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Election Night TV Audience Tumbles to 42 Million; Fox Leads

Supporters take photos as Fox News projects Donald Trump is elected president during an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Nov. 6.
Photographer: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

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By Hannah Miller

November 6, 2024 at 7:32 PM UTC

Updated on

November 6, 2024 at 11:48 PM UTC

More than 42.3 million people tuned in to prime-time news coverage of the 2024 presidential election, a 25% decline from four years ago, according to data from Nielsen.

Fox News, at nearly 10.3 million viewers, was the most-watched channel on election night, based on numbers provided by that network, followed by ABC and MSNBC.