Estimated 24.6 million TV viewers watched inauguration coverage, smallest audience since 2013
- An estimated 24.6 million television viewers watched President Donald Trump's second inauguration, the smallest audience for the quadrennial ceremony since Barack Obama's second inauguration in 2013.
- The Nielsen Company reported that viewership was down from Joe Biden's 2021 inauguration, which reached 33.8 million, and Trump's first inauguration, seen by 30.6 million in 2017.
- Fox News Channel had 10.3 million viewers during the period when Trump was sworn in, while ABC had 4.7 million, NBC had 4.4 million, and CNN had 1.7 million.
- Inauguration viewership has varied widely over the past half-century, with a high of 41.8 million for Ronald Reagan in 1981 and a low of 15.5 million for George W. Bush in 2004.
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Leaning Left16Leaning Right8Center26Last UpdatedBias Distribution52% Center
Bias Distribution
- 52% of the sources are Center
52% Center
L 32%
C 52%
R 16%
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