This statistic presents viewer numbers for each of the Joint Address to Congress from 1993 to 2017. Barack Obama's first Joint Address to Congress, which took place on February 24, 2009, attracted 52.4 million viewers across the United States. For Donald Trump, whose first address was March 1, 2017, the viewer count stood at 47.7 million. You can find information on viewership of State of Union addresses here.
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Nielsen, & Morning Consult. (February 5, 2019). Number of viewers of the Joint Address to Congress from 1993 to 2017 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/965674/joint-address-to-congress-viewer-numbers/
Nielsen, und Morning Consult. "Number of viewers of the Joint Address to Congress from 1993 to 2017 (in millions)." Chart. February 5, 2019. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/965674/joint-address-to-congress-viewer-numbers/
Nielsen, Morning Consult. (2019). Number of viewers of the Joint Address to Congress from 1993 to 2017 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/965674/joint-address-to-congress-viewer-numbers/
Nielsen, and Morning Consult. "Number of Viewers of The Joint Address to Congress from 1993 to 2017 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Feb 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/965674/joint-address-to-congress-viewer-numbers/
Nielsen & Morning Consult, Number of viewers of the Joint Address to Congress from 1993 to 2017 (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/965674/joint-address-to-congress-viewer-numbers/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Number of viewers of the Joint Address to Congress from 1993 to 2017 (in millions) [Graph], Nielsen, & Morning Consult, February 5, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/965674/joint-address-to-congress-viewer-numbers/