Trump on Tuesday publicly joined commentators ridiculing the viewing figures.
He tweeted: “Lowest rated Oscars in HISTORY. Problem is, we don’t have stars anymore – except your President (just kidding, of course)!”
The ratings for the 2018 Academy Awards were the lowest ever recorded according to Nielsen figures for the ceremony.
26.5m US viewers watched the ABC network’s live broadcast of the four-hour show, a 16% drop from the 32.9m who tuned in for the awards in 2017.
The ratings for Sunday’s ceremony do not include digital or mobile viewers.
The previous record low for the ceremony was in 2008, when No Country for Old Men won best picture.
In response, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revamped the ceremony, increasing the number of nominees for the best picture category to a maximum of 10 in an attempt to include more blockbuster films and generate more viewer excitement.
But the change did little, with this year’s best picture category failing to include any of 2017’s three highest-grossing films: Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Beauty and the Beast and Wonder Woman.
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