More on AEW Dynamite Week 291 – April 30, 2025 Viewership, Collision Week 91 – April 26

More on AEW Dynamite Viewership for April 30th

The April 30th episode of AEW Dynamite saw AEW gain a very large increase in overall viewership, a small increase in key demographic rankings, and a slight increase in key demographic ratings.

AEW drew 629,000 viewers and a 0.16 key demographic rating on TBS. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was #10 place.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the main reasons for AEW’s increases this week was due to the large increases from their Over 50 demographic viewership group, which its percentage was not given, and their overall key demographic viewership group, which was up 17.1% compared to last week’s show. Of AEW’s key demographic viewership increase, their younger key demographic viewership group was up 9.7% compared to last week’s show. This reportedly offset the stiff sports competition that night from the 2025 NBA and NHL Playoffs and the large decline from their younger male key demographic viewership group, which was down 29% compared to last week’s show. Meltzer reported that the viewership on MAX for the show is currently not known. AEW’s lead-in programming Big Bang Theory reportedly drew 715,000 viewers and a 0.10 rating.

In terms of head-to-head competition, the 2025 NBA Playoffs Game 5 of Golden State Warriors vs. Houston Rockets drew 3,162,000 viewers on TNT and 316,000 viewers on truTV, the 2025 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Game 5 of Montreal Canadiens vs. Washington Capitals drew 743,000 viewers on ESPN, the 2025 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Game 5 of Florida Panthers vs. Tampa Bay Lightning drew 564,000 viewers on ESPN2, the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup game of Inter Miami CF vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC drew 151,000 viewers on FS1 and 177,000 viewers on TUDN, the MLB simulcast games of Arizona vs. New York Mets and Kansas City vs. Tampa Bay drew 121,000 viewers on MLB Network, Survivor drew 4,589,000 viewers on CBS, My 600 LB. Life drew 271,000 viewers on TLC, Expedition Files drew 721,000 viewers on Discovery Channel, and Summer House drew 360,000 viewers on BRAVO.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 219,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 had 22,000 viewers (down 29%), Females 18-34 had 46,000 viewers (up 48.4%), Males 35-49 had 107,000 viewers (up 11.5%), and Females 35-49 had 44,000 viewers (up 51.7%). Meltzer reported that AEW’s males/female viewership split was 58.9% in favor of males.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was down 5.8% in overall viewership and down 32.8% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 key demographic viewership was down 2.9% compared to the same week last year. Meltzer also reported that one main reason for the large declines is due to the unknown key demographic viewership migration on MAX compared to last year’s show.

AEW Dynamite quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

• 1Q – 727,000 overall viewers and 257,000 key demo viewers (First half of the All Star Eight-Man tag team match of Kenny Omega, Mark Briscoe, “Speedball” Mike Bailey, & Kevin Knight vs. The Elite & Ricochet)
• 2Q – 604,000 overall viewers and 213,000 key demo viewers (Second half of the All Star Eight-Man tag team match)
• 3Q – 625,000 overall viewers and 211,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the All Star Eight-Man tag team match, the Hurt Syndicate backstage segment, and the Opps vs. Nick Comoroto, Rhett Titus, & Myles Hawkins Trios match & post-match brawl with Death Riders)
• 4Q – 616,000 overall viewers and 210,000 key demo viewers (The Samoa Joe promo segment, the Mercedes Mone backstage interview segment, the Patriarchy & Jay Lethal backstage interview segment, and the start of the AEW Women’s World Championship Eliminator match of Miyu Yamashita vs. “Timeless” Toni Storm)
• 5Q – 639,000 overall viewers and 211,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the AEW Women’s World Championship Eliminator match & post-match promo by Mercedes Mone & brawl with Jamie Hayter and the Don Callis Family backstage promo segment)
• 6Q – 670,000 overall viewers and 229,000 key demo viewers (MJF & Hurt Syndicate promo segment, the FTR & Stokely Hathaway video segment, and the start of the ROH World Television Championship match of Jay Lethal vs. Nick Wayne (c))
• 7Q – 581,000 overall viewers and 208,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the ROH World Television Championship match, the Samoa Joe & Jon Moxley video segment, the Double or Nothing 2025 video segment, and the start of the 2025 Men’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup Tournament Semifinal Round match of Kyle Fletcher vs. Hangman Adam Page)
• 8Q – 565,000 overall viewers and 206,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the 2025 Men’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup Tournament Semifinal Round match of Fletcher vs. Page)
• Overrun – 634,000 overall viewers and 234,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the 2025 Men’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup Tournament Semifinal Round match of Fletcher vs. Page)

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More on AEW Collision Viewership for April 26th

The April 26th episode of AEW Collision saw AEW gain a very large increase in overall viewership, a large increase in key demographic ratings and key demographic rankings. That week’s show was notable for Collision returning to its Saturday night timeslot following the prior week’s show being preempted to a Thursday night timeslot due to TNT not wanting AEW to go head-to-head against WWE’s WrestleMania 41 show, for being the Collision Playoff Palooza special, and for airing at a later than usual start time due to TNT’s NBA Playoffs coverage on their network.

AEW drew 707,000 viewers and a 0.21 key demographic rating on TNT. AEW’s key demographic ranking for that night was #9 place.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the main reason for AEW’s increases that week was due to the very larger than usual lead-in programming from the 2025 NBA Playoffs game and the show’s first quarter viewership being the highest ever for a quarter hour in Collision series history. Meltzer reported that Collision’s overall viewership was the third highest ever for a show in Collision series history. Another reason reportedly was due to the large increases from their Over 50 demographic viewership group, which its percentage was not given, and overall key demographic viewership group, which was up 69.9% compared to the prior week’s show. Of AEW’s key demographic viewership increase, their younger key demographic viewership group was up 254.5% compared to last week’s show. Meltzer also reported that the viewership on MAX for the show is currently not known.

In terms of notable head-to-head competition, the 2025 NBA Playoffs Game 3 of Houston Rockets vs. Golden State Warriors drew 5,082,000 viewers on ABC, the 2025 NBA Playoffs Game 4 of Denver Nuggets vs. Los Angeles Clippers drew 3,387,000 viewers on TNT, the 2025 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Game 4 of Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Ottawa Senators drew 787,000 viewers on TBS, the 2025 NHL Playoffs Game 4 of Dallas Stars vs. Colorado Avalanche drew 661,000 viewers on TBS and 315,000 viewers on truTV, UFC Fight Night drew 599,000 viewers on ESPN2 and 209,000 viewers on truTV, the MLB game of Houston Astros vs. Kansas City Royals drew 286,000 viewers on FS1, the MLS game of Atlanta FC vs. Orlando City FC drew 335,000 viewers on FOX, and On Patrol Live drew 508,000 viewers on REELZ Channel.

In terms of key demographic viewership, AEW had 277,000 viewers. AEW’s Males 18-34 had 66,000 viewers (up 340%), Females 18-34 had 51,000 viewers (up 183.3%), Males 35-49 had 107,000 viewers (up 17.6%), and Females 35-49 had 53,000 viewers (up 35.9%). Meltzer reported that AEW’s males/female viewership split was 62.5% in favor of males.

In terms of yearly comparisons, AEW was up 13% in overall viewership but down 1.8% in key demographic viewership. Meltzer reported that AEW’s 18-34 key demographic viewership was up 23.2% compared to the same week last year. Meltzer also reported that the key demographic viewership migration on MAX compared to last year’s show is currently not known.

AEW Collision quarter hour viewership breakdowns were:

• 1Q – 1,670,000 overall viewers and 806,000 key demo viewers (Swerve Strickland, Prince Nana, & Young Bucks promo segment and the start of the Strickland vs. Blake Christian match)
• 2Q – 847,000 overall viewers and 350,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Strickland vs. Christian match & post-match brawl with Lee Johnson, Young Bucks, & Kenny Omega, the Samoa Joe backstage promo segment, and the start of the AEW Women’s World Championship Eliminator match of Queen Aminata vs. “Timeless” Toni Storm)
• 3Q – 730,000 overall viewers and 284,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the Aminata vs. Storm match the Jeff Jarrett, Karen Jarrett, Jay Lethal, Sonjay Dutt, & Satnam Singh backstage segment, the Max Caster pre-match promo segment, and the Max Caster Open Challenge match of Caster vs. Hologram)
• 4Q – 680,000 overall viewers and 258,000 key demo viewers (Tornado Tag match of Top Flight vs. Cru)
• 5Q – 630,000 overall viewers and 209,000 key demo viewers (Anna Jay vs. Taylor Gainey match & post-match brawl with Penelope Ford & Megan Bayne, the Mercedes Mone & Jamie Hayter video segment, and the start of the ROH World Championship match of Dralistico vs. Bandido (c))
• 6Q – 549,000 overall viewers and 189,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the ROH World Championship match and the Learning Tree backstage promo segment)
• 7Q – 503,000 overall viewers and 168,000 key demo viewers (AR Fox vs. RUSH match, the Roppongi Vice backstage promo segment & attack on The Outrunners, the Kyle Fletcher & Hangman Adam Page video segment, and the start of the FTR vs. Paragon tag team match)
• 8Q – 419,000 overall viewers and 148,000 key demo viewers (Bulk of the FTR vs. Paragon tag team match)
• Overrun – 365,000 overall viewers and 123,000 key demo viewers (Ending of the FTR vs. Paragon match & post-match stuff with Adam Cole, Stokely Hathaway, & Daniel Garcia)