TV viewers of COVID-19 news programs in Germany March-April 2020
During news reports about the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in 2020, the number of TV viewers grew significantly in Germany. The data in this graph refers to the news programs Tagesschau, heute, heute journal and RTL Aktuell. Around 29.5 million viewers watched these programs on March 22, 2020, not long after the WHO had declared the pandemic.