AEW Dynamite Viewership Dips As Sports Dominate the Ratings

It is Thursday and you know what that means… ratings for AEW Dynamite are out. AEW is on the road to Double or Nothing as the company made the four-way match between the four pillars of AEW for the AEW World Title. Let’s see how this show did as there was a lot of competition from the sports world.

AEW Dynamite Viewership Down

AEW Dynamite looks to continue to maintain its audience during the most exciting time for sports fans with the NBA and Stanley Cup Playoffs on. Lots of big matches on the  Let’s dive into the numbers

The May 3rd edition of AEW Dynamite week’s show was viewed by 776,000  people and did a .28 in the 18-49 demo.

AEW Dynamite last night on TBS (8-10pm):
776,000 viewers
P18-49 rating: 0.28
#8 cable original in P18-49
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The viewership was down from the previous week with the demo holding strong. The demo has remained consistent in the .28 to .30 range but the issue is the viewership number. This was a drastic fall for AEW Dynamite. Usually, the number is around 800,000 viewers but sometimes the show is missing something. The storylines are good, but the stars on not on there. Maybe if a certain someone returns the numbers will rise again.

Again we look at year-to-year comparables and we know why these numbers have dipped some. AEW Dynamite is doing well on Wednesday night since it moved to TBS.

It would help if there was more cross-promotion. AEW Dynamite was 8th on cable according to Showbuzzdaily.com. So it was up one spot from the previous week.  As usual, they were behind two NBA games plus the two Stanley Cup Playoff games.  Hopefully, AEW can get their audience back when things cool down as Double or Nothing is right around the corner.

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Here’s a look at the AEW Dynamite viewership and ratings in the 18-49 demo over the past year:

• Apr. 27 921,000/ .33
• May 4 883,000/ .32
• May 11 840,000/.33
• May 18 922,000/.33
• May 25 929,000/.35
• June 1, 969,000/.40
• June 8, 939,000/.34
• June 15, 761,000/.28
• June 22, 878,000/.31
• June 29, 1,023,000/.36
• July 6, 979,000/.36
• July 11, 942,000/.32
• July 20, 910,000/.32
• July 27, 976,000/.33
• Aug 3, 938,000/.32
• Aug 10, 972,000/.33
• Aug 17, 957,000/.30
• Aug 24, 1,049,000/.34
• Aug 31, 1,020,000/.35
• Sep 7, 1,035,000/.38
• Sep 14, 1,175,000/.39
• Sep 21, 1,039,000/.35
• Sep 28, 990,000/.34
• Oct 5, 1,038,000/.33
• Oct 12, 983,000/.32
• Oct 18, 752,000/.26
• Oct 26, 997,000/.32
• Nov 2, 911,000/.29
• Nov 9, 930,000/.32
• Nov 16, 818,000/.28
• Nov 23, 880,000/.32
• Nov 30, 870,000/.26
• Dec 7, 840,000/.26
• Dec, 14 950,000/.33
• Dec, 21 957,000/.30
• Dec, 28 876,000/.28
• Jan, 4 864,000/.26
• Jan, 11 967,000/.33
• Jan, 18 969,000/.31
• Jan, 25 1,003,000/.32
• Feb, 1 901,000/.31
• Feb, 8 899,000/.30
• Feb, 16 824,000/.27
• Feb 22 1,028,000/.35
• Mar 1 833,000/.27
• Mar 8 858,000/.29
• Mar 15 852,000/.27
• Mar 22 954,000/.33
• Mar 29 833,000/.28
• Apr 5 877,000/.30
• Apr 12 866,000/.28
• Apr 19 830,000/.28
• Apr 26 8630,000/.28

What are your thoughts on the show?