This week’s episode of AEW Dynamite rose in viewership and held steady with last week’s rating, which was one of its lowest in years.
AEW Dynamite drew 747,000 viewers, a 0.23 rating in the key 18-49 demographic, and a 0.13 rating in the 18-34 demo.
The Wrestling Observer Newsletter has shared a detailed breakdown of the numbers for each quarter.
AEW Dynamite was #3 for the night on cable, only behind the NBA, and #3 for entertainment for the week behind WWE RAW and Vanderpump Rules.
AEW Dynamite was #2 in its time slot, behind the Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Boston Celtics game, which had 1,166,000 viewers and a 0.37 rating.
Compared to last week, AEW Dynamite was up 0.7% in viewership, up 2.7% in 18-49, and down 2.2% in 18-34.
Compared to last year, AEW Dynamite was down 14.3% in viewership, down 20.4% in 18-49 and down 43.1% in 18-34. The show had 58,000 in men 18-34, 33,000 in women 18-34, 163,000 in men 35-49, and 55,000 in women 35-49. The audience was 71.5% male in 18-49.
You can check out the quarter-hour numbers below:
Q1: Adam Copeland promo/Will Ospreay vs. Powerhouse Hobbs – 933,000 viewers, 327,000 in 18-49
Q2: End of Ospreay vs. Hobbs – 761,000 viewers (down 172,000), 309,000 in 18-49 (down 18,000)
Q3: Bryan Danielson vs. Lance Archer – 756,000 viewers (down 5,000), 300,000 in 18-49 (down 9,000)
Q4: End of Danielson vs. Archer/Chris Jericho & HOOK segment/Shane Taylor & Lee Moriarty promo/Billy Gunn vs. Jay White – 743,000 viewers (down 13,000), 303,000 in 18-49 (up 3,000)
Q5: End of Gunn vs. White/Young Bucks & Best Friends segment/Willow Nightingale promo – 780,000 viewers (up 37,000), 332,000 in 18-49 (up 29,000)
Q6: Willow, Stokely Hathaway, Kris Statlander & Mercedes Mone segment/The Young Bucks vs. Orange Cassidy & Trent Beretta – 697,000 viewers (down 83,000), 304,000 in 18-49 (down 28,000)
Q7: End of Best Friends vs. Young Bucks/Thunder Rosa vs. Mariah May – 711,000 viewers (up 14,000), 324,000 in 18-49 (up 20,000)
Q8: End of Rosa vs. May/Penta El Zero M promo/Samoa Joe & Swerve Strickland segment – 655,000 viewers (down 56,000), 278,000 in 18-49 (down 46,000)
Overrun: End of Joe & Swerve segment – 708,000 viewers (up 53,000), 301,000 in 18-49 (up 23,000)