “I’m better than you so I know better than you” smarmyness.

      • SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world
        10·
        14 hours ago

        And it’s even worse when he reads from the autocue. It’s like he talks himself to sleep, he loses energy after speaking more than 2 bigly words in a row. That’s probably why he always interjects himself with some dumb catchphrase to wake himself up.

      • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
        7·
        16 hours ago

        LALALALALA!! I know I have to listen to journalist people summarize the shit he’s done because it’s the reality we need to oppose. But nobody who isn’t paid for it should have to listen to that mosquito whine.