CNN mentioned that 47.9 million watched the presidential debate throughout TV platforms on Thursday evening, in response to Nielsen Quick Nationwide knowledge.
A extra full image of the talk viewers is predicted later this afternoon.
As of now, the talk viewers was down significantly from 2020, when 73.1 million tuned into the primary debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. That debate happened within the fall, when viewership is historically larger.
The controversy was seen not simply on CNN, however throughout rival cable, broadcast and streaming networks that picked up its simulcast.
Of the whole viewers, CNN mentioned that 11.4 million watched on CNN, CNN.com, CNN Max, CNNE and HLN.
Extra to come back.