Here’s How Much Rachel Maddow’s Ratings Have Dropped Since Trump Election Win

The numbers are in!

To nobody’s surprise, the ratings for Rachel Maddow’s show on MSNBC have been in free fall since President Trump won the 2024 election in November.

As it turns out, Maddow has lost around a quarter of her total viewership.

Check it out:

Rachel Maddow's MSNBC Ratings Down Double Digits Since Trump's Win https://t.co/GfkTm0ZaY8 pic.twitter.com/K9g78J2pAq

— Lieutenant Colonel Reagan (@bobbyr75) March 13, 2025

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The star did even worse with younger viewers aged 25-54, losing 29 percent – or almost one-third – of the group advertisers care about most, as reported by Fox News. She lost a quarter…

— Michael Ostrowski (@MOstrowski89683) March 14, 2025

In addition, Rachel Maddow’s position on the top 10 cable news shows has dropped from among the top three to number 7:

Cable News Top Ten – Monday Evening Mar 10

1⃣@TheFive @DanaPerino @GregGutfeld @JesseBWatters @HaroldFordJr @JudgeJeannie
2⃣@JesseBWatters
3⃣@GutfeldFox!
4⃣@SeanHannity
5⃣@IngrahamAngle
6⃣@BretBaier
7⃣@Maddow
8⃣@WillCain
9⃣@TraceGallagher
🔟@Lawrence pic.twitter.com/afDj9kwSai

— RoadMN (@RoadMN) March 11, 2025

Fox News reported:

Rachel Maddow has shed roughly a quarter of her viewers since President Donald Trump prevailed on Election Day, marking the second time that a Trump victory turned into a loss for MSNBC’s most popular host.

“The Rachel Maddow Show” averaged 2.3 million viewers from the start of 2024 until Election Day but has shed 22% for an average audience of 1.8 million from Trump’s victory through March 7.

The decline is even more dramatic among the advertiser-voted demographic of adults aged 25-54, as “The Rachel Maddow Show” has lost 29% in the critical category when comparing her post-Election Day audience to 2024’s total before Trump’s decisive win over then-Vice President Kamala Harris.

Maddow has also dropped 24% among both total viewers and the key demo when comparing the first two months of 2025 to her audience during the first two months of 2024, indicating that MSNBC viewers aren’t as interested as they were when former President Biden occupied the White House.

Outkick added:

Rachel Maddow has lost nearly a quarter of her audience since Donald Trump defeated Kamala Harris in the November election.

According to Fox News Digital, MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show” averaged 2.3 million viewers from the start of 2024 until Election Day but has averaged just 1.8 million since. That’s a decline of 22 percent.

In the same time span, the show has also lost 29 percent of its audience in the advertiser-coveted demographic of adults aged 25-54.

Further, Maddow’s drop has brought down the entire MSNBC lineup. For years, her show ranked among the top five programs in cable news. During Trump’s first term, she was among the top three. Not anymore.

Of late, she has come in around 7th or 8th.

Most recently, Rachel Maddows’ ratings plunged even further after an on-air outburst about MSNBC bosses firing the likes of Joy Reid.

Her rant cost her around 5 million viewers.

Rachel Maddow's rant at MSNBC bosses appears to have backfired spectacularly as 5M viewers fled the news program in a massive 22% ratings slump.
The @Maddow Show dropped from 2.3M viewers to 1.8M viewers since the election of President Donald Trump…https://t.co/vK4Aic1dHa

— johnny dollar (@johnnydollar01) March 14, 2025

From Daily Mail:

Rachel Maddow’s rant at MSNBC bosses appears to have backfired spectacularly as five million viewers fled the news program in a massive 22 per cent ratings slump.

The Rachel Maddow Show dropped from 2.3 million viewers to 1.8 million viewers since the election of President Donald Trump won the election.

The star did even worse with younger viewers aged 25-54, losing 29 percent – or almost one third – of the group advertisers care about most, as reported by Fox News.  

She lost a quarter of her audience, or 24 percent, in the first two months of 2025 compared to the same time last year – showing viewers are tuning out now that Joe Biden is no longer president.

Despite the overall decline, Maddow’s show still managed to win its time slot last Friday and most nights last week, only losing out on Tuesday when President Trump delivered his address to the joint session of Congress.

This ratings disaster comes after Maddow had an angry meltdown with network bosses over the ousting of Joy Reid and other ‘non-white’ hosts.

The $25 million a year host erupted at MSNBC’s new boss Rebecca Kutler live on air, saying it was ‘disturbing’ that ‘non-white hosts in primetime were losing their shows.’

Katie Phang, who is Asian American and Jonathan Capehart, who is black, lost their primetime shows too.

Both will remain at the network, but in less high-profile roles.

Maddow also said it was a ‘bad mistake’ to let Reid walk out the door, claiming the firing or demotion of her hosts would hurt the network.

Influential media newsletter Puck highlighted how Maddow’s own enormous salary could help expand MSNBC’s ranks considerably.

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The network is laying off 125 producers- many of whom work on Maddow’s show – but will rehire 110 of them.

Her program, The Rachel Maddow Show, typically reaches around 2.1 million viewers a night.

This news comes amid mass purges at MSNBC and similar MSM networks, as they are being forced to reckon with the consequences of lying to the American people for years.

How long do you think it’s going to be until The Rachel Maddow Show is no more?

One can only hope it will be sooner than later.