The September 2nd episode of AEW Dynamite, marking its fifth anniversary, saw a decrease in viewership and ratings compared to the previous week’s Grand Slam episode.
AEW Dynamite, which ran for an additional 31 minutes, drew 680,000 viewers and achieved a 0.20 rating in the 18-49 key demo (equivalent to 274,000 viewers). The show also achieved a rating of 0.11 in the 18-34 key demo.
The Wrestling Observer Newsletter has shared a comprehensive viewership breakdown, including data for each quarter-hour segment.
Had AEW Dynamite not run over its scheduled time, it would have drawn 704,000 viewers and a rating of 0.21 in the 18-49 key demo. The show ranked #8 for the night and #5 in its time slot.
AEW Dynamite was surpassed by the New York Mets vs. Milwaukee Brewers Wild Card Series game on ESPN (3,690,000/0.87), the Atlanta Braves vs. San Diego Padres game on ESPN 2 (2,059,000/0.52), as well as Fox News’ Jesse Watters (3,675,000/0.25) and Hannity (3,212,000/0.23), and MTV’s Challenge (517,000/0.22).
Compared to the previous week, AEW Dynamite experienced a 3.1% decrease in viewership, a 19.6% decrease in the 18-49 demographic, and a 30.7% decrease in the 18-34 demographic.
Compared to the previous year, AEW Dynamite saw a 15% decrease in viewership, a 24.7% decrease in the 18-49 demographic, and a 54.9% decrease in the 18-34 demographic.
The show drew 61,000 male viewers in the 18-34 demo (down 19.7%), 18,000 female viewers in the 18-34 demo (down 52.6%), 140,000 male viewers in the 35-49 demo (up 7.7%), and 55,000 female viewers in the 35-49 demo (down 21.4%).
The audience skewed heavily towards males, with 73.4% of viewers in the 18-49 demographic being male.
You can check out the quarter-hour numbers below:
Q1: Blackpool Combat Club promo/Will Ospreay & Don Callis Family segment/Will Ospreay vs. Ricochet – 801,000 viewers, 337,000 in 18-49
Q2: End of Ospreay vs. Ricochet/Mercedes Mone & Kamille segment – 743,000 viewers (down 58,000), 302,000 in 18-49 (down 35,000)
Q3: Hangman Page & Gunns segment/Chris Jericho & Mark Briscoe segment – 702,000 viewers (down 41,000), 279,000 in 18-49 (down 23,000)
Q4: Darby Allin promo/Hangman Page vs. Juice Robinson – 704,000 viewers (up 2,000), 275,000 in 18-49 (down 4,000)
Q5: End of Page vs. Robinson/Jack Perry & Katsuyori Shibata segment – 670,000 viewers (down 34,000), 267,000 in 18-49 (down 8,000)
Q6: Britt Baker vs. Serena Deeb – 661,000 viewers (down 9,000), 266,000 in 18-49 (down 1,000)
Q7: HOOK promo/Christian Cage promo/Mariah May & Willow Nightingale segment/Private Party vs. Iron Savages – 708,000 viewers (up 47,000), 271,000 in 18-49 (up 5,000)
Q8: MVP, Prince Nana & Shelton Benjamin segment/Bryan Danielson vs. Kazuchika Okada – 642,000 viewers (down 66,000), 272,000 in 18-49 (up 1,000)
Overrun: Bryan Danielson vs. Kazuchika Okada – 596,000 viewers (down 46,000), 240,000 in 18-49 (down 32,000)
Overrun 2: End of Danielson vs. Okada – 574,000 viewers (down 22,000), 233,000 in 18-49 (down 7,000)
