Around 24.2 million folks watched President Joe Biden‘s news conference at NATO Summit on Thursday, according to Nielsen data. That’s up from the 20.3 million individuals who watched President Biden tackle the nation on October 19 with regard to the Israel and Ukraine wars, and it’s hovering in State of the Union tackle territory, as curiosity continues to be pronounced when it comes to President Biden’s bodily state and efficiency.
Nielsen didn’t escape the rankings by community, however did mixture viewership on ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, Univision, Newz9, Fox News Channel and MSNBC, all of which carried the press convention reside from roughly 7:30 p.m. ET to 8:30 p.m. ET. Most of that viewership was within the 55+ demo, the place 19.2 million viewers watched reside. Among adults 18-34, the quantity was simply over 1 million, whereas it was 3.6 million with adults 35 to 54.
According to Fox News, it led with 5.67 million viewers, adopted by ABC (4.97 million, making it No. 1 in broadcast), CBS (3.60 million), NBC (3.55 million), MSNBC (2.52 million) and Newz9 (2.22 million).
In adults 25-54, ABC was tops with 879,000, then Fox News (835,000), CBS (611,000), NBC (592,000), Newz9 (439,000) and MSNBC (319,000).
In comparability, about 8.5 million viewers tuned in final Friday night time to President Biden’s heavily-hyped interview with ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos.
And on June 27, the Biden-Trump presidential debate that began the media frenzy over Biden’s lackluster efficiency, averaged 51.3 million viewers, throughout 17 networks.
But presidential press conferences hardly ever attain mega-ratings. comparability may be the annual State of the Union tackle, which this 12 months averaged 32.2 million folks. That was up from 2023’s 27.3 million and 2021’s 26.9 million viewers. In 2022, about 38.2 million watched Biden’s State of the Union — simply days after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Here’s the info from Thursday’s tackle: