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.

    • katy ✨
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      2 hours ago

      He won by less than 1%… hardly handing it to him.

      • dx1@lemmy.world
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        2 hours ago

        “We wanted to win the election, but the prospect of continuing to be complicit in genocide was just too tempting”