Trump’s landslide victory has viewers tuning out: MSNBC & CNN see drastic viewership drop post-election. Thursday’s numbers show MSNBC at 596k total (71k 25-54 demo), CNN at 419k total (91k 25-54 demo). Networks face their lowest primetime ratings, with MSNBC down 23% and CNN… pic.twitter.com/ERbE0kOczG

In the wake of Donald Trump winning the 2024 election, ratings for MSNBC and CNN have faltered as Fox News has dominated.

With the 2024 presidential election in the rearview mirror, it appears CNN and MSNBC have some work to do in order to improve their TV ratings. CNN and MSNBC had round-the-clock coverage of the election last Tuesday,

Left-wing networks had plenty of bad news for their viewers as former President Donald Trump stormed to victory in the Nov. 5 election. Now, they're getting plenty of bad news about their viewers, too: They're disappearing in droves.

It's time of year when news organizations typically bank on high viewership due to public interest in election results and reactions.

MSNBC’s inability to keep its audience tuned in throughout the week signals a potential mood shift on the left as defeat has sunk in

Social media has been alight with anecdotal explanations for why the liberal-leaning news networks are seeing such a stark drop in viewership: Many blame the media for “normalizing” Trump’s candidacy and refuse to reward them with the ratings they suspect the network execs desired in doing so.

While MSNBC viewership dropped 31% in the days after Election Day, Fox News ratings grew a whopping 61% in the same period, according to Nielsen data reported by Fox News.

MSNBC’s viewership dropped on Thursday and Friday, following Donald Trump’s historic election night win. As Mediaite reports, on Thursday, Fox News averaged 2.6 million total viewers, with 375,000 in the key 25-54 demographic.

Left-winged news organisation MSNBC has seen its viewership ratings plunge following Donald Trump’s presidential election victory.