This week’s Holiday Bash-themed episode of AEW Dynamite saw an increase in viewers and 18-49 rating compared to the previous week.
AEW Dynamite drew 625,000 viewers and a 0.19 rating, translating to 252,000 viewers in the 18-49 demographic. The show also drew a 0.13 rating in the 18-34 demographic.
The Wrestling Observer Newsletter has shared a detailed analysis of the numbers, including a breakdown of each quarter-hour.
AEW Dynamite ranked #6 on cable for the day. During its time slot, it was #3 in the first hour and #2 in the second hour.
In the first hour, AEW Dynamite was surpassed by a college football game on ESPN, which garnered 1,221,000 viewers with a 0.29 rating, and by Jesse Watters on Fox News with 3,394,000 viewers and a 0.20 rating.
The second hour also saw AEW Dynamite lag behind another college football game, which drew 1,480,000 viewers and a 0.34 rating. The most-watched show of the night was the season finale of Survivor on CBS, boasting 5,632,000 viewers and a 0.80 rating.
Compared to last week, AEW Dynamite’s viewership was up by 5.2%, with an 8.6% increase in the 18-49 demographic and a 28.6% rise in the 18-34 demographic.
Compared to last year, AEW Dynamite’s viewership dropped by 20.1%, with a 34.1% dip in the 18-49 demo and a 34.8% dip in the 18-34 demo.
Among men aged 18-34, there were 56,000 viewers (up 30.2% from last week), while women in the same age group numbered 34,000 (up 25.9%).
AEW Dynamite recorded 111,000 viewers among men aged 35-49 (a drop of 3.5%) and 61,000 among women aged 35-49 (an increase of 29.8%). Viewers in the 18-49 demographic were 66.3% male.
Q1: Orange Cassidy, Hangman Page & Jay White promo/Darby Allin & Will Ospreay promos/Mercedes Mone vs. Anna Jay – 737,000 viewers, 257,000 in 18-49
Q2: End of Mone vs. Jay/FTR promo/MJF & Adam Cole segment/Jamie Hayter promo – 725,000 viewers (down 12,000), 278,000 in 18-49 (up 21,000)
Q3: HOOK and Katsuyori Shibata vs. Christian Cage & Nick Wayne – 596,000 viewers (down 129,000), 239,000 in 18-49 (down 39,000)
Q4: End of HOOK & Shibata vs. Cage & Wayne/Chris Jericho promo/Bandido video/Mariah May promo – 622,000 viewers (up 26,000), 247,000 in 18-49 (up 8,000)
Q5: Ricochet & Hurt Syndicate segment/Shelton Benjamin vs. The Beast Mortos/Daniel Garcia & Mark Briscoe & Hurt Syndicate segment – 626,000 viewers (up 4,000), 277,000 in 18-49 (up 30,000)
Q6: Ricochet, Swerve Strickland & Prince Nana segment/Toni Storm & RJ City segment/Will Ospreay vs. Darby Allin – 608,000 viewers (down 18,000), 264,000 in 18-49 (down 13,000)
Q7: End of Ospreay vs. Allin – 601,000 viewers (down 7,000), 249,000 in 18-49 (down 15,000)
Q8: Hangman Page, Jay White & Orange Cassidy vs. Jon Moxley, PAC & Wheeler Yuta – 519,000 viewers (down 82,000), 216,000 in 18-49 (down 33,000)
Overrun: End of Page, White & Cassidy vs. Mox, PAC & Yuta – 534,000 viewers (up 15,000), 231,000 in 18-49 (up 15,000)
