More on AEW Dynamite Week 189 Viewership – May 24, 2023, Rampage Week 92 – May 19, 2023

More on AEW Dynamite Viewership for May 24th

The May 24th episode of AEW Dynamite saw AEW gain a small increase in overall viewership, key demographic ratings, and key demographic rankings.

AEW drew 846,000 viewers and a 0.32 key demographic rating on TBS. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was 4th place.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the main reason for AEW’s increases this week was due to the large gains from their younger key demographic viewership and older key demographic viewership groups, which were up 18.1% and 12.3% respectively compared to last week’s show. This reportedly offset the stiff competition from sports and Vanderpump Rules that night and the small decline from their Over 50 demographic viewership group, which was down 5.7% compared to last week’s show. Meltzer reported that AEW’s show managed to beat Vanderpump Rules’ replay show in head-to-head at 0.34 to 0.33 in key demographic ratings but because the second half of Dynamite drew a 0.31, this was the reason why the overall rating was a 0.32 and causing AEW’s show to be ranked behind Vanderpump Rules’ replay show.

In terms of head-to-head competition, the 2023 NHL Playoffs Game 4 of Carolina Hurricanes vs. Florida Panthers drew 1,860,000 viewers on TNT, the MLB simulcast games of Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Atlanta and New York Mets vs. Chicago Cubs drew 222,000 viewers on MLB Network, Vanderpump Rules drew 2,036,000 viewers on Bravo, Dr. Pimple Popper drew 1,135,000 viewers on TLC, Expedition Unknown drew 837,000 viewers on Discovery Channel, and House Hunters drew 661,000 viewers on Home and Garden TV.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 422,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 had 116,000 viewers, Females 18-34 had 60,000 viewers, Males 35-49 had 179,000 viewers, and Females 35-49 had 66,000 viewers. Meltzer reported that the male/female viewership split was 295,000 male viewers (up 14.3%) and 126,000 female viewers (up 14.5%) for a split of 69.9% in favor of males.

In terms of the one million viewership milestone, none of AEW’s eight quarters drew one million or more viewers. AEW’s peak quarter hour viewership was at 923,000 viewers for their second quarter while their quarter low was at 718,000 viewers for their eighth quarter.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 9.3% in overall viewership and down 6.2% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 viewership was up 4.1% compared to the same week last year.

AEW Dynamite quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

• 1Q – 906,000 overall viewers and 416,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the AEW International Championship match of Kyle Fletcher vs. Orange Cassidy (c))
• 2Q – 923,000 overall viewers and 457,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the AEW International Championship match, the Ricky Starks, Juice Robinson, & Jay White backstage segment, the Jungle Boy video promo segment, and the FTR, Mark Briscoe, Jeff Jarrett, Jay Lethal, Sonjay Dutt, Satnam Singh, & Karren Jarrett segment)
• 3Q – 919,000 overall viewers and 450,000 key demo viewers (Sammy Guevara backstage interview segment and the AEW World Trios Championship match of Metalik, AR Fox, & Blake Christian vs. House of Black (c))
• 4Q – 873,000 overall viewers and 449,000 key demo viewers (Blackpool Combat Club backstage promo segment and the MJF & Darby Allin promo & brawl with Sammy Guevara & Jungle Boy segment)
• 5Q – 847,000 overall viewers and 420,000 key demo viewers (Wardlow video promo segment, the Taya Valkyrie vs. Lady Frost match, and the Tony Khan AEW Collision announcement segment)
• 6Q – 846,000 overall viewers and 441,000 key demo viewers (Hangman Adam Page backstage interview segment, the Chris Jericho & Adam Cole promo & brawl with Roderick Strong, JAS, & Sabu segment, and the Jamie Hayter & Toni Storm video promo segment)
• 7Q – 733,000 overall viewers and 375,000 key demo viewers (Roderick Strong vs. Daniel Garcia match and the Willow Nightingale video promo segment)
• 8Q – 718,000 overall viewers and 364,000 key demo viewers (ROH World Tag Team Championship match of Wheeler Yuta & Claudio Castagnoli vs. Lucha Bros (c) and post-match angle with BCC & Young Bucks)

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More on AEW Rampage Viewership for May 19th

The May 19th episode of AEW Rampage saw AEW gain a large increase in key demographic rankings and a slight increase in overall viewership and key demographic ratings. That week’s show was notable for airing at an earlier start time of 6:30PM EST slot due to TNT’s 2023 NHL Playoffs commitments on the network.

AEW drew 293,000 viewers and a 0.09 key demographic rating on TBS. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was 24th place.

Detailed viewership and key demographic breakdowns were not available in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Dave Meltzer reported that the main reason for AEW’s increases that week was due to the very large increase from their younger key demographic viewership group, which was up 150% compared to the prior week’s show. Another reason reportedly was due to the large increases from their male key demographic viewership and female key demographic viewership groups, which were up 20% and 26.9% respectively compared to the prior week’s show. This reportedly offset the declines from their older key demographic viewership and Over 50 demographic viewership groups, which were down 1.3% and 12.5% respectively compared to the prior week’s show.

In terms of head-to-head competition, the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series All-Star Qualifiers event drew 443,000 viewers on FS1, the 2023 College Softball Regionals game of UCF vs. South Carolina drew 250,000 viewers on ESPN2, and the NHRA Qualifiers event drew 234,000 viewers on FS1.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 111,000 viewers. Meltzer reported that the male/female viewership skew was 78,000 male viewers (up 20%) and 33,000 female viewers (up 26.9%) for a split of 70.3% in favor of males. Meltzer also reported that week’s Rampage did not rank in the youngest skewing sports shows for the week while that week’s Dynamite show’s ranking for youngest skewing show was not given besides it being behind several soccer games, two NBA games, and one NHL game.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 28.5% in overall viewership and down 41.6% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 viewership was down 28.6% compared to the same week last year. Meltzer reported that one reason for the large declines was due to last year’s show took place at its usual Friday night timeslot.