--- title: Presidential Debate: Third Debate Draws 71.6 Million Viewers description: The third and final presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton drew in about 71.6 viewers, according to Nielsen numbers. canonical: https://time.com/4539855/third-final-presidential-debate-ratings/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-20T23:00:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T10:18:33.116Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: The Final Presidential Debate of 2016 Was Watched by 71.6 Million People og:description: Its ratings beat the second debate but not the first og:url: https://time.com/4539855/third-final-presidential-debate-ratings/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdda285fb9232a95c/6988aafc5f570f720cb22faf/presidential-debate-ratings.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: US-VOTE-DEBATE og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Final Presidential Debate of 2016 Was Watched by 71.6 Million People twitter:description: Its ratings beat the second debate but not the first twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdda285fb9232a95c/6988aafc5f570f720cb22faf/presidential-debate-ratings.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Final Presidential Debate of 2016 Was Watched by 71.6 Million People > Sponsored content. 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Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton speak during the final presidential debate at the University of Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada on Oct. 19, 2016.AFP—AFP/Getty Images  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Oct 20, 2016 11:00 PM UTC The [third and final presidential debate](http://time.com/4538117/presidential-debate-hillary-clinton-gaggle/?xid=homepage) between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton drew about 71.6 viewers, which beat ratings from the second showdown between the candidates but not from the first face-off, [according to Nielsen numbers released Thursday](http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insights/news/2016/third-presidential-debate-of-2016-draws-71-6-million-viewers.html). About 84 million people tuned in to watch the [first](http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insights/news/2016/first-presidential-debate-of-2016-draws-84-million-viewers.html) general election debate matchup of 2016, which took place at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. on Sept. 26\. That debate attracted the highest number of viewers out of all three debates and the most ever for a presidential debate, according to the [Wall Street _Journal_](http://www.wsj.com/articles/third-debate-grows-in-ratings-fails-to-top-first-contest-1476989107). The [second](http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insights/news/2016/third-presidential-debate-of-2016-draws-71-6-million-viewers.html) debate in St. Louis on Oct. 9 brought in about 66.5 million people. 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