A Complete Breakdown Of This Week’s AEW Dynamite Ratings

This week’s episode of AEW Dynamite was down from the week prior, drawing 866,000 viewers and a 0.28 rating in the key 18-49 demo. The show earned a 0.25 rating in the 18-34 demo.

The Wrestling Observer Newsletter has released some additional ratings for the April 12th episode of Dynamite, including the figures for each individual quarter-hour.

AEW Dynamite went head-to-head with an NBA Play-In game between the Chicago Bulls and the Toronto Raptors. The NBA game drew 2,335,000 viewers and a 0.85 rating. As a result, Dynamite was #6 for the night (behind two NBA games and related coverage). The wrestling show, however, was #2 in its first hour and #3 in its second hour.

In the second hour, Dynamite was also behind Vanderpump Rules (1,124,000/0.41). The AEW show was #10 in women 18-49, #4 in men 18-49, #4 in 18-34, #6 in women 12-34, and #4 in men 12-34.

Compared to the April 5th episode, the latest show was down 1.3% in viewers, down 5.9% in 18-49, and up 8.1% in 18-34. Again, compared to last year, Dynamite was down 11.4% in viewers, down 24.1% in 18-49, and down 14.8% in 18-34.

AEW Dynamite delivered 260,000 viewers in men 18-49 (down 3.5%) and 105,000 in women 18-49 (down 11.8%). The audience was 71.2% male in 18-49. The episode obtained a 0.14 rating in 12-17 (up 16.7%), 0.25 in 18-34 (up 8.1%), 0.31 in 35-49 (down 16.2%), and 0.40 in 50+ (up 5.3%).

Q1: Darby Allin vs. Swerve Strickland – 919,000 viewers, 365,000 in 18-49
Q2: End of Allin vs. Strickland/Allin, Sting & MJF segment – 901,000 viewers (down 18,000), 372,000 in 18-49 (up 7,000)
Q3: End of Allin, Sting & MJF segment/Powerhouse Hobbs vs. Silas Young/Wardlow destroys Hobbs’ car – 902,000 viewers (up 1,000), 379,000 in 18-49 (up 7,000)
Q4: Orange Cassidy vs. Buddy Matthews – 854,000 viewers (down 48,000), 354,000 in 18-49 (down 25,000)
Q5: End of Cassidy vs. Matthews/Christian & Luchasaurus video/Best Friends promo/Jeff Hardy return/Kenny Omega promo – 896,000 viewers (up 42,000), 383,000 in 18-49 (up 29,000)
Q6: Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli vs. Brandon Cutler & Michael Nakazawa/The Young Bucks return/The Embassy promo – 886,000 viewers (down 10,000), 378,000 in 18-49 (down 6,000)
Q7: Ruby Soho & Toni Storm vs. Riho & Skye Blue – 789,000 viewers (down 97,000), 344,000 in 18-49 (down 34,000)
Q8: Chris Jericho vs. Keith Lee – 779,000 viewers (down 10,000), 345,000 in 18-49 (up 1,000)

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