After a long campaign against both Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration began at 12pm Eastern Time on January 20. Trump’s inauguration is currently being watched by millions worldwide, from both English-speaking and more international audiences, spread across traditional media and online livestreaming platforms.
Officially, the inauguration ceremony is broadcast live by CBS News, but as an alternative to traditional media, online livestreaming is rapidly becoming a favourite choice for politicians to connect with younger audiences. Trump’s inauguration was covered in livestreaming by numerous channels, media organizations, and streamers, and Streams Charts has collected some of the preliminary top results of the coverage.
Most popular live broadcasting channels during Trump's inauguration, January 20, 2025
Donald Trump’s own YouTube Channel currently stands as the most popular broadcast of the ongoing inauguration. Trump’s YouTube channel reached a peak of just under 700,000 concurrent viewers for the inauguration, setting a new record viewership for the account. Not only was Trump’s YouTube channel highly popular, but his Twitch channel also recorded over another 110,000 viewers.
News organizations based out of the U.S. were also highly popular, with companies like Fox News and the Associated Press emerging ahead of the pack. International media covering the inauguration included Brazilian digital magazine company Revista Oeste, Qatari-state-owned media AlJazeera Arabic قناة الجزيرة, and just outside our top 10 ranking, CNN Brazil. Aside from these, Spanish and Russian-language media also ranked highly in our data.
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Excluding media companies, Zack “Zackrawwr” Hoyt, better known as Asmongold, is the most popular content creator to cover the event. The North American Twitch creator is well-known for offering his opinion and input on any and all topics, and his coverage of the inauguration has been Twitch’s most-watched broadcast of the event. Zack’s viewership reached over 310,000 concurrent viewers, marking a new record for his Twitch channel.
In the coming days, Streams Charts will verify and expand our viewership data for President Trump’s second inauguration. Watch out for an article covering the overall viewership statistics of the ceremony, a finalized list of most popular channels, and more insights.
