More on AEW Dynamite Week 249 Viewership – July 10, 2024, Dynamite Week 248 Update, Rampage Week 150 – July 5, Collision Week 52 – July 6

Jul 14, 2024

Update on AEW Dynamite Week 248 Viewership

As noted before, AEW drew 688,000 viewers and a 0.23 key demographic rating for their July 3rd episode. This week’s episode was notable for being the Dynamite Beach Break 2024 special.

This week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter included viewership and ratings breakdowns that were not available during that week due to the July 4th holiday.

Dave Meltzer reported that AEW’s numbers that week can be viewed as a big success due to typical viewership for wrestling shows on the night before July 4th tend to be down 20-25% and general cable television key demographic viewership that night was down 25% compared to the prior week. Meltzer reported that the main reason for AEW’s increases that week was due to the large gains from their younger key demographic viewership group, which was up 48.4% compared to the prior week’s show. This reportedly offset the very large decline in AEW’s lead-in Big Bang Theory’s viewership, which drew 756,000 viewers and a 0.13 rating, and their older key demographic viewership group, which was down 17.6% compared to the prior week’s show.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 300,000 viewers. Meltzer reported that AEW’s males/female viewership split was 62.2% in favor of males.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 19.5% in overall viewership and down 21.1% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 viewership was up 8.5% compared to the same week last year.

AEW Dynamite quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

1Q – 733,000 overall viewers and 310,000 key demo viewers (Daniel Garcia, Matt Menard, & MJF backstage interview segment and the first half of the 2024 Men’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup Semifinal Round match of Bryan Danielson vs. PAC)
2Q – 680,000 overall viewers and 301,000 key demo viewers (Latter half of the Danielson vs. PAC match, the Willow Nightingale backstage interview segment, and the Mark Briscoe promo segment)
3Q – 715,000 overall viewers and 318,000 key demo viewers (Briscoe, The Elite, Kyle O’Reilly, The Acclaimed, & Billy Gunn brawl segment and the “Timeless” Toni Storm, Mariah May, & Luther backstage interview segment)
4Q – 711,000 overall viewers and 322,000 key demo viewers (2023 Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup Semifinal Round match of Willow Nightingale vs. Kris Statlander, the Jeff Jarrett & Pals backstage interview segment, and the first half of the Britt Baker & Mercedes Mone promo segment)
5Q – 721,000 overall viewers and 312,000 key demo viewers (Latter half of the Baker & Mone promo segment, the Will Ospreay, Kyle Fletcher, & Don Callis backstage segment, the Chris Jericho promo segment & angle with Taz, and the start of the Samoa Joe, HOOK, & Katsuyori Shibata vs. Cage of Agony Trios match)
6Q – 647,000 overall viewers and 280,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Joe, HOOK, & Shibata vs. Cage of Agony Trios match & post-match brawl with The Learning Tree)
7Q – 680,000 overall viewers and 292,000 key demo viewers (2024 Owen Hart Foundation Cup First Round match of Hangman Adam Page vs. Jeff Jarrett)
8Q – 655,000 overall viewers and 285,000 key demo viewers (HOOK & The Learning Tree backstage brawl segment, the Hangman Page & The Young Bucks backstage interview segment, and the bulk of the AEW International Championship match of Daniel Garcia vs. Will Ospreay (c))
Overrun – 647,000 overall viewers and 281,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the AEW International Championship match & post-match stuff with Ospreay & MJF’s attack on Garcia)

More on AEW Dynamite Viewership for July 10th

The July 10th episode of AEW Dynamite saw AEW gain a slight increase in overall viewership and key demographic rankings.

AEW drew 691,000 viewers and a 0.23 key demographic rating on TBS. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was 5th place.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the main reasons for AEW’s increases this week was due to the small increase from their older key demographic viewership and Over 50 demographic viewership groups, which its percentages were not given. This reportedly offset the large decline from their younger key demographic viewership group, which was down 8.5% compared to last week’s show. Meltzer reported that AEW’s lead-in Big Bang Theory drew 860,000 viewers and a 0.13 rating.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the 2024 Copa America soccer game of Colombia vs. Uruguay drew 2,145,000 viewers on FS1, the MLB game of Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Philadelphia Phillies drew 1,337,000 viewers on ESPN, Expedition Unknown drew 877,000 viewers on Discovery Channel, and Sistas Series drew 873,000 viewers on BET.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 309,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 had 58,000 viewers, Females 18-34 had 71,000 viewers, Males 34-49 had 120,000 viewers, and Females 34-49 had 60,000 viewers. Meltzer reported that AEW’s males/female viewership split was 57.4% in favor of males.

In an interesting note, Meltzer reported that WWE’s NXT show that week managed to top AEW’s Dynamite show in 18-49 viewership for only the fourth time in Dynamite history. Meltzer reported that the gap between the two shows was only 2,000 viewers with 311,000 for NXT compared to 309,000 for Dynamite.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 16.2% in overall viewership and down 19.2% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 viewership was down 16.2% compared to the same week last year.

AEW Dynamite quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

1Q – 819,000 overall viewers and 351,000 key demo viewers (Will Ospreay & MJF promo segment)
2Q – 725,000 overall viewers and 331,000 key demo viewers (2024 Men’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup Finals match hype video segment and the first half of the 2024 Men’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup Finals match of Bryan Danielson vs. Hangman Adam Page)
3Q – 722,000 overall viewers and 327,000 key demo viewers (Latter half of the Danielson vs. Page match & post-match celebration with Jeff Jarrett & Martha Hart)
4Q – 663,000 overall viewers and 302,000 key demo viewers (Swerve Strickland promo segment, the 2024 Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup Finals match hype video segment, and The Acclaimed music video promo segment)
5Q – 672,000 overall viewers and 315,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Stampede Street Fight match of Samoa Joe vs. Chris Jericho)
6Q – 632,000 overall viewers and 282,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Joe vs. Jericho match & post-match angle with The Learning Tree and the start of the Global Glory 4-Way match of PAC vs. Claudio Castagnoli vs. Tomohiro Ishii vs. Kyle Fletcher)
7Q – 657,000 overall viewers and 290,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Global Glory 4-Way match & post-match PAC promo, the Hangman Adam Page & The Elite backstage segment, and the Mercedes Mone promo segment & stuff with Britt Baker)
8Q – 640,000 overall viewers and 276,000 key demo viewers (Brandon Cutler & Darby Allin backstage segment and the 2024 Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup Finals match of Mariah May vs. Willow Nightingale)
Overrun – 695,000 overall viewers and 302,000 key demo viewers (Post-match May’s celebration with “Timeless” Toni Storm & attack to Storm & Luther segment)

More on AEW Rampage Viewership for July 5th

The July 5th episode of AEW Rampage saw AEW gain a slight increase in overall viewership and key demographic ratings. That week’s show was notable for being the Rampage Beach Break 2024 special.

AEW drew 309,000 viewers and a 0.10 key demographic rating on TNT. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was 10th place.

Detailed key demographic viewership breakdowns were not available in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Dave Meltzer reported that the main reason for AEW’s increases that week was due to the very large increase from their younger key demographic viewership group, which was up 50% compared to the prior week’s show. This reportedly offset the large declines from their older key demographic viewership and Over 50 viewership groups, which its percentages were not given.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the 2024 Copa America game of Venezuela vs. Canada drew 1,398,000 viewers on FS1 and 340,000 viewers on TUDN and 90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After First Look drew 532,000 viewers on TLC.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 138,000 viewers. Meltzer reported that AEW’s males/female viewership split was 61.9% in favor of males.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 16% in overall viewership and down 12.1% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 viewership was up 20% compared to the same week last year.

AEW Rampage quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

1Q – 304,000 overall viewers and 131,000 key demo viewers (RUSH vs. Komander match & post-match stuff with Don Callis)
2Q – 319,000 overall viewers and 140,000 key demo viewers (The Undisputed Kingdom backstage interview segment and the bulk of the Don Callis Family vs. Private Party tag team match)
3Q – 314,000 overall viewers and 144,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Don Callis Family, the Don Callis & RUSH video promo segment, the Kyle O’Reilly vs. GPA match & post-match stuff with Undisputed Kingdom, and the Samoa Joe backstage promo segment)
4Q – 300,000 overall viewers and 135,000 key demo viewers (2024 Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup Semifinal Round match of Mariah May vs. Hikaru Shida)

More on AEW Collision Viewership for July 6th

The July 6th episode of AEW Collision saw AEW suffer a very large decline in overall viewership, a large decline in key demographic rankings, and a small decline in key demographic ratings. That week’s show was notable for going head-to-head against WWE’s Money In The Bank 2024 event.

AEW drew 308,000 viewers and a 0.08 key demographic rating on TNT. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was 18th place.

Detailed key demographic viewership breakdowns were not available in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Dave Meltzer reported that the reason for AEW’s declines that week was due to the very stiff competition that night from WWE’s Money In the Bank event and the large decline from their younger key demographic viewership group, which was down 40.7% compared to the prior week’s show. Meltzer reported that AEW’s overall viewership and key demographic viewership were the lowest for a Collision show since the January 27th show which had went head-to-head against WWE’s Royal Rumble 2024 event.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the 2024 Copa America soccer game of Uruguay vs. Brazil drew 2,144,000 viewers on FS1, the MLB game of Milwaukee Brewers vs. Los Angeles Dodgers drew 2,700,000 viewers on FOX, the NBA Summer League game of Miami Heat vs. Golden State Warriors drew 396,000 viewers on ESPN, and Deadly Waters drew 363,000 viewers on Oxygen.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 112,000 viewers.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 47.2% in overall viewership and down 59.9% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 viewership was up 69.5% compared to the same week last year. Meltzer reported that the reason for the very large declines was due to last year’s show did not go up against a WWE PLE event.

AEW Collision quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

1Q – 382,000 overall viewers and 142,000 key demo viewers (MJF promo segment and The Conglomeration backstage interview segment)
2Q – 336,000 overall viewers and 127,000 key demo viewers (The Conglomeration vs. Iron Savages Trios match and the Jack Perry backstage promo segment)
3Q – 311,000 overall viewers and 114,000 key demo viewers (Hangman Adam Page backstage interview segment, the “Timeless” Toni Storm vs. Trish Adora match, and the Mariah May vs. Willow Nightingale match hype video segment)
4Q – 284,000 overall viewers and 99,000 key demo viewers (Christian Cage, The Patriarchy, & Kip Sabian backstage promo & Killswitch attack on Sabian segment, the TNT Championship Open Challenge match of Marko Stunt vs. Jack Perry (c), and the House of Black backstage promo segment)
5Q – 282,000 overall viewers and 87,000 key demo viewers (Bryan Danielson video segment and the Claudio Castagnoli vs. The Beast Mortos match
6Q – 260,000 overall viewers and 92,000 key demo viewers (Matt Menard backstage interview segment, the Serena Deeb backstage interview segment, and the bulk of the Riho vs. Lady Frost match)
7Q – 294,000 overall viewers and 115,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Riho vs. Frost match, the Shane Taylor Promotions, Top Flight, & Action Andretti backstage interview segment, the Samoa Joe vs. Chris Jericho Stampede Street Fight match hype video segment, and the start of the 2024 Men’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup Semifinal Round match of Jay White vs. Hangman Adam Page)
8Q – 299,000 overall viewers and 116,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Page vs. White match)