Fox News Channel had the largest single audience, followed closely by ABC, which led among the broadcast news networks.
23.7 million viewers watched President Biden’s State of the Union address Thursday night, with Fox News Channel drawing the largest single audience, 5.640 million viewers. ABC had the largest single audience among the broadcast networks, with 5.024 million viewers—the third consecutive State of the Union that ABC’s coverage outperformed all other broadcast news networks.
Among total viewers, NBC broadcast had the third largest audience behind Fox News and ABC, with 4.328 million viewers. MSNBC was fourth overall with 4.2 million viewers, followed closely by CBS with 3.935 million viewers. CNN (2.511 million viewers), followed by Fox broadcast (1.714 million viewers), Fox Business (240,000 viewers), and CNBC (112,000 viewers).
