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57+ MILLION VIEWERS: Massive TV and Online Viewership for Night One of Democratic National Convention
DNC Night One Beats RNC Night One Ratings on Broadcast
CHICAGO – Yesterday, tens of millions of Americans tuned in to watch and engage with content from the first night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention – hearing directly from President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Governor Tim Walz, and voices across the Democratic coalition about the Harris-Walz vision for the future. Democrats are meeting people where they are, making the convention available to Americans inside and outside the hall as we tell our story to the country.
Broadcast:
- On TV, the first night of the DNC averaged 20 million viewers across 13 networks.
- This was well above the first night of the Republican National Convention, which averaged 18.1 million viewers on its first night on the same networks.
Streaming:
- Across DNC/Harris-Walz online platforms, over 7 million people streamed the first night of the convention.
Digital Content:
- Through partner-created content, there were 30 million views on content created from night one alone.
- The 2024 Democratic National Convention credentialed over 200 content creators with a cumulative reach of 169 million people.
- There have been over 2,200 downloads of DNC-provided content over the past week.
“Tens of millions of voters across America are tuning in, and here is what they’re watching: a united Democratic party with a vision for an America where we build up the middle class, we protect our democracy, and we create a future of opportunity and more freedom, not less,” said DNCC Senior Director of Communications Matt Hill. “That stands in stark contrast to the very sad and smaller audience who watched Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans push their unpopular Project 2025 that will rip away reproductive freedom, take health care away from millions, and cut taxes for billionaires at the expense of the middle class.”
As the numbers continue to come in, it’s clear that the combined viewership of the first night of the Democratic National Convention reached over 57 million Americans with numbers to only grow over the week.
The 2024 Democratic National Convention is giving Americans more ways to watch and engage than ever before. The 2024 Democratic National Convention is being streamed on over a dozen platforms as a part of its efforts to reach Americans everywhere they are. For the first time in convention history, the convention is hosting vertical streams across TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube, in addition to the convention being streamed online on a variety of platforms including Amazon Prime Video, TV device apps such as Apple TV and Roku TV, and traditional television broadcasts.