Estimated 24.6 million TV viewers watched inauguration coverage, smallest audience since 2013

Donald Trump's second inauguration draws fewer viewers than Joe Biden’s 2021 ceremony, ratings drop significantly

Donald Trumps second inauguration, held on January 20, 2025, experienced a significant drop in TV ratings when compared to the viewership of his first inauguration in 2017 and President Joe Bidens ceremony in 2021.

Data: 24.6m Americans watch Trump’s inauguration

An estimated 24.6 million Americans tuned in on January 20th to watch the inauguration of Donald Trump as 47th president of the US, according to Nielsen. Viewership peaked with 34.4 million viewers during the 12:15pm ET quarter-hour. While coverage varied by network, 15 networks aired coverage of the 60th Inauguration Day events from approximately 10:30am […]

Donald Trump's inauguration drew smallest TV audience since 2013

An estimated 24.6 million television viewers watched US President Donald Trump's second inauguration, the smallest audience for the quadrennial ceremony since Barack Obama's second inauguration in 2013.The Nielsen Company said on Tuesday that viewership was down from Joe Biden's 2021 inauguration, which reached 33.8 million, and Trump's first move into the White House, seen by 30.6 million in 2017.Inauguration viewership has varied widely over t…

OUCH! Trump Gets Hit Where it Hurts: TV Ratings for His Inauguration Fall 27% Below Joe Biden's

Ever since the election last November, Donald Trump has been exaggerating - aka lying - about the scope of his victory. He repeatedly refers to it as a "landslide," despite the fact that his margin of victory over Vice President Kamala Harris was a...

Trump Gets Hit Where it Hurts: TV Ratings for His Inauguration Fall 27% Below Joe Biden’s

Ever since the election last November, Donald Trump has been exaggerating – aka lying – about the scope of his victory. He repeatedly refers to it as a “landslide,” despite the fact that his margin of victory over Vice President Kamala Harris was a mere 1.5%, one of the narrowest wins in modern times. Click here to Tweet this article This is typical of Trump’s acutely narcissistic psychosis that causes him to obsess over measurements of the size…

Don't tell Donald, but his inauguration viewership hit a record low, cementing one way he lost to Biden bigly

Donald Trump hates a lot of things. He hates immigrants, he hates being fact-checked, he hates being criticized, but more than anything, Donald Trump hates to lose. Which is why he’ll never admit it when it happens. Trump continues to uphold the lie that he won in 2020, despite numerous lawsuits and careful examinations that prove he did not. He continues to claim that he’s the most popular president of all time — a bombastic lie — and that all …