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Trump inauguration draws smallest TV audience since 2013

Draws less than half of audience that watched Obama's first inauguration in 2009; nearly 10 million fewer viewers than Biden in 2021
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WASHINGTON — The Nielsen Company says an estimated 24.6 million people watched coverage of President Donald Trump's second inauguration.

That's the lowest Inauguration Day audience since 2013 when Barack Obama was sworn in for his second term.

Nielsen says the number is also down from the 33.8 million who saw Joe Biden's inauguration four years ago and the 30.6 million who saw Trump take office for the first time in 2017.

Fox News Channel is the most popular network among Trump's supporters, with more than twice as many viewers as any other network.

The biggest inauguration audience over the past half-century remains the 41.8 million who saw Ronald Reagan sworn in for the first time in 1981.

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