Friday’s taped edition of AEW Rampage drew an average of 434,000 viewers on TNT, according to Nielsen via Wrestlenomics. This is up 33.95% from the previous week’s taped episode, which drew 324,000 viewers.
Rampage drew a 0.14 rating in the 18-49 key demographic on Friday. This is up 40% from the previous week’s episode, which drew a 0.10 rating in the key demo. Friday’s 0.14 key demo rating represents 181,000 18-49 viewers, which is up 41.41% from the 128,000 18-49 viewers that the previous week’s 0.10 key demo rating represented.
Rampage drew the nineteenth-lowest total audience of the year so far, and the fifth-highest key demo rating of the year, tied with one other episode. This was the highest Rampage viewership since June 30, and the highest key demo rating since April 14. Friday’s viewership and key demo rating were below the 2022 averages. Friday’s Rampage viewership was up 33.95% from the previous week’s episode, and the key demo rating was up 40% from the previous week.
This week’s Rampage viewership was down 7.26% from the same week in 2022. The key demo rating was down 6.66% from the previous year. The 2022 show was a live episode.
Friday’s AEW Rampage on TNT was taped earlier in the week from the Engagingly Center in Tampa, Florida, with full spoilers and the following line-up advertised ahead of time – The Hardys and Keith Lee vs. Kip Sabian, The Butcher and The Blade, Swerve Strickland and AR Fox vs. Tyshaun Perez and Jordan Cruz, plus Anna Jay vs. Skye Blue. The main event was The Parking Lot Brawl with Jon Moxley and ROH World Champion Claudio Castagnoli vs. Chuck Taylor and Trent Beretta, which was taped separate from the other matches.
Below is our 2023 AEW Rampage Viewership Tracker:
January 6 Episode: 551,000 viewers with a 0.15 rating in the 18-49 demographic
January 13 Episode: 513,000 viewers with a 0.13 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Taped episode)
January 20 Episode: 464,000 viewers with a 0.13 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Taped episode)
January 27 Episode: 458,000 viewers with a 0.14 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Taped episode)
February 3 Episode: 406,000 viewers with a 0.11 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Taped episode)
February 10 Episode: 375,000 viewers with a 0.12 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Taped episode)
February 17 Episode: 287,000 viewers with a 0.07 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Taped 7pm Slam Dunk episode)
February 24 Episode: 409,000 viewers with a 0.11 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Taped episode)
March 3 Episode: 394,000 viewers with a 0.10 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Live episode)
March 10 Episode: 447,000 viewers with a 0.15 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Taped post-Revolution episode)
March 17 Episode: 474,000 viewers with a 0.18 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Taped St. Patrick’s Day Slam episode)
March 25 Episode: 373,000 viewers with a 0.10 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Taped Saturday episode)
March 31 Episode: 340,000 viewers with a 0.10 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Taped episode)
April 7 Episode: 503,000 viewers with a 0.17 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Live episode)
April 14 Episode: 639,000 viewers with a 0.21 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Taped episode)
April 22 Episode: 371,000 viewers with a 0.12 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Taped Saturday episode)
April 28 Episode: 298,000 viewers with a 0.09 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Taped 6:30pm episode)
May 5 Episode: 294,000 viewers with a 0.09 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Taped 6:30pm episode)
May 13 Episode: 284,000 viewers with a 0.07 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Taped Saturday 6:30pm episode)
May 19 Episode: 293,000 viewers with a 0.09 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Taped 6:30pm episode)
May 26 Episode: 436,000 viewers with a 0.11 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Taped episode)
June 2 Episode: 357,000 viewers with a 0.12 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Taped Fight Night post-Double Or Nothing episode)
June 9 Episode: 291,000 viewers with a 0.10 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Taped episode)
June 16 Episode: 423,000 viewers with a 0.13 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Taped episode)
June 23 Episode: 391,000 viewers with a 0.11 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Taped episode)
June 30 Episode: 450,000 viewers with a 0.13 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Taped post-Forbidden Door episode)
July 7 Episode: 368,000 viewers with a 0.12 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Taped 100th episode)
July 14 Episode: 310,000 viewers with a 0.10 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Taped episode)
July 21 Episode: 415,000 viewers with a 0.11 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Taped Royal Rampage episode)
July 28 Episode: 324,000 viewers with a 0.10 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Taped episode)
August 4 Episode: 434,000 viewers with a 0.14 rating in the 18-49 demographic (Taped episode)
August 11 Episode:
2022 Viewership Average: 463,538 viewers per episode over 52 episodes (including 8 different timeslot episodes)
2022 18-49 Key Demographic Rating Average: 0.16 per episode over 52 episodes (including 8 different timeslot episodes)
2021 Viewership Average: 610,150 viewers per episode over 21 episodes
2021 18-49 Key Demographic Rating Average: 0.25 per episode over 21 episodes
Follow Marc on Twitter at @this_is_marc. Send any news, tips or corrections to us by clicking here.