An estimated 24.6 million viewers watched inauguration coverage on Monday, according to the ratings company Nielsen. That was the lowest audience figure since 2013.

Nearly the same number of viewers tuned in for Republican President Donald Trump’s swearing in ceremony Monday as watched when then-President Joe Biden tell the nation he had given up his bid for reelection.

The Nielsen Company says an estimated 24.6 million people watched coverage of President Donald Trump's second inauguration

The Nielsen Company said viewership was down from Joe Biden’s 2021 inauguration, which reached 33.8 million, and Trump’s first move into the White House, seen by 30.6 million in 2017.

President Trump’s inauguration on Monday earned the smallest audience of any since 2013, according to Nielsen Media Research data. The rating agency said just over 24.5 million watched