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.

  • 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.