Additionally, Trump’s first official State of the Union this year attracted a smaller audience than the one that watched for the first State of the Union of Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton.
That said, the numbers for 2018 fall short of the numbers for 2017.
47.74 million folks tuned in for Donald Trump’s first address to Congress back in February of last year, which TV By The Numbers reports is 4.5% more than the folks who tuned in for the January 30 address this year.