After moving to Tuesday this week, AEW Dynamite experienced its lowest viewership and 18-49 rating.
AEW Dynamite: Title Tuesday drew 329,000 viewers and a 0.10 rating (128,000 viewers) in the key 18-49 demographic, with a 0.03 rating in the 18-34 demographic.
The Wrestling Observer Newsletter shared more details on the numbers, including a breakdown of viewership for each quarter hour.
AEW Dynamite’s first hour, which competed directly with WWE NXT, drew 331,000 viewers and a 0.09 (122,000) in the 18-49 demographic. The second hour, which did not compete with NXT, drew 327,000 viewers and 0.10 (133,000) in the 18-49 demographic.
AEW Dynamite did not secure a spot in the top 25 cable programs for the week, marking the first time this has occurred. It ranked #9 in its time slot, trailing behind other programs such as Los Angeles Dodgers vs. San Diego Padres on FS1 (4,647,000/1.31), Boston Bruins vs. Florida Panthers NHL on ESPN (790,000/0.27), Hurricane Milton coverage on The Weather Channel (1,119,000/0.21), Hannity (3,090,000/0.19) and Gutfeld (3,050,000/0.10) on Fox News, Connecticut Sun vs. Minnesota Lynx WNBA on ESPN 2 (984,000/0.19), Caught in the Act 3 on MTV (371,000/0.11), 1,000 Pound Sisters on TLC (649,000/0.11) and The Source with Kaitlin Collins on CNN (916,000/0.10).
Moreover, that evening, AEW Dynamite fell short of its lead-in as The Big Bang Theory (which also had lower-than-usual viewership) drew 823,000 viewers and a 0.13 rating.
Compared to the previous week, when the show aired on its regular day and time, AEW Dynamite experienced a 51.6% decrease in viewers, a 53.3% decrease in the 18-49 demographic, and a 71.4% decrease in the 18-34 demographic.
Compared to last year, when it aired on a Tuesday against NXT, AEW Dynamite’s viewership was down by 46%, the 18-49 demographic was down by 63%, and the 18-34 demographic was down by 84.3%.
The show drew 20,000 men aged 18-34 (a 67.2% decrease), 2,000 women aged 18-34 (an 88.9% decrease), 78,000 men aged 35-49 (a 44.3% decrease), and 28,000 women aged 35-49 (a 49.1% decrease).
You can check out the quarter-hour numbers below:
Q1: Jon Moxley & Bryan Danielson promos/Darby Allin & Brody King segment/Don Callis & Jake Roberts segment – 450,000 viewers, 157,000 in 18-49
Q2: Hologram vs. Komander – 292,000 viewers (down 158,000), 103,000 in 18-49 (down 54,000)
Q3: End of Hologram vs. Komander/Daniel Garcia promo/Swerve Strickland & EJ Nduka segment/MVP & Shelton Benjamin segment – 296,000 viewers (up 4,000), 118,000 in 18-49 (up 15,000)
Q4: Mercedes Mone & Kamille promo/Daniel Garcia backstage segment/Saraya vs. Jamie Hayter vs. Nyla Rose vs. Willow Nightingale – 286,000 viewers (down 10,000), 110,000 in 18-49 (down 8,000)
Q5: End of Saraya vs. Hayter vs. Rose vs. Nightingale/The Learning Tree & Rocky Romero segment/Jay White squash/HOOK, Kip Sabian & Christian Cage segment – 334,000 viewers (up 48,000), 131,000 in 18-49 (up 31,000)
Q6: Nightingale & Mariah May segment/Mercedes Mone vs. Emi Sakura – 323,000 viewers (down 11,000), 117,000 in 18-49 (down 14,000)
Q7: Private Party & Stokely Hathaway promos/Will Ospreay, Don Callis Family segment/Top Flight & Action Andretti segment – 353,000 viewers (up 30,000), 147,000 in 18-49 (up 30,000)
Q8: Jack Perry promo/Bryan Danielson & Wheeler Yuta vs. Claudio Castagnoli & PAC – 296,000 viewers (down 57,000), 146,000 in 18-49 (down 1,000)
Overrun: End of Danielson & Yuta vs. PAC & Castagnoli – 328,000 viewers (up 32,000), 146,000 in 18-49 (even)
