TV Article VMAs ratings drop with Miley Cyrus By James Hibberd James Hibberd James Hibberd is the former editor at large at Entertainment Weekly. He left EW in 2021. EW's editorial guidelines Published on August 31, 2015 08:54PM EDT Miley Cyrus can’t stop the VMAs ratings drops. The pop singer got MTV some headlines (and some subsequent outrage for her breast-baring stunt) as the 2015 VMAs host, but what the about the numbers? According to MTV, Sunday night’s telecast of the Video Music Awards delivered 9.8 million viewers across 10 Viacom-owned networks. Despite that, viewership fell 5 percent from 2014. And that’s after the dipped last year too — in 2014, the show slipped 18 percent from 2013. MTV points out that in terms of social media engagement, Sunday night’s VMAs was the most-tweeted program of the year aside from Super Bowl. The event generated an incredible 21.4 million tweets. The biggest Twitter moment? Kayne West “announcing” his run for president in 2020 during his acceptance speech for the Video Vanguard Award. The network also points out that online viewership of the awards is growing, with streaming of the show up 155 percent from last year. •Kanye West jokes he’s running for president, admits he’s high in epic VMAs speech •Taylor Swift debuts ‘Wildest Dreams’ music video before the VMAs •Nicki Minaj brings out Taylor Swift to open the 2015 MTV VMAs •Taylor Swift brought her ‘Bad Blood’ squad to the VMAs red carpet •Nicki Minaj calls out Miley Cyrus at VMAs 2015 for controversial interview •Nicki Minaj brings out Taylor Swift to open the 2015 MTV VMAs •Justin Bieber releases music video for ‘What Do You Mean?’ •Justin Bieber cries after MTV VMAs performance •Nicki Minaj’s Miley Cyrus comments at the VMAs were not staged: Source •Demi Lovato performs ‘Cool For The Summer’ with Iggy Azalea at VMAs •The Weeknd brings Kanye West to his feet with ‘Can’t Feel My Face’ at VMAs •Macklemore and Ryan Lewis take the VMAs ‘Downtown’ •Miley Cyrus opens the 2015 VMAs with Instagram lessons from Andy Samberg, Ike Barinholtz •5 Seconds of Summer wins 2015 Song of the Summer VMA for ‘She’s Kinda Hot’ •Billy Ray Cyrus is live-tweeting the VMAs WANT MORE EW? Subscribe now to keep up with the latest in movies, television and music.