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The final night of the Republican National Convention drew 25.38 million viewers, according to the latest ratings from Nielsen.
That’s a 6% increase from 2020’s numbers, the last time the event happened. That year, the final evening drew 23.8 million viewers. The 2024 event took place across four nights and aired across 14 television networks, which is where Nielsen drew its viewership data from. Those networks included ABC, CBS, NBC, Scripps News, Telemundo, Univision, CNN, CNNe, FOX Business, FOX News Channel, MSNBC, Newsmax, NewsNation and PBS.
The final night of the RNC peaked with a 96-minute speech from former President Donald Trump, in which he accepted the GOP presidential nomination. Unsurprisingly, that portion of the program was the most-watched of the entire week. The audience peaked during the 10:45 – 11:00 p.m. window, drawing in 28.4 million viewers.
As high as these numbers may be, they’re roughly half of the viewership that was seen during the first presidential debate earlier this year. The CNN-hosted event was watched by 51.3 million people, according to Nielsen, and aired on 16 different networks.
The RNC is always a big deal during any election year, but it was an especially momentous one this time around. On Monday the event started off with Trump declaring J.D. Vance, the author of “Hillbilly Elegy” and junior Ohio senator, as his running mate. The GOP then heard from Vance for the first time on Thursday night. The fact that the assassination attempt on Trump’s life happened last Saturday — two days prior to the start of the RNC — also altered the tone of the event.
Though the RNC has come to an end, the DNC is on the horizon. The Democratic event is scheduled to take place from Aug. 19 to 22 in Chicago.
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