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Ratings Breakdown For This Week’s AEW Dynamite

April 16, 2021 | Posted by Joseph Lee
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As reported yesterday, AEW Dynamite had a huge increase of viewers and the key 18-49 demographic rating on Wednesday night. It brought in 1,219,000 viewers and a 0.44 rating (567,000 viewers). The Wrestling Observer Newsletter

Of note is that AEW did really well in the demographic that’s normally its weakest, 50+. In that number they were up 108.3% from last week. It was #2 for the night behind Challenge Double Agent on MTV, which had a 0.53. It was fourth in women 18-49, first in men 18-49, third in 18-34, sixth in women 12-34 and fourth in men 12-34. Other than news shows, it was second in total viewers (Lifetime’s Married at First Sight had 1,287,000) it beat two NBA games head-to-head, as the Brooklyn Nets vs. Philadelphia 76ers had 1,095,000 viewers and a 0.34 rating, while the Dallas Mavericks vs. Memphis Grizzlies game had 942,000 viewers and a 0.32 rating. It also managed to beat network television, as it beat ABC and CBS in 18-34 and CBS in 18-49.

Overall, Dynamite was up 77.2% from last week in total viewers, 54.9% in the 18-49 demographic and 80.2% in 18-34. It had 96,000 viewers in men 18-34 (up 77.8%), 85,000 in women 18-34 (up 63.5%), 260,000 in men 35-49 (up 35.4%) and 126,000 in women 35-49 (up 85.3%).

Here’s the quarter by quarter breakdown:

Q1: Young Bucks interview/MJF & Mike Tyson segment/Bucks vs. PAC and Rey Fenix – 1,190,000 viewers, 587,000 in 18-49
Q2: End of Young Bucks vs. Death Triangle – 1,226,000 viewers (up 36,000), 558,000 in 18-49 (down 29,000)
Q3: Dark Order & Hangman Page segment/Inner Circle & Mike Tyson interview/Jade Cargill vs. Red Velvet – 1,193,000 viewers (down 33,000), 534,000 in 18-49 (down 24,000)
Q4: End of Cargill vs. Velvet/Britt Baker promo/Anthony Ogogo vs. Cole Carter/Miro promo – 1,173,000 viewers (down 20,000), 538,000 in 18-49 (up 4,000)
Q5: Chris Jericho vs. Dax Harwood/Bullet Club interview – 1,350,000 viewers (up 177,000), 595,000 in 18-49 (down 57,000)
Q6: Kris Statlander vs. Amber Nova/Team Taz promo – 1,241,000 viewers (down 108,000), 566,000 in 18-49 (down 29,000)
Q7: Christian, Taz & Powerhouse Hobbs segment/Darby Allin vs. Matt Hardy – 1,170,000 viewers (down 71,000), 561,000 in 18-49 (down 5,000)
Q8: End of Allin vs. Hardy – 1,205,000 viewers (up 35,000), 599,000 in 18-49 (up 38,000)

It had a 0.16 in 12-17 (up 45.5%), 0.26 in 18-34 (up 73.3%), 0.62 in 35-49 (up 48.5%) and 0.50 in 50+ (up 108.3%). The audience was 62.8% male in 18-49 and 56.6% male in 12-17.

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