Fox News walloped the competition for Monday’s coverage, ... In the 25-54 demo, Fox News drew 2.09 million, followed ... Barack Obama’s first inaugural in 2009 drew an average of about 37. ...

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.

Inauguration viewership has varied widely over the past half-century, from a high of 41.8 million when Ronald Reagan came into office in 1981 to a low of 15.5 million for the start of George W ...