32.6 Million Watched State of the Union, Nielsen Says
The audience was roughly on par with former President Biden’s final State of the Union address in 2024.
About 32.6 million viewers tuned into President Trump’s 107-minute-long State of the Union address on Tuesday night, according to Nielsen.
That audience figure fell short of the 36.6 million that tuned in for Mr. Trump’s joint session speech last year, which at roughly 100 minutes was then the longest such address in the modern era. Viewership on Tuesday was roughly on a par with President Joseph R. Biden’s final State of the Union address in 2024, which, according to Nielsen, had an audience of 32.2 million.
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