CNN's coverage of the historic election was co ... a 44 percent decline in total viewers compared with the 2020 election. From 6 p.m. through 3 a.m., ET CNN had a total of 3.8 million viewers ...

CNN was the first network to project Democrat Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 election early Saturday and reaped the top Nielsen ratings for the fifth and final day of the election coverage.

That’s down 25.6% from the 2020 election ... history that MSNBC outpaced CNN on a presidential election night. As CNN live-streamed its coverage across Max and other digital platforms, CNN ...

Fox News dominated cable news ratings on election ... CNN, which drew 4.7 million. The results show the dwindling reach of cable news, as viewership for all three networks was down from 2020.