Donald Trump‘s State of the Union address drew around 28 million viewers across eight major news networks, according to preliminary data from Nielsen.

The final numbers will be available on Thursday. Last year, when the president delivered a speech to a joint session of Congress, the final data showed that he drew almost 32 million viewers across those networks.

Per the early data from Trump’s Tuesday’s speech, Fox News topped all networks in total viewers, drawing 9.1 million. ABC News was the top broadcaster, with 5.1 million. Other networks included NBC News with 3.6 million, CBS News with 3.3 million, MS NOW with 2.4 million, CNN with 2.2 million, Fox Broadcasting with 2.1 million and Fox Business with 269,000.

In the 25-54 demo, Fox News drew 1.47 million, followed by ABC News with 1.22 million, NBC News with 1.02 million, CBS with 815,000, MS Now with 323,000, CNN with 655,000, Fox Broadcasting with 560,000 and Fox Business with 73,000.

When Trump addressed Congress in March, 2025, in the final numbers Fox News topped all networks with 10.7 million viewers, followed by ABC News with 6.33 million, CBS with 4 million, NBC with 3.9 million, Fox Broadcasting with 2.65 million, CNN with 1.93 million, MSNBC with 1.92 million and Fox Business with 245,000.

The final Nielsen numbers will offer a more complete picture, as it collects a number of other networks that carried the president’s speech.

The figures are from Fox News via Nielsen. The measurement is from 9:15 p.m. ET to 11 p.m. ET.