More than 20 million viewers tuned into the first night of the 2024 DNC, Nielsen

More than 20 million viewers tuned into the first night of the 2024 DNC, Nielsen More than 20 million people tuned into the first night of the Democratic National Convention, Nielsen said in a Tuesday press release. The convention viewership is slightly up with that of the opening night of the 2020 Democratic convention (19.75 million viewers), when in-person events were scaled back or canceled due to the pandemic, according to Nielsen data. But it drew nearly 2 million more viewers than the first night of the 2024 Republican National Convention, Nielsen data shows. Democratic convention live updates: Barack Obama, Michelle Obama set to take the stage Looking back at previous RNC and DNC ratings For convention audience, Nielsen measures the percentage of television-owning households that tuned in. The household ratings for the first night of the 2024 Democratic convention was 12, Nielsen’s release stated. Here are the day-by-day Nielsen ratings for the recent conventions: 2024 RNC 2024 RNC Day 4 – 14.3 2024 RNC Day 3 – 10.6 2024 RNC Day 2 – 8.9 2024 RNC Day 1 – 10.6 2020 RNC 2020 RNC Day 4 – 14.7 2020 RNC Day 3 – 11.0 2020 RNC Day 2 – 12.2 2020 RNC Day 1 – 10.7 2020 DNC 2020 DNC Day 4 – 15.6 2020 DNC Day 3 – 14.6 2020 DNC Day 2 – 12.6 2020 DNC Day 1 – 12.7 How to watch the Democratic National Convention The convention is taking place Monday through Thursday this week at the United Center, home of the Chicago Bulls and Blackhawks, will be the main venue for the DNC. The convention will air live on its website, from the United Center in Chicago between 6:15 p.m. and 11 p.m. Eastern (5:15 p.m. to 10 p.m Central) on Monday, and 7 p.m to 11 p.m. Eastern (6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Central) the other days. – This Summarize was created by Neural News AI (V1). Source: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/08/20/dnc-night-1-nielse-ratings/74879345007/