34 Million People Tune in to Watch Pres. Obama’s Speech Concerning ISIS
On Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014, President Barack Obama delivered a speech regarding the role the U.S. will play in the fight against extremist group, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The address was carried live from approximately 9:00 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. ET on 14 networks. The sum of the average audience for those networks was over 34 million viewers, with a combined household rating of 21.8. The networks carrying the address were ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, Tel, AZA, UniMas, MundoFox, Fox NC, FBN, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC and Al Jazeera America. Additionally, 4.2 million people saw one or more of the 234,000 Tweets sent about this address.
President Barack Obama’s Speech on ISIS
Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014
| Networks | Combined household rating | Average No. of homes (000) | Average No. of total viewers (P2+) 000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, Tel, AZA, UniMas, MundoFox, Fox NC, FBN, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC and Al Jazeera America | 21.8 | 25,311 | 34,182 |
| Source: Nielsen |
Below is a selection of past presidential addresses.
Select Presidential Speeches
| Subject | Date | No. of networks | Combined household rating | Average No. of homes (000) | Average No. of total viewers (P2+) 000 | President |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speech at Arizona Memorial | 8 | 19.4 | 22,473 | 30,773 | Obama | |
| Address on Iraq | 11 | 18.8 | 21,818 | 29,232 | Obama | |
| Address to Congress: Health Care Reform | 9/9/2009 | 11 | 20.6 | 23,607 | 32,111 | Obama |
| Primetime Press Conference: Health Care Reform | 7/22/2009 | 11 | 16.3 | 18,674 | 24,682 | Obama |
| Primetime Press Conference: Economic Recovery | 3/24/2009 | 11 | 25.9 | 29,799 | 40,354 | Obama |
| Address to a Joint Session of Congress | 2/24/2009 | 10 | 35.2 | 37,185 | 52,373 | Obama |
| Primetime Press Conference: Stimulus Plan | 8 | 30.8 | 35,311 | 49,455 | Obama | |
| Strategy for War in Iraq | 6/28/2005 | 7 | 16.1 | 17,909 | 23,059 | GW Bush |
| Ultimatum to Suddam Hussein | 3/17/2003 | 8 | 46.8 | 49,866 | 73,363 | GW Bush |
| Press Conference on Terrorism | 8 | 36.5 | 38,973 | 55,843 | GW Bush | |
| Press Conference on Terrorism | 10/11/2001 | 7 | 42 | 44,387 | 64,813 | GW Bush |
| Haiti | 4 | 34.6 | 33,000 | 49,700 | Clinton | |
| Resignation | 8/8/1974 | 3 | — | 40,130 | — | Nixon |
| Source: Nielsen |
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