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AEW Dynamite viewership down, 18-49 demo rating up

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

Wednesday night’s episode of AEW Dynamite averaged 655,000 viewers on TBS, down 3.5 percent from last week. It’s still the second-highest viewership total for the show since November 13.

Dynamite drew a 0.19 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 5.6 percent from last week and ties the best rating the show has done in that category since the November 20 episode.

The show went head-to-head with an NBA game on ESPN that topped the cable charts with a 0.37 rating in 18-49 and averaged 1.172 million viewers overall.

The Dynamite totals do not include people who were watching on Max.

As compared to the same week in 2024, the show’s overall viewership was down 21.7 percent while its 18-49 rating was down 29.6 percent.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for Dynamite, along with the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 7.3 percent in overall viewers and 5.6 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

AEW Dynamite ratings up for Maximum Carnage

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Wednesday night’s Maximum Carnage edition of AEW Dynamite averaged 679,000 viewers on TBS, up 10.4 percent from last week. It’s the best TV viewership total for the show since October 2, though no data has been made available for Dynamite’s Max simulcast since that began at the start of 2025.

Dynamite drew a 0.18 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 5.9 percent from last week and ties the second-highest rating the show has done in that category since November 20.

The episode was headlined by a rare televised AEW World Championship match between Jon Moxley and Powerhouse Hobbs, featured Kenny Omega’s first AEW match since December 2023, and also included the first-ever women’s Casino Gauntlet Match.

As compared to the same week in 2024, Dynamite’s overall viewership was down 23.8 percent while its 18-49 rating was down 45.5 percent, so the television audience is skewing much older. With the show simulcast on Max it’s likely — but not known for sure — that those viewers would be younger than on traditional television.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership numbers and 18-49 demo ratings for Dynamite, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 14.2 percent in viewers but steady in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

AEW Dynamite ratings up for Kenny Omega return

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Wednesday night’s AEW Dynamite episode averaged 615,000 viewers on TBS, up 4.6 percent from last week. It’s the largest audience total for the show since December 18 and is the second-largest number for Dynamite since November 20.

In the 18-49 demo, Dynamite finished sixth on the primetime cable charts with a 0.17 rating. That’s up 6.3 percent from last week but ties the second-lowest rating the show has done in that category since November 27.

These numbers do not include any data from Dynamite’s simulcast on Max.

The show went head-to-head with one of the biggest NBA regular season games of the year between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Cleveland Cavaliers, which topped the cable charts with 1.87 million viewers overall and a 0.59 rating in the 18-49 demo. Cable news coverage of the wildfires in Southern California also meant that those stations had more viewers than normal.

As compared to the same week in 2024, Dynamite’s overall viewership was down 22.8 percent while its 18-49 rating was down 41.4 percent, so the audience skewed a lot older. That could be evidence that the Max simulcast is steering younger viewers to the streaming app.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for Dynamite on TBS, along with the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 3.2 percent in overall viewers as compared to the recent averages, but the 18-49 rating was down 5.6 percent.

AEW Dynamite Fight for the Fallen viewership up, 18-49 rating down

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The New Year’s night episode of AEW Dynamite averaged 588,000 viewers on TBS, up 2.4% from the previous week. It’s the third highest audience for the show since November 20th.

Dynamite finished 6th on the primetime cable charts and ninth overall on television, with a 0.16 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down 11.1% from last week and is the lowest rating the show has done in that category since November 27th. This was the first episode of AEW Dynamite simulcast on the Max streaming service and these numbers do not include those viewers.

The show aired head to head with the ending of the Rose Bowl as well as the hour long post game show which topped all television with over 6.5 million viewers and a 1.78 rating in the 18-49 demo.

As compared to the first show of 2024, the overall viewership was down 26.6% while the 18-49 rating was down 38.5%.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for AEW Dynamite on TBS as well as the 10 week average in both categories. This week’s show was down 2.1% in overall viewers and 11.1% in 18-49 as compared to recent averages.

AEW Dynamite ratings down on Christmas night

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The Christmas night episode of AEW Dynamite averaged 574,000 viewers on TBS, down 8.2 percent from last week. It’s the lowest audience total for the show since November 27 and is the fourth-lowest viewership Dynamite has done in its regular time slot in 2024.

Dynamite drew a 0.18 rating in the 18-49 demo, finishing second on the prime time cable charts. That’s down 5.3 percent from last week but ties the second-highest rating the show has done in that category since November 20.

The episode was taped in advance from the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City and aired after the end of TBS’ annual 24-hour marathon of “A Christmas Story.” Dynamite went head-to-head with a Christmas night NBA game on ESPN that topped the cable charts with a 1.00 rating in 18-49, averaging nearly three million viewers overall.

As compared to the same week in 2023, Dynamite’s overall viewership was down 31.9 percent while its 18-49 rating was down 41.9 percent.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for Dynamite, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was down 5.4 percent in overall viewers but steady in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

AEW Dynamite ratings up, back over 600k viewers

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Wednesday night’s Holiday Bash episode of AEW Dynamite averaged 625,000 viewers on TNT, up 5.2 percent from last week. It’s the largest audience total for the show since November 20.

Dynamite drew a 0.19 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 11.8 percent from last week and is also the best rating the show has done in that category since the November 20 episode.

The show went against a college football bowl game on ESPN and also faced competition from the season finale of Survivor on CBS. In the month of December, this is the third consecutive week that Dynamite’s viewership has increased and the third straight week the 18-49 rating was either even or up from the previous week.

As compared to the same week in 2023, Dynamite’s overall viewership was down 20.1 percent while its 18-49 rating was down 26.9 percent. It’s the 12th straight week the show was down at least 20 percent in the key demo year-over-year.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for Dynamite, along with the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 8.3 percent in overall viewers and 5.6 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

AEW Dynamite viewership up slightly, still below 600k

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Wednesday night’s Winter is Coming edition of AEW Dynamite averaged 594,000 viewers on TBS. That’s up 1.4 percent from the previous week and is the best audience total for the show since November 20.

In the 18-49 demo, Dynamite finished fourth on the prime time cable charts with a 0.17 rating. That’s the same number as the show drew last week. It ties the fifth-lowest rating Dynamite has done in the show’s history — with three of the six lowest numbers having come in the last three weeks.

The biggest sports competition was an NBA Cup game on ESPN that averaged 1.47 million viewers and topped the cable charts with a 0.47 rating in 18-49. Dynamite also went head-to-head with a Survivor episode on CBS that averaged nearly five million viewers and ranked first on all of television with a 0.68 demo rating.

As compared to the same week in 2023, Dynamite’s overall viewership was down 29.7 percent while its 18-49 rating was down 43.3 percent.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership totals and 18-49 ratings for Dynamite, along with the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s episode was up 1.4 percent in overall viewers but down 5.6 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

AEW Dynamite ratings up from Thanksgiving eve episode

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Wednesday night’s AEW Dynamite averaged 586,000 viewers on TBS, up 9.3 percent from last week’s Thanksgiving eve episode. Despite the increase, this is the fifth-lowest viewership in Dynamite’s history for a Wednesday night airing. Three of the five least-viewed episodes have come in the past five weeks.

Dynamite drew a 0.17 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 13.3 percent from last week but is the second-lowest rating the show has done on a Wednesday night in its history.

Wrestlenomics reports that Dynamite ranked approximately seventh on cable last night, trailing a pair of college basketball games on ESPN, Fox News programming, and The Challenge on MTV.

As compared to the same week in 2023, Dynamite’s overall viewership was down 28.8 percent while its 18-49 rating was down 32 percent.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for Dynamite, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was down 1.9 percent in overall viewers and down 5.6 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

AEW Dynamite ratings drop on Thanksgiving eve

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Last Wednesday’s Thanksgiving eve episode of AEW Dynamite averaged 536,000 viewers on TBS, down 16.3 percent from the previous week. It’s the third-lowest viewership total the show has ever done on a Wednesday night and is the lowest number for Dynamite since November 6 of this year — the day after the presidential election where the show went head-to-head with WWE NXT.

Dynamite drew a 0.15 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down 25 percent from the November 20 episode and is the lowest rating the show has done in that category on a Wednesday night in its history.

Over the past couple of years, the Thanksgiving holiday has not had a noticeably negative effect on Dynamite ratings. Last year, the episode drew a 0.28 rating, which was up from 0.26 the week before. In 2022, it did a 0.32 rating as compared to a 0.28 the prior week. It was down in 2021 with a 0.31 compared to a 0.37 the week before. In 2020, it was down with a 0.26 as opposed to a 0.37 the week prior. And 2019 saw the number drop from 0.39 to 0.26.

As compared to the same week in 2023 (which was not Thanksgiving eve), Dynamite’s overall viewership was down 37.5 percent while its 18-49 rating was down 48.3 percent. Comparing it to 2023’s Thanksgiving eve episode, the overall viewers were down 36.6 percent with the 18-49 rating down 42.3 percent.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for Dynamite, along with the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was down 12.5 percent in overall viewers and 25 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

Dave Meltzer’s AEW & WWE ratings analysis for last week’s shows

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For the week of 11/11 to 11/17, in the cable entertainment category, Yellowstone on Paramount was first, followed by Raw, SmackDown, the debut of Landman on Paramount, and AEW Dynamite was fifth.

As far as overall in 18-49 on cable, Raw was 13th, behind five NFL related shows, two college football games, three NBA games, one college basketball game and Yellowstone. SmackDown was 22nd, lower than usual due to going against the Tyson-Paul fight. AEW Dynamite was 41st, even with its best number since late September.

Last year in the same week, Raw was first and AEW was fifth in entertainment and 15th and 25th overall. The main difference is that AEW was behind 13 FOX News shows during the week this year.

AEW Dynamite on 11/20, going against the Country Music Awards as well as the regular programming, did 640,000 viewers with a 0.20 (266,000 viewers) in 18-49 and an 0.12 in 18-34.

The CMA Awards on ABC did 6,092,000/0.81.

On cable, Dynamite was No. 5, behind two NBA games and two shows on FOX News. Chicago vs. Milwaukee NBA won the time slot at 1,217,000/0.35 but the later game after Dynamite was over won the night at 1,063,000/0.35 by 4,000 viewers. Jesse Watters did 3,734,000/0.25 for second place in hour one and Dynamite was third. In hour two, Dynamite was behind the NBA game but beat Hannity (2,972,000/0.19) by 3,000 viewers for second place. Other competition saw Real Housewives of Salt Lake City on Bravo at 444,000/0.16, Challenge on MTV at 341,000/0.15, Expedition Unknown on Discovery at 910,000/0.11, Sistas Series on BET at 744,000/0.09 and College Football on ESPN 2 with Ohio vs. Toledo at 414,000/0.08.

The Big Bang Theory lead-in did 973,000/0.17 which was the second highest entertainment show of the night behind Dynamite.

Dynamite was down 3.9 percent in viewers from last week, down 8.0 percent in 18-49 and up 15.6 percent in 18-34.

The show did 62,000 in men 18-34 (up 24.0 percent from last week), 27,000 in women 18-34 (same as last week), 122,000 in men 35-49 (down 17.6 percent) and 55,000 in women 35-49 (down 14.1 percent from last week).

The show only did 1.31 viewers per home and the audience was 69.2 percent male in 18-49.

From one year ago, it was down 23.9 percent in viewers, down 21.1 percent in 18-49 and down 21.9 percent in 18-34.  Factoring in homes lost by cable, the real drops were 19.1 percent in viewers, 13.1 percent in 18-49 and 14.0 percent in 18-34.

It opened with 747,000 viewers and 296,000 in 18-49 for Will Ospreay & Mark Davis & Powerhouse Hobbs & Ricochet vs. Konosuke Takeshita & Kyle Fletcher & Lance Archer & Brian Cage.

The rest of that match, promos with Darby Allin and the Death Riders and the Hurt Syndicate and Swerve Strickland angle did 671,000 viewers and 275,000 in 18-49.

Adam Cole & Kyle O’Reilly, a Conglomeration promo and Kris Statlander vs. Hikaru Shida did 634,000 viewers and 249,000 in 18-49.

The rest of Shida vs. Statlander, Mercedes Mone & Kamille, Hurt Syndicate and Bobby Lashley vs. Cheeseburger & Joe Keys did 667,000 viewers and 273,000 in 18-49.

The post-match stuff with Hurt Syndicate, Sweve Strickland and Prince Nana, Mina Shirakawa and Mariah May and star of Darby Allin vs. Claudio Castagnoli did 649,000 viewers and 269,000 in 18-49.

The end of Allin vs. Castagnoli, Private Party, A.J. The Costco guy and Big Justice, Roderick Strong and MJF promos did 630,000 viewers and 263,000 in 18-49.

Angles with Daniel Garcia and Jack Perry, Chris Jericho and Tomohiro Ishii which involved The Conglomeration and Learning Tree and Jamie Hayster promo did 594,000 viewers and 255,000 in 18-49.

The Julia Hart video and Orange Cassidy vs. Wheeler Yuta did 549,000 viewers and 246,000 in 18-49.

The end of that match and post-match with the Death Rider and Conglomeration did 597,000 viewers and 276,000 in 18-49.

NXT on 11/19 did 672,000 viewers with an 0.19 (250,000 viewers) in 18-49 and an 0.11 in 18-34.

The key to this being well above usual numbers when they don’t have main roster talent in key spots on the show, is the Chase U breakup angle. The Ridge Holland vs. Andre Chase main event for both a title shot and if Chase lost, he’d have to break up the group, in the main event slot, did 731,000 viewers and 0.21 which is much higher than main events usually do unless it’s a show with a major main roster star.

The biggest competition was Dancing with the Stars on ABC (5,187,000/0.75). CW once again beat FOX, which did an 0.14, to take fourth among the five networks. Cable competition included Cleveland vs. Boston NBA on TNT (1,691,000/0.50), Jessie Watters (4,038,000/0.27) and Hannity (3,322,000/0.20) on FOX News Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (796,000/0.20 and College Football with Miami of Ohio vs., Northern Illinois on ESPN (497,000/0.13).

The show was up 6.5 percent in viewers from the prior week, up 16.8 percent in 18-49 and even in 18-34.

The show did 1.37 viewers per home and 64.9 percent male in 18-49.

From one year ago on USA, the show was up 8.0 percent in viewers, up 1.6 percent in 18-49 and down 8.3 percent in 18-34.  

Raw on 11/18 did 1,516,000 viewers with an 0.49 (653,000 viewers) in 18-49 and an 0.32 in 18-34 for a taped show which is pretty impressive since it did the same in 18-49 for a taped show this week as last week even though last week had much easier NFL competition.

It was fourth on cable behind three NFL related shows on ESPN and second in the time slot.  The Houston Texans vs. Dallas Cowboys game did 8,622,000/1.46 on ABC, 7,490,000/2.42 on ESPN and 878,000/0.30 on ESPN 2 for a total of 16,990,000/4.18.  Raw beat everything on television for the day except the NFL.

The other competition was Jesse Watters (3,684,000/0.20) and Hannity (2,712,000/0.15) on FOX News, 90 Day Fiance Tow: Tel A on Bravo (932,000/0.18 and U.S. and USA vs. Jamaica soccer on TNT (273,000/0.11).

It was down 2.9 percent in viewers from last week, down 0.2 percent in 18-49 and up 3.2 percent in 18-49 even though football competition was tougher.

The first hour did 1,502,000 viewers and the second hour did 1,530,000 viewers.

The show did 1.41 viewers per home with 66.0 percent men in 18-49.

From one year ago, when the show went against a Chiefs vs. Eagles game that had more than 29 million viewers, it was up 3.9 percent in viewers, up 1.4 percent in 18-49 and down 3.0 percent in 18-34.  Factoring in homes lost by cable, the real percentage changes would be up 10.9 percent in viewers, up 11.5 percent in 18-49 and up 6.1 percent in 18-34. That makes sense given how much tougher the competition was last year.

Invincible Fight Girl, the Adult Swim show about a girl becoming a pro wrestler, airing at midnight, did 204,000 viewers and an 0.12 in 18-49. Aside from a Hallmark movie in prime time, it was the highest rated entertainment show on cable that day, beating Collision for that spot.

The taped Collision show on 11/16 did 356,000 viewers with an 0.11 (154,000 viewers) in 18-49 and 0.04 in 18-34.

The key was a bad number in men 18-34 but a good number in men 35-49.

Collision was No. 15 for the day on cable and fourth in the time slot was behind the UFC 309 prelims on FX (816,000/0.36), Arizona vs. Kansas State football on ESPN (849,000/0.21) and The Hallmark Christmas movie Jingle Bell Run (1,730,000/0.13).  It beat On Patrol Live, College Football on FS 1, College Football on the Big 10 network and College Basketball on the Big 10 Network. Network college football head-to-head saw Tennessee vs. Georgia on ABC (9,823,000/2.39), Oregon vs Washington on NBC (4,121,000/0.84) and Cincinnati vs. Iowa State on FOX (1,002,000/0.22).

The show was up 7.2 percent in viewers, up 14.1 percent in 18-49 and down 45.8 percent in 18-34.

The show did 12,000 in men 18-34 (down 66.7 percent), 14,000 in women 18-34 (up 16.7 percent), 95,000 in men 35-49 (up 50.8 percent) and 23,000 in women 35-49 (down 4.2 percent).  The show did 1.45 viewers per home and was 69.5 percent male viewers in 18-49.

From the prior year, with the show out of its regular slot so these comparisons don’t mean anything, It was up 31.9 percent in viewers, up 38.7 percent in 18-49 and down 38.1 percent in 18-34. The big increase was just because of comparing a show in its regular slot this year to one out of it last year.

Going against the Netflix broadcast of boxing, both wrestling shows on 11/15 did among their worst numbers ever. Really you can throw these numbers out regarding comparisons because they are total flukes.

Rampage on 11/15 did among its lowest numbers ever, doing head-to-head with the Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano fight. It did 186,000 viewers with an 0.06 (75,000 viewers) in 18-49s and a record low 0.02 in 18-34.

Rampage didn’t crack the top 25 for the night.  In the time slot, it was seventh behind Memphis vs, Golden State NBA game on ESPN (1,027,000/0.24, extremely low for the Warriors on ESPN), Gutfeld on FOX News (2,819,000/0.17), Scare Tactics on USA with the SmackDown lead-in (380,000/0.15), Mexico vs. Honduras soccer on Univision Deportes (237,000/0.09), On Patrol Live on Reelz (496,000/0.08), and Marquette vs. Maryland college basketball on FS 1 (221,000/0.07against the first 30 minutes of Rampage).

It was down 21.5 percent from the prior week in viewers, down 16.7 percent in 18-49 and down 31.8 percent in 18-34.

It did 10,000 in men 18-34 (down 16.7 percent from last week), 5,000 in women 18-34 (down 50.0 percent), 52,000 in men 35-49 (up 18.2 percent from last week which is shocking given the competition and 8,000 in women 35-49 (down 66.7 percent).

The show did just 1.23 viewers per home and the audience was 82.7 percent male in 18-49, which is an incredibly high percentage for a wrestling show.

From one year ago, it was down 33.6 percent in viewers, down 38,0 percent in 18-49 and down 57.1 percent in 18-34. Factoring in homes lost by cable doesn’t make much of a difference as the declines were 28.9 percent in viewers, down 31.4 percent in 18-49 and down 52.9 percent in 18-34.

SmackDown did its lowest numbers ever for a show on the USA Network, but there were FS1 shows in recent years that did lower numbers.

The show did 1,234,000 viewers with a 0.32 (432,000 viewers) in 18-49 and a 0.20 in 18-34.

What’s notable is the numbers were way down even though the Amanda Serrano vs. Katie Taylor fight didn’t even start until after SmackDown was over, which shows that a giant audience watched the entire boxing show and not just the top two fights.

SmackDown was No. 2 on cable and on all of television even with the lower than usual number, behind only the Los Angeles Lakers vs. San Antonio Spurs NBA game on ESPN that did 1,280,000 viewers and an 0.36 in 18-49.

The declines from last week would be entirely due to the fight, as it was down 19.7 percent in viewers, down 32.2 percent in 18-49 and down 25.9 percent in 18-34.

The show did 1.40 viewers per home with 64.6 percent male in 18-49.

It was down 44.1 percent in viewers from the same week last year, down 47.0 percent in 18-49 and down 50.0 percent in 18-34, but that’s meaningless given cable instead of network and the competition.

AEW Dynamite ratings down for Full Gear go-home show

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Wednesday night’s episode of AEW Dynamite averaged 640,000 viewers on TBS, down 3.9 percent from last week. Despite the decline from last week, this is the second-highest audience total for the show since October 2.

Dynamite finished fourth on the prime time cable charts with a 0.20 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s down 9.1 percent from last week but ties the second-largest rating Dynamite has done in that category since the October 2 episode.

The show went head-to-head with an NBA game on ESPN that topped the cable charts with a 0.35 rating in 18-49 and 1.2 million viewers overall, as well as the CMA Awards on ABC that averaged 6.1 million viewers and drew a 0.81 demo rating.

As compared to the same week in 2023, Dynamite’s overall viewership was down 24.3 percent while its 18-49 rating was down 23.1 percent.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for Dynamite, along with the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 3.2 percent in overall viewers and 5.3 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

AEW Dynamite viewership and 18-49 demo rating up

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

Wednesday night’s episode of AEW Dynamite averaged 666,000 viewers on TBS, up 27.3 percent from last week (when the show went head-to-head with WWE NXT). It’s the largest audience total for Dynamite since October 2.

Dynamite finished fifth on the primetime cable charts with a 0.22 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 37.5 percent from last week and is the best rating the show has done in that category since its September 25 episode.

The only major sports competition was an NBA game on ESPN that averaged 1.08 million viewers and drew a 0.34 rating in the 18-49 demo to top the cable charts.

As compared to the same week in 2023, Dynamite’s overall viewership was down 19.1 percent while its 18-49 rating was down 21.4 percent.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for Dynamite, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was up 7.5 percent in overall viewers and 15.8 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

WWE NXT beats AEW Dynamite in head-to-head ratings battle

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Going head-to-head on Wednesday night, WWE NXT beat out AEW Dynamite in both total viewership and the 18-49 demo rating.

– Tuesday night’s episode of WWE NXT averaged 619,000 viewers on The CW, up 5.3 percent from last week. The show, which did not air on its usual night this week due to coverage of the presidential election, was a special episode from the former ECW Arena in Philadelphia.

This was the second-lowest audience total NXT has done since moving to The CW.

NXT drew a 0.17 rating in the 18-49 demo. That’s up 21.4 percent from last week and is the best rating the show has drawn in that category since October 15.

– Dynamite, in its regular time slot, averaged 523,000 viewers on TBS. That’s down 16.7 percent from last week and is the fourth-lowest audience total in the history of the show.

Dynamite finished sixth on the prime-time cable charts with a 0.16 rating in the 18-49 demo, down 15.8 percent from last week. It ties the second-lowest rating in the history of the show and also ties the lowest rating that Dynamite has ever done in its regular time slot.

Both shows aired head-to-head with an NBA game on ESPN featuring the Boston Celtics and Golden State Warriors that drew a larger-than-usual audience, topping the cable charts with 2.14 million viewers and a 0.64 rating in the 18-49 demo. News stations were also up following the election.

As compared to the same week in 2023, Dynamite was down 35 percent in overall viewers and 40.7 percent in the 18-49 demo. NXT was down 22 percent in overall viewers and 34.6 percent in 18-49.

A look at the last 11 weeks of ratings history for both Dynamite and NXT is available below. As compared to its 10-week averages, Dynamite was down 17.9 percent in overall viewers and 20 percent in 18-49. NXT was down 9.9 percent in total viewers and 10.5 percent in 18-49.

Subscriber exclusive: More insight into Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite ratings

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After this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter came out, Dave Meltzer got more details and insights into Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite ratings, the competition it faced, and a rarity for the show closing segment which are available for subscribers now.

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AEW Dynamite viewership down slightly, 18-49 rating steady against World Series

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Wednesday night’s episode of AEW Dynamite averaged 628,000 viewers on TBS, down 1.4 percent from last week. It’s the lowest audience total the show has done in its regular time slot since August 7.

Dynamite drew a 0.19 rating in the 18-49 demo, finishing sixth on the primetime cable charts. That’s the same rating the show drew last week, which ties the lowest rating Dynamite has done in its regular time slot since July 31.

The show went head-to-head with game five of the MLB World Series, which averaged more than 18 million viewers. It was also up against portions of two NBA games on ESPN that topped the cable charts.

As compared to the same week in 2023, Dynamite was down 24.5 percent in overall viewers and down 32.1 percent in 18-49.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership totals and 18-49 demo ratings for Dynamite, along with the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was down 2.5 percent in overall viewers and down five percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.