The episode of AEW Dynamite aired on June 12th on TBS suffered from a drop in both viewership and ratings, which can be attributed to competition from the NBA Finals.
This AEW Dynamite episode attracted 681,000 viewers overall and managed a 0.23 rating. This corresponds to 297,000 viewers in the important 18-49 demographic and a 0.12 rating for the 18-34 demographic.
A complete analysis of the ratings has now been made public by the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
The program experienced a notable fall in the viewership among the male audience within the age group of 18-34. However, it stayed strong, capturing the second rank on cable television as well as in its timeslot. The top spot was taken by the U.S. vs. Brazil soccer match on TNT. The match pulled in 682,000/0.26 on TNT, plus 1,106,000/0.28 on Telemundo, 147,000/0.05 on Universo, and a combined figure of 1,935,000/0.59. Meanwhile, AEW Dynamite’s major competitor, the NBA Finals, drawn in colossal 10,973,000/3.20 on ABC and 453,000/0.14 on ESPN, making a total of 11,426,000/3.34.
On comparison with the previous week, the viewership of AEW Dynamite was observed to have slipped by 13.8%, while the 18-49 ratings had dropped by 18.2% and the 18-34 ratings shrank by 37%.
When compared to the results from the previous year, AEW Dynamite experienced a decline in viewership by 18.1%, and a drop in ratings by 24.2% in the 18-49 demographic and 50.3% in the 18-34 demographic.
Among the 18-49 audience segment, the majority were male, constituting 61.3% of the total audience in that demographic.