For this week’s episode, AEW Dynamite dropped to its lowest viewership figures in several years.
The May 15 edition from Everett, Washington, averaged 672,000 viewers and 298,000 viewers (0.23) in the 18-49 demographic, which ranked sixth among cable originals on Wednesday. (Data courtesy: PWTorch and F4WOnline)
It was Dynamite’s lowest viewership average since January 6, 2021, and its lowest 18-49 audience since June 24, 2020.
Dynamite aired against the Boston Celtics vs. Cleveland Cavaliers (3,383,000 viewers and a 1.0 rating in the demo) and the Colorado Avalanche vs. Dallas Stars (1,558,000 and 0.45).
The viewership dropped by six percent this week while the core demographic decreased by seven percent.
Adults 18-34 fell from 95,000 viewers to 82,000 this week for a fourteen percent decline.
Adults 35-49 fell by four percent to 216,000 viewers.
Wrestlenomics reports that the peak quarter was the opening fifteen minutes with 753,000 viewers for Jon Moxley & Bryan Danielson vs. Jeff Cobb & Kyle Fletcher and the peak in the 18-49 demographic from 8:45 to 9 p.m. ET with 312,000 viewers for promos involving Timeless Toni Storm and Malakai Black, HOOK vs. Sebastian Wolfe, and the post-match angle with Chris Jericho and Big Bill.
The show included a twelve-minute overrun segment, which increased the audience by two percent and the demo by six percent from the prior quarter.
In Canada, the show averaged 98,400 viewers and 53,900 in the 25-54 demographic on TSN 2 and ranked tenth among sports programming on Wednesday. The audience was down by eleven percent from last week but the demo grew by eight percent.
