News coverage of Charlie Kirk’s memorial racked up over 22 million views across cable news channels, YouTube and other social media platforms – and the numbers continue to climb.
Updated Nielsen figures released late Tuesday, as well as growing views online, showed the total tally has risen by 10% from 20 million in just two days.
A whopping 5.9 million viewers tuned in to cable news channels to watch the five-hour memorial service, which included speeches from President Trump and Vice President JD Vance, according to Nielsen Media Research
The venue in Glendale, Ariz., meanwhile, was pushed to its maximum capacity as over 200,000 people turned out to honor Kirk – the 31-year-old conservative activist who was fatally shot on Sept. 10 during a university event in Utah.
Fox News came out on top among cable news channels, raking in 5.2 million viewers during Kirk’s memorial service on Sunday, according to Nielsen.
At its peak, during Erika Kirk’s speech – when she tearfully forgave her late husband’s killer – Fox News saw 6.6 million total viewers tuning in, with over 1 million in the key advertising demographic of people aged 25 to 54.
It held 89% of the cable news audience throughout its special coverage of the service – a record-breaking share of Sunday cable news viewers, according to Nielsen.
Fox News’ parent company, Fox Corp, shares ownership with The Post’s owner, News Corp.
Updated Nielsen figures showed CNN raked in 372,000 viewers during its coverage of Kirk’s memorial, with 46,000 in the key 25 to 54 demographic.
MSNBC – set to be rebranded to MS NOW after its split from NBCUniversal – saw just 260,000 viewers during its own coverage of the service, with 26,000 in the key advertising demographic.
Livestreams of the service on YouTube – from accounts including Kirk’s official page, Fox News, the Associated Press, USA Today, NBC, Reuters, the Washington Post and Blaze TV – have garnered over 12.5 million views.
The livestream on Kirk’s official YouTube account saw 7.8 million views, while Fox News’ video gained 2.6 million views and the Associated Press saw 1.3 million views.
Local Fox News stations also posted livestreams of the service to their YouTube accounts, gaining over 1.6 million views combined.
Footage of Erika Kirk’s speech at the memorial racked up 2.5 million views on ABC News’ YouTube account.
A video of her speech on the X account for Turning Point USA, Charlie Kirk’s organization, gained 1.7 million views.
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