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WWE Raw October 27 episode ties record low in viewership against NFL, World Series

Posted on by Josh Nason

After three weeks of improved viewership, the October 27 episode of WWE Raw on Netflix returned to its previous record low for global views.

Revealed by Netflix on Tuesday in their weekly rankings, the show did 2.3 million global views with 4.6 million global hours viewed. It’s the lowest tally for views since the September 29 show’s 2.3 million while the hours viewed was the lowest since October 13 and the second-lowest overall in show history (4.5 million).

Competition-wise in the United States, the show was up against the NFL’s Monday Night Football (Kansas City Chiefs vs. Washington Commanders) in addition to game three of the World Series between the LA Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays.

The show was the Raw go-home for Saturday Night’s Main Event with the build to the CM Punk vs. Jey Uso match for the vacant World Heavyweight title. It also featured a no. 1 contender’s match for the WWE Intercontinental title, Nikki Bella vs. Roxanne Perez, and a Women’s World Tag Team title match between Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss defending against Bayley and Lyra Valkyria.

Raw Viewership Details:

  • The episode dropped to eighth globally and remained at fourth in the United States. It finished in the top ten in 14 countries worldwide which included Mexico, Canada, United Kingdom, India, and Saudi Arabia.
  • The listed 1:53 run time was identical to the previous week.
  • The average for the last ten weeks decreased to 2.45 million global views and 4.87 million global hours viewed.

Last 10 weeks of WWE Raw on Netflix ratings/viewership:

Episode dateGlobal ViewsGlobal Hours
October 27, 20252.3 million4.6 million
October 20, 20252.6 million5.1 million
October 13, 20252.4 million4.6 million
October 3, 20252.4 million4.8 million
September 29, 20252.3 million4.5 million
September 22, 20252.3 million4.5 million
September 15, 20252.6 million5.3 million
September 8, 20252.6 million5.1 million
September 1, 20252.4 million5.2 million
August 25, 20252.6 million5.0 million
Average for last 10 weeks:2.45 million4.87 million

WWE Raw Crown Jewel fallout episode viewership revealed

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Viewership for the October 13 episode of WWE Raw on Netflix — the Crown Jewel follow-up — was identical with the previous week at 2.4 million global viewers.

The global hours viewed finished at 4.6 million, down from the previous week’s 4.8 million. The data comes from Netflix’s Tudum report.

The show had an 8 AM Eastern start time as it took place from Perth, Australia, as part of WWE’s weekend in the city.

Raw Viewership Details:

  • The episode ranked eighth globally and sixth in the United States. It finished in the top ten in 13 countries worldwide which included Mexico, Canada, United Kingdom, India and Australia.
  • The listed 1:52 run time was down five minutes from last week’s 1:57.
  • The average for the last ten weeks decreased to 2.52 million global views and 4.97 million global hours viewed.

Raw Show Details:

  • The show featured both Seth Rollins and Stephanie Vaquer following their Crown Jewel Championship wins and a surprising angle where Rollins was turned on by his Vision teammates Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed.
  • The show featured WWE Intercontinental Champion Dominik Mysterio defending his title, a singles match with Rhea Ripley, and a three-way no. 1 contender’s match featuring CM Punk vs. LA Knight vs. Jey Uso.

Last 10 weeks of WWE Raw on Netflix ratings/viewership:

Episode dateGlobal ViewsGlobal Hours
October 13, 20252.4 million4.6 million
October 3, 20252.4 million4.8 million
September 29, 20252.3 million4.5 million
September 22, 20252.3 million4.5 million
September 15, 20252.6 million5.3 million
September 8, 20252.6 million5.1 million
September 1, 20252.4 million5.2 million
August 25, 20252.6 million5.0 million
August 18, 20252.8 million5.4 million
August 11, 20252.8 million5.3 million
Average for last 10 weeks:2.52 million4.97 million

WWE Raw viewership hits record lows on Netflix for September 22 episode

Posted on by Josh Nason

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The Monday, September 22 episode of WWE Raw did both a record low 2.3 million global views and 4.5 million global hours viewed through its first seven days, according to the Netflix weekly Tudum report.

That’s a drop from the previous week’s show that did 2.6 million global views and 5.3 million global hours viewed. The previous Raw record low for global views was for the September 1 episode (2.4 million) while the previous record low for global hours viewed was for the June 30 episode (4.6 million).

For the second straight week, the show began at a 7 PM Eastern start time in the U.S.

The show was the fallout episode from Wrestlepalooza and featured a confrontation between WWE Champion Cody Rhodes and World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins to build up Crown Jewel, Stephanie Vaquer celebrating her WWE Women’s title win, and Rhea Ripley vs. Asuka in the main event.

Raw Viewership Details:

  • Raw was a Top 10 show in nine countries, ranking eighth globally and fourth in the U.S. for the second straight week.
  • The 1:55 runtime was shortly less than last week’s 1:58.
  • The average for the last ten weeks decreased to 2.65 million global views and 5.31 million global hours viewed.

Dave Meltzer provided his insight into the numbers for subscribers.

Last 10 weeks of WWE Raw on Netflix ratings/viewership:

Episode dateGlobal ViewsGlobal Hours
September 22, 20252.3 million4.5 million
September 15, 20252.6 million5.3 million
September 8, 20252.6 million5.1 million
September 1, 20252.4 million5.2 million
August 25, 20252.6 million5.0 million
August 18, 20252.8 million5.4 million
August 11, 20252.8 million5.3 million
August 4, 20253.0 million6.1 million
July 28, 20252.7 million5.5 million
July 21, 20252.7 million5.7 million
Average for last 10 weeks:2.65 million5.31 million

WWE Raw on Netflix viewership for Wrestlepalooza go-home episode released

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The Monday, September 15 episode of WWE Raw on Netflix brought in 2.6 million global views to go with 5.3 million global hours viewed through its first seven days, according to the Netflix weekly Tudum report.

The global views/accounts are identical to the September 8 episode while the hours viewed were slightly up from the previous week’s 5.1 million.

With the exception of August 4, the global views have been consistently between 2.4 million and 2.8 million over the last ten weeks.

The September 15 episode was the go-home edition prior to last Saturday’s Wrestlepalooza and featured an advertised appearance by John Cena in addition to a final face-to-face between CM Punk, AJ Lee, Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch.

The show had a 7 PM Eastern start time due to Monday Night Football (domestically), an hour earlier than usual.

Raw Viewership Details:

  • The episode ranked seventh globally, but was fourth in the U.S. — an increase of two spots from the prior week. It was in the top ten in 12 countries.
  • The show’s runtime was 1:58, ten minutes longer than the previous week which helped increase the global hours viewed.
  • The average of the last ten weeks is 2.69 million global views and 5.4 million global hours viewed.

Last 10 weeks of WWE Raw on Netflix ratings/viewership:

Episode dateGlobal ViewsGlobal Hours
September 15, 20252.6 million5.3 million
September 8, 20252.6 million5.1 million
September 1, 20252.4 million5.2 million
August 25, 20252.6 million5.0 million
August 18, 20252.8 million5.4 million
August 11, 20252.8 million5.3 million
August 4, 20253.0 million6.1 million
July 28, 20252.7 million5.5 million
July 21, 20252.7 million5.7 million
July 14, 20252.7 million5.4 million
Average for last 10 weeks:2.69 million5.4 million

WWE Raw on Netflix viewership for September 8 revealed

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After a record low the week before, the Monday, September 8 episode of WWE Raw on Netflix brought in 2.6 million global views to go with 5.1 million global hours viewed through its first seven days, according to the Netflix weekly Tudum report.

The global views are up slightly from the previous week’s 2.4 million while the global hours viewed were virtually identical to the previous week (5.2 million).

The show came days after the buzzworthy AJ Lee return on the previous Friday’s WWE SmackDown which also saw the John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar match for Wrestlepalooza confirmed. Lee, CM Punk, Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch were all on the show. It was Lee’s first Raw appearance in a decade.

The show was also up against the NFL season debut of Monday Night Football.

Raw Viewership Details:

  • Raw was again eighth globally overall for the week and sixth overall in the United States, down from last week’s fifth.
  • The show had a much shorter listed runtime (1:48) than the previous week (2:06), hurting the global hours viewed number.
  • It was in the top ten for 14 countries including the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Mexico, and India.
  • For the last ten weeks, Raw has averaged 2.69 million global views and 5.38 million global hours viewed.

Raw Show Notes:

Other than the aforementioned Lee segment, Raw featured Bronson Reed vs. LA Knight, the Usos kicking off the show, Asuka vs. Nikki Bella, and more.

Last 10 weeks of WWE Raw on Netflix ratings/viewership:

Episode dateGlobal ViewsGlobal Hours
September 8, 20252.6 million5.1 million
September 1, 20252.4 million5.2 million
August 25, 20252.6 million5.0 million
August 18, 20252.8 million5.4 million
August 11, 20252.8 million5.3 million
August 4, 20253.0 million6.1 million
July 28, 20252.7 million5.5 million
July 21, 20252.7 million5.7 million
July 14, 20252.7 million5.4 million
July 7, 20252.6 million5.1 million
Average for last 10 weeks:2.69 million5.38 million

WWE Raw on Netflix viewership update for Clash in Paris go-home show

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The Monday, August 25th episode of WWE Raw on Netflix brought in 2.6 million global views to go with five million global hours viewed through its first seven days, according to the Netflix weekly Tudum report.

It was the go-home show for this past Sunday’s Clash in Paris.

Both numbers are down from last week’s 2.8 million global views and 5.4 million global hours viewed with one key difference being the show aired at an earlier time slot in the U.S. due to it being held in the United Kingdom.

Raw Viewership Details:

The listed runtime of 1:56 was up slightly from the previous week’s 1:49.

The show was in the top ten for 14 countries (U.S., Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom, India and Saudi Arabia among them) and sixth globally for the week.

For the last ten weeks, Raw has averaged a reported 2.7 million global views and 5.33 million global hours viewed.

Raw Notes:

The show featured Roman Reigns in a show-opening interview segment, Bron Breakker vs. LA Knight, appearances by CM Punk, Seth Rollins and Jey Uso, Rhea Ripley vs. Roxanne Perez, a Becky Lynch & Nikki Bella segment, and more.

Last 10 weeks of WWE Raw on Netflix ratings/viewership:

Episode dateGlobal ViewsGlobal Hours
August 25, 20252.6 million5.0 million
August 18, 20252.8 million5.4 million
August 11, 20252.8 million5.3 million
August 4, 20253.0 million6.1 million
July 28, 20252.7 million5.5 million
July 21, 20252.7 million5.7 million
July 14, 20252.7 million5.4 million
July 7, 20252.6 million5.1 million
June 30, 20252.5 million4.6 million
June 23, 20252.6 million5.2 million
Average for last 10 weeks:2.7 million5.33 million

Update on WWE Raw start time change & when it will begin

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For nearly the entire month of September, WWE Raw will have an earlier start time.

On Thursday’s WrestleVotes Radio, the recent rumors of a time change were given some more weight as the outlet reported that the September 15th, 22nd and 29th editions of the flagship show will start at 7 PM Eastern.

The reason? The NFL.

WrestleVotes said that according to their sources, both WWE and Netflix want to see how Raw performs against Monday Night Football on the ESPN networks with an earlier start time. With most editions going around 2:30 hours, it will minimize the amount of head-to-head time by an hour.

On the 15th and 29th, there will be doubleheaders of NFL action that Raw will be going head-to-head with as the first game starts at 7 PM Eastern and 7:15 PM Eastern respectively. The single game on the 22nd starts at 8:15 PM Eastern.

This Monday’s Raw will also have an earlier start time for U.S. viewers, but that is because it is taking place in Paris, France, following Sunday’s Clash in Paris PLE. The following week’s Raw on Monday, September 8th will start in its usual 8 PM Eastern timeslot.

It’s unknown if this is expected to be a permanent change or perhaps one that extends throughout the NFL season. Netflix is also an NFL broadcast partner.

WWE Raw on Netflix viewership update for August 18 episode

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The Monday, August 18th episode of WWE Raw on Netflix brought in 2.8 million global views for the second straight week to go with 5.4 million global hours viewed through its first seven days, according to the Netflix weekly Tudum report.

While the global views are identical, the global hours viewed are virtually identical to last week’s 5.3 million.

Raw Viewership Details:

The listed runtime of 1:49 was virtually identical to the previous week’s 1:51.

The show was seventh globally for the week and hit the Top Ten in 15 countries worldwide including the U.S., Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom, and India per usual in addition to Saudi Arabia, Australia and New Zealand.

The weekly average for the last ten weeks is 2.71 million global views with 5.3 million global hours viewed.

Dave Meltzer has his thoughts on the show here for subscribers.

Raw Show Notes:

The show featured WWE Women’s World Champion Naomi revealing she and Jimmy Uso were having a baby and she was relinquishing the title in addition to Jey Uso vs. Bron Breakker in an Extreme Rules match.

Last 10 weeks of WWE Raw on Netflix ratings/viewership:

Episode dateGlobal ViewsGlobal Hours
August 18, 20252.8 million5.4 million
August 11, 20252.8 million5.3 million
August 4, 20253.0 million6.1 million
July 28, 20252.7 million5.5 million
July 21, 20252.7 million5.7 million
July 14, 20252.7 million5.4 million
July 7, 20252.6 million5.1 million
June 30, 20252.5 million4.6 million
June 23, 20252.6 million5.2 million
June 16, 20252.7 million5.0 million
Average for last 10 weeks:2.71 million5.3 million

WWE Raw on Netflix viewership revealed for July 14 episode

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The Monday, July 14th episode of WWE Raw on Netflix brought in 2.7 million global views and 5.4 million global hours viewed through its first seven days, according to the Netflix weekly Tudum report.

Raw Viewership Details:

The numbers are slightly up from the July 7th episode which did 2.6 million global views and 5.1 million global hours viewed. The views are their highest since June 16th (2.7 million) with the global hours viewed being their highest since June 9th (6.1 million). It’s the second straight week both numbers have increased.

The listed runtime of 1:55 is slightly up from last week’s 1:51.

The show was fifth globally for the week and hit the Top Ten in 13 countries worldwide including the U.S., Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom, and India.

The average for the last ten weeks is 2.67 million global views and 5.13 million global hours viewed.

Raw Show Notes:

The show was the aftermath edition following both Saturday Night’s Main Event and Evolution. It was headlined by a gauntlet match to determine who would face Gunther for the World Heavyweight title at SummerSlam. The match included stars like Jey Uso, CM Punk, Bron Breakker, Penta, and LA Knight. It also featured a surprise appearance by Roman Reigns.

Last 10 weeks of WWE Raw on Netflix ratings/viewership:

Episode dateGlobal ViewsGlobal Hours
July 14, 20252.7 million5.4 million
July 7, 20252.6 million5.1 million
June 30, 20252.5 million4.6 million
June 23, 20252.6 million5.2 million
June 16, 20252.7 million5.0 million
June 9, 20252.9 million6.1 million
June 2, 20252.7 million5.0 million
May 26, 20252.6 million4.8 million
May 19, 20252.7 million5.0 million
May 12, 20252.7 million5.1 million
Average for last 10 weeks:2.67 million5.13 million

WWE Raw on Netflix June 16 episode viewership declines from previous week

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The Monday, June 16th episode of WWE Raw on Netflix brought in 2.7 million global views and 5.0 million global hours viewed through its first seven days, according to their weekly Tudum report.

The number is down from the 2.9 million global views and 6.1 million global hours viewed that the Monday, June 9th episode did in its first seven days.

The listed runtime of 1:47 on June 16th was also less than the 2:03 from June 9th. It also hit the Top 10 in seven countries including the United States, Canada, Mexico, Ecuador, Bolivia and Mexico.

Dave Meltzer’s analysis of these numbers are now available for subscribers.

Competition & Show Notes:

  • In the U.S., Raw was up against game five of the NBA Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers that did 9.54 million viewers on ABC.
  • The show featured the conclusion of the first round for both the King & Queen of the Ring tournaments in addition to the surprise return of Goldberg to set up his retirement match against Gunther at next month’s Saturday Night’s Main Event.

Last 10 weeks of WWE Raw on Netflix ratings/viewership:

Episode dateGlobal ViewsGlobal Hours
June 16, 20252.7 million5.0 million
June 9, 20252.9 million6.1 million
June 2, 20252.7 million5.0 million
May 26, 20252.6 million4.8 million
May 19, 20252.7 million5.0 million
May 12, 20252.7 million5.1 million
May 5, 20252.8 million5.7 million
April 28, 20253.0 million5.8 million
April 21, 20253.6 million8.7 million
April 14, 20252.9 million5.6 million
10-week average:2.86 million5.68 million

WWE Raw on Netflix June 2 viewership up from previous week

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The following is an excerpt from a subscriber exclusive article available here.

The 6/2 WWE Raw on Netflix — the go-home edition for Money in the Bank — was up from the previous week’s record-low with Netflix claiming 5.0 million viewer hours and 2.7 million global views.

According to Netflix, the May 26th show did 4.8 million viewer hours and 2.6 million global views.

Doing that math, you get that they are now figuring almost nobody is watching the show live, which, of course, is ridiculous.

Using those numbers, with the idea of not being able to figure people who watch twice (a prime issue with streaming vs. Nielsen comparisons which favor streaming numbers having an advantage in an equal playing field) and using Netflix’s internal live vs. delayed viewing numbers (a figure significantly lower than they have said publicly), you get 2,296,000 total views as an average which would be estimated to be 3,132,000 worldwide viewers over the course of the full week.

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WWE Raw May 26 episode scores all-time low viewership of Netflix era

Posted on by Dave Meltzer

Raw on 5/26 set the all-time Netflix low numbers, claiming 4.8 million hours viewed and 2.6 million devices viewing.

That number makes no sense unless it means only 15 percent of all viewers watched live, down from the Netflix claim of 80 percent in February. If that’s the case, there were only 390,000 live views worldwide and about 534,000 total viewers watching live throughout the world. Those are worldwide numbers, not U.S. numbers and completely implausible given last year the show would have done 1.27 million live viewers in the U.S. alone, let alone all over the world.

Realistically, based on 70 percent of the viewing to be seeing the 2:30 version of the show and 30 percent seeing the 1:43 version of the show, that would end up as 2,118,000 total devices viewed and with a generous 1.37 viewers per device, that would be 2,902,000 worldwide viewers.

For the U.S., that would translate as a seven day figure of 805,000 devices and 1,109,000 viewers. That would be roughly 937,000 same day viewers.

All figures are all-time lows for the show since the 1/6 episode. Netflix figures for the week have it down 4.0 percent in total viewing time and down 3.7 percent in total views from the prior week’s number which was the lowest total viewing time previously and lowest U.S. numbers to date.

Our figures have the decline from last week at 4.7 percent. This would be a decline of 44.6 percent from the U.S. viewership for the show the same week last year on the USA Network.

The show was listed at No. 6 for the week among English language television shows worldwide.  However, that’s based on 2.6 million, a number that would only mean 534,000 worldwide watched it live. At 2,118,000 devices, it would be No. 10 among English language television shows and at best No. 32 among all Netflix shows for the week, because there were at minimum English language movies placing ahead.

Even though the show was the lowest, in many of the key markets it did place higher than the 5/19 show. 

In the U.S., the show was No. 4 among English language TV shows, up from No. 5 for the 5/19 show. In the U.K., it was No. 9, the same as the prior week. In Mexico, it was No. 7, up from No. 10 the prior week. In India, it was No. 9, after not cracking the top ten the prior week. In Canada, it was No. 5, up from No. 6 the prior week. The show did not crack the top ten for the week in Saudi Arabia, New Zealand or Australia for either the 5/26 or 5/19 shows.

The bit of good news in the numbers is that early indications are the show on 6/2, with the numbers set to be released on 6/10, look to be an increase from the week before. In countries where the show aired on Monday night, it was No. 1 for the day in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, up from three, three and two for the 5/26 show.

WWE Raw on Netflix viewership for April 28 declines from previous week

Posted on by Dave Meltzer

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Viewership for the 4/28 episode of WWE Raw on Netflix was down as expected from the previous show directly after WrestleMania 41 but still ahead of most of the shows leading into WrestleMania.

This would be consistent with usual patterns. The week after WrestleMania is usually big, the week after that remains above average, and the third week ends up at average levels and then starts to hit the lowest non-football numbers of the year as the NBA playoffs deepen.

Netflix listed the show as having 5.8 million hours of viewing and three million global viewers. The April 21st edition was listed at 8.7 million hours of viewing and 3.6 million global viewers.

That means they considered viewing of one hour and 55 minutes as the full show, which was two hours and 34 minutes live and one hour 51 minutes if not watching live. This indicates almost nobody watched live while Netflix has always claimed it’s 80 percent live. Even going with 70 percent live, this would average 2,554,000 homes worldwide and 3,226,000 viewers being very generous on the viewer total.

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