NEW YORK (AP) — 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 said 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 w…

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

While Trump made his triumphant return to the White House, viewership was down compared to Joe Biden’s ceremony in 2021, which drew nearly 40 million. Fox News, meanwhile, drew almost half of the entire television viewing audience for the ceremony across seven cable and broadcast news networks.

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Trump inauguration pulls in just 26 million viewers, way down from Biden in 2021

NEW YORK (AP) — An estimated 24.6 million television viewers watched President Donald Trump's second inauguration, the smallest audience for the

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Fox News was the most-watched network for the event while MSNBC topped CNN for inauguration coverage for the first time.

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Trump inauguration draws 24.6 million viewers, a steep drop from 2021 and 2017

24.6 million viewers watched Donald Trump's second presidential inauguration, down 27% from 2020 and 21% from 2016.

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Trump Inauguration Ratings: 24.6 Million Viewers, Down From Both 2020 and 2016

UPDATED, with final numbers: Donald Trump drew fewer viewers to his second inauguration than to his first, as well as to Joe Biden's four years ago. According to Nielsen, the inauguration drew 24.59 million viewers, compared to 33.76 million for Biden's 2021 inauguration and 30.

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NEW YORK (AP) — 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.

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