https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/01/21/tv-ratings-joe-bidens-inauguration-audience-beats-out-trumps/

Score another victory for Joe Biden over Donald Trump. According to early Nielsen figures, TV viewership for Wednesday’s inauguration was about 4 percent higher than the event four years ago.

Nearly 40 million people watched Biden become the 46th president of the United States. From 11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. ET Wednesday — the time covering Biden’s swearing in and his inaugural address — broadcast networks ABC, CBS and NBC and cable news channels CNN, Fox News and MSNBC drew a total of 39.87 million viewers, according to fast national ratings. That’s about 1.52 million more people than watched Donald Trump’s inauguration in 2017, but way lower than President Barack Obama’s first inauguration, which drew more than 50 million in 2009.