The Nielsen Co. claims that an estimated 23 million Americans have dropped their plans for the big day at Westminster Abbey and tuned in to the Royal Wedding coverage of television networks in the United States.

Citing the data provided by Nielsen, the Associated Press noted that 22.76 million viewers were getting blow by blow accounts of the much-talked about royal wedding were distributed in 11 networks during the ceremony from 6 a.m. to 7:15 a.m. EDT.

Variety magazine said that E! claims that because of its Royal Wedding coverage, its website had reported a new single day record for page views at 23.6 million on Friday’s Royal wedding coverage.

The entertainment website also noted that an estimated 1.5 million unique users for other wedding-related materials featured in its websites and live stream of the ceremony at London’s historic Abbey.

E! reported that its website logged a new single-day record for page views on Friday thanks to its royal wedding coverage. The site logged 23.6 million page views and 1.5 million unique users for its nuptials-related material and live stream of the ceremony in Westminster Abbey.

The grand wedding between the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge was telecast on eleven major television networks in the U.S. including ABC, CBS, NBC, Telemundo, Univision, BBC America, CNN, E! Entertainment, Fox News Channel, MSNBC and TLC.
No estimates have been provided as of yet for the number of viewers who witnessed the Royal Wedding of the Century at London’s Westminster Abbey on April 29.