Jake Tapper's CNN show hits lowest ratings since 2015 despite new Biden book buzz, intense publicity tour

CNN big Jake Tapper had his lowest-rated period successful astir a decennary successful May contempt a whirlwind publicity circuit giving him an onslaught of attention. 

Tapper and Axios newsman Alex Thompson's caller book, "Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again," was released successful May to overmuch fanfare. The publication helped acceptable the caller quality rhythm with caller accusations of the Biden White House hiding the information astir the erstwhile president's fittingness for office. 

To beforehand the project, Tapper has embarked connected a wide-ranging publication circuit that landed him connected a assortment of podcasts, speech shows and cablegram news. The publication has besides been promoted relentlessly crossed CNN, but the spotlight connected Tapper has seemingly failed to springiness him a boost successful viewership. 

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Jake Tapper embarked connected a wide-ranging publication circuit that landed him connected a assortment of podcasts, speech shows and adjacent connected CNN rival MSNBC.  (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Warner Bros. Discovery)

"The Lead with Jake Tapper" averaged 525,000 full viewers from April 28 done May 25, shedding 25% of CNN’s assemblage successful its timeslot from the aforesaid play past twelvemonth successful the process.   

By comparison, Fox News offerings "The Five" and "Special Report with Bret Baier" averaged 3.3 cardinal viewers from April 28 done May 25, trouncing Tapper. 

MSNBC besides bushed Tapper among full viewers, arsenic programming connected the progressive web averaged a small implicit 1 cardinal viewers successful the timeslot. As a result, Tapper settled for lone 11% of the cablegram quality assemblage share, portion MSNBC managed 21% and Fox News commanded 68% during the timeframe. 

It was Tapper’s lowest-rated period since August 2015. 

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CNN’s "The Lead with Jake Tapper" had its lowest-rated period since August 2015. (Photo by Scott Kowalchyk/CBS via Getty Images)

"The Lead with Jake Tapper" is besides down from past twelvemonth among the advertiser-coveted demographic of adults aged 25-54. Tapper’s newscast averaged lone 95,000 viewers among the captious demo from April 28 done May 25, for a 15% drop. 

"The Lead with Jake Tapper" wasn’t the lone CNN offering to struggle, arsenic the web had its second-worst period ever successful the demo crossed some full time and primetime during May. 

While Tapper’s efforts to beforehand "Original Sin" haven’t helped viewership, the CNN big has managed to make headlines by admitting helium didn’t study connected Biden’s property issues aggressively capable and declaring the cover-up of the erstwhile president’s intelligence diminution whitethorn beryllium a worse ungraded than Watergate.

CNN's Jake Tapper admitted helium didn't screen Joe Biden's cognitive diminution capable erstwhile the erstwhile president was successful office. (Screenshot/CNN)

When reached for comment, CNN noted that Nielsen Media Research lone reflects CNN’s assemblage successful the United States, but Tapper’s programme airs connected different platforms. 

"The award-winning program The Lead with Jake Tapper reaches wide planetary audiences crossed CNN, CNN International and Max’s streaming platform. No azygous metric tin seizure the existent scope and interaction of a programme driving the nationalist conversation," a CNN spokesperson told Fox News Digital. 

Ratings accusation courtesy of Nielsen Media Research. 

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