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Miles Archer

(22,525 posts) Wed Feb 25, 2026, 10:35 PM 15 hrs ago

There was a 12 percent decrease in viewers for Bloated Orange Rapin' Felon Grampy's SOTU address compared to 2025

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-humiliated-as-americans-bail-on-his-big-moment/

Fewer Americans tuned into the State of the Union this year, even as President Donald Trump delivered the longest one in history.

Preliminary data released by Nielsen on Wednesday showed an estimated 12 percent decrease in total viewership for the State of the Union Address across the seven most-watched networks: ABC, CBS, CNN, MS Now, NBC, Fox News, and the Fox broadcast network.

Trump’s 108-minute-long speech drew about 27.8 million viewers, down from an audience of 31.45 million for his address to a joint session of Congress last year.

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There was a 12 percent decrease in viewers for Bloated Orange Rapin' Felon Grampy's SOTU address compared to 2025 (Original Post) Miles Archer 15 hrs ago OP

im sure that's the most anyone ever thought possible samsingh 15 hrs ago #1

huh ... waddya know dweller 15 hrs ago #2

I bet "peak" viewership was much less leftstreet 15 hrs ago #3

It should be down 500% nt newdeal2 15 hrs ago #4

It leaned heavily GOP Johonny 15 hrs ago #5

And most of them were journalists obliged to watch it for the next day's story LearnedHand 13 hrs ago #6

And bookies needing to know if they were gonna pay out on those "live, on-air total mental breakdown" bets. eppur_se_muova 13 hrs ago #8

It should be limited to CCTV viewing by other inmates. nt eppur_se_muova 13 hrs ago #7

And half the watchers were playing a drinking game based on the lies being told. Vinca 6 hrs ago #9

samsingh

(18,381 posts)

1. im sure that's the most anyone ever thought possible

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Wed Feb 25, 2026, 10:44 PM

15 hrs ago

dweller

(28,091 posts)

2. huh ... waddya know

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Wed Feb 25, 2026, 10:57 PM

15 hrs ago

President Biden's final State of the Union address on March 7, 2024, was watched by approximately 32.2 million viewers across 13 major broadcast and cable networks, notes Nielsen data. This marked an increase from the 27.3 million viewers for his 2023

fancy that
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