The most recent episode of AEW Dynamite saw a surge in viewership but a dip in the essential 18-49 demographic.
AEW Dynamite pulled in 637,000 viewers, obtaining a 0.19 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 0.10 in the 18-34 demographic.
The Wrestling Observer Newsletter presented an extensive analysis into these numbers, highlighting each quarter-hour segment’s performance.
For the evening, AEW Dynamite secured 11th place overall and 4th in its timeslot, coming after the NBA and news broadcasts. The show lagged behind the Milwaukee Bucks vs. Philadelphia 76ers game shown on ESPN (1,714,000 viewers/0.59), the CNN interview with Kamala Harris (3,334,000/0.37) during its second hour and FOX News’ Jesse Watters (3,879,000/0.24) and Hannity (3,069,000/0.19).
When compared to the previous week, AEW Dynamite’s viewership experienced a slight boost of 0.6%, but suffered a 1.9% reduction in the 18-49 demographic, yet in the 18-34 demographic, numbers increased by 2.7%.
In comparison to the previous year, AEW Dynamite’s viewership rate dropped by 17.7%, with a 19.9% decrease in the 18-49 demographic, while the 18-34 demographic experienced a significant 37% drop.
The show attracted 55,000 males aged 18-34 (a 27.9% increase), 20,000 females aged 18-34 (a 33.3% decline), 132,000 males aged 35-49 (a 7.7% decrease), and 50,000 females aged 35-49 (an 8.7% increase), with men comprising 72.8% of the overall audience.
The breakdown of the quarter-hour numbers is as follows:
Q1: Jon Moxley promo/Hangman Page & Bang Bang Gang segment/Shelton Benjamin, MVP and Sammy Guevara videos – 832,000 viewers, 318,000 in 18-49
Q2: Sammy Guevara vs. Shelton Benjamin/Mariah May & Anna Jay segment/Will Ospreay & Kyle Fletcher video – 689,000 viewers (a downward shift of 143,000), 276,000 in 18-49 (a reduction of 12,000)
Q3: Kyle Fletcher promo/Ricochet, MVP & Benjamin segment/Brian Cage & Lance Archer squash – 645,000 viewers (a decrease of 44,000), 262,000 in 18-49 (a dip of 14,000)
Q4: Chuck Taylor & Orange Cassidy segment/Mark Briscoe vs. Chris Jericho – 611,000 viewers (a reduction of 33,000), 257,000 in 18-49 (a drop of 5,000)
Q5: Conclusion of Briscoe vs. Jericho/Adam Cole, MJF & Undisputed Kingdom segment – 699,000 viewers (an increase of 88,000), 275,000 in 18-49 (up by 18,000)
Q6: Jamie Hayter promo/House of Black squash/Kamille vs. Queen Aminata – 583,000 viewers (a drop of 116,000), 230,000 in 18-49 (a decline of 45,000)
Q7: End of Kamille vs. Aminata/Christian Cage, HOOK, Nick Wayne & Kip Sabian segment – 580,000 viewers (a small drop of 3,000), 232,000 in 18-49 (a slight increase of 2,000)
Q8: Daniel Garcia & Private Party vs. The Elite – 532,000 viewers (a reduction of 48,000), 230,000 in 18-49 (a decline of 2,000)
Overrun: Concluding moments of Garcia & Private Party vs. Elite/BCC post-match attack – 532,000 viewers (stabilized), 234,000 in 18-49 (an increase of 4,000)