C-SPAN's livestream of the first night of the Republican National Convention has attracted nearly 440,000 views, marking a substantial increase over the start of the Democratic National Convention, which drew 76,000 views
Could that have to do with the DNC being more available in other places?
Apparently ratings werent great in the other places either....
Okay how do the total overall ratings compare?
Too early to tell.
Don't they have preliminary numbers right away in the morning? How do those look?
https://nypost.com/2020/08/25/rnc-2020-opening-night-pulls-6-times-more-viewers-than-dnc/
This is the same CSPAN only number.
The fact that C-Span had 6 times the viewers shows absolutely nothing. Fox News, the only mainstream TV destination for most Republicans, did NOT air the entire RNC, rather they kept interrupting with commentary. The natural destination for any Republican wishing to see an uninterrupted convention would be C-span. That's why their numbers were so high. (It should've been a lot higher IMO.)Even President Trump said yesterday that he had to tune into C-span or OANN to see the uninterrupted convention.