An open counts a person looking up the article. Supporters and opponents count the same.
Share of the five articles
47.8%
Trump’s opens, July 1, 2015 through October 27, 2026.
Days Trump led the five
3,190
of 4,137 measured days.
Trump’s ordinary day, about
73 thousand
Median opens. Obama about 34 thousand. Biden about 24 thousand.
Notes on the Count
The busiest day is November 9, 2016, with about 14.3 million opens. The ten busiest days account for 10.4% of Trump’s opens. The hundred busiest account for 27.3%. On an ordinary day, outside those peaks, Trump’s article still receives more opens than the other four.
In 2021, Biden had about 3.6 million more opens than Trump (about 27.9 million to about 24.3 million).
In 2022, Biden had about 1.9 million more opens than Trump (about 18.4 million to about 16.5 million).
In 2023, Biden had about 408 thousand more opens than Trump (about 17.9 million to about 17.5 million).
In the years Trump did not lead, the larger count belonged to the person the news was about. After he left office, that count moved to the sitting president. It returned when he was the candidate, and again when he was president.
The English edition accounts for 63.2% of Trump’s opens. The other 22 editions account for the remainder. Each row names a language edition.
On the pooled US cable captions, Trump’s busiest month is October 2016, 13.4% of archived clips. The middle month is 1.90%. The percentage measures archived clips. It does not measure the size of an audience, and it does not measure agreement. The television file ends in October 2024.
Trump’s Busiest Days
Trump’s share of the five, by year
The 2015 column begins on 1 July. The 2026 column ends on 25 October. Click a year to show that year alone.