President Donald Trump addressed a joint session of Congress on Tuesday evening, and millions watched the event on a variety of television networks.
In total, an average 36.6 million viewers tuned into the speech that wasn’t technically the State of the Union address. 15 separate networks — including ABC, CBS, CNN, FOX, MSNBC, Newsmax, and NewsNation, among others — televised the joint address from 9:15-11 PM ET.
Viewership peaked between 9:45-10 PM ET with 38 million viewers.
The 36 million viewers is up 13% compared to the State of the Union address last year delivered by President Joe Biden. It was also the highest average audience since the 2022 speech from Biden.
Of the 2025 audience, 70.7% were from the 55+ demographic, with just under 26 million tuning into the address from President Donald Trump. 20.5% were in the Adults 35-54 demographic, with 7.5 million viewers coming from that sector. Only 5.7% of viewers — 2.1 million — were from the 18-34 demographic.
The average of 36.6 million viewers is down from the previous similar speeches Trump gave during his first term in office. The speeches from 2017 to 2020 averaged 44.3 million viewers, peaking at 47 million in 2017, which was also not technically a State of the Union Address put rather an Address to a Joint Session of Congress.
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