Ratings Breakdown For This Week’s AEW Dynamite

As previously reported, AEW Dynamite dropped in viewership again from the week before and was also down in the ratings. The show pulled in 864,000 viewers and an 0.26 rating (336,000 viewers) in the key 18-49 demographic. It also had a 0.18 in 18-34. The Wrestling Observer Newsletter as a full breakdown of this week’s numbers, including a look at each individual quarter hour.

Dynamite was #2 in its time slot, behind the NBA coverage on ESPN (Milwaukee vs. Toronto), which had 1,029,000 viewers and an 0.36 rating. However, it was #4 for the night, behind two NBA games (including a late game with the Lakers) and SportsCenter.

Compared to last week, it was down 1.3% in viewers, down 7.9% in 18-49 and down 5.3% in 18-34. Compared to last year, it was down 14.5% in viewers, down 39.8% in 18-49 and down 47.1% in 18-34.

Dynamite was #14 in women 18-49 (behind the NBA, The Challenge, Tucker Carlson, Real Housewives, New on CNN, Sista Series, Guys Grocery Game and Ugliest House in America), #4 in men 18-49 (behind NBA coverage), #5 in 18-34 (behind NBA and the Challenge), #7 in women 12-34 (behind NBA, The Challenge, Sista Series and Guys Grocery Games) and #4 in men 12-34 (behind NBA coverage).

It had 85,000 in men 18-34, 43,000 in women 18-34, 139,000 in men 35-49 and 76,000 in women 35-49. The audience was 66.7% male in 18-49. The median viewer age was 53 and 35-49 numbers are down. Dynamite had an 0.14 in 12-17 (up 27.3%), 0.18 in 18-34 (down 7.9%), 0.34 in 35-49 (down 10.8%) and 0.42 in 50+ (up 2.4%).

Q1: Chris Jericho vs. Ricky Starks – 1,037,000 viewers, 372,000 in 18-49
Q2: End of Jericho vs. Starks/Jon Moxley & Hangman Page segment – 919,000 viewers (down 118,000), 360,000 in 18-49 (down 12,000)
Q3: The Acclaimed vs. Jeff Jarrett & Jay Lethal – 896,000 viewers (down 23,000), 362,000 in 18-49 (up 2,000)
Q4: End of Acclaimed vs. Jarrett & Lethal/Britt Baker & Jamie Hayter interview/Bryan Danielson vs. Tony Nese – 832,000 viewers (down 64,000), 343,000 in 18-49 (down 19,000)
Q5: MJF & Danielson segment – 865,000 viewers (up 33,000), 341,000 in 18-49 (down 2,000)
Q6: Swerve Strickland vs. AR Fox/Saraya, Hikaru Shida & Toni Storm interview – 774,000 viewers (down 91,000), 306,000 in 18-49 (down 35,000)
Q7: The Gunns segment/Jade Cargill & Red Velvet vs. Kiera Hogan & Skye Blue – 768,000 viewers (up 24,000), 298,000 in 18-49 (down 8,000)
Q8: Samoa Joe vs. Darby Allin – 822,000 viewers (up 54,000), 306,000 in 18-49 (up 8,000)