An estimated 36.6 million people watched President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, March 4, according to Nielsen.
Viewership peaked from 9:45 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. ET with 37,895,000 viewers.
This year’s audience was up over 13% compared with the 32.2 million viewers that watched President Biden’s State of the Union address in 2024. Of the 36.6 million viewers that watched President Trump’s joint address:
5.7% of viewers were aged 18-34.
20.5% of viewers were aged 35-54.
70.7% of viewers were aged 55 and older.
While coverage varied by network, 15 networks televised the joint address from approximately 9:15 p.m. ET until 11:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday. A full list of reported networks can be referenced in the viewership summary table below.
Data in this table is inclusive of broadcast and cable networks that aired the event, in addition to PBS.
2025 reported networks include: ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, Merit Street, Telemundo, Univision, PBS, CNN, CNNe, FOX Business, FOX News Channel, MSNBC, NewsMax, NewsNation.
Audience estimates are inclusive of out-of-home viewing for all reported networks except Merit Street Media, Newsmax, NewsNation and PBS, which do not include out-of-home contributions.
Audience projections are rounded to the nearest thousand (000).
