Second Lowest Television Viewership in 30 Years Watches 2023 State of the Union

President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress as Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) listen in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Feb. 7, 2023. Jacquelyn Martin/Pool/Getty Images

President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on Feb. 7 brought the second smallest television audience in 30 years, with around 27.3 million people tuning in.

Data released by the Nielson company on Feb. 8 indicated that viewership across the major television networks was down 28 percent from the 38.2 million viewers of Biden’s speech in 2022.