Wednesday’s live edition of AEW Dynamite drew 855,000 viewers on TBS, according to Nielsen via Wrestlenomics. This is up 5.69% from the last week’s episode, which drew 809,000 viewers for the post-Forbidden Door II show.
This week’s Dynamite drew a 0.29 rating in the key 18-49 demographic. This is up 20.83% from last week’s 0.24 rating. This week’s 0.29 key demographic rating represents 380,000 viewers who watched the show from that 18-49 demo. This is up 20.25% from last week’s 316,000 18-49 viewers that the 0.24 key demo rating represented.
AEW President Tony Khan tweeted that Dynamite was the #1 show on cable last night with the 0.29 key demo rating, and that has been confirmed by Wrestlenomics through a non-AEW source.
Wednesday’s Dynamite drew the eleventh-lowest total audience of the year so far, and the fourth-lowest key demo rating, tied with two other episodes. This week’s viewership and key demo rating were below the 2022 averages. Wednesday’s Dynamite viewership was up 5.69% from last week, while the 18-49 key demo rating was up 20.83% from last week.
This week’s Dynamite viewership was down 12.66% from the same week in 2022. The key demo rating was down 19.44% from the previous year. The 2022 episode was the post-Blood & Guts show.
Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite aired live from Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and featured several happenings advertised ahead of time – a segment with “Jungle Boy” Jack Perry, Billy Gunn and The Acclaimed vs. The Blade and The Bollywood Boyz, a promo from Chris Jericho, a promo from Jon Moxley, Ruby Soho vs. Britt Baker in a quarterfinal match in the Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Tournament, AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy and Darby Allin vs. Keith Lee and Swerve Strickland in a quarterfinal match for the Blind Eliminator Tag Team Tournament, AEW World Champion MJF and Adam Cole vs. Matt Menard and The Butcher in a quarterfinal match for the Blind Eliminator Tag Team Tournament, plus Kenny Omega vs. Wheeler Yuta, which was the main event.
Below is our 2023 AEW Dynamite Viewership Tracker:
January 4 Episode: 864,000 viewers with a 0.26 rating in the 18-49 demographic
January 11 Episode: 967,000 viewers with a 0.33 rating in the 18-49 demographic
January 18 Episode: 969,000 viewers with a 0.31 rating in the 18-49 demographic
January 25 Episode: 1.003 million viewers with a 0.32 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Jay Briscoe Celebration of Life episode)
February 1 Episode: 901,000 viewers with a 0.31 rating in the 18-49 demographic
February 8 Episode: 899,000 viewers with a 0.30 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Championship Fight Night episode)
February 15 Episode: 824,000 viewers with a 0.27 rating in the 18-49 demographic
February 22 Episode: 1.028 million viewers with a 0.35 rating in the 18-49 demographic
March 1 Episode: 833,000 viewers with a 0.27 rating in the 18-49 demographic
March 8 Episode: 858,000 viewers with a 0.29 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Post-Revolution episode)
March 15 Episode: 852,000 viewers with a 0.27 rating in the 18-49 demographic
March 22 Episode: 954,000 viewers with a 0.33 rating in the 18-49 demographic
March 29 Episode: 833,000 viewers with a 0.28 rating in the 18-49 demographic
April 5 Episode: 877,000 viewers with a 0.30 rating in the 18-49 demographic
April 12 Episode: 866,000 viewers with a 0.28 rating in the 18-49 demographic
April 19 Episode: 830,000 viewers with a 0.28 rating in the 18-49 demographic
April 26 Episode: 863,000 viewers with a 0.28 rating in the 18-49 demographic
May 3 Episode: 776,000 viewers with a 0.28 rating in the 18-49 demographic
May 10 Episode: 877,000 viewers with a 0.32 rating in the 18-49 demographic
May 17 Episode: 814,000 viewers with a 0.28 rating in the 18-49 demographic
May 24 Episode: 846,000 viewers with a 0.32 rating in the 18-49 demographic
May 31 Episode: 923,000 viewers with a 0.29 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Post-Double Or Nothing episode)
June 7 Episode:
June 14 Episode: 832,000 viewers with a 0.30 rating in the 18-49 demographic
June 21 Episode: 902,000 viewers with a 0.33 rating in the 18-49 demographic
June 28 Episode: 809,000 viewers with a 0.24 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Post-Forbidden Door II episode)
July 5 Episode: 855,000 viewers with a 0.29 rating in the 18-49 demographic
July 12 Episode:
2022 Viewership Average: 955,711 viewers per episode
2022 18-49 Key Demographic Rating Average: 0.34 per episode
2021 Viewership Average: 891,810 viewers per episode
2021 18-49 Key Demographic Rating Average: 0.34 per episode
2020 Viewership Average: 810,755 viewers per episode
2019 Viewership Average: 903,333 viewers per episode
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