Closing night Democratic National Convention It drew an estimated 26.2 million television viewers on Thursday, narrowly beating the final night of the Republican National Convention. media sizes The Nielsen Company.
The final night of the convention was broadcast on 15 television networks and drew approximately 820,000 more viewers than estimated. 25.4 million people Nielsen reports, following the final night of the Republican event.
Vice President Kamala Harris’ acceptance speech for her party’s nomination aired from approximately 10:31 PM to 11:11 PM ET and averaged 28.9 million viewers. That dwarfed an audience of about 500,000 who watched former President Donald Trump’s acceptance speech — about 28.4 million people watched Trump speak during the 10:45 to 11 p.m. ET window, Nielsen said.
The DNC in Chicago drew more viewers than last month’s RNC in Milwaukee.
The first night of the Republican convention drew about 18.13 million viewers, compared to about 20 million for the opening night of the DNC, according to Nielsen.
Tuesday’s DNC, including remarks by former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama, reached an estimated 20.7 million viewers.
The numbers show an increase from four years ago, when the party’s virtual convention, a mix of recorded and live events conducted remotely, lacked the energy of last week’s live, in-person event.
The closing night of the DNC exceeded the number of viewers for the last night of the convention four years ago 24.6 million viewers Tune in on cable and television for President Joe Biden’s speech.
Aside from the virtual convention, fewer viewers overall As television viewership continues to decline broadly, more were watched on Thursday night than on the final nights of the conventions in previous years. in 2016 30 million viewers Tune in to the last night of the 2016 Democratic convention.