The Nielsen Company says an estimated 24.6 million people watched coverage of President Donald Trump's second inauguration.

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.

  • paraphrand@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    3 months ago

    I didn’t know it was on Disney+. That’s interesting. It really shows how the TV landscape is shifting away from broadcast.

    Fuck Trump, but I think it sorta makes sense for the new “networks” to carry live events like this as we move to all-digital.

    Back in the day, when over the air was the main option, it was good that things like this were put in front of people. I still think things like this should be put in front of people.

    And I’ll reiterate: fuck Trump.

    • pdxfed@lemmy.world
      9·
      3 months ago

      Just wait. There will be mergers and buyouts like you have t seen in your lifetime the next 4 years. Verizon/Comcast/Meta, Disney(abc, Hulu, ESPN, Pixar), Twitter/Fox/tiktok, etc.

      • Metz@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        3 months ago

        As a German, I can say that some more left-leaning like-minded friends would be very welcome here.

          • Metz@lemmy.worldEnglish
            4·
            3 months ago

            Of course! And i think German is not that difficult anyway. Since English is a Germanic language, it’s relatively easy for many people who already know it to learn some German.

            I’m afraid the main problem would be the housing crisis. e.g. i’ve been without my own place for over 2 years. Have to sleep on a couch at a relative’s small appartement. I basically occupy the living room.

            I hope this problem can be solved over the next years. Of course, the right-wingers promise exactly that. And their solution is “get everyone out who is not like us”.

            • T00l_shed@lemmy.world
              1·
              3 months ago

              I speak French, so many I can find a place on the border! The afd’s solution won’t work though.

              • Metz@lemmy.worldEnglish
                2·
                3 months ago

                Oh, i had a very nice french neighbour at my old place. She was singing french chanson in a café i was a regular in. There was also a Franco-German friends’ association that met there from time to time.

                Especially in southern Germany (but actually almost everywhere), French or French-speaking people are quite widely represented and very welcome!

        • conditional_soup@lemm.ee
          2·
          3 months ago

          We’re strongly considering West Europe. We have a few contacts there that might alleviate the move. I’ve been holding out because I don’t believe in running from Nazis, and I’m still conflicted about it. I know that any meaningful action I could take would land me in jail forever, or worse, and I don’t want my kids to get the boxcars. It might be better for my family to just immigrate.

          I’d love to immigrate to South America, but it looks like it’s a bit more difficult for us than West Europe, interestingly.

          • Metz@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            3 months ago

            I can understand if you don’t want to give up your homeland. I would only leave Germany as an absolute last resort either. Then i would probably try to flee up north to the Scandinavian countries.

            But I have to say, looking at the situation in the States, without wanting to sound overly dramatic, there is a good chance to think it’s already reached the point of no return and best is to gtfo now. I mean, at least from the outside perspective, it looks really really bad.

            • conditional_soup@lemm.ee
              3·
              3 months ago

              Thanks, the outside perspective is useful for breaking out of being the frog in the boiling pot. I’ll look into it more seriously.

  • MyOpinion@lemm.ee
    121·
    3 months ago

    Willingly having to look at that Orange piece of shit. No thank you.

  • aesthelete@lemmy.world
    7·
    3 months ago

    I didn’t watch a single minute and I didn’t give a single shit about the coverage of it.

    Democrats should’ve followed AOC and not even attended.

  • buddascrayon@lemmy.world
    5·
    3 months ago

    Yeah my sister was shocked that the I didn’t even watch the highlight reels. Cause I just don’t want to see that fuck. I’m going to be hearing about him and his batshit schemes for the next 4 years and I just don’t want to fucking deal with it right now.