MSNBC in Crisis as Rachel Maddow’s Audience Abandons Ship

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow is facing a brutal reality check as her audience continues to abandon ship following the 2024 election.

Once the darling of the leftist echo chamber, Maddow has hemorrhaged roughly a quarter of her viewership since President Donald Trump secured his decisive victory over Kamala Harris, as reported by The Gateway Pundit.

Turns out, viewers can only be misled for so long before they start tuning out.

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For years, Maddow peddled every anti-Trump conspiracy she could get her hands on, from the Russia collusion hoax to the endless parade of “bombshell” allegations that never materialized.

Her audience, desperate to see Trump taken down, stuck with her through it all. But after being led astray for so long, it seems the breaking point was the election itself.

MSNBC had assured viewers that a Trump comeback was impossible. The network and Maddow herself smugly dismissed any notion that voters might reject the chaos and failures of the Biden-Harris administration. Then reality hit.

Trump won—again. And many of Maddow’s most loyal fans felt betrayed.

According to Fox News, Maddow’s show averaged 2.3 million viewers from the start of 2024 until Election Day. But in the months following Trump’s victory, she lost a staggering 22% of her audience, dropping to an average of 1.8 million viewers through March 7.

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The situation is even worse in the key advertising demographic of adults aged 25-54, where Maddow’s show has plummeted by 29% post-election.

And when comparing the first two months of 2025 to the same period in 2024, her ratings are down 24% in both total viewers and the crucial demo.

Translation: MSNBC’s most recognizable host is bleeding viewers, and there’s no sign of the hemorrhaging stopping anytime soon.

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Maddow isn’t the only one in trouble. MSNBC as a whole is facing an identity crisis. With Joe Biden out of office and Trump back in power, the network is struggling to keep its audience engaged.

The nonstop anti-Trump hysteria that once kept ratings afloat isn’t landing the same way anymore.

And let’s not forget Maddow’s ill-advised tirade over Joy Reid’s firing. That little meltdown didn’t do her any favors. As MSNBC grapples with plummeting numbers, no one’s job seems secure.

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Hosts are being cut left and right, and it’s becoming increasingly clear that Maddow is no longer the untouchable star she once was.

The left-wing media bet everything on Trump losing, and now they’re paying the price. MSNBC’s viewership decline is just the latest proof that the American people are waking up to the deception.

Maddow’s audience is shrinking, and if she keeps losing viewers at this pace, she might find herself on the chopping block next.