More on AEW Dynamite Week 250 Viewership – July 17, 2024, Rampage Week 151 – July 12, Collision Week 53 – July 13

Jul 20, 2024

More on AEW Dynamite Viewership for July 17th

The July 17th episode of AEW Dynamite saw AEW gain a very large increase in overall viewership and a small increase in key demographic ratings but suffered a slight decline in key demographic rankings. This week’s show was notable for being the Dynamite 250 special.

AEW drew 795,000 viewers and a 0.27 key demographic rating on TBS. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was 7th 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 gains from their younger male key demographic viewership and older female key demographic viewership groups, which were up 32.8% and 76.7% respectively compared to last week’s show. This reportedly mostly offset the stiff competition from the news coverage of the 2024 Republic National Convention and the large decline from their younger female key demographic viewership group, which was down 39.4% compared to last week’s show. Meltzer reported that AEW’s lead-in Big Bang Theory drew 977,000 viewers and a 0.20 rating. Meltzer also reported that AEW’s overall viewership was its highest since the April 10th show and their key demographic viewership was its highest since the June 5th show.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the 2024 Republican National Convention drew 2,695,000 viewers on NBC, 5,988,000 viewers (1st hour) and 6,199,000 viewers (2nd hour), 700,000 viewers (1st hour) and 1,059,000 viewers (2nd hour) on CNN, and 1,206,000 viewers on MSNBC, the WNBA game of Indiana Fever vs. Dallas Wings drew 1,698,000 viewers on ESPN, the NBA Summer League game of Los Angeles Lakers vs. Atlanta Hawks drew 626,000 viewers on ESPN, Expedition Unknown drew 889,000 viewers on Discovery Channel, and Sistas Series drew 922,000 viewers on BET.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 353,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 had 77,000 viewers (up 32.8%), Females 18-34 had 43,000 viewers (down 39.4%), Males 34-49 had 130,000 viewers (up 8.3%), and Females 34-49 had 106,000 viewers (up 76.7%). Meltzer reported that AEW’s males/female viewership split was 58.1% in favor of males.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 16.6% in overall viewership and down 20% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 viewership was down 28.6% compared to the same week last year. Meltzer reported that the reason for the large declines was due to last year’s show was the Blood & Guts 2023 special.

AEW Dynamite quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

1Q – 871,000 overall viewers and 354,000 key demo viewers (First quarter of the AEW International Championship match of MJF vs. Will Ospreay)
2Q – 829,000 overall viewers and 372,000 key demo viewers (Second quarter of the AEW International Championship match)
3Q – 834,000 overall viewers and 369,000 key demo viewers (Third quarter of the AEW International Championship match)
4Q – 834,000 overall viewers and 365,000 key demo viewers (Fourth quarter of the AEW International Championship match)
5Q – 841,000 overall viewers and 388,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the AEW International Championship match & post-match stuff, the Acclaimed, Mark Briscoe, & Swerve Strickland backstage promo segment, and The Learning Tree & Minoru Suzuki promo & brawl segment)
6Q – 769,000 overall viewers and 341,000 key demo viewers (The Young Bucks, Kazuchika Okada, & Mercedes Mone backstage promo segment and the bulk of the TBS Championship match of Nyla Rose vs. Mercedes Mone (c))
7Q – 734,000 overall viewers and 337,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the TBS Championship match & post-match stuff with Britt Baker, the Mariah May video promo segment, the Jack Perry backstage promo segment, the Mariah May in-ring promo segment, and the Bang Bang Gang & Christopher Daniels video promo segment)
8Q – 701,000 overall viewers and 315,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Swerve Strickland vs. Kazuchika Okada match)
Overrun – 685,000 overall viewers and 305,000 key demo viewers (Strickland vs. Okada match & post-match brawl with The Elite, Hangman Adam Page, Mark Briscoe, The Acclaimed, & Darby Allin)

More on AEW Rampage Viewership for July 12th

The July 12th episode of AEW Rampage saw AEW gain a large increase in overall viewership and a slight increase in key demographic ratings but suffered a slight decline in key demographic rankings.

AEW drew 339,000 viewers and a 0.12 key demographic rating on TNT. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was 12th 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 large increase from their younger key demographic viewership group, which was up 20.6% compared to the prior week’s show.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the NBA Summer League game of Atlanta Hawks vs. Washington Wizards drew 350,000 viewers on ESPN, Shark Attack Island drew 495,000 viewers on Discovery Channel, On Patrol Live drew 803,000 viewers on REELZ Channel, and 90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After First Look drew 436,000 viewers on TLC.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 155,000 viewers. Meltzer reported that AEW’s males/female viewership split was 65.2% in favor of males.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was up 9.4% in overall viewership and up 24% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 viewership was up 46.4% compared to the same week last year.

AEW Rampage quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

1Q – 363,000 overall viewers and 153,000 key demo viewers (Knight of the Black Throne vs. Premier Athletes tag team match)
2Q – 341,000 overall viewers and 155,000 key demo viewers (Roderick Strong vs. Ben Bishop match, the Deonna Purrazzo video promo segment, and the bulk of the High Flying 4-Way match of Rey Fenix vs. AR Fox vs. Komander vs. Angelico)
3Q – 341,000 overall viewers and 156,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the High Flying 4-Way match, the Learning Tree backstage interview segment, and the Thunder Rosa vs. Rachael Ellering match & post-match attack by Deonna Purrazzo)
4Q – 313,000 overall viewers and 154,000 key demo viewers (Shane Taylor Promotions vs. Top Flight & Action Andretti Trios match)

More on AEW Collision Viewership for July 13th

The July 13th episode of AEW Collision saw AEW gain a large increase in overall viewership and key demographic ratings but suffered a small decline in key demographic rankings.

AEW drew 362,000 viewers and a 0.14 key demographic rating on TNT. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was 24th 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 increases that week was due to the very large increase from their younger key demographic viewership group, which was up 93.8% compared to the prior week’s show. This reportedly offset the very stiff competition from news coverage of the Donald Trump assassination attempt. Meltzer reported that while AEW’s show was not impacted that much by the very stiff news competition, most other shows were hurt very hard including MLB and NBA’s games that night. Meltzer reported that 20 of the Top 25 shows that night were news programs. Meltzer also reported that compared to last week’s show going head-to-head against WWE’s Money in the Bank 2024 event, this would show that AEW’s younger viewers would be more likely to watch a WWE event than news programming coverage of a major political-based story.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the Trump Rally shooting drew 3,332,000 viewers on ABC, 2,979,000 viewers on CBS, 2,741,000 viewers on NBC, 7,703,000 viewers on FOX News, 3,054,000 viewers on CNN, and 1,785,000 viewers on MSNBC, the 2024 Copa America soccer game of Uruguay vs. Canada drew 809,000 viewers on FS1, UFC Fight Night drew 625,000 viewers on ESPN, the MLB game of Chicago Cubs vs. St. Louis Cardinals drew 976,000 viewers on FOX, the NBA Summer League game of San Antonio Spurs vs. Portland Trail Blazers drew 248,000 viewers on ESPN2, and On Patrol Live drew 691,000 viewers on REELZ Channel.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 184,000 viewers. Meltzer reported that AEW’s males/female viewership split was 71.4% in favor of males.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 37.5% in overall viewership and down 36.1% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 viewership was down 26.2% compared to the same week last year.

AEW Collision quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

1Q – 328,000 overall viewers and 163,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Konosuke Takeshita vs. “Dynamite Kid” Tom Billington match)
2Q – 377,000 overall viewers and 201,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Takeshita vs. Billington match & post-match stuff with Don Callis & brawl with Kyle Fletcher & FTR, the Mariah May video segment, and the Bang Bang Gang vs. Michael Allen Richard Clark, Shaun Moore, & London Lightning Trios match & post-match BBG, Christopher Daniels, & The Patriarchy promo segment)
3Q – 371,000 overall viewers and 207,000 key demo viewers (Malakai Black & Brody King backstage promo segment, the Jeff Jarrett & Pals, Martha Hart, & Oje Hart backstage video segment, and the start of the ROH World Championship #1 Contender match of Roderick Strong vs. Dalton Castle)
4Q – 360,000 overall viewers and 192,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Strong vs. Castle match, the Mark Briscoe video promo segment, the “Hologram” video segment, the Stokely Hathaway & Kris Statlander backstage interview segment, and the start of the Nyla Rose vs. Ava Lawless match)
5Q – 360,000 overall viewers and 179,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Rose vs. Lawless match, the Bryan Danielson & Swerve Strickland video segment, and the bulk of the Top Flight vs. Shane Taylor Promotions tag team match)
6Q – 389,000 overall viewers and 190,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Top Flight vs. Shane Taylor Promotions tag team match & post-match attack by Shane Taylor, the Thunder Rosa & Deonna Purrazzo backstage promo segment, the Nyla Rose backstage interview segment, and the start of the Skye Blue vs. Harley Cameron match)
7Q – 349,000 overall viewers and 163,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the Blue vs. Cameron match, the Samoa Joe & Learning Tree video segment, the Blue backstage promo segment, and the start of the Undisputed Kingdom vs. The Conglomeration tag team match)
8Q – 358,000 overall viewers and 176,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Undisputed Kingdom vs. The Conglomeration tag team match & post-match brawl with Trent Beretta & Tomohiro Ishii)