Notches the Show’s Largest Total and Demo Audience for a Sunday in Two Years
Ranks #1 in the Key A25-54 Demo Season-to-Date
January 28, 2026 — Meet the Press with Kristen Welker was the #1 Sunday public affairs show for both A25-54 and A18-49 demo viewers in January according to Nielsen.
In January, Meet the Press averaged 487,000 A25-54 key demo viewers, leading ABC by +56,000 (+13%) and CBS by +38,000 (+8%). In addition, Meet the Press averaged 319,000 A18-49 demo viewers, leading ABC by +24,000 (+8%) and CBS by +10,000 (+3%). Meet the Press increased its viewership across-the-board in January vs. prior month, reaching its largest A25-54 viewership in five months, its largest A18-49 viewership in ten months, and its largest total viewership in fifty-eight months.
For the Sunday, January 25th show, Meet the Press averaged 605,000 A25-54 key demo viewers, leading ABC by +103,000 (+20%) and CBS by +83,000 (+16%). This marks Meet the Press’s largest key demo delivery since December 8, 2024, a interview with President Trump, and largest increase in key demo viewership vs. prior week and year among Sunday Affairs programs. In addition, Meet the Press averaged 422,000 A18-49 demo viewers, leading ABC by +71,000 (+20%) and CBS by +61,000 (+17%), and delivering its largest A18-49 demo numbers since January, 14, 2024. Meet the Press also averaged 3.147 million total viewers, the most viewers the program has reached since the December 8, 2024 broadcast.
Meet the Press was the #1 Sunday public affairs show among key A25-54 demo viewers for the 2024-25 broadcast season and continues to rank #1 in A25-54 demo viewers season-to-date. Meet the Press has never lost a month in the Washington, D.C. market among total viewers.
January’s broadcasts featured interviews with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), Mayor Jacob Frey (D-Minneapolis), and more.
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NATIONAL AVERAGES – JANUARY 2026
| Show Name | Network | Duration (minutes) | Total Viewers | A25-54 Viewers |
| MEET THE PRESS | NBC | 198 | 2,902 | 487 |
| FACE THE NATION HALF-HOUR | CBS | 120 | 3,364 | 449 |
| THIS WEEK | ABC | 203 | 2,968 | 431 |
| FOX NEWS SUNDAY | FOX | 180 | 1,239 | 279 |
NATIONAL AVERAGES – JANUARY 25, 2026
| Show Name | Network | Duration (minutes) | Total Viewers | A25-54 Viewers |
| MEET THE PRESS | NBC | 59 | 3,147 | 605 |
| FACE THE NATION HALF-HOUR | CBS | 30 | 3,827 | 522 |
| FACE THE NATION HOUR | CBS | 60 | 3,501 | 510 |
| THIS WEEK | ABC | 60 | 3,278 | 503 |
| FOX NEWS SUNDAY | FOX | 60 | 1,279 | 301 |
MEET THE PRESS WITH KRISTEN WELKER
Meet the Press with Kristen Welker is the premiere destination for original political reporting and interviews with the leaders that shape each week’s headlines. Moderated by Kristen Welker, the veteran NBC News chief White House correspondent and the first journalist of color to moderate a Sunday public affairs program, Meet the Press has set the political agenda and highlighted the everyday impact of Washington decision-making on viewers all over the country for more than 75 years. It reaches millions of viewers every Sunday and millions more through social, digital and on-demand platforms. Meet the Press also brings its signature analysis and newsmaker interviews to streaming audiences with Meet the Press NOW at 4 p.m. on weekdays on NBC News NOW. Kristen Welker is the 13th moderator of Meet the Press, David P. Gelles is executive producer of Meet the Press, and Melissa Frankel is executive producer of Meet the Press NOW.
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