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.
I doubt even that many watched.
Right? It seems like a lot.
It was unlikely to make for scintillating television.
Unless somebody Guy Fawkes’d the lot of them, it’s just hours of footage of people signing bits of paper.