State of the Union ratings are in. Here's how many watched President Biden's address

madam Speaker, the President of the United States. President joe biden delivering his first State of the Union under the shadow of war abroad Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Putin's latest attack on Ukraine was premeditated and totally unprovoked. President projecting strength as a Western leader laying out America's response. Together with our allies, we're providing support to the Ukrainians and their fight for freedom, military assistance, economic assistance, humanitarian assistance. We're giving more than a billion dollars of direct assistance. Ukraine Top of mind for most americans, the impact the conflict will have on already high levels of inflation. One way to fight inflation is to drive down wages and make americans poor. I think I have a better idea to fight inflation, lower your costs, not your wages. Speaking to a highly divided Congress where his agenda has sold Biden points to his administration successes including passage of his $1.2 trillion dollar infrastructure bill trying to transform America To put us on a path to win the economic competition in the 21st century that we face for the rest of the world, particularly China with masks optional. At the address, the president also attempting to highlight progress made in the fight against COVID-19 will continue to combat the virus as we do other diseases and because this virus mutates and spreads, we have to stay on guard

An estimated 38.2 million TV viewers watched President Joe Biden's State of the Union address, according to Nielsen ratings.That surpassed the audience of 37.2 million for Donald Trump's last such address in 2020, but fell short of the 45.6 million who tuned in for Trump's first State of the Union speech in 2018.Nielsen said it was “important to note” that this year's tally reflects the additional measurement of out-of-home viewing and viewership on streaming-enabled TV sets that rely on devices such as Roku or Xbox.When the latter measurement is taken into account, viewership can increase as much as 13% for televised political events, Nielsen said.Biden's first address to Congress after taking office, in 2021, drew about 27 million people, while Trump's comparable 2017 inaugural joint session of Congress address was seen by 47.7 million.Nielsen measured viewership on 16 networks and channels that aired live coverage of Tuesday's roughly hour-long speech, in which Biden focused on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, inflation and the coronavirus pandemic.Fox News Channel averaged the biggest audience for the address, an estimated 7.2 million. ABC averaged 6.3 million viewers, followed by CBS with 4.9 million; CNN’s 4.8 million; NBC’s 4.7 million; MSNBC’s 4.1 million; Fox, 1.9 million.

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An estimated 38.2 million TV viewers watched President Joe Biden's State of the Union address, according to Nielsen ratings.

That surpassed the audience of 37.2 million for Donald Trump's last such address in 2020, but fell short of the 45.6 million who tuned in for Trump's first State of the Union speech in 2018.

Nielsen said it was “important to note” that this year's tally reflects the additional measurement of out-of-home viewing and viewership on streaming-enabled TV sets that rely on devices such as Roku or Xbox.

When the latter measurement is taken into account, viewership can increase as much as 13% for televised political events, Nielsen said.

Biden's first address to Congress after taking office, in 2021, drew about 27 million people, while Trump's comparable 2017 inaugural joint session of Congress address was seen by 47.7 million.

Nielsen measured viewership on 16 networks and channels that aired live coverage of Tuesday's roughly hour-long speech, in which Biden focused on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, inflation and the coronavirus pandemic.

Fox News Channel averaged the biggest audience for the address, an estimated 7.2 million. ABC averaged 6.3 million viewers, followed by CBS with 4.9 million; CNN’s 4.8 million; NBC’s 4.7 million; MSNBC’s 4.1 million; Fox, 1.9 million.

State of the Union ratings are in. Here's how many watched President Biden's address

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