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.
Misleading since it doesn’t include streaming numbers. I’d wager most people streamed this.
Nielsen counts streams.
They even track DVR and VOD. Pretty interesting. For streaming it’s actually the distributor that’s responsible for tagging a program so Nielsen can analyze the ratings.
Thank you for making me curious enough to look that up.