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Do not fill this in! == Viewership == [[Nielsen ratings]] showed that TV viewership of the inauguration in the US was 30.6 million, more than [[Second inauguration of Barack Obama|Obama's second inauguration in 2013]] (20.6 million),<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/nielsen-31-million-viewers-saw-trumps-swearing-in/2017/01/21/31c18860-e029-11e6-8902-610fe486791c_story.html |title=Nielsen: 31 million viewers saw Trump's swearing-in |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=January 21, 2017 |access-date=January 27, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170130101733/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/nielsen-31-million-viewers-saw-trumps-swearing-in/2017/01/21/31c18860-e029-11e6-8902-610fe486791c_story.html |archive-date=January 30, 2017 }}</ref> but less than Obama's first inauguration in 2009 (38 million) and [[First inauguration of Ronald Reagan|Reagan's first in 1981]] (42 million).<ref name="nyt inaugfacts">{{cite news|last=Fandos|first=Nicholas|title=White House Pushes 'Alternative Facts.' Here Are the Real Ones.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/22/us/politics/president-trump-inauguration-crowd-white-house.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 22, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170123000019/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/22/us/politics/president-trump-inauguration-crowd-white-house.html|archive-date=January 23, 2017}}</ref> Trump's inauguration became the most [[Streaming media|streamed]] [[Twitter]] video during the site's decade-long history with more than 6.8 million views.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Spangler|first1=Todd|title=Trump Inauguration Is Twitter's Most-Viewed Live Stream to Date|url=https://variety.com/2017/digital/news/donald-trump-inauguration-twitters-live-stream-viewing-1201968128/|access-date=January 25, 2017|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=January 24, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170127054038/http://variety.com/2017/digital/news/donald-trump-inauguration-twitters-live-stream-viewing-1201968128/|archive-date=January 27, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Edkins|first1=Brett|title=Record 6.8 Million Watched Trump's Inauguration On Twitter's Live Stream|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/brettedkins/2017/01/24/record-6-8-million-watched-trumps-inauguration-on-twitters-live-stream/|access-date=January 25, 2017|work=[[Forbes]]|date=January 24, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170124230804/http://www.forbes.com/sites/brettedkins/2017/01/24/record-6-8-million-watched-trumps-inauguration-on-twitters-live-stream/|archive-date=January 24, 2017}}</ref> There were 16.63 million viewers of Trump taking the oath of office and giving his inaugural address on the three major cable news networks: Fox News Channel, CNN, and MSNBC. The number of viewers for Obama in 2009 was more at 17.06 million and in 2013 less at 6.73 million. According to Nielsen data, there were 30.64 million people who viewed Trump's inauguration on the 12 networks that covered it live. The number of viewers for Obama's 2009 inauguration on the 18 networks that covered it live was more at 37.8 million. At Obama's 2013 inauguration, it was less at 20.55 million.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/2017-inauguration-viewership-up-from-2013-down-from-2009/317887 |title=2017 Inauguration Ratings Up From 2013; Down From 2009 |last=Katz |first=A. J. |date=January 21, 2017 |website=TVNewser |access-date=January 28, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128124516/http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/2017-inauguration-viewership-up-from-2013-down-from-2009/317887 |archive-date=January 28, 2017 }}</ref> {{col-begin}} {{col-break}} '''Legend''' {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" |- style="background:#e5d1cb;" |Cable news network |- style="background:#dfe2e9;" |Broadcast network |} {{col-break}} '''Total cable TV viewers<br />11:45 am to 12:15 pm Eastern''' {| class="wikitable" |- ! Network !! Viewers |- style="background:#e5d1cb;" | [[Fox News Channel|Fox News]] || 11,768,000 |- style="background:#e5d1cb;" | [[CNN]] || 3,375,000 |- style="background:#e5d1cb;" | [[MSNBC]] || 1,487,000 |} {{col-break}} '''Total cable TV viewers<br />8:00 to 11:00 pm Eastern''' {| class="wikitable" |- ! Network !! Viewers |- style="background:#e5d1cb;" | [[Fox News Channel|Fox News]] || 6,958,000 |- style="background:#e5d1cb;" | [[CNN]] || 4,528,000 |- style="background:#e5d1cb;" | [[MSNBC]] || 1,621,000 |} {{col-break}} '''Total television viewers<br />11:00 am to 4:00 pm Eastern''' {| class="wikitable" |- ! Network !! Viewers |- style="background:#e5d1cb;" | [[Fox News Channel|Fox News]] || 8,771,000 |- style="background:#dfe2e9;" | [[NBC]] || 5,895,000 |- style="background:#dfe2e9;" | [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] || 4,899,000 |- style="background:#dfe2e9;" | [[CBS]] || 4,653,000 |- style="background:#e5d1cb;" | [[CNN]] || 2,610,000 |- style="background:#e5d1cb;" | [[MSNBC]] || 1,377,000 |} {{col-end}} Source: [http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/2017-inauguration-viewership-up-from-2013-down-from-2009/317887 Adweek] Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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