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More on AEW Dynamite Viewership for March 19th

The March 19th episode of AEW Dynamite saw AEW gain a small increase in overall viewership and key demographic ratings and a slight increase in key demographic rankings.

AEW drew 658,000 viewers and a 0.19 key demographic rating on TBS. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was #11 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 large increase from their older key demographic viewership group, which its percentage was not given. This reportedly offset the combination of a stiff sports competition from the 2025 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament and the large decline from their younger key demographic viewership group, which was down 8.9% compared to last week’s show. AEW’s key demographic viewership and rating was the largest for a Dynamite show of this year so far. Meltzer reported that this week’s show continued the patter of AEW having more younger female key demographic viewers than younger male key demographic viewers for Dynamite shows. Meltzer also reported that the viewership on MAX for the show is currently not known. AEW’s lead-in programming Big Bang Theory reportedly drew 881,000 viewers and a 0.14 rating.

In terms of head-to-head competition, the NBA game of Detroit Pistons vs. Miami Heat drew 910,000 viewers on ESPN, the 2025 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament First Four game of Xavier vs. Texas drew 2,433,000 viewers on truTV, the 2025 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament First Four game of Mount St. Mary’s vs. American drew 1,432,000 viewers on truTV, the NHL game of Colorado Avalanche vs. Toronto Maple Leafs drew 319,000 viewers on TNT, Survivor drew 4,699,000 viewers on CBS, Expedition X drew 569,000 viewers on Discovery Channel, The Challenge drew 271,000 viewers on MTV, and Summer House drew 470,000 viewers on BRAVO.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 258,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 had 39,000 viewers (down 9.3%), Females 18-34 had 43,000 viewers, Males 35-49 had 134,000 viewers (up 22.9%), and Females 35-49 had 42,000 viewers (up 90.9%). Meltzer reported that AEW’s males/female viewership split was 70.9% in favor of males.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 17.8% in overall viewership and down 28.1% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 key demographic viewership was down 41.4% compared to the same week last year. Meltzer also reported that one main reason for the large declines is due to the unknown key demographic viewership migration on MAX compared to last year’s show.

AEW Dynamite quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

• 1Q – 765,000 overall viewers and 293,000 key demo viewers (First half of the AEW International Championship Eliminator Tournament Finals Four-way match of Orange Cassidy vs. “Speedball” Mike Bailey vs. Mark Davis vs. Ricochet)
• 2Q – 668,000 overall viewers and 253,000 key demo viewers (Latter half of the AEW International Championship Eliminator Tournament Finals Four-way match & post-match stuff with Ricochet & Bailey and The Hurt Syndicate video segment)
• 3Q – 675,000 overall viewers and 274,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the TBS Championship match of Billie Starkz vs. Mercedes Mone (c))
• 4Q – 647,000 overall viewers and 246,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the TBS Championship match, the Outrunners video segment, the MJF & MVP video segment, the MJF backstage promo segment, and the start of the AEW World Championship Street Fight match of Cope vs. Jon Moxley (c))
• 5Q – 678,000 overall viewers and 254,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the AEW World Championship Street Fight match)
• 6Q – 704,000 overall viewers and 273,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the AEW World Championship Street Fight match & post-match stuff with FTR & Cope, the Bandido & Chris Jericho video segment, and the Bandido & Johnny TV backstage segment)
• 7Q – 597,000 overall viewers and 250,000 key demo viewers (Will Ospreay vs. AR Fox match, the Swerve Strickland video segment, and the Hangman Adam Page backstage interview segment)
• 8Q – 597,000 overall viewers and 237,000 key demo viewers (Julia Hart vs. Queen Aminata match hype video segment, the Mercedes Mone backstage interview segment, and the bulk of the Megan Bayne vs. Kris Statlander match)
• Overrun – 537,000 overall viewers and 230,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Bayne vs. Statlander match & post-match brawl with Bayne & “Timeless” Toni Storm & promo by Storm)

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More on AEW Collision Viewership for March 15th

The March 15th episode of AEW Collision saw AEW gain a large increase in overall viewership but suffered a slight decline in key demographic rankings.

AEW drew 408,000 viewers and a 0.10 key demographic rating on TNT. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was #18 place.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the main reason for AEW’s mixed results that week was due to the large increase from their younger key demographic viewership and older female key demographic viewership groups, which were up 59.5% and 14.3% respectively compared to the prior week’s show. This reportedly offset the combination of the weaker than usual lead-in programming, stiff sports competition from College basketball and the large decline from their older key demographic viewership group, which was down 30.1% compared to the prior week’s show. Meltzer reported that the viewership on MAX for the show is currently not known.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the NBA game of New York Knicks vs. Golden State Warriors drew 2,731,000 viewers on ABC, the College basketball game of Boise State vs. Colorado State drew 1,462,000 viewers on CBS, the College basketball game of Crieghton vs. St. John’s drew 1,691,000 viewers on FOX, the College basketball game of Louisville vs. Duke drew 3,066,000 viewers on ESPN, the College basketball game of Arizona vs. Houston drew 2,236,000 viewers on ESPN, and On Patrol Live drew 579,000 viewers on REELZ Channel.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 134,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 had 26,000 viewers (up 85.7%), Females 18-34 had 33,000 viewers (up 43.5%), Males 35-49 had 51,000 viewers (down 30.1%), and Females 35-49 had 24,000 viewers (up 14.3%). Meltzer reported that AEW’s males/female viewership split was 57.5% in favor of males.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was up 19% in overall viewership but down 16.3% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 key demographic viewership was up 110.7% compared to the same week last year.

AEW Collision quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

• 1Q – 353,000 overall viewers and 103,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the AEW International Championship Eliminator Tournament First Round match of Ricochet vs. Katsuyori Shibata)
• 2Q – 391,000 overall viewers and 124,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Ricochet vs. Shibata match, the Don Callis Family attack to jobbers backstage segment, the “Timeless” Toni Storm promo video segment, the Powerhouse Hobbs vs. Griff Garrison match & post-match brawl with the Frat House & The Outrunners, and the Thunder Rosa backstage interview & attack by Megan Bayne segment)
• 3Q – 432,000 overall viewers and 158,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the AEW International Championship Eliminator Tournament First Round match of Mark Davis vs. Mark Briscoe)
• 4Q – 438,000 overall viewers and 166,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Davis vs. Briscoe match, the 4-on-2 Handicap tag team match of Murder Machines vs. jobbers team & post-match brawl with Briscoe & Powerhouse Hobbs, the Jon Moxley, Swerve Strickland, & Cope video segment, and the start of the Swerve Strickland promo segment)
• 5Q – 418,000 overall viewers and 134,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Strickland promo segment & attack by Jon Moxley, the Moxley parking lot promo segment, the Thunder Rosa backstage interview segment, and the Hologram & Top Flight vs. Shane Taylor Promotions Trios match)
• 6Q – 403,000 overall viewers and 125,000 key demo viewers (Komander & Hologram video segment and the bulk of the Megan Bayne vs. Thunder Rosa match)
• 7Q – 414,000 overall viewers and 125,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Bayne vs. Rosa match & post-match brawl with “Timeless” Toni Storm & stuff with Kris Statlander, the FTR & Undisputed Kingdom video segment, and the start of the FTR vs. Undisputed Kingdom tag team match)
• 8Q – 416,000 overall viewers and 130,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the FTR vs. Undisputed Kingdom tag team match & post-match stuff with Adam Cole & Daniel Garcia)