Monday's ceremony follows the usual pattern for presidents beginning a second term. Donald Trump ‘s second inauguration as president wasn’t as widely viewed as his first, keeping with a historical pattern for second-term presidents.

President Donald Trump may be frustrated after these TV ratings of his inauguration. The ratings for Trump’s speech on Monday were down compared to previous inaugurations, according to Nielsen. Viewership peaked as Trump delivered his speech, with about 34.4 million people tuning in.

President Donald Trump’s inauguration numbers are in, and the notoriously ratings-obsessed president isn’t going to be happy. Early figures suggest that Monday’s proceedings, which were moved indoors due to frigid weather,

That’s a lower total than what was achieved by both of the two most recent inauguration broadcasts: 27% below the 33.8 million viewers who tuned into Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration in 2021, and 21% below the 31 million who watched Trump’s first inauguration in 2017.

Viewership was significantly down from Joe Biden's 2021 inauguration and even Trump’s first move into the White House in 2017, said The Nielsen Company.

Fox News was the most-watched network for the event while MSNBC topped CNN for inauguration coverage for the first time.