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 May 10, 2025, 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 May 10, 2025. 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: May 10, 2025. 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/
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