This publish has been up to date with remaining numbers from Nielsen Media Analysis
The numbers are in, and 24.589 million complete viewers watched President Donald Trump‘s inauguration on Monday, per Nielsen Media Analysis. That viewership spanned 15 networks and peaked at 34.4 million in the course of the 12:15 p.m. ET quarter-hour when Trump took the oath of workplace. (All occasions Jap.)
Not surprisingly, Fox Information led the way in which in viewership. In response to remaining numbers from Nielsen, FNC noticed 11.4 million complete viewers and a couple of.4 million viewers within the Adults 25-54 demo from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
This was Fox Information’ second-best Inauguration Day efficiency, touchdown behind its protection of Trump’s first inauguration in 2017, which noticed 11.768 million complete viewers and a couple of.992 million demo viewers between 12 and 12:30 p.m.
As celebratory as Fox Information numbers have been, they have been half of a bigger viewership decline felt by the printed and cable information nets throughout the board. Viewership dropped by -27% in comparison with former President Joe Biden’s inauguration in 2021 and -20% in comparison with Trump’s first inauguration in 2017.
Biden’s inauguration was watched by 33.760 million complete viewers, with CNN attracting the largest viewership to the tune of 9.994 million complete viewers and three.509 A25-54 viewers between 11:45 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. In 2025, the community noticed 1.9 million complete viewers and 605,000 demo viewers from 11:30 to 1 p.m.
On a granular degree, Fox Information rose an enormous +316% in complete viewers and +361% within the demo in the course of the 11:30 to 1 p.m. interval in comparison with 2021. It was the one community that noticed a spike in numbers from 4 years in the past. In distinction, CNN was down by -81% in complete viewers and -83% in A25-54 viewers relative to 2021, whereas MSNBC dropped by -86% within the former class and -91% within the latter throughout the identical time interval.
Among the many three broadcast networks, ABC Information had probably the most complete viewers in the course of the 11:30 to 1 p.m. interval, with 4.9 million complete viewers and 1.2 million demo viewers. The race was really tight between the three broadcast networks as all of them recorded over 4 million complete viewers. NBC Information completed with 4.8 million complete viewers (100,000 viewers behind ABC), and CBS Information had 4.6 million (300,000 behind ABC). NBC Information was the most-broadcast community within the demo class, with 1.3 million viewers, whereas CBS Information had 1.1 million A25-54 viewers.
However all three broadcasters have been down in comparison with 2021. ABC Information fell by -36% in complete viewers and -50% in demo viewers; NBC was down by -30% and -45% in these respective classes; and CBS Information dropped by -24% in each complete viewers and within the demo.
Fox Information continued to reap the rewards of Trump’s return to energy in primetime, dominating the 8-11 p.m. interval with 6.3 million complete viewers and 1.1 million A25-54 viewers. MSNBC and CNN tied for second in complete viewers with 1.1 million every. CNN claimed second within the primetime demo with 286,000 A25-54 viewers versus MSNBC’s 102,000 viewers.
