AEW Dynamite rating and total viewership tumble against large Olympics audience

AEW Dynamite’s total viewership and 18-49 rating dropped to their lowest levels since June 19^th this week.

Per reporting from Wrestlenomics, the July 31^st episode pulled in 609,000 viewers in the US, a week-on-week drop of 23% from 786,000.

In the 18-49 demo, the show scored a 0.18 rating, a tumble of 31% on the previous week’s 0.26.

By comparison, in prime time, Olympic Games programming on NBC averaged 13,374,000 viewers and a 2.33 rating. Cable coverage of the Games on the USA Network averaged 1,273,000 and a 0.38 rating.

As noted by Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics, the 0.18 rating is the second-lowest non-preemption Dynamite number in the show’s history. 

2nd-lowest non-preemption Dynamite rating in the show’s history.

609k viewers, 0.18 P18-49 rating. Only higher than the June 19 episode, which did 502,000 and a 0.16 P18-49 rating.https://t.co/FBucUUwRWb https://t.co/ByCZ9tfIkx

— Brandon Thurston (@BrandonThurston) August 1, 2024