President Trump’s inauguration final week set viewership information with an estimated 80.7 million viewers, the President introduced.
The earlier file is held by Ronald Reagan, who had an estimated 41.8 million tv viewers for his first inauguration. Trump practically doubled this quantity.
Trump’s inauguration ceremony was initially deliberate for the West Entrance of the U.S. Capitol however was moved indoors to the Capitol Rotunda as a result of frigid climate situations. Regardless of the restricted attendance within the Rotunda, 1000’s packed into the Capital One Enviornment in Washington, DC, and attended watch events throughout the nation to look at the historic ceremony.
Virtually each seat within the 20,000-seat area was stuffed.
The Gateway Pundit reported on President Trump’s once-in-a-generation inaugural address, the place he reestablished America as the house of greatness and freedom, telling his plans to repair all the destruction brought on during the last 4 years. It was his biggest speech ever.
In response to knowledge from Streams Charts, “Each YouTube and Twitch set new peak viewership information” throughout the inauguration.
The information additionally reveals that “Because of the inauguration protection, the News & Politics part on YouTube set new all-time viewership information. Through the ceremony, peak viewership within the part hit 9,691,679 with 2,727 channels streaming on the peak. Each of those numbers turned information for the class.”
Media scores agency Nielson reports that viewership peaked on more and more unpopular cable tv at 34.4 million viewers. Leftist media shops are citing figures of an estimated 26.4 million viewers from Nielson, which analyzes simply 15 cable TV networks that aired protection of the inauguration, to say that Trump’s inauguration really acquired much less views than Joe Biden’s inauguration in 2021. These claiming that Biden’s inauguration had larger viewership than Trump’s are the identical individuals who nonetheless need you to consider that Joe Biden was the most well-liked president in historical past and that he acquired 81 million votes.
Nevertheless, it is a new period the place hundreds of thousands, particularly Millenials and Gen Z, have deserted cable for streaming platforms.
Trump recorded practically 37 million views on the reside stream posted to his X account:
The sixtieth Presidential Inauguration Ceremony https://t.co/kTB4w2VCdI
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 20, 2025
President Trump mentioned, “An estimated 80.7 million viewers watched the President’s Inauguration,” which can be an underestimate once you take into consideration different reside streams on X and platforms that permit reside streaming, like Rumble and Getter.
President Trump introduced the Information on Fact Social:
President Donald J. Trump’s Historic Inauguration Units Viewership File
Knowledge from Streams Charts reveals that as a result of protection of President Trump’s Inauguration, the Information part of YouTube set a brand new “All Time Viewership File” with 9.6 million viewers.
Moreover, the Inaugural Ceremony stream on President Donald J. Trump’s X account acquired a shocking 36.7 million views.
Together with TV viewership, an estimated 80.7 million viewers watched the President’s Inauguration, which beats the earlier file of 42 million viewers with Ronald Reagan’s Inauguration in 1981.
