Barack Obama’s acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention attracted 38.4 million American viewers — a larger audience than those that watched the opening ceremony for the Beijing Olympics (34.2 million viewers), reports the Guardian (via MarketingVOX). The speech was broadcast on many stations, however; the Olympics opening ceremony only appeared on one.The speech was made last Thursday, marking Obama’s move to accept nomination for Presidency on the Democratic ticket. It was broadcast at 10pm across a number of channels, of which CNN drew the most viewers: 8.1 million.

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It was a pretty powerful speech